I’ll always remember the Matt Freese blunder. Not because it’s all his fault but for 10 minutes before it the momentum completely changed and things were looking really bright for #USMNT
Then the worst mistake possible happened and it was over in a flash.
I agree w this and that is why the quote of “America was not a true democracy until 1965” is often on my mind around the 4th. The groundwork was flawed and imperfect, but we must believe a better world is possible. It inspired past generations to fight for that better world.
There is a version of progressive patriotism that consciously rejects defining a specific utopian objective, and instead sees the steady march of progress over the course of generations as Real America’s history, legacy and duty. Permanent revolution, if you will.
I've never understood why we're supposed to care that people like DeGette or Goldman were impeachment managers. They didn't get Trump removed and basically every Democrat supported impeachment. What about this makes them so great?
"Members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro as a commuter looks on, during the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 4, 2026. REUTERS/Cheney Orr"
Yes and we should have diff expectations. It shouldn’t be that the only way people can start a career in cities like San Francisco and New York is by converting closets and living rooms to bedrooms. We need to build more housing
When I moved to the Bay Area in 2000, it was the dot-com boom. I was making $20k/year as a grad student so I lived in a walk-in closet my first year here with 5 other people. My friends lived 4 people in a 1-bedroom apartment by converting the living room and closets into bedrooms as well. Seems Gen Z have very different expectations.
“if we are going to talk about the crisis of affordability, we should probably focus on the people who are actually struggling to survive, not those who are just struggling with expectation management”
Rly good pushback on the NYT article. I just moved apts in SF and fully agree
When I moved to SF in 2013, I was making $100K a year. My boyfriend and I found a 1br apartment for $3,800/mo and split it down the middle. As a percentage of my income, I was paying more for rent than the couple profiled here could easily rent a 1br apartment for.
It seems to me that the real issue with the article isn't just that it ignores the root cause of rising prices, which is our systemic failure to build enough housing. It's that the writer chose a bizarrely unsympathetic focal point.
There are plenty of people who genuinely cannot afford to live in San Francisco anymore. The starting salary for a public school teacher here is around $70K. Librarians average about $85K. These are the people who actually keep the city running, who anchor communities, and who are being priced out by the market.
Instead, the piece focuses on tech workers making well over $180K who gave up their housing search because they couldn't find a place under $5,000 a month after three months. Anyone who opens Zillow can see there are hundreds of 1-bedrooms available for less than that right now.
One reason for this framing might be the narrative allure of the "AI boom vs. traditional tech" friction, but it ends up sounding incredibly out of touch. San Francisco has always required trade-offs, and it has always been expensive. But if we are going to talk about the crisis of affordability, we should probably focus on the people who are actually struggling to survive, not those who are just struggling with expectation management.
My take is that Bernie/AOC *not* calling for Biden to drop out was ESSENTIAL for *actually getting him to drop out,* because if they had, it would have immediately negatively polarized a faction of the party against the push, conflating it with progressive issue dissent (eg Uncommitted).