MTA should be honest that electric bus issues are due to protectionist procurement, not give stale COVID excuses and false hope about future improvements. People should hear the truth; MTA high-ups should set a good example for honest communication to subordinates nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/06/23/p...
Blanche v. Lau is devastating for green card holders. It means that if they leave the U.S. then return, a border officer can claim they committed a crime at some point, revoke their lawful status, and confiscate their green card without meaningful evidence of wrongdoing. It's really, really bad.
This is one of the most strange, fascinating, and unsettling stories — and one of the best pieces of reporting — I’ve read about American politics in my life.
Tulsi Gabbard took orders for her stances and bills in Congress (+ since?) from a secretive Hawaiian cult leader who wants to rule the world
The whole fertility rate discourse is insane to me, because it seems pretty clearly to just be a story about contraception (access and efficacy)
All other factors are secondary minor contributors