Jake DeVries
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Jake DeVries
@JakeDeVries27
Midwestern transplant working in copyright economics. Believes in erudition.

Rents dropping across the country…

@chrisrlynn I don't even like Jane Jacobs. I am pro-public housing. Moses' slum clearance was fine. The problem is the new housing being built isn't affordable.

Hang it in The Louvre.

Zohran Mamdani's Director of the Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants, Cea Weaver who said home ownership is white supremacy, BROKE DOWN CRYING when she was asked about all her controversial comments

One of the many gross things about the smear campaign against Cea Weaver is that it has almost entirely ignored her actual ideas for how to make housing more affordable in NYC — here's a good place to start for anybody interested jacobin.com/2025/06/mamdan…


1/ Rundown of my conversation w/ @TenantBloc ED & Mamdani advisor @CeaWeaver: -Intro/background -(8:42 mins) Relationship w/ @ZohranKMamdani & his campaign -(9:46) Mamdani rent-freeze pledge, RGB process & prospects for success -(18:02) Struggling rent-stabilized landlords...

I was briefed this morning on the U.S. military capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, as well as their planned imprisonment in federal custody here in New York City. Unilaterally attacking a sovereign nation is an act of war and a violation of federal and international law. This blatant pursuit of regime change doesn’t just affect those abroad, it directly impacts New Yorkers, including tens of thousands of Venezuelans who call this city home. My focus is their safety and the safety of every New Yorker, and my administration will continue to monitor the situation and issue relevant guidance.

🚨 BREAKING: Ugandan Communist Zohran Mamdani has officially been sworn in as the mayor of New York City May God have mercy on what was once America’s greatest city 🙏🏻 Hopefully, at a minimum, a lesson will be learned here.

BREAKING: Huge electoral victory for Javier Milei in the midterm elections. His party won 41% of the votes and will increase its number of deputies in the parliament from 37 to 101 while the number of senators will increase from 6 to 20.


More horrific footage from the Israeli settler pogrom against the Christian village of Taybeh, Ramallah, in the West Bank, where settlers set houses and vehicles on fire.


















