Colin Higgins

The House just passed a new version of the ROAD to Housing package by 396 votes to 13! This version preserves build-to-rent housing supply. Every House Democrat and almost every Republican stood up for the idea that we should build more homes for renters.

Within one 24 hour period, Trump: - got out of a $100 million IRS fine - secured "immunity" from all future tax investigations for his family and friends - created a $1.8 billion slush fund for lawbreaking supporters - was reported for likely insider trading worth nearly $1 billion All of the obvious things to say about this are true. It's bad. Nobody even tries to defend it. The closest thing to a defense you get is something about how "but Democrats suck" and "woke was also bad," which is not a defense, but rather a kind of moral blank check made out to the administration to give them the right to do anything. But what I'm most curious about is whether this sort of lurid corruption creates a countermovement that successfully returns government to rule of law or whether it's establishing a norm of executive imperialism that every future administration will use to achieve its ends, which can always be justified by the moral blank check of "the other side is worse, so let us do whatever we want."

They are looting the country on an unprecedented scale and the lesson of losses by Massie and Cassidy is that no Republican in Congress will ever lift a finger to halt this.

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Midtown Atlanta, served by three heavy rail stations, is one of America's most successful examples of TOD. 25k people have moved into the district since 2000 w/ pop. density approaching New York City. Turns out Sun Belt cities can change fast with trains under tall buildings.

Here's @MattMahanSJ, on the lessons — both politics and policy — of trying to cut unsheltered homelessness in San Jose to zero

Everyone in this race is progressive and says the T needs more funding. That's true, but not enough. GLX opened after 32 years, then shut down almost immediately because the $2.3B track was built too narrow. We need to build gov capacity and show liberals can deliver.

Absolute king.

NEWS: "I've written 983 pages" - Robert Caro on his final LBJ book Via @cspan c-span.org/program/qa/aut…

Trying to make your policy idea fit in NDAA

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The way the outfits here create flashes of blue and white is very mesmerizing.

Death Valley National Park is experiencing its first major superbloom in a decade as of March/April 2026, driven by record winter rainfall (1.7 – 2.5+ inches) that transformed the desert landscape with vibrant carpets of yellow, pink, and purple flowers. x.com/MarchUnofficia…

While we've seen great transformation in Detroit, I'd like to point out that the number of vacant homes in Baltimore has decreased by 25% in the five years of Mayor Scott's tenure. Never bet against America's cities.

One of the most awesome transformations ever. The parking lot just went underground. #Chicago

Boston vs Everyone, April edition

It’s not just new, it’s newspeak

Buttigieg: Everybody tries to sound good by saying, “Well, I’m for legal and against illegal immigration,” which is how most of us feel. But the reality is, the policies in Washington right now have made legal immigration almost impossible and have made none of the distinctions they promised they would make between dangerous people, who of course need to be out, and everybody else who is just trying to get through life. We know we can do better than that.

Thinking about this Bono quote again