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The Most Underappreciated Part of the Bipartisan Housing Bill

Monica Potts The New Republic
A lot of coverage has focused on reining in large investors from scooping up homes. But an important provision could help thousands of working-class people buy their first home. The fate of the bill is unclear. (It passed with veto-proof margins...

Tidbits-Jun 25 – Reader Comments: Democratic Socialists Surge in Mayoral Races; Brad Lander: Why We Won; Orange Vandal of Reflecting Pool; Israel’s New Party; American Family; Author Corrects One-Sided Article NYC Elections and DSA and WFP

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Reader Comments: Democratic Socialists Surge in Mayoral Races; Brad Lander: Why We Won; Orange Vandal of Reflecting Pool; Israel's New Party; American Family at Breaking Point; Eric Blanc modifies criticism of DSA and Working Families Party; Cartoons

Turning Science Into a $1.5T Trumpian Slushfund

Timothy Pratt The Guardian
A proposed new rule would place all research and other federal grants under the control of political appointees. “It would dismantle the US science ecosystem – but also all federal discretionary grants.”

Tidbits – June 18 – Reader Comments: Art of the Deal; MAGA Inequality; Everyone Loves the Knicks; Fifty Years of Zionism and the Bund; Jews for Salah Vigil; Fight Ellisons’ Takeover of American Media; America at 250: A Conversation; Socialism 2026!

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Reader Comments: Art of the Deal; MAGA Inequality; Everyone Loves the Knicks; Fifty Years of Zionism and the Bund; Jews for Salah Vigil; Fight Ellisons' Takeover of American Media; America at 250: A Conversation; Socialism 2026! - Early Registration
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