Israeli sources: At Trump’s request Israel will cease its strikes in Iran. Strikes in southern Lebanon will continue in force in coming days. We will strike in alDahiyeh if attacks against our civilians and towns persist. (Implying not if Hezbollah attacks IDF positions in southern Lebanon).
The attitude that you must be born in a neighborhood to belong there is tied to the freezing of cities' ethnic maps from the 1920s to the 60s. The process of ethnic succession was halted by the 1924 immigration law & automobile-induced disinvestment.
I wish people On Here would devote even 1% of the energy they're using to debate Platner to supporting Katy Padilla Stout. She's running for Congress against Republican gun nut Brandon Herrera who waved his copy of Mein Kampf around in a video. Link to donate: www.katyforcongress.com
Question: Will a Tesla door open in front of an approaching bicycle.
(I can guess the answer.)
The broader significance of progressives taking yimby positions is that it signals a rejection of "no enemies to the left" and an orientation to practical problem-solving rather than doctrinal purity.
Municipality composed largely of 10-15 story apartments sues to stop development. Says plan is incompatible because new apts would be 6-7 stories & not 4 stories.
If anything is incompatible in this plan, it's the 185 townhouses. Only 10+ story buildings would be compatible with Friendship Hts.
NYT reports on yimby organizing among college and high school students. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/07/n...
Many others have already posted this @jamellebouie.net piece in agreement and I will do so too: Democrats are thinking about victory for the party, but not yet enough about institutions www.nytimes.com/2026/06/03/o...
