Eric Budd

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Colorado split its largest judicial district. Now the more liberal Arapahoe County is likely to elect a reform-minded DA, while Douglas County may bring a punitive prosecutor back into office. NEW in Bolts:

A New Boundary Sends Suburban Colorado Down Opposite Paths on Prosecutionboltsmag.org Colorado split its largest judicial district. Now the more liberal Arapahoe County is likely to elect a reform-minded DA; Douglas County may bring a punitive prosecutor back into office.

we've suburbanized our cities, with the expected effects of increased inequality and racial segregation

A new study is 1st effort to quantify different types of residential zoning across a representative set of US cities. In small cities, ~70% of land is zoned single-family; it's ~45% in large cities. Allowances for multi-family building are minimal. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Electric vehicle rebates never "fill up" (they shouldn't!) E-bikes achieve our climate, health & road safety goals better than EVs, but politicians drive everywhere & see people who bike as Others tl;dr subsidies for rich are Incentives (good!); subsidies for working class are Handouts (bad!)

In just 18 minutes, Minnesota received 10,000 applications for e-bike rebates. The website crashed. This happens pretty much every time a state or city offers e-bike rebates for the first time. www.startribune.com/minnesota-e-...

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OK, here's mine.

By @nytimes.com, I only paid for the cooking part of the site and while I'll miss Melissa Clark, you're a threat to democracy.

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Nationally, Biden beat Trump by more than 7 million votes in 2020. But in four battleground states that ultimately tipped the Electoral College to Biden – Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin – he won by fewer than 125,000 votes combined. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

I’m going to have an aneurism.

Bluesky has pretty good reach for certain types of content! the perception that posting here is not effective is largely off

Man, there are so many big, active Twitter accounts whose whose last Bluesky post was 6 months ago This place is bigger and has more features now but we can't put 1K likes on every post and I think that's mainly what some people want

look no one wants to wear something on their face for hours a day www.forbes.com/sites/jonath...

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I don't get it when people point out that Project 2025 is "nothing new." Yes, obviously, right-wingers have been fanatics for decades. They were blowing up abortion clinics and shooting doctors when I was a kid. But, as you may have noticed, their political vision has kind of been coming together.

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Kathy Hochul bravely defending the rights of New Jersey drivers to kill New Yorkers under their irresponsibly huge trucks for FREE because why come to the city and drink and then take the PATH home when you could just murder people

do we think this guy from New Jersey would have driven his pickup truck to Manhattan to get drunk had there been a $15 congestion pricing fee in place?

NYPD: NJ man charged with drunk driving after 3 killed in July 4th LES crashgothamist.com Responding officers say they smelled alcohol on the driver

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I cannot emphasize enough that not only is housing _not_ magically immune to the principles of supply and demand, but there are few goods that are _more_ exquisitely sensitive to it. Your landlord 100% knows when he’s got you over a barrel: conversely he knows when you can walk away.

Solve your housing affordability crisis with this one weird trick

Nate Silver has become the idiot he always professed to hate

If for no other reason, turn out to vote to spite the “men who have never done anything but sniff their own farts” club.

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If for no other reason, turn out to vote to spite the “men who have never done anything but sniff their own farts” club.

Bolts is the real deal! follow and fund them

For folks who've appreciated my coverage of the French elections... @bolts.bsky.social is quite different—but we cover US politics with such attention to detail. So give us a follow if you've enjoyed this, and care about the US. And our newsletter is free! boltsmag.org/newsletter

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coalitions work folks. quit yer infighting and team up against the guy who you all mutually agree is irrevocably evil

The right-wing National Rally comes in third place in French elections (they'd been expected to come in first place) 🇫🇷 🇫🇷 🇫🇷 The UK just saw Labour get its largest lead ever 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 Now we just need the US to deliver a huge defeat to the Republicans in November 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸

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A widely predicted victory for the far right in France has instead turned into a victory for the left *because people turned out in record numbers to vote.* Defeat is not inevitable and more progressive elected officials means more progressive policies.

In France, the left coalition comes in first, Macron second, the far-right third. The best way to defeat fascism is not centrism, it’s a strong left.

2024 reject fascists challenge

JUST IN: Polls closed in France. Exit polls show surprise: —Left coalition (New Popular Front) projected first. (!) —Far-right (RN) has lost its bid to take power. Anti-RN front appears to have worked very well. —No bloc close to majority. Follow this 🧵 for results and more:

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The governors of a dozen Republican-led states — AL, AK, FL, GA, IA, MS, OK, SC, SD, TX, UT, WY — opted out of a new federal food assistance program, leaving about 9.5 million students without the aid this summer

Republican-led states are blocking summer food benefits for hungry familieswww.usatoday.com Money for food is especially tight for families in a dozen states where Republican lawmakers declined to accept federal food assistance.

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Organizers got enough signatures to put a measure protecting abortion on the ballot in Arkansas. In *Arkansas*. They had *no national support*. Ignore the pundits melting down over not being treated as Very Special Boys. Dobbs has fundamentally changed elections. Everything they know is wrong.

Arkansas abortion rights groups collect enough signatures to advance ballot measurewww.nbcnews.com A measure to enshrine abortion rights in the ruby red state’s constitution is now one step closer to making the November ballot — but major obstacles remain.

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In the exact same nine day period that Biden and his White House and campaign have been flailing, Trump has offered voters a window into his own mental state and vision for term 2 It’s not great! www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

QAnon Memes, F-Bombs, and Tribunals: As Biden Faltered, Trump Amped Up the Crazywww.rollingstone.com Trump quietly had his own week from hell while the media was hounding Biden

current GOP "position" on abortion leans into states' rights but they'll be big mad after a few more states protect abortion in 2024

Hell yes Kansas and also worth noting these are Dem appointed judges truthout.org/articles/kan...

Kansas Supreme Court Strikes Down Second-Trimester Abortion Bantruthout.org In a 5-1 ruling striking down two laws, the court found that the state constitution protects the right to abortion.

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Hell yes Kansas and also worth noting these are Dem appointed judges truthout.org/articles/kan...

Kansas Supreme Court Strikes Down Second-Trimester Abortion Bantruthout.org In a 5-1 ruling striking down two laws, the court found that the state constitution protects the right to abortion.

first movie definitely holds up! good stuff

watching the first BEVERLY HILLS COP and it is always shocking to remember that eddie murphy was 22 when he filmed this. the guy acts on screen like he’s never not been a movie star. it’s extraordinary.

this is my shocked face

“The network has ramped up its attacks on Harris — including with commentary focused on her race and gender — since President Joe Biden's debate performance on June 27.” www.mediamatters.org/kamala-harri...

Fox News ramps up attacks on Vice President Kamala Harriswww.mediamatters.org Fox News figures have recently compared Vice President Kamala Harris to teenage children, said that her words do not sound like those of a commander-in-chief, and dismissed Harris as a “a DEI hire.” T...

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Biden is not owed good press by a long shot. But the amount of coverage his age is receiving relative to that of Trump's very real past and promised future actions strikes me as one of the greatest media mis-prioritizations since the run-up to the Iraq War.

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It’s weird how conservatives think having more kids than liberals means there will be more conservatives when every Drag Race contestant’s bio is “I grew up in a town where the only employers were the church and the prison, I was raised by my aunt after my mom was executed for working on Sunday”

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I do think so, on the basis of abortion support, which is pretty much in the 55-60% range when actually measured by votes. 2 in 3 New Yorkers wanted congestion pricing. Majorities favor higher taxes on the wealthy. If you don’t see progressive majorities, it’s because they’re being suppressed.

Do you think over half the country actually cares about Project 2025? Do you think over half the country would really care about any issue that doesn't affect them