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"i moved out of the city and im so much happier" love that for you but i need see a 1970s arthouse film at 2:30pm on a wednesday in theater with 15 unemployed strangers or i will die
I really feel duty bound to keep pointing out to people that the electoral college is an insane unworkable mess and creates wild distortions in the single most important election in the country that literally don't exist in any other election.
the cost of congestion pricing on the typical New York family is $0 because the overwhelming majority of New Yorkers take transit into lower Manhattan and only a tiny minority choose to drive
I have constituents fainting on 100 degree subway platforms while waiting over 15 min for trains. At these temperatures, the Gov’s decision to cancel congestion pricing & defund the MTA has become not just reckless & shortsighted, but cruel & dangerous, putting lives at risk
Boeing will plead guilty to criminal fraud conspiracy charges related to the 737 MAX crashes in 2018/19. They will pay a $240M fine. Laws that can be settled with a fine are just legal for a price.
Real people committed those crimes, on purpose. Put them behind bars.
March 1933 The Enabling Act becomes law in Germany, giving the chief executive power enforce his own laws without checks and balances. The passing of the Act marked the formal transition from democratic republic to totalitarian dictatorship. 6 months later, it was a 1 party state
I’m hearing that Gov. Hochul’s people are shocked by the blowback to her flip-flop on congestion pricing.
We should continue to pressure her. Here’s ⬇️ some text you can use while contacting Hochul through her form: https://t.co/SrFhoeasE8
As more comes out: Hakeem Jeffries sold out the MTA’s future and Hochul went along with it with no plan in place to address the underlying policy goals and problems congestion pricing was designed to address and which still persist today. What an irresponsible way to govern.
Western society is based on consumer capitalism, and in consumer capitalism there is no such thing as "enough". You will never buy enough shit; no one ever makes enough money. Infinite growth is the basis of this ideology. It's stupid and has no basis in physical reality.