Conor White for some reason

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I know it shouldn't be anymore, but it's just wild to me that one of the major parties is running a convicted felon on a platform of "make literally everything worse" and like 75 million people are all in

New worry just dropped. #Project2025

Project 2025 Would Increase Costs for Commuters, Defund Transit Maintenance, and Undermine Economic Growthwww.americanprogress.org How a radical plan to eliminate federal transit funding could devastate local transit systems, hurt families, and undermine economic growth.

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these people do not intend to ever lose power again

Heritage Foundation president celebrates Supreme Court presidential immunity ruling: "We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be" www.mediamatters.org/project-2025...

Heritage Foundation president celebrates Supreme Court immunity decision: "We are in the process of the second American Revolution"www.mediamatters.org

Oh look, another piece on how several top ANONYMOUS democrats want Biden to quit. This shit is ridiculous.

This is the New York Times email I received today, July 1, 2024. The same day SCOTUS declared Trump a god king. Three days after SCOTUS decided *REGULATION* was unnecessary. I genuinely have no words.

This fuckin lady

“She's trolling New York City. The gall to wear an MTA shirt on today of all days. Just complete contempt for New Yorkers,” transit advocate and The War On Cars podcast co-host Doug Gordon said.

Hochul shows MTA 'pride' on day NYC congestion pricing would have begungothamist.com The governor put the program on an indefinite pause earlier this month.

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The correct response to Chevron being overturned is for every single environmental group to start filing millions of lawsuits, right now, today, arguing that various regulatory decisions didn't go far enough. Absolutely flood the zone.

Democrats spending the entire day openly wondering if they should replace the sitting president on the ticket instead of screaming at the top of their lungs that SCOTUS blew up the federal government and freed a bunch of Jan. 6th maniacs is a perfect encapsulation of the party

Hi Kathy

Central Park went car-free six years ago yesterday. People said it would never happen. People said it would never be a success. Now, it's impossible to imagine Central Park any other way. (Congestion pricing would follow a similar course, FYI)

At last, Central Park is permanently car-freeny.curbed.com New York City’s most popular park is now closed to vehicular traffic, except on a few crosstown thoroughfares.

lol everything is so, so bad

Breaking news: Federal prosecutors improperly charged hundreds of Jan. 6 defendants with obstruction, the Supreme Court ruled on Friday, upending many cases against rioters who disrupted the certification of the 2020 presidential election.

Supreme Court says prosecutors improperly charged hundreds of Jan. 6 rioterswww.washingtonpost.com Supreme Court’s decision on obstruction charge will impact trials of hundreds of Jan. 6 rioters and, potentially, former president Donald Trump.

You see this Kathy

this feels like another dub for bullying elected officials gothamist.com/news/nyc-lib...

NYC libraries to get budget funding back — and reopen on Sundaysgothamist.com In November, the mayor's budget cuts forced libraries to close on Sundays. The issue has been a thorn in his side ever since.

Oh wow you mean people don't like waiting for deodorant to be unlocked like it's the damn holy grail because you totally made up a bunch of bullshit shoplifting numbers? Crazy

NEW YORK (AP) — Walgreens says a quarter of US stores are underperforming and it plans to shutter a significant number within 3 years.

You're going to lose your job Kathy

But congestion pricing might inconvenience somebody.. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

NYC Has the World’s Worst Traffic Congestion, Costing $9 Billionwww.bloomberg.com New York City is the world’s most-congested urban area for the second year in a row, costing the city an estimated $9.1 billion in lost time, a new report shows.

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"facts speak louder than diner patrons" is an early candidate for my favorite zinger of the MTA board meeting, and we're only on the third public comment so far (yes, it started 20 mins late)

It may not be LeBron James or Giannis Antetounkoumpo, but a star level player forced his way to the Knicks. Soak it in Knicks fans.

"oh shit, same name" - Willie Mays and Billy Mays in heaven

honest to god I never considered the possibility it was anything else

starting to think americans reject bidets and insist on dry wiping their dirty asses raw because it’s a french word

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Rest in piss Infowars

On this website, we celebrate wins. This is a massive W. Goodbye, Infowars. Enjoy being broke, Alex Jones. apnews.com/article/alex...

Bankruptcy trustee discloses plan to shut down Alex Jones' Infowars and liquidate assetsapnews.com A U.S. bankruptcy court trustee is planning to shut down conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ Infowars media platform and liquidate its assets.

Vote her out, period

"We can't be tone deaf to our citizens", says Kathy Hochul, who just canceled congestion pricing, while simultaneously warning about hazardous air quality and an heat wave www.msnbc.com/politicsnati...

Gov. Kathy Hochul defends pause on NYC congestion pricing: 'We can't be tone-deaf to our citizens'www.msnbc.com New York Governor Kathy Hochul joins MSNBC's the Rev. Al Sharpton to discuss the congestion pricing pause, a potential ban of masks on public transit, and other topics.

Vote Hochul out

“Extending the Second Avenue Subway northward to 125th Street in Harlem from its current Upper East Side terminus at 96th Street was to have been funded through the toll revenue that the MTA was to reap from congestion pricing.” In case you needed another example of why Black people can be cynical.

Congestion pricing: Harlem residents fume after Second Avenue Subway extension shelved following Hochul’s toll pause | amNewYorkwww.amny.com Harlem locals are fuming after hearing the news that the Second Avenue Subway extension to the neighborhood had been halted weeks after Gov. Kathy Hochul put

If the Minority Report pre crime division existed I'd be locked away forever for my thoughts about NJ transit

All my life I waited for wireless headphones, and now I'm thisclose to going back to wired because the little fuckers simply never charge

We gotta vote these freaks out.

Police spending in every city crowds out far worthier causes. www.nytimes.com/2024/06/21/n...

For the Price of a Police Helicopter, New York Could Save the Artswww.nytimes.com The city’s budget is being finalized, and arts institutions, from the big to the small, are fearing the worst.

I'm just gonna say it: Tootsie rolls don't get enough credit

Shout-out to my girl Kathy Hochul

Basic premium What are we even doing anymore

Hey at least it means more brain shattering sirens for everyone!

“An analysis of eight months of ShotSpotter alerts found that 87% of the time NYPD officers were dispatched to a scene where there was no evidence of a shooting or where they could not confirm a shooting occurred…”

NYC Surveillance Tech on Shootings Gives False Alarms 87% of Time, Audit Findswww.bloomberg.com A constellation of microphones around the city for almost a decade has monitored for audio clues of neighborhood shootings.

Just changed my party registration just to make sure I can vote against Adams and Hochul in primaries

Imagine being such a shitty mayor, the Public Library is calling you out.

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Good morning, Bluesky! No matter where you live, if you think climate change is a problem, you should call Kathy Hochul and tell her that all evidence supports implementing congestion pricing on June 30th. Call now! (518) 474-8390

The New York congestion pricing study ran for about 4% of the total history of widespread automobile use, probably don’t need another five years.