JT Scott
@jtforward2.bsky.social
Ward 2 City Councilor, Somerville MA. Pronoun ambivalent.
It's hard for me to determine which huge takeaway from this article is most stupendous
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:43 PM
It's hard for me to determine which huge takeaway from this article is most stupendous
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@sanders.senate.gov and @warren.senate.gov and @markey.senate.gov should tell any Senator considering a cave that they'll happily host stadium stops with @aoc.bsky.social and any other rising star that wants to primary them in their districts if they can't hold the line for people's basic needs.
November 9, 2025 at 10:32 PM
@sanders.senate.gov and @warren.senate.gov and @markey.senate.gov should tell any Senator considering a cave that they'll happily host stadium stops with @aoc.bsky.social and any other rising star that wants to primary them in their districts if they can't hold the line for people's basic needs.
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Without LGBT New Yorkers, Cuomo might’ve won. Mamdani’s genuine and relentless support of trans rights was not only morally correct, but an electoral necessity.
Centrist dems want buses running over LGBT people. @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social wants free and clear bus lanes instead. The difference won him the election.
November 5, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Without LGBT New Yorkers, Cuomo might’ve won. Mamdani’s genuine and relentless support of trans rights was not only morally correct, but an electoral necessity.
Seriously contemplating changing my bsky handle to "Felony Footlong"
November 4, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Seriously contemplating changing my bsky handle to "Felony Footlong"
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this is such a great encapsulation of why this race feels existential even to people outside NYC. Cuomo as the final boss of everything wrong with the current Democratic Party, Mamdani happily grabbing the third rails everyone’s told are too dangerous to touch (trans people, Muslims, socialism)
It's uncanny how Cuomo has been laser-focused at appealing to the absolute worst qualities in people - their insularity, their tribalism, and now their fear. A campaign monumental in its cynicism, a colossal bet by this man and his billionaire backers that people are basically bad.
This isn't a closing election argument, it's Vidkun Quisling explaining why surrender is better than resistance.
November 4, 2025 at 5:45 AM
this is such a great encapsulation of why this race feels existential even to people outside NYC. Cuomo as the final boss of everything wrong with the current Democratic Party, Mamdani happily grabbing the third rails everyone’s told are too dangerous to touch (trans people, Muslims, socialism)
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Shutdown is very uncomplicated. Trump & Republicans will starve 42 million Americans unless Democrats agree to kick 20+ million Americans off of any healthcare insurance. Kicker is that Republicans intend to do both, regardless of what Democrats choose to do at this particular hostage situation.
November 2, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Shutdown is very uncomplicated. Trump & Republicans will starve 42 million Americans unless Democrats agree to kick 20+ million Americans off of any healthcare insurance. Kicker is that Republicans intend to do both, regardless of what Democrats choose to do at this particular hostage situation.
This is local reporting about the recent incident in Evanston that you may have seen pics/videos from. This is worth reading, and there's a few points I want to highlight from it:
evanstonroundtable.com/2025/11/01/e...
evanstonroundtable.com/2025/11/01/e...
Community members describe confrontation with federal agents - Evanston RoundTable
Evanston community clashes with federal immigration authorities after car crash. Residents detained, pepper spray used. Mayor demands review.
evanstonroundtable.com
November 2, 2025 at 10:05 PM
This is local reporting about the recent incident in Evanston that you may have seen pics/videos from. This is worth reading, and there's a few points I want to highlight from it:
evanstonroundtable.com/2025/11/01/e...
evanstonroundtable.com/2025/11/01/e...
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I was fighting fascism with the power of love and kindness and just really getting my ass handed to me. proteanmag.com/2025/11/01/w...
November 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I was fighting fascism with the power of love and kindness and just really getting my ass handed to me. proteanmag.com/2025/11/01/w...
I venerate the Classic Diner Waitress, and my Temple is "Tresca's Eating Place" in Watertown, where several of them have been serving up Breakfast Special w Ham for over 30 years.
I make an annual pilgrimage. Tresca's is one of the few good reasons to leave Somerville.
I make an annual pilgrimage. Tresca's is one of the few good reasons to leave Somerville.
I think the closest thing is the Classic Americana Diner Waitress and that’s absolutely not an archetype treated with real respect or deference vs blue collar man tropes like grizzled mechanic, coal miner, or cop.
October 31, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I venerate the Classic Diner Waitress, and my Temple is "Tresca's Eating Place" in Watertown, where several of them have been serving up Breakfast Special w Ham for over 30 years.
I make an annual pilgrimage. Tresca's is one of the few good reasons to leave Somerville.
I make an annual pilgrimage. Tresca's is one of the few good reasons to leave Somerville.
@jonlink.bsky.social is on bsky too!
Jon Link has my support for at-large as well. He is a solid neighbor who is concerned by pushes for cleaner sidewalks that disregard of the underlying causes of homelessness which this city exacerbates. He hasn't needed to do polling to tell himself what positions he'll take. 6/?
October 31, 2025 at 6:59 PM
@jonlink.bsky.social is on bsky too!
Hey Somerville! If you haven't voted early or by mail, your last chance to do so is TUESDAY.
Please go out and do democracy while we still have it.
I've been thinking a lot about state power recently, and wanted to share a few of those thoughts. 1/?
Please go out and do democracy while we still have it.
I've been thinking a lot about state power recently, and wanted to share a few of those thoughts. 1/?
October 30, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Hey Somerville! If you haven't voted early or by mail, your last chance to do so is TUESDAY.
Please go out and do democracy while we still have it.
I've been thinking a lot about state power recently, and wanted to share a few of those thoughts. 1/?
Please go out and do democracy while we still have it.
I've been thinking a lot about state power recently, and wanted to share a few of those thoughts. 1/?
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Massachusetts has an $8 BILLION with a B in its rainy day fund. Gov. Healey could be demanding Democratic legislature backfill at least for Nov. 1st SNAP benefits. She dismissed doing so, saying $248 million is too much. I think we can afford it. IT'S RAINING. #mapoli
October 30, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Massachusetts has an $8 BILLION with a B in its rainy day fund. Gov. Healey could be demanding Democratic legislature backfill at least for Nov. 1st SNAP benefits. She dismissed doing so, saying $248 million is too much. I think we can afford it. IT'S RAINING. #mapoli
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The PTA at the Winter Hill Community School are holding an emergency fundraiser to provide free food and gift cards to families who are losing their SNAP benefit on Saturday.
If you have the capacity, please donate to help keep our neighbors from going hungry.
givebutter.com/qmnqus
If you have the capacity, please donate to help keep our neighbors from going hungry.
givebutter.com/qmnqus
October 29, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The PTA at the Winter Hill Community School are holding an emergency fundraiser to provide free food and gift cards to families who are losing their SNAP benefit on Saturday.
If you have the capacity, please donate to help keep our neighbors from going hungry.
givebutter.com/qmnqus
If you have the capacity, please donate to help keep our neighbors from going hungry.
givebutter.com/qmnqus
I'd estimate over 10,000 of our neighbors here in Somerville will be hungry when SNAP ends this weekend
Here is one way you can work with neighbors to help
Here is one way you can work with neighbors to help
Lots of lovely folks want to cook for neighbors, fill community fridges during SNAP shutdown but are intimidated. A mutual aid group in Flatbush, Brooklyn has been feeding 80+ people every single week for a year and a half or so now. Nobody is born knowing how to cook for 80, so here's our guide!
October 29, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I'd estimate over 10,000 of our neighbors here in Somerville will be hungry when SNAP ends this weekend
Here is one way you can work with neighbors to help
Here is one way you can work with neighbors to help
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A witness in our case had ICE reject all her documents after using facial rec on her.
For her, tho, it seemed like nothing could make them accept that she has a right to be here.
Either way, a gov policy of not trusting gov-issued docs is going to violate lots of people's rights.
For her, tho, it seemed like nothing could make them accept that she has a right to be here.
Either way, a gov policy of not trusting gov-issued docs is going to violate lots of people's rights.
October 29, 2025 at 5:18 PM
A witness in our case had ICE reject all her documents after using facial rec on her.
For her, tho, it seemed like nothing could make them accept that she has a right to be here.
Either way, a gov policy of not trusting gov-issued docs is going to violate lots of people's rights.
For her, tho, it seemed like nothing could make them accept that she has a right to be here.
Either way, a gov policy of not trusting gov-issued docs is going to violate lots of people's rights.
This is neither accurate nor definitive
Using this to imprison citizens and refusing to believe even a valid birth certificate is a nightmare
No good comes of this, I promise you
This, like ICE itself, must be abolished
Using this to imprison citizens and refusing to believe even a valid birth certificate is a nightmare
No good comes of this, I promise you
This, like ICE itself, must be abolished
New: Videos show ICE/CBP agents are scanning peoples' faces on the street to verify citizenship. ICE has tool to instantly look up unprecedented number of databases with just a photo
“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship
Videos on social media show officers from ICE and CBP using facial recognition technology on people in the field. One expert described the practice as “pure dystopian creep.”
www.404media.co
October 29, 2025 at 6:38 PM
This is neither accurate nor definitive
Using this to imprison citizens and refusing to believe even a valid birth certificate is a nightmare
No good comes of this, I promise you
This, like ICE itself, must be abolished
Using this to imprison citizens and refusing to believe even a valid birth certificate is a nightmare
No good comes of this, I promise you
This, like ICE itself, must be abolished
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"According to his running club, the man, who is a U.S. citizen, was returning from a team run when agents pulled him out of his vehicle, tackled him to the ground and kneeled on top of him, allegedly breaking six ribs and causing internal bleeding"
US citizen, 67, ‘has six ribs broken’ by Border Patrol agents, his running club says
The incident unfolded Saturday in Chicago’s Old Irving Park neighborhood, where residents say federal agents disrupted a children’s Halloween parade
www.independent.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
"According to his running club, the man, who is a U.S. citizen, was returning from a team run when agents pulled him out of his vehicle, tackled him to the ground and kneeled on top of him, allegedly breaking six ribs and causing internal bleeding"
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I'm grateful for the endorsement of Senator @edmarkey.bsky.social in this race & to know that as Somerville's next mayor I will have the federal support necessary to best serve our community. This colloboration will be critical to defend our rights, fully fund our schools, & improve city services.
October 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I'm grateful for the endorsement of Senator @edmarkey.bsky.social in this race & to know that as Somerville's next mayor I will have the federal support necessary to best serve our community. This colloboration will be critical to defend our rights, fully fund our schools, & improve city services.
I want Somerville's next mayor to be someone who can send a version of this letter to the SPD, and truly begin a long overdue conversation about how to actually protect our neighbors.
Mayors ***can*** do this. And ours absolutely should.
Mayors ***can*** do this. And ours absolutely should.
I haven't seen people here mention this letter from the mayor of Illinois' 2nd-largest city (Aurora, 40+% Latino)
to the Aurora Police
following egregious attacks by immigration in Aurora and related protests
So here it is!
to the Aurora Police
following egregious attacks by immigration in Aurora and related protests
So here it is!
October 25, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I want Somerville's next mayor to be someone who can send a version of this letter to the SPD, and truly begin a long overdue conversation about how to actually protect our neighbors.
Mayors ***can*** do this. And ours absolutely should.
Mayors ***can*** do this. And ours absolutely should.
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The DC ACLU is suing on behalf of a man who was arrested by a National Guardsman and MPD officers for playing the Imperial March (from Star Wars) as an act of protest. www.acludc.org/app/uploads/...
October 23, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The DC ACLU is suing on behalf of a man who was arrested by a National Guardsman and MPD officers for playing the Imperial March (from Star Wars) as an act of protest. www.acludc.org/app/uploads/...
Protest is fun! It feels good and reminds us that we are in this together!
Afterwards, we have to take that energy and let it sustain us as we work in our neighborhoods towards justice and safety for our neighbors. Get inspired, get connected, and get to the work ahead.
Afterwards, we have to take that energy and let it sustain us as we work in our neighborhoods towards justice and safety for our neighbors. Get inspired, get connected, and get to the work ahead.
October 18, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Protest is fun! It feels good and reminds us that we are in this together!
Afterwards, we have to take that energy and let it sustain us as we work in our neighborhoods towards justice and safety for our neighbors. Get inspired, get connected, and get to the work ahead.
Afterwards, we have to take that energy and let it sustain us as we work in our neighborhoods towards justice and safety for our neighbors. Get inspired, get connected, and get to the work ahead.
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Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) at the Boston No Kings rally today, wore the trans pride flag like a scarf draped over his shoulders and included in his speech. "Because here in Massachusetts, we stand for what is right. We stand with trans people because trans rights are human rights."
October 18, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) at the Boston No Kings rally today, wore the trans pride flag like a scarf draped over his shoulders and included in his speech. "Because here in Massachusetts, we stand for what is right. We stand with trans people because trans rights are human rights."
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There is another rally at Fenway Health planned for Monday at 3PM.
@protecttransfutures on IG
@protecttransfutures on IG
October 18, 2025 at 6:18 PM
There is another rally at Fenway Health planned for Monday at 3PM.
@protecttransfutures on IG
@protecttransfutures on IG
I see we have reached the "North Korean missile test" phase of the federal government's approach to dealing with protest and opposition
but if they shoot missiles at the large uninhabited island, they don't get to terrify cities full of their enemies with the open threat of "we could aim these AT you, instead of NEAR you, next time"
What's crazy about this is that the US military owns a large, uninhabited island directly off the coast from Camp Pendleton specifically for the purpose of targetting in naval live fire exercises en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Cle...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
October 16, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I see we have reached the "North Korean missile test" phase of the federal government's approach to dealing with protest and opposition