Colin Higgins

Housing Guy.

[Colin Higgins @colinthiggins]

No lies here.

[David Weigel @daveweigel]

Actual most American place in Michigan

[Democrats @TheDemocrats]

Michigan, let’s win this.

[Alex Thompson @AlexThomp]

Schumer gets a lot of hate (especially on this website) but his recruitment of Cooper increasingly looks likely to flip a key Senate seat in a state Trump won by over 3 points less than 2 years ago.

[Brendan Duke @Brendan_Duke]

The most important story about the American safety net isn't some white paper speculating how we can distribute AI frontier lab profits--it's the rapid decline in SNAP enrollment in the wake of Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill.

Katie is a must-follow for that story.

[Keiran Pedley @keiranpedley]

🚨 NEW from @Ipsos_in_the_UK Britain backs Binface 🚨

When asked who they would prefer win the Clacton by-election...

33% say Count Binface
21% say Nigel Farage
32% say neither
13% are undecided

[Senator Scott Wiener @Scott_Wiener]

After 7 years of work, today my bill to zone for more homes near public transit finally takes effect. It’s time to tackle our affordability crisis by building the homes we need to end the shortage — and building them in places people can access public transit.

[tré easton @treeaston]

this needed a trigger warning

[Senator Scott Wiener @Scott_Wiener]

Senator Wiener’s Statement on Physical Intimidation and Harassment of Political Leaders

SAN FRANCISCO – In two separate incidents this week, Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) was harassed, threatened, and physically intimidated while attending public events to engage with the San Francisco community. Both incidents were sparked by people who had previously targeted Senator Wiener with aggressive behavior in the past. Senator Wiener issued the following statement on the incidents:

”Last night I attended the trans march, as I’ve done each year for the past 22 years since the first march in 2004. I attend each year in solidarity with our trans siblings, who are facing existential threats from right wing extremists, including the President. It has been a deep honor to partner for many years with trans people to advance legislation and budget requests to support the community.

”As I walked through Dolores Park to participate in a trans-led Pride Shabbat service in connection with the trans march, a group of people began screaming at me, ran up to me, surrounded me, and began harassing me, both verbally and physically, including physical contact. They made statements about my ‘Israeli handlers,’ among many other inaccurate, extreme, and vile statements. They were so physically and verbally aggressive that it was impossible for me to safely remain in the park. As a result, I left the park and, for the very first time, did not participate in the trans march.

“This follows an incident Wednesday night at a bar in the Mission where I’d gone to watch a World Cup game. During the game, a man accosted me in a corner of the bar, effectively cornering me and the young women staffers who were with me. He screamed abuse at me and our staff before being ejected by the bar’s employees. After being ejected, the man remained outside the bar, shouting my name and pounding on the side of the bar near where I was sitting for several minutes. The same individual, in December 2023, stalked me on a plane and in an airport, shouting at me about my ‘tainted bloodline.’

”I have no objection whatsoever to anyone disagreeing with me, opposing me, or protesting me. All of that is core to democracy. I also have no issue when people talk to me on the street and ask questions or express opposition. That’s democracy, even when the people engaging in this conduct misrepresent my views.

“But when opposition and disagreement transition to harassment, including cornering me, touching me, or trying to physically bully me out of a public event, that crosses a line.  We’re living in a time when violence is all too often threatened or used against people in public life. In San Francisco, we’re better than that.”

[Sarah Longwell @SarahLongwell25]

This is disgusting. Very sorry this happened to ⁦@PeteButtigieg⁩ and his family. https://t.co/276KvdXWvo

[San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria @MayorToddGloria]

Building more homes is not a left or right issue. It’s builders versus blockers.

At @BPC_Bipartisan’s #HousingSummit26, I joined mayors from across the U.S. to talk about how me must cut red tape, speed up permits, and #BuildMoreHomes to bring down the cost of housing for you.

[tré easton @treeaston]

Everyone *really* does need to calm down.

[tré easton @treeaston]

I'm angrier about Trump cancelling the ROAD to Housing bill signing than I am about dem socialists romping to victory in very liberal urban centers and you should be too!

[Ben McAdams @BenMcAdams]

Thank you, Utah. I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for Utah's 1st Congressional District.

From the very beginning, our campaign has been a movement of hope. Hope for representation that reflects our state’s values of compassion and integrity, and hope for a brighter future amid the chaos plaguing Washington. Your dedication to our movement has brought that hope closer to so many of our neighbors in our new district.

My mandate is clear: fight for Utahns, at all costs. And that's exactly what I've done, and will continue to do. As your representative, I promise to work with anyone and everyone to solve the problems we face: from saving our Great Salt Lake to lowering everyday costs to pushing back against the Trump Administration's overreach in our communities.

I can’t wait to fight for you again in Washington. Onward to November!

[Senator John Cornyn @JohnCornyn]

The success of the U.S. men’s national soccer team in this year’s World Cup is the product in part of America’s historically welcoming immigration system. https://t.co/KdYiA6IuLS via @WSJopinion

[Alec Stapp @AlecStapp]

35 years ago, Poland and Iran had similar standards of living.

Now, Poland is about to pass Japan in GDP per capita.

How do we create more Polands?

[Pop Base @PopBase]

British Prime Ministers since 2015 and how long they spent in power:

David Cameron — 429 days
Theresa May — 1,106 days
Boris Johnson — 1,140 days
Liz Truss — 49 days
Rishi Sunak — 619 days
Keir Starmer — 717 days + remaining days (resigned today)

[Igor Bobic @igorbobic]

The Iranians really didn’t stand a chance against our advanced nanobubbler technology

[Will Poff-Webster @willpoffwebster]

After so much work from so many people, on a first impression this looks like a great victory for pro-housing policy. This is the best deal we could have hoped for to maximize housing supply:

-Preserves build-to-rent homebuilding

-Includes the Build Now Act to reward expensive places that build homes, and penalize those that don't

-Includes disaster recovery, rental assistance, public housing, other great reforms

-NEPA exemption for infill housing

-Removes the chassis requirement from manufactured housing

-Dozens of other housing provisions: the biggest federal housing bill any of us who've worked in Congress have ever seen in our time there

[Amy Walter @amyewalter]

Finance director; comms; social media; data analytics