A few thoughts on Noah Smith’s piece mocking concern over institutional investment in housing, which reflects both his incuriosity and the lack of rigor characteristic of the effective altruist network of pundits (Derek Thompson, Matthew Yglesias, Ezra Klein, et al). First, Noah

Praying for DC, this is mortifying and heartbreaking

UPDATE: Unlawful arrests and forced displacement of homeless D.C. residents expected to begin this morning at 10 AM with federal and local police throwing away tents at 62 encampments; arrests are expected to begin at nightfall to avoid media attention.housingnothandcuffs.org/2025/08/14/hnh…

also, lack of resistance/protests to what’s happening in DC will absolutely be the green light they need to do it in other cities across the country. social media outrage is not enough to stop this.

As DC deals with a federal take over of police and increases it’s cooperation with ICE and clearing homeless encampments multiple sources tell NBC4 Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser has left town for Martha’s Vineyard

I've heard from social worker friends in DC that there are currently 70 shelter beds and 5,000 sleeping outside. Service resistance is a myth. There are no services. This is not about sheltering people, it's about jailing them and getting them out of view.

What every single citizen in every single city across the country needs to realize is this: criminalizing poverty erodes democracy. Our elected officials cannot continue to criminalize poverty while also wanting to defend democracy. The two are incompatible. Pick a side.

The FBI being used to arrest people who are just too poor to afford the rent. What a disgusting waste of resources & unnecessary use of force against the most vulnerable.

The road to Donald Trump criminalizing poverty didn’t start in DC. Along the way, it passed through San Francisco, Skid Row, Grants Pass, Fresno, Elmira, Mobile, Phoenix, Des Moines, Broward County, Missoula, Morgantown, Reno, Boulder… And eventually got to the White House.

Zohran won by double digits in Jeffries’ own congressional district.

BREAKING: Workers at Yosemite and Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Parks just won their union elections. They are the first national parks to unionize in several years.

The Democratic Party has badly lost its way.

A Labor Day reminder: today there isn't a single city, county, or state in the U.S. where a full-time minimum-wage worker can afford a modest 2-bedroom apartment. Millions of people with jobs—even multiple jobs—aren't safe from homelessness in America. nytimes.com/2025/03/01/opi…

But I was told by Senator Slotkin that no one knows what oligarchy is. 🤷🏽‍♂️

Damn that’s crazy. Union members make about $10,300 more per year than non-union workers. HAPPY LABOR DAY🇺🇸

Im not being hyperbolic this should be disqualifying for a Democratic politician. She shouldn't have a career after this.

And some people still try to say that the one million people on the streets choose to be there and that this stat is unrelated to why they're there.

Obama's former campaign manager says Democratic leaders haven't endorsed Zohran Mamdani due to "donor pressure." "I think it's a mistake ... he carried Hakeem Jeffries' district 2 to 1."

neither is enough to stop the feeling that things are going to keep getting worse, but pancakes, I guess

This is probably going to go unreported but this might be the most shocking thing any talking head has ever said on television. He straight up just said we should murder all homeless people.