![Twitter avatar for @awprokop](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/awprokop.jpg)
Hostage-taking has become common in Congress but it's usually tried against the opposing party.
The use of it by House progressives — as an attempt to pressure members of their own party in the opposite chamber — is odd. Can't really think of a parallel.
![Twitter avatar for @kairyssdal](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/kairyssdal.jpg)
That…wasn’t a denial.
![Twitter avatar for @kaitlancollins](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_40/kaitlancollins.jpg)
Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins
![Twitter avatar for @Noahpinion](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/Noahpinion.jpg)
The right move is to actually give the land back.
It will immediately be converted into dense, beautiful, modern housing developments!
dailyhive.com/vancouver/sena…
![Twitter avatar for @wesyang](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_40/wesyang.jpg)
Wesley Yang @wesyang
![Twitter avatar for @mattyglesias](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/mattyglesias.jpg)
A fascinating BIF subplot is that it not only involves a lot of money, it’s structured to create an unusually large amount of discretionary authority rather than formula-based grants.
Will Secretary Mayor Pete use that power wisely?
![Twitter avatar for @yfreemark](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_40/yfreemark.jpg)
Yonah Freemark @yfreemark
![Twitter avatar for @mattyglesias](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/mattyglesias.jpg)
The Obama DOT had less discretionary money to play with, and while they did some good things with it they also funded a lot of useless mixed-traffic streetcars.
Pete has a very good team and I’m somewhat optimistic they will make better choices but it’s pretty up in the air.
![Twitter avatar for @binarybits](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/binarybits.jpg)
I think people have been over-estimating how much the NYC/LA/SF home cost issues are the result of NYC/LA/SF-specific regulations rather than the fact that NYC, LA, and SF are three of the biggest and fastest-growing metro areas in the country.
![Twitter avatar for @binarybits](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/binarybits.jpg)
SF has a smaller population but it's on a peninsula and next door to the San Jose metro area that includes Silicon Valley. It has also had the nation's hottest job market for ~30 years.
![Twitter avatar for @binarybits](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/binarybits.jpg)
But now if you look at places like Dallas, Atlanta, and Denver—places that saw below-average booms in the 2000s—they're seeing larger price increases. I think they're on the same trajectory as LA/NYC/SF. They're just a decade or two behind.
![Image](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fpbs.substack.com%2Fmedia%2FFDhJ5KwWEAAVopv.jpg)
![Twitter avatar for @binarybits](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/binarybits.jpg)
Has anyone written a science fiction story set in a post global warming future where the major world powers are Russia, Canada, and the Antarctic republic?
![Twitter avatar for @RachelBarkow](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/RachelBarkow.jpg)
This is the predictable result of leaving DOJ in charge of clemency and not nominating commissioners for the Sentencing Commission who can produce needed reforms. The good news is Biden can easily remedy both if he just has the will to do it. https://t.co/kbTJnipAzS
![Twitter avatar for @NazgolG](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_40/NazgolG.jpg)
Nazgol Ghandnoosh @NazgolG
![Twitter avatar for @Noahpinion](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/Noahpinion.jpg)
Representative democracy is still firmly dominant over direct democracy.
![Twitter avatar for @mattyglesias](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_40/mattyglesias.jpg)
Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias
![Twitter avatar for @Noahpinion](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/Noahpinion.jpg)
LOLLLLLLLLLL
![Twitter avatar for @DeanPreston](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_40/DeanPreston.jpg)
Dean Preston @DeanPreston
![Twitter avatar for @mollymermaids](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/mollymermaids.jpg)
dean preston finally achieved his socialist goals of being publicly owned
…(in all seriousness this is some great research and an incredibly indictment of the kind of politicians who talk a big progressive game but are actually quite conservative)
![Twitter avatar for @hanlonbt](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_40/hanlonbt.jpg)
Brian Hanlon @hanlonbt
![Twitter avatar for @Noahpinion](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/Noahpinion.jpg)
"It's not a museum, it's a RIDE" was actually a @doctorow quote...one of my top 5 or 10 favorite quotes of all time.
![Twitter avatar for @misha_saul](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_40/misha_saul.jpg)
Misha Saul @misha_saul