Dog Dad

fan of Survivor, wealth taxes, housing abundance, bubble tea, LVTs, & cute pets

[Dog Dad @jesserubens]

My Dog

[Frank Smith @frank_smith1111]

Europe figured out concessions decades ago. Every park has a kiosk: espresso, pastry, maybe a spritz or a beer at 6pm. Small operator pays rent, city gets revenue, park gets foot traffic and eyes on the grass. Everyone wins.

SF has 230+ parks and almost none of this. Dolores Park froze a Blue Bottle cart permit over community outreach complaints. Coit Tower took years of hand-wringing over a removable food kiosk (unsurprisingly: Peskin territory). Meanwhile we wonder why maintenance budgets are tight and parks feel empty at 7am.

Give me a coffee kiosk in every major park. Let the concession help pay for upkeep. Let foot traffic take care of public safety. Create a third space — a square where people can meet instead of shouting at each other on social media. I’ll die on this hill.

Photos from Lisbon, Portugal 🇵🇹

[Nαтe Blαncнeтт @NateBlanchett]

Lindsey Graham was not a homosexual, he was a decent family man citizen that I just happened to have disagreements with on fundamental issues

[clara the urbanist @SlopHq]

dc has the highest binge drinking rate in america at 27.1%. it also has one of the lowest drunk driving death rates. turns out when people can take a train home, they take the train home. the problem was never the drinking.

[Dog Dad @jesserubens]

@JHWeissmann Idk man, everyone I know wants to have kids but can't afford to, largely due to childcare costs. It's personally my top issue.

[Dog Dad @jesserubens]

LFG!!!🔥🔥🔥🏠👷‍♀️🏯🏢🏬🏤🏪🏫

[Elizabeth Warren @SenWarren]

BREAKING: the clock struck midnight and our bipartisan housing bill is now law.

Trump refused to sign it, but he couldn't stop it.

This law is GROUNDBREAKING.

It will build more housing, bring down costs, and for the first time, stop private equity from buying up homes.

[Dog Dad @jesserubens]

Endorsing a straight white woman who votes to fund genocide over a queer person of color who opposes genocide is not becoming of an organization with the word “equality” in their name.

[Equality PAC @lgbtequalitypac]

Equality PAC is proud to endorse our Board Member @DWStweets for #FL20!

For years, she has fought for South Florida's working families, leading efforts to lower costs, protect Social Security, & defend our freedoms.

We stand with Debbie as she fights for a better future!

[Dog Dad @jesserubens]

H Street would benefit tremendously from transit-oriented development. With by-right permitting within 30 days, builders can keep costs down and build dense apartment communities with 2 metro stops on the new pink line.

[DC YIMBYs 🏗 @dcyimbys]

Rec 19 recognizes that greater building height and FAR would help. But it continues to impose arbitrary height caps. There's no reason to limit building height along H Street - a busy urban street with substantial activity, foot traffic, and demand in the middle of a city.

[Dog Dad @jesserubens]

@rudyfunkmeyer I haven’t forgotten

[Dog Dad @jesserubens]

Bike lanes are not “dei,” but highways are socialist.

[Secretary Sean Duffy @SecDuffy]

Remember when Biden and Boot-edge-edge used YOUR MONEY for DEI bike lanes and climate change?

THAT’S OVER

I just redirected $1.73 billion in USDOT grants away from Biden-era DEI pet projects

Now this funding is officially locked in to fix America’s actual backbone: ROADS, BRIDGES, AND SHIPPING PORTS @realDailyWire ➡️ https://t.co/3EcWwywyFp

[Dog Dad @jesserubens]

Anyone serious about defeating the climate crisis should not be supporting tariffs on Chinese EVs, typically 1/3 cheaper. If American automakers can't compete with China, that's their problem, but a lot less Americans drive EVs because they can't afford them.

[Dog Dad @jesserubens]

"a basic four-stop elevator in New York City costs about $158,000, compared to $36,000 in Switzerland."

https://t.co/U2dkAWnoCZ

[Dog Dad @jesserubens]

Idgaf what drugs Andrew Gillum is on, I would take him over every single member of the senate, and almost every member of the house

Sending him all my love <3

[Dog Dad @jesserubens]

I don't trust the judgement of any politician that would endorse someone with a nazi tattoo, and that includes Elizabeth and Bernie.

[Dog Dad @jesserubens]

The man with the judgement to get a Nazi tattoo also does sexual assault.

Who could have seen this coming

[Dog Dad @jesserubens]

@AlekseiTheBun Everyone was really stupid about this, genuinely.

[Jonathan 'Boo and Vote' Cohn @JonathanCohn]

Pro tip: Nazi tattoos should be dealbreakers because keeping a Nazi tattoo indicates the worst possible judgment.

[clara the urbanist @SlopHq]

the united states has around 2 billion parking spaces for 280 million cars. every car in america owns seven homes and all of them are free. you own zero homes and your rent went up

[Dog Dad @jesserubens]

I’m used to just seeing the wannabe JV squad nazis but these are for real nazis.

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

"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"

[Dog Dad @jesserubens]

@AlekseiTheBun @ZirrionDragon awwwwwwww

[Dog Dad @jesserubens]

Throughout the Trump years, we've spent over a trillion dollars propping up fossil fuels. In 2029, we are ending socialism for dirty oil and unleashing the power of American Solar. 😎🇺🇸

[Secretary Chris Wright @SecretaryWright]

I'm thrilled to report that after 35 years, on July 4th, we will end the subsidies for new wind and solar projects, thanks President Trump’s Working Families Tax Cut.