🚨 Update: This is an objectively good move by City Committee to not let this BS stand and send it to the contest committee. I’m going to do the very dumb thing™ and stick my neck out say this green shoots of a new leaf for Bob Brady and City Committee’s relationship with progressives and leftist challengers. For them, the writing’s on the wall: The same progressive wave that won Chris Rabb his Congressional seat absolutely carried through to Ward elections. The number of open wards continue to grow and if the 5th splits into A&B there can be even more. I think there’s a base understanding that the continued animosity between City Committee and progressives and leftists is unproductive and unsustainable if we’re going to turn out Philly in 2028. On Bob Brady: I’m glad he announced that he’s retiring after this term or sooner. Should it have been before now? Maybe… but dear reader, if think it was going to be anyone even a skosh left of center dem you’re absolutely kidding yourself. Brady recently said in an interview with @Laurenjmayk that he’s going to work with progressives and the evidence so far points to that fact. In the ward leader turnover fights that have transpired, I haven’t heard of any funny business outside of the Cindy Bass debacle, which can’t be attributed to Bob. In fact, I’ve heard city committee asked to provide Cindy for a lawyer to monitor that meeting and she turned it down. Look, I know for a fact that there’s whole lot of progressives and leftists that have considerable beef with Bob Brady and City Committee. I’ve written a whole ass op-Ed for the Inquirer and aired my own shit publicly. So for this *current iteration* of City Committee goes and what it becomes I’m going to trust, but verify. I’m ready for them to wow me with who they select for chairs and how they conduct business moving forward. Lastly, lemmie piss off everyone with this thread- upon reflection I think that TikTok stunt that Larry pulled outside of City Committee was strategically moronic. It actually killed any forward progress to finding a consensus replacement for Brady this term and only exacerbated the potential for a flame war. I think Larry sometimes needs enemies for relevancy and attention & it’s annoying. inquirer.com/politics/philad…

MUST WATCH: 17-year-old 🇺🇸 Cooper Lutkenhaus runs 1:42.08 to beat Olympic champ 🇰🇪 Emmanuel Wanyonyi by .01 seconds. A PB, world lead and a statement.

🚨 New Station Alert! 🚨The Indego team installed two temporary stations at Lemon Hill for the World Cup's Fan Fest! These stations will give Indego riders a place to dock when arriving to the event space. Please note that these are only temporary and will be around until the World Cup is over.

After a five-year reconstruction, Gowanus’s odd and charming Carroll Street retractile bridge reopens on June 15. It’s one of only a couple of retracting bridges left in the U.S., and this time, it will only be open to pedestrians and cyclists. curbed.com/article/carroll-s…

This barricades in residents, destroys the historic vista of the neighborhood, increases traffic congestion, and is an example of runaway capture of city agencies and leaders by a minority of angry micromobility activists. All in advance of one the most important visitor Summer.

It was always illegal to park under the Manhattan Bridge, but real enforcement started earlier this year. 2025 vs 2026

City asks court to let it strengthen bike lanes on Pine and Spruce Streets ebx.sh/EYk6EH

Local Lanes: The local lanes of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway are closed to vehicular traffic from today, 5/28 through Labor Day (September 7) to create a continuous pedestrian and cyclist corridor between Center City and the FIFA Fan Festival at Lemon Hill. @fwc26philly @PhiladelphiaGov @philadelphia250 @pkwycouncilphl #openstreets #philly #philly2026 #bikephilly

ARGENTINA | Tech billionaire Peter Thiel relocates to Argentina, citing concerns about the U.S. future and shared ideology with leadership. (NYT)

LIVE NOW: Whether you’re on your way to a game or commuting to work, you deserve infrastructure that can get you there on time. Join me in South Philly as we announce our MAJOR plan to fix traffic congestion and keep people safe around the Sports Complex. x.com/i/broadcasts/1RKZzzwlL…