@pukabaluka.bsky.social
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Under capitalism, housing prices are set by supply and demand and housing is allocated by people’s ability to pay.
In the absence of brand new homes for them to buy, the wealthy will bid up the price of the best available existing homes and renovate them into luxury.
In the absence of brand new homes for them to buy, the wealthy will bid up the price of the best available existing homes and renovate them into luxury.
A Historic Victorian in San Francisco Is Meticulously Transformed Into a Modern Family Home - Dwell
www.dwell.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Under capitalism, housing prices are set by supply and demand and housing is allocated by people’s ability to pay.
In the absence of brand new homes for them to buy, the wealthy will bid up the price of the best available existing homes and renovate them into luxury.
In the absence of brand new homes for them to buy, the wealthy will bid up the price of the best available existing homes and renovate them into luxury.
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What Democrats Must Do is find leaders & spokespeople who can explain to the public that the policies they want will <only> ever happen if <first> there are major institutional reforms that fundamentally fix our broken legislative, electoral, & judicial institutions.
The. Policy. Project. And. Platform. Needs. To. Be. Institutional. Reform.
🧵 Democrats need to stop promising sweeping policies like this w/o ever discussing <institutional> reform. There was <no way> any of this was going to pass the Senate. It's no wonder voters get disillusioned. You promise them magical 🦄 & can't deliver. The <platform> needs to be institutional reform
July 14, 2025 at 8:21 PM
What Democrats Must Do is find leaders & spokespeople who can explain to the public that the policies they want will <only> ever happen if <first> there are major institutional reforms that fundamentally fix our broken legislative, electoral, & judicial institutions.
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(4) Trump and the Republicans don't have an advantage over Democrats because they *better understand heartland Americans.*
They have an advantage over Democrats because they created their own universe of propaganda outlets, and then went out and bought all the mainstream outlets.
Duh.
They have an advantage over Democrats because they created their own universe of propaganda outlets, and then went out and bought all the mainstream outlets.
Duh.
October 28, 2025 at 4:24 PM
(4) Trump and the Republicans don't have an advantage over Democrats because they *better understand heartland Americans.*
They have an advantage over Democrats because they created their own universe of propaganda outlets, and then went out and bought all the mainstream outlets.
Duh.
They have an advantage over Democrats because they created their own universe of propaganda outlets, and then went out and bought all the mainstream outlets.
Duh.
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Remember kids, this whole "blaming Tylenol" thing is REALLY about blaming women, and trying to narrow their life experiences and choices because good, honest, homemakers have their children naturally and don't experience any pain, and evil careerist bitches use drugs to get through a natural thing.
September 22, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Remember kids, this whole "blaming Tylenol" thing is REALLY about blaming women, and trying to narrow their life experiences and choices because good, honest, homemakers have their children naturally and don't experience any pain, and evil careerist bitches use drugs to get through a natural thing.
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currently at record-high search interest for canceling disney plus. pulling kimmel is a bigger deal to the company's bottom line than any of the "woke" scandals of the past 5 years. i think news & entertainment corp execs need put more work into understanding their audience, & get off twitter
September 20, 2025 at 4:12 PM
currently at record-high search interest for canceling disney plus. pulling kimmel is a bigger deal to the company's bottom line than any of the "woke" scandals of the past 5 years. i think news & entertainment corp execs need put more work into understanding their audience, & get off twitter
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every day i see hundreds of comments of people spinning elaborate scenarios to explain how trump can control everything and all opposition is futile. a) i think a lot of you need to log off and stop following professional doomsayers. b) i think a lot of you are cowards
August 31, 2025 at 1:38 PM
every day i see hundreds of comments of people spinning elaborate scenarios to explain how trump can control everything and all opposition is futile. a) i think a lot of you need to log off and stop following professional doomsayers. b) i think a lot of you are cowards
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Why is the rent so damn high in LA? Simple economics: the demand for housing is extremely high and our housing supply is extremely low.
August 26, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Why is the rent so damn high in LA? Simple economics: the demand for housing is extremely high and our housing supply is extremely low.
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I don't think this is a challenging concept!
We should expect to lose votes when we murder people, lie about it and express contempt for them on the campaign trail
August 23, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I don't think this is a challenging concept!
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Last week, ICE arrested a six-year-old Queens public school student at her family's scheduled check-in. This morning, she was deported along with her mother. One of her siblings remains in detention.
The cruelty of this federal administration knows no bounds.
The cruelty of this federal administration knows no bounds.
6-Year-Old NYC Elementary School Student and Her Mom Deported
The mother's 19-year-old son remains in ICE custody in New Jersey, while her distraught teenage minor is now in the care of her 21-year-old brother.
www.thecity.nyc
August 19, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Last week, ICE arrested a six-year-old Queens public school student at her family's scheduled check-in. This morning, she was deported along with her mother. One of her siblings remains in detention.
The cruelty of this federal administration knows no bounds.
The cruelty of this federal administration knows no bounds.
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My wish list is:
1) court packing
2) wealth tax (Warren actually proposed 6%/yr on wealth over 1B which is much higher than my proposal of a one-time 5-10% capital levy then blanket 1-2%).
3) all the 2021 reforms (JLVRA, HR1, Equality Act, etc.)
1) court packing
2) wealth tax (Warren actually proposed 6%/yr on wealth over 1B which is much higher than my proposal of a one-time 5-10% capital levy then blanket 1-2%).
3) all the 2021 reforms (JLVRA, HR1, Equality Act, etc.)
August 19, 2025 at 11:33 PM
My wish list is:
1) court packing
2) wealth tax (Warren actually proposed 6%/yr on wealth over 1B which is much higher than my proposal of a one-time 5-10% capital levy then blanket 1-2%).
3) all the 2021 reforms (JLVRA, HR1, Equality Act, etc.)
1) court packing
2) wealth tax (Warren actually proposed 6%/yr on wealth over 1B which is much higher than my proposal of a one-time 5-10% capital levy then blanket 1-2%).
3) all the 2021 reforms (JLVRA, HR1, Equality Act, etc.)
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Here’s a useful guideline.
August 17, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Here’s a useful guideline.
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There is a fairly short and straight line, it seems to me, between defending the existence of concentration camps in Palestine, and ending up with concentration camps in the United States.
July 25, 2025 at 12:34 AM
There is a fairly short and straight line, it seems to me, between defending the existence of concentration camps in Palestine, and ending up with concentration camps in the United States.
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Somebody please primary this guy www.thebulwark.com/p/are-dems-g...
July 24, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Somebody please primary this guy www.thebulwark.com/p/are-dems-g...
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Just to state the stupidly obvious: This is treatment the United States has subjected HUNDREDS of men to without trial or process, the vast majority of whom have no criminal record of any kind. (Not, of course, that it would be acceptable if they did.)
Here’s Abrego Garcia’s amended complaint.
It alleges that Abrego Garcia “was subjected to severe mistreatment upon arrival at CECOT, including but not limited to severe beatings, severe sleep deprivation,
inadequate nutrition, and psychological torture..”
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
It alleges that Abrego Garcia “was subjected to severe mistreatment upon arrival at CECOT, including but not limited to severe beatings, severe sleep deprivation,
inadequate nutrition, and psychological torture..”
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
July 2, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Just to state the stupidly obvious: This is treatment the United States has subjected HUNDREDS of men to without trial or process, the vast majority of whom have no criminal record of any kind. (Not, of course, that it would be acceptable if they did.)
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Today AB 253, authored by pro-housing champion @asmchrisward.bsky.social, passed out of the Senate Local Government committee. This bill would allow licensed third-party plan checkers to pick up the workload when cities can't meet a 30-day deadline—key for avoiding delays!
July 2, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Today AB 253, authored by pro-housing champion @asmchrisward.bsky.social, passed out of the Senate Local Government committee. This bill would allow licensed third-party plan checkers to pick up the workload when cities can't meet a 30-day deadline—key for avoiding delays!
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Paramount just paid Trump a bribe for merger approval. When Democrats retake power, I’ll be first in line calling for federal charges. In the meantime, state prosecutors should make the corporate execs who sold out our democracy answer in court, today.
Paramount agrees to pay Trump $16 million, clearing way for multibillion-dollar merger
Paramount agrees to pay Trump $16 million, clearing way for multibillion-dollar merger
The king demands tribute.
buff.ly
July 2, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Paramount just paid Trump a bribe for merger approval. When Democrats retake power, I’ll be first in line calling for federal charges. In the meantime, state prosecutors should make the corporate execs who sold out our democracy answer in court, today.
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Republicans are getting what they paid for: a court willing to cede its power to an executive but only if a Republican is in power. But Democrats will retake power, and John Roberts is all but guaranteeing that Trump’s Supreme Court will barely outlast the Trump administration.
there is no jurisprudence at work here. the republican court believes that anything a republican president is presumptively constitutional, even if it directly violates the unambiguous constitutional text and causes total chaos in law and policy.
June 27, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Republicans are getting what they paid for: a court willing to cede its power to an executive but only if a Republican is in power. But Democrats will retake power, and John Roberts is all but guaranteeing that Trump’s Supreme Court will barely outlast the Trump administration.
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i am simply asking the press to cover the government sending masked thugs to rip people from their crying children and shipping them to a foreign concentration camp with the same ferocity they cover a trans kid playing jv tennis in sheboygan
June 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
i am simply asking the press to cover the government sending masked thugs to rip people from their crying children and shipping them to a foreign concentration camp with the same ferocity they cover a trans kid playing jv tennis in sheboygan
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personally would like to see every store show what part of the price increase is due to tariffs bc if these tariffs ever come down, i need to see that price go right back down
April 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
personally would like to see every store show what part of the price increase is due to tariffs bc if these tariffs ever come down, i need to see that price go right back down
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This is getting overlooked: Trump *openly admitted* he hasn't even asked Bukele to return Abrego Garcia, claiming *his lawyers haven't said he has to.*
Either Trump is knowingly flouting SCOTUS or his lawyers have deceived him.
Exchange w/ @speechboy71.bsky.social:
newrepublic.com/article/1945...
Either Trump is knowingly flouting SCOTUS or his lawyers have deceived him.
Exchange w/ @speechboy71.bsky.social:
newrepublic.com/article/1945...
April 29, 2025 at 1:19 PM
This is getting overlooked: Trump *openly admitted* he hasn't even asked Bukele to return Abrego Garcia, claiming *his lawyers haven't said he has to.*
Either Trump is knowingly flouting SCOTUS or his lawyers have deceived him.
Exchange w/ @speechboy71.bsky.social:
newrepublic.com/article/1945...
Either Trump is knowingly flouting SCOTUS or his lawyers have deceived him.
Exchange w/ @speechboy71.bsky.social:
newrepublic.com/article/1945...
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Wow. UPS announces they will cut 20,000 jobs this year because of the economic conditions under Trump.
UPS cutting 20,000 jobs amid reduction in Amazon shipments
UPS on Tuesday announced it is planning to cut 20,000 jobs as part of its plan for workforce consolidation.
www.cbsnews.com
April 29, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Wow. UPS announces they will cut 20,000 jobs this year because of the economic conditions under Trump.
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Vance is like "We kidnapped the wrong dude and sent him to a foreign gulag, and are refusing to comply with a 9-0 SCOTUS ruling to fix it. What is everyone so upset about?"
April 16, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Vance is like "We kidnapped the wrong dude and sent him to a foreign gulag, and are refusing to comply with a 9-0 SCOTUS ruling to fix it. What is everyone so upset about?"
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Just so we’re clear, everybody calling Kilmar Abrego Garcia a “terrorist” or a “gang member” are lying, and they know they’re lying, and they repeat it for purposes of confusing people who don’t follow this stuff closely into accepting what was done to him.
April 15, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Just so we’re clear, everybody calling Kilmar Abrego Garcia a “terrorist” or a “gang member” are lying, and they know they’re lying, and they repeat it for purposes of confusing people who don’t follow this stuff closely into accepting what was done to him.