Somehow, council seems to have lost almost $40m overnight.

Yesterday, “Housing Support” had $12m in CBA. Today it has $3m.

Here’s how things are going at PHLCouncil this morning…

PHLCouncil’s final session before it’s winter break began with Save Chinatown Philly protestors taking over the chambers. Council is expected to vote on the #76Place arena today. Lawrence McGlynn and Denise Clay-Murray will have all the details in the The Philadelphia Hall Monitor newsletter.

Arena supporters cheer as CM Squilla arrives. Given the morning we’re having here, I’m sure that’s exactly what he wanted…

Denise Clay Murray live tweeting to final votes: facebook.com/share/v/nqNxtj…

#HappyNewYear from your friends at The Philadelphia Hall Monitor! We thank you for all of your support this year and hope that 2025 brings you all you want and more!

Must read from Lawrence McGlynn "The 76ers had no qualms about wasting the council’s time, money, and other resources to find a more favorable agreement with an even larger corporate giant. " hallmonitor.org/the-american-o… via @hallmonitorwppm

Immigrants make up about 16% of the population in Philadelphia, and their voices deserve to heard. Their livelihoods deserve protection. Learn more at the link in bio!

I'm on The Philadelphia Hall Monitor tonight at 6 PM! Tune in to hear me talk about how I am cutting red tape so homeowners and developers can quickly create affordable housing. hallmonitor.org

they're scared of their own constituents lol

My latest for the The Philadelphia Hall Monitor: "Our parks can help us see what’s at stake. Some Guy will screw them up in the same way he’ll screw up the entire country: by destroying Americans’ ability to work together on any project bigger than a breadbox." hallmonitor.org/how-some-guy-s…

Oligarchs are ruining this country. This flagrant attack on the free press! It is the 21st century version of “let the eat cake.” How did that work out Jeff Bezos

Remember McCarthyism? The Trump administration's crusade against "wokeism" threatens to take American civil rights progress back decades, host Larry McGlynn writes: hallmonitor.org/nation-of-fear…

if i were a foreign adversary of the united states, core policies i would support: 1) leaving nato and the un 2) shutting down foreign aid 3) dismantling the professional us bureaucracy 4) removing safeguards for epidemics and disease

Waste does exist in the federal government— but it isn't coming from federal workers. Consumer reporter Lance Haver explains:

The U.S. already has staff investigating Medicare and Medicaid Fraud. Trump fired them.

Hardly any police officers were at Philly's recent Hands Off protest. It was one of several major differences between the movement and those for Black lives and Palestine, Vanessa Maria Graber says:

Here's one thing you should look out for if ICE comes knocking at your door, with Temple Law professor Jennifer Lee:

Lance Haver's lawyer in his suit against SEPTA, George Bochetto, has become a controversial figure over his work defending Donald Trump and Philly's Columbus statue. Here's what Haver has to say about it: