Laurence
@laurence1084.bsky.social
Increase your confidence interval.
Socialists for occupational licensing reform? I'll take it!
Soon small businesses won’t have to wait for Small Business Saturday to get attention from their Mayor.
Some changes that they can look forward to:
Some changes that they can look forward to:
November 30, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Socialists for occupational licensing reform? I'll take it!
Shouldn't have to touch them personally to move them, but welcome nevertheless.
h/t @adamwren.bsky.social
Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."
Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."
November 29, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Shouldn't have to touch them personally to move them, but welcome nevertheless.
A landmark in data-driven political science that comes with info-packed charts galore. My personal favorite:
November 20, 2025 at 10:50 PM
A landmark in data-driven political science that comes with info-packed charts galore. My personal favorite:
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mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
I don't know if Rep. Greene is sincere, but it does matter that she's saying this. Public officials' public posture sets the tone for the political and cultural milieu.
BASH: We have seen these attacks from the president at other people. It's not new. And I haven't heard you speak out about it until it was directed at you.
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: I think that's fair criticism. And I would like to say, humbly, I'm sorry for taking part in the toxic politics.
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: I think that's fair criticism. And I would like to say, humbly, I'm sorry for taking part in the toxic politics.
November 16, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I don't know if Rep. Greene is sincere, but it does matter that she's saying this. Public officials' public posture sets the tone for the political and cultural milieu.
Call it the Everything, Everywhere, All at Once playbook. This is a country of 340 million, with half of it all stored under a single tent. There is no option but to run local, subtly or overtly distancing oneself from the nebulous but unpopular national brand whenever necessary.
Neither Zohran Mamdani nor Abigail Spanberger are the future of the Democratic Party.
We won’t win by imitating either campaign, but we’ll win by doing what they both did: running local-first campaigns, giving people a vision for the future, and rebuilding the American Dream for Gen Z.
We won’t win by imitating either campaign, but we’ll win by doing what they both did: running local-first campaigns, giving people a vision for the future, and rebuilding the American Dream for Gen Z.
November 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Call it the Everything, Everywhere, All at Once playbook. This is a country of 340 million, with half of it all stored under a single tent. There is no option but to run local, subtly or overtly distancing oneself from the nebulous but unpopular national brand whenever necessary.
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Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment
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this is the most successful a CIA officer has been at toppling a government in years.
November 5, 2025 at 1:13 AM
this is the most successful a CIA officer has been at toppling a government in years.
America stood up tonight.
Democrats literally won every race they could've won today. Like we literally couldn't have won anything else.
November 5, 2025 at 4:12 AM
America stood up tonight.
The City of Yes will build again.
All YIMBY ballot measures are currently winning in NYC by 10-point margins at least
November 5, 2025 at 2:34 AM
The City of Yes will build again.
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We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
November 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
We are the superior West Germanic language. 🇺🇸🇬🇧
reading the NL election news and thinking of this
October 29, 2025 at 10:39 PM
We are the superior West Germanic language. 🇺🇸🇬🇧
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the democratic party’s basic problem is it has almost no control over how its message reaches the ears of voters, especially outside of presidential election years. but rather than devote serious time, attention and cash to that problem its consultants and pundits want to fight factional battles
October 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
the democratic party’s basic problem is it has almost no control over how its message reaches the ears of voters, especially outside of presidential election years. but rather than devote serious time, attention and cash to that problem its consultants and pundits want to fight factional battles
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SNAP is probably the most effective federal dollar we spend in terms of long term domestic economic outcomes.
that isn’t why you should support it; you should support it because it is a moral imperative to feed the hungry.
but it’s why even a growth-oriented ghoul shouldn’t oppose it.
that isn’t why you should support it; you should support it because it is a moral imperative to feed the hungry.
but it’s why even a growth-oriented ghoul shouldn’t oppose it.
October 27, 2025 at 1:21 AM
SNAP is probably the most effective federal dollar we spend in terms of long term domestic economic outcomes.
that isn’t why you should support it; you should support it because it is a moral imperative to feed the hungry.
but it’s why even a growth-oriented ghoul shouldn’t oppose it.
that isn’t why you should support it; you should support it because it is a moral imperative to feed the hungry.
but it’s why even a growth-oriented ghoul shouldn’t oppose it.
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The energy we need is this suburban dad standing out in the street -- barefoot with Blackhawks pajama pants on -- screaming at the masked goons to get the fuck out of their neighborhood.
More from the scene
October 25, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Looking forward to the greatest champion of housing in the California state government — perhaps any state government — joining the halls of Congress.
It’s official: I’m running for Congress to represent San Francisco!
I’ll fight for our city – against Trump’s takeover, for our values, & for real progress. I’ve delivered on housing, healthcare, clean energy, & civil rights – & I’ll do it again.
Let’s build the future our city & country deserve.
I’ll fight for our city – against Trump’s takeover, for our values, & for real progress. I’ve delivered on housing, healthcare, clean energy, & civil rights – & I’ll do it again.
Let’s build the future our city & country deserve.
October 23, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Looking forward to the greatest champion of housing in the California state government — perhaps any state government — joining the halls of Congress.
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cops tackling and marching off with a giant penis, Kristi Noem menacing a chicken she swears is antifa, feds pepper-spraying a frog
ridicule is an extremely effective protest tactic and foil for authoritarianism
ridicule is an extremely effective protest tactic and foil for authoritarianism
Well, you can finally cross “I’ve seen a handcuffed, inflatable penis” off your bucket list
October 19, 2025 at 2:49 AM
cops tackling and marching off with a giant penis, Kristi Noem menacing a chicken she swears is antifa, feds pepper-spraying a frog
ridicule is an extremely effective protest tactic and foil for authoritarianism
ridicule is an extremely effective protest tactic and foil for authoritarianism
Representing San Jose!
October 18, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Representing San Jose!
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a lot of people want to read Trump and team's fossil fuel obsession as being about *money* but while there is of course a corruption element, it's primarily pure culture war stuff. even many of the big fossil fuel companies want to get into renewables because it's so obviously the future.
Coal production and employment in Wyoming has steadily been declining, much like the rest of the industry in the US.
Coal is a dead industry.
(Chart from here: www.uwyo.edu/cbea/wyoming... )
Coal is a dead industry.
(Chart from here: www.uwyo.edu/cbea/wyoming... )
October 13, 2025 at 7:17 PM
a lot of people want to read Trump and team's fossil fuel obsession as being about *money* but while there is of course a corruption element, it's primarily pure culture war stuff. even many of the big fossil fuel companies want to get into renewables because it's so obviously the future.
First CEQA reform, now this.
There's no better champion of California families who just want to afford a life here than @scottwiener.bsky.social, and I'm thrilled how much the Overton window has shifted on this issue of paramount importance.
There's no better champion of California families who just want to afford a life here than @scottwiener.bsky.social, and I'm thrilled how much the Overton window has shifted on this issue of paramount importance.
MAJOR NEWS: @GavinNewsom signed SB 79, my bill allowing more housing near public transit — rail, subway, rapid bus.
It’s a huge step for housing in California. It’ll create more homes, strengthen our transit systems & reduce traffic & carbon emissions.
Thank you, Governor!
It’s a huge step for housing in California. It’ll create more homes, strengthen our transit systems & reduce traffic & carbon emissions.
Thank you, Governor!
October 13, 2025 at 2:56 AM
First CEQA reform, now this.
There's no better champion of California families who just want to afford a life here than @scottwiener.bsky.social, and I'm thrilled how much the Overton window has shifted on this issue of paramount importance.
There's no better champion of California families who just want to afford a life here than @scottwiener.bsky.social, and I'm thrilled how much the Overton window has shifted on this issue of paramount importance.
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Fewer than 1 in 10 of our Congressional races are considered competitive - in a country that's politically more or less 50-50.
This is madness. And it doesn't have to be this way.
This is madness. And it doesn't have to be this way.
October 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Fewer than 1 in 10 of our Congressional races are considered competitive - in a country that's politically more or less 50-50.
This is madness. And it doesn't have to be this way.
This is madness. And it doesn't have to be this way.
Losing the FiveThirtyEight polling database was a deep blow to the world of election analysis. But we’re so back, baby.
Thanks to @gelliottmorris.com and all involved for their
indispensable efforts.
Thanks to @gelliottmorris.com and all involved for their
indispensable efforts.
October 10, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Losing the FiveThirtyEight polling database was a deep blow to the world of election analysis. But we’re so back, baby.
Thanks to @gelliottmorris.com and all involved for their
indispensable efforts.
Thanks to @gelliottmorris.com and all involved for their
indispensable efforts.
His approval rating is in the mid-to-low 40s. Remind yourself of this whenever the incumbent government tries to lie to you.
October 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
His approval rating is in the mid-to-low 40s. Remind yourself of this whenever the incumbent government tries to lie to you.