mary
@marymcguirk.bsky.social
california based urban planner | curious and concerned citizen
social media bios make me nervous, iykyk
(all views are my own)
social media bios make me nervous, iykyk
(all views are my own)
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Appears the Trump admin’s reduction in force has hit housing hard this evening.
Reports that all CDFI fund staff have been let go. HUD appears to have lost 442 staff.
Yet another federal cut that will make providing affordable housing in the US all the more challenging.
Reports that all CDFI fund staff have been let go. HUD appears to have lost 442 staff.
Yet another federal cut that will make providing affordable housing in the US all the more challenging.
October 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Appears the Trump admin’s reduction in force has hit housing hard this evening.
Reports that all CDFI fund staff have been let go. HUD appears to have lost 442 staff.
Yet another federal cut that will make providing affordable housing in the US all the more challenging.
Reports that all CDFI fund staff have been let go. HUD appears to have lost 442 staff.
Yet another federal cut that will make providing affordable housing in the US all the more challenging.
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California tourism numbers have dipped because of decreases in foreign travel and worsening international exchange rates. https://cal.news/3VVf7xb
📷 Kristian Carreon
📷 Kristian Carreon
October 7, 2025 at 9:56 PM
California tourism numbers have dipped because of decreases in foreign travel and worsening international exchange rates. https://cal.news/3VVf7xb
📷 Kristian Carreon
📷 Kristian Carreon
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US DOT is putting another transit project on hold—the Red Line Extension in Chicago—because the transit authority pursued Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) goals as part of the project, which the DOT claims are discriminatory.
The thing is, US DOT & Congress put DBE in place.
The thing is, US DOT & Congress put DBE in place.
www.transportation.gov
October 3, 2025 at 1:11 PM
US DOT is putting another transit project on hold—the Red Line Extension in Chicago—because the transit authority pursued Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) goals as part of the project, which the DOT claims are discriminatory.
The thing is, US DOT & Congress put DBE in place.
The thing is, US DOT & Congress put DBE in place.
One San Diego County project is on the list of rescinding projects, so far.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Cancels Trail, Bike-Lane Grants Deemed ‘Hostile’ to Cars
The Trump administration canceled grants for street safety measures, pedestrian trails and bike lanes in communities around the country this month, each time offering a simple rationale for yanking ba...
www.bloomberg.com
September 24, 2025 at 2:10 AM
One San Diego County project is on the list of rescinding projects, so far.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Yesterday the first ever #hydrogen powered FLIRT started passenger service--San Bernadino Transit Center started it’s first trip with passengers on board for the Arrow service here in #California --
#HydrogenNow #FuelCells #HydrogenTransport #Decarbonise
#HydrogenNow #FuelCells #HydrogenTransport #Decarbonise
September 14, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Yesterday the first ever #hydrogen powered FLIRT started passenger service--San Bernadino Transit Center started it’s first trip with passengers on board for the Arrow service here in #California --
#HydrogenNow #FuelCells #HydrogenTransport #Decarbonise
#HydrogenNow #FuelCells #HydrogenTransport #Decarbonise
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What are #FannieMae & #FreddieMac and what would it mean to end their #Conservatorship ?
#AffordableHousing
Learn more with CFA’s Fact Sheets:
consumerfed.org/in_the_media...
youtube.com/shorts/Zqno3...
#AffordableHousing
Learn more with CFA’s Fact Sheets:
consumerfed.org/in_the_media...
youtube.com/shorts/Zqno3...
Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac support affordable mortgages & help more Americans become homeowners
YouTube video by Consumer Federation of America
youtube.com
September 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM
What are #FannieMae & #FreddieMac and what would it mean to end their #Conservatorship ?
#AffordableHousing
Learn more with CFA’s Fact Sheets:
consumerfed.org/in_the_media...
youtube.com/shorts/Zqno3...
#AffordableHousing
Learn more with CFA’s Fact Sheets:
consumerfed.org/in_the_media...
youtube.com/shorts/Zqno3...
“In San Diego County, we anticipate that 96,000 people will be directly impacted by the Trump budget cuts. That more than 240,000 households will face new and difficult hurdles”
Via @kpbssandiego.bsky.social: "Nearly 100,000 people in the San Diego region could face cuts to their federal food benefits next year, according to county officials."
San Diego County launches info campaign ahead of planned food benefit cuts
County officials say 96,000 county residents could lose their CalFresh benefits under the new "One Big Beautiful Bill" rules.
www.kpbs.org
September 17, 2025 at 2:16 PM
“In San Diego County, we anticipate that 96,000 people will be directly impacted by the Trump budget cuts. That more than 240,000 households will face new and difficult hurdles”
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Families paid even more last month for groceries, electricity, and rent.
Trump promised to lower costs on “day one.” Instead, his tariffs and failed economic agenda are raising prices.
He must reverse course — working families can’t afford 3 more years of broken promises.
Trump promised to lower costs on “day one.” Instead, his tariffs and failed economic agenda are raising prices.
He must reverse course — working families can’t afford 3 more years of broken promises.
September 11, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Families paid even more last month for groceries, electricity, and rent.
Trump promised to lower costs on “day one.” Instead, his tariffs and failed economic agenda are raising prices.
He must reverse course — working families can’t afford 3 more years of broken promises.
Trump promised to lower costs on “day one.” Instead, his tariffs and failed economic agenda are raising prices.
He must reverse course — working families can’t afford 3 more years of broken promises.
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US stocks vs. rest of the world: worst underperformance since 2009.
@mikezaccardi.bsky.social
@dailychartbook.bsky.social
@mikezaccardi.bsky.social
@dailychartbook.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 9:54 AM
US stocks vs. rest of the world: worst underperformance since 2009.
@mikezaccardi.bsky.social
@dailychartbook.bsky.social
@mikezaccardi.bsky.social
@dailychartbook.bsky.social
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When the Biden administration's infrastructure act expires, it will pit cities versus states and roads versus transit. buff.ly/DMxN9tV
Thursday's Headlines Lobby Congress — Streetsblog USA
When the Biden administration's infrastructure act expires, it will pit cities versus states and roads versus transit.
usa.streetsblog.org
September 4, 2025 at 1:14 PM
When the Biden administration's infrastructure act expires, it will pit cities versus states and roads versus transit. buff.ly/DMxN9tV
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Let’s be clear: the National Guard troops, federal law enforcement, and D.C. police cannot violate the Constitution or the D.C. Home Rule Act.
Understanding your rights can help you make the best decision for yourself if approached by law enforcement.
Understanding your rights can help you make the best decision for yourself if approached by law enforcement.
August 16, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Let’s be clear: the National Guard troops, federal law enforcement, and D.C. police cannot violate the Constitution or the D.C. Home Rule Act.
Understanding your rights can help you make the best decision for yourself if approached by law enforcement.
Understanding your rights can help you make the best decision for yourself if approached by law enforcement.
Republicans at federal, state, and local elections are working to steal the 2026 (and future) election(s).
What we must do is engage our electeds now and demand our states do not comply with DOJ data requests AND harden election laws as outlined in the US constitution. More in video below ⬇️
What we must do is engage our electeds now and demand our states do not comply with DOJ data requests AND harden election laws as outlined in the US constitution. More in video below ⬇️
NEW VIDEO: As the DOJ is collecting sensitive voter data around the country and the GOP ups the stakes with their gerrymandering efforts in Texas, I am concerned what is going on is being overlooked.
I lay out my concern and what we need to do now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2E3...
I lay out my concern and what we need to do now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2E3...
Are We Doing Everything We Can to Save Democracy?
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
www.youtube.com
July 30, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Republicans at federal, state, and local elections are working to steal the 2026 (and future) election(s).
What we must do is engage our electeds now and demand our states do not comply with DOJ data requests AND harden election laws as outlined in the US constitution. More in video below ⬇️
What we must do is engage our electeds now and demand our states do not comply with DOJ data requests AND harden election laws as outlined in the US constitution. More in video below ⬇️
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Records obtained by ProPublica show the Trump administration is preparing to shut down seven major investigations of alleged housing discrimination and segregation, including some where HUD already found civil rights violations had occurred.
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
Trump Administration Prepares to Drop Seven Major Housing Discrimination Cases
Federal housing officials spent years investigating cities from Chicago to Memphis to Corpus Christi for putting industrial plants and unwanted facilities in poor, nonwhite neighborhoods. Now, under…
www.propublica.org
July 29, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Records obtained by ProPublica show the Trump administration is preparing to shut down seven major investigations of alleged housing discrimination and segregation, including some where HUD already found civil rights violations had occurred.
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
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HUD plans to halt its probe into allegations that a Texas agency diverted $1B in disaster mitigation money from Houston and other communities of color hit hard by Hurricane Harvey toward more rural, white communities less damaged by the storm.
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
Trump Administration Prepares to Drop Seven Major Housing Discrimination Cases
Federal housing officials spent years investigating cities from Chicago to Memphis to Corpus Christi for putting industrial plants and unwanted facilities in poor, nonwhite neighborhoods. Now, under T...
www.propublica.org
July 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
HUD plans to halt its probe into allegations that a Texas agency diverted $1B in disaster mitigation money from Houston and other communities of color hit hard by Hurricane Harvey toward more rural, white communities less damaged by the storm.
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
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The president has promised to hack away at federal rules that stymie construction. Yet his policies on immigration would worsen labour shortages and his tariffs will make projects more expensive
America’s broken construction industry is a big problem for Trump
It is beset by fragmentation, overregulation and underinvestment
econ.st
July 15, 2025 at 12:40 PM
The president has promised to hack away at federal rules that stymie construction. Yet his policies on immigration would worsen labour shortages and his tariffs will make projects more expensive
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good headline
Man Afraid to Ride Subway Named Head of NASA
Trump has tapped Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy as NASA administrator.
www.rollingstone.com
July 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
good headline
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The nation's fifth most populous county, San Diego, just chose its political future today—and appears to have chosen to have a Democratic local government—and it's crickets everywhere. Quite the eye-popping example of the NY/East-Coast-bias of how elections get covered.
July 2, 2025 at 5:50 AM
The nation's fifth most populous county, San Diego, just chose its political future today—and appears to have chosen to have a Democratic local government—and it's crickets everywhere. Quite the eye-popping example of the NY/East-Coast-bias of how elections get covered.
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My Trade Secrets today. Imagine the US in 1957 had seen the Sputnik satellite overhead & said "Nah, we'll leave space to the Soviets".
Thanks to climate change denial, mindless prejudice and trade protectionism, that's just what it's doing now with China & green tech, esp EVs and batteries. 1/2
Thanks to climate change denial, mindless prejudice and trade protectionism, that's just what it's doing now with China & green tech, esp EVs and batteries. 1/2
The US is failing its green tech ‘Sputnik moment’
[FREE TO READ] Prejudice and protectionism are dismantling Joe Biden’s environmental legacy
on.ft.com
June 26, 2025 at 8:46 AM
My Trade Secrets today. Imagine the US in 1957 had seen the Sputnik satellite overhead & said "Nah, we'll leave space to the Soviets".
Thanks to climate change denial, mindless prejudice and trade protectionism, that's just what it's doing now with China & green tech, esp EVs and batteries. 1/2
Thanks to climate change denial, mindless prejudice and trade protectionism, that's just what it's doing now with China & green tech, esp EVs and batteries. 1/2
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It's official: every Democratic Senator is united against tax handouts for billionaires and billionaire corporations.
We believe nobody in this country should suffer so that Jeff Bezos can buy another yacht.
We believe nobody in this country should suffer so that Jeff Bezos can buy another yacht.
June 18, 2025 at 1:27 PM
It's official: every Democratic Senator is united against tax handouts for billionaires and billionaire corporations.
We believe nobody in this country should suffer so that Jeff Bezos can buy another yacht.
We believe nobody in this country should suffer so that Jeff Bezos can buy another yacht.
terrifying
Pay attention everyone: this is the right wing’s play to outlaw abortion nationwide, and a panel of Republican federal judges appears to be coaching them on how to succeed next time.
An all-Republican CA2 panel (GWB/Trump/Trump) flirts with recognizing fetal personhood in a future challenge to NY’s Reproductive Health Act, but says this appeal’s plaintiff and the fetus the challengers sought to add to the case didn’t have standing to sue storage.courtlistener.com/pdf/2025/06/...
June 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
terrifying
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Americans are taking to the streets and showing up in US cities by the thousands to protest a plethora of President Donald Trump’s second-term policies—from trans rights to travel bans from foreign nations and deportation policies.
This is a WIRED guide on how to best protest safely.
This is a WIRED guide on how to best protest safely.
How to Protest Safely: What to Bring, What to Do, and What to Avoid
If you’re planning to hit the streets, here’s what you need to know.
www.wired.com
June 3, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Americans are taking to the streets and showing up in US cities by the thousands to protest a plethora of President Donald Trump’s second-term policies—from trans rights to travel bans from foreign nations and deportation policies.
This is a WIRED guide on how to best protest safely.
This is a WIRED guide on how to best protest safely.
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A Republican leader is proposing new fees on cars to replace lost gas taxes. But the real reason the feds are running out of highway money isn't EVs, it's an addiction to road-building. usa.streetsblog.org/2025/05/01/t...
Thursday's Headlines Take It To the Grave — Streetsblog USA
A Republican leader is proposing new fees on cars to replace lost gas taxes. But the real reason the feds are running out of highway money isn't EVs, it's an addiction to road-building.
usa.streetsblog.org
May 1, 2025 at 1:27 PM
A Republican leader is proposing new fees on cars to replace lost gas taxes. But the real reason the feds are running out of highway money isn't EVs, it's an addiction to road-building. usa.streetsblog.org/2025/05/01/t...
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It was a bad week for the transportation secretary, between firing too many DOT employees and his lawyers accidentally undermining their own case in a congestion pricing lawsuit. usa.streetsblog.org/2025/04/28/m...
Monday's Headlines Defy Duffy — Streetsblog USA
It was a bad week for the transportation secretary, between firing too many DOT employees and his lawyers accidentally undermining their own case in a congestion pricing lawsuit.
usa.streetsblog.org
April 28, 2025 at 1:15 PM
It was a bad week for the transportation secretary, between firing too many DOT employees and his lawyers accidentally undermining their own case in a congestion pricing lawsuit. usa.streetsblog.org/2025/04/28/m...
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these people hate DEI because they would be unemployable in any system where they couldn’t rely on favoritism and nepotism
April 23, 2025 at 3:22 PM
these people hate DEI because they would be unemployable in any system where they couldn’t rely on favoritism and nepotism
they are coming for our votes and stoking hatred towards immigrants while doing it
Republicans are claiming that noncitizens are voting in federal elections in such high numbers that it is necessary to dramatically reform voter registration processes.
Except that's not true. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/wha...
Except that's not true. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/wha...
What’s Really Behind Republicans' Push for Proof of Citizenship?
Republicans are perpetuating harmful myths to pass proof of citizenship requirements that serve their own ends.
www.democracydocket.com
April 22, 2025 at 1:45 PM
they are coming for our votes and stoking hatred towards immigrants while doing it