Drew Millegan
@drewmillegan.bsky.social
Fun fact - if you withdrew the entire US federal budget in singles and stacked it, it would stretch past the moon.
Also, the Treasury would be very mad at you.
https://www.woodworth.fund/capital-call-podcast
Also, the Treasury would be very mad at you.
https://www.woodworth.fund/capital-call-podcast
For reference, it's currently unclear if Russia can even meet it's own domestic demand for diesel. Prior to this there was an export ban because so many of their refineries were taken offline.
Trump announced finishing a highly «successful» discussion with Putin, securing immediate Russian deliveries of over 300 thousand tons of diesel fuel globally and to the US, plus 500 thousand throughout November, followed right away by another million.
October 9, 2026 at 7:19 PM
For reference, it's currently unclear if Russia can even meet it's own domestic demand for diesel. Prior to this there was an export ban because so many of their refineries were taken offline.
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The president is actually doing the same thing in the third to last panel.
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October 9, 2026 at 3:30 PM
The president is actually doing the same thing in the third to last panel.
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How many people live in Cascadia?
(Spoiler: 21M. But let’s break it down.)
(Spoiler: 21M. But let’s break it down.)
Twenty-one Million Cascadians: An Overview | Sightline Institute
Who is Cascadia? A new series on the bioregion’s people.
www.sightline.org
October 8, 2026 at 3:48 PM
How many people live in Cascadia?
(Spoiler: 21M. But let’s break it down.)
(Spoiler: 21M. But let’s break it down.)
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It's not a topical comic in that I suspect I'll be posting it every few years for a long time.
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October 7, 2026 at 3:30 PM
It's not a topical comic in that I suspect I'll be posting it every few years for a long time.
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Like, regulations that establish decreasing density at arbitrary distances from higher-order transit stations are pure political compromises, with no scientific evidence, and a caricature of how market forces work (or how laypeople think they work).
September 30, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Like, regulations that establish decreasing density at arbitrary distances from higher-order transit stations are pure political compromises, with no scientific evidence, and a caricature of how market forces work (or how laypeople think they work).
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This is a success story of vulgar YIMBYism and an indictment of places that are spending profligately on "affordable housing" for people who could, in the long run, easily be served by the market.
Portland Real Estate Is Such a Mess That All Housing Is Affordable Housing
Rarely has the Oregon city seen such a narrow price gap between market-rate and affordable units.
www.wsj.com
September 25, 2026 at 6:17 PM
This is a success story of vulgar YIMBYism and an indictment of places that are spending profligately on "affordable housing" for people who could, in the long run, easily be served by the market.
A domestic violence charge was made public against a local McMinnville city councilor, Dan Tucholsky. That alone was crazy, but now he's come unglued and publicly threatened people on Facebook.
He's a NIMBY, so I can't say I'm sad to see his political career implode, but wow.
He's a NIMBY, so I can't say I'm sad to see his political career implode, but wow.
September 23, 2026 at 4:46 PM
A domestic violence charge was made public against a local McMinnville city councilor, Dan Tucholsky. That alone was crazy, but now he's come unglued and publicly threatened people on Facebook.
He's a NIMBY, so I can't say I'm sad to see his political career implode, but wow.
He's a NIMBY, so I can't say I'm sad to see his political career implode, but wow.
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GGWash: Zoning doesn't decide if housing is "affordable" - funding does, and that can happen anytime, even after a building opens.
So opposing market-rate housing to "save room" for subsidized housing is incoherent: you can't subsidize a building that never gets built.
ggwash.org/view/104401/...
So opposing market-rate housing to "save room" for subsidized housing is incoherent: you can't subsidize a building that never gets built.
ggwash.org/view/104401/...
Want more subsidized housing? Start by building any housing
Most subsidized or “affordable” housing in America was not initially built as such. It makes little sense to oppose new homes because they are not subsidized from the very start; those homes very…
ggwash.org
September 22, 2026 at 11:11 AM
GGWash: Zoning doesn't decide if housing is "affordable" - funding does, and that can happen anytime, even after a building opens.
So opposing market-rate housing to "save room" for subsidized housing is incoherent: you can't subsidize a building that never gets built.
ggwash.org/view/104401/...
So opposing market-rate housing to "save room" for subsidized housing is incoherent: you can't subsidize a building that never gets built.
ggwash.org/view/104401/...
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This is incredible and "but without the opposition to the Anschluss" turns it into art
FBI warns ICE agents not to trust any women willing to date them gizmodo.com/fbi-warns-ic...
September 19, 2026 at 12:26 AM
This is incredible and "but without the opposition to the Anschluss" turns it into art
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bingo
NEW: Alexis Mercedes Rinck has proposed an amendment to Rob Saka's SAFER Streets Act that would give the City Traffic Engineer explicit authority to implement street changes in historic districts (Pioneer Square, Pike Place) without getting the approval of the local boards.
September 16, 2026 at 8:36 PM
bingo
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funny how traffic just evaporates when freeways are shut down
Carmaggedon? Here are two snapshots of weekday morming commute travel speeds on Portland freeways, one is from before the Rose Quarter shutdown, one is from after. Can you tell which is which?
September 14, 2026 at 9:25 PM
funny how traffic just evaporates when freeways are shut down
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Carmaggedon? Here are two snapshots of weekday morming commute travel speeds on Portland freeways, one is from before the Rose Quarter shutdown, one is from after. Can you tell which is which?
September 14, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Carmaggedon? Here are two snapshots of weekday morming commute travel speeds on Portland freeways, one is from before the Rose Quarter shutdown, one is from after. Can you tell which is which?
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![Comic. [Person standing holding hammer above raised knee.] PERSON: Listen up, leg. I’ve been sending you rich, oxygenated blood for years, while you send me worthless used-up blood with no oxygen. Time to teach you a lesson about not ripping me off! [caption] Tariffs](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreicenlzjvvtlegllp5khszuneez6ygyiq3d5g37oaqz5hkwoqhteru)
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ICE has to be completely scoured away
September 1, 2026 at 10:17 PM
ICE has to be completely scoured away
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A huge win for professional free speech. Professional licensing boards cannot control or punish advocacy within the profession. @clmarohn.bsky.social, founder of @strongtowns.org, wins his long battle.
www.strongtowns.org/journal/2026...
www.strongtowns.org/journal/2026...
Can an Engineer Speak Out for Reform? | Strong Towns
A federal court has answered a question that matters for every professional willing to challenge the practices of their own profession.
www.strongtowns.org
August 31, 2026 at 2:29 PM
A huge win for professional free speech. Professional licensing boards cannot control or punish advocacy within the profession. @clmarohn.bsky.social, founder of @strongtowns.org, wins his long battle.
www.strongtowns.org/journal/2026...
www.strongtowns.org/journal/2026...
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It's an ethnic cleansing campaign, and was never about crime. If anything, pulls resources from fighting crime, and increased crime due to crimes by ICE officers.
Also, this is NY Times at its best: highlighting an important issue up top, drawing attention to it, and including a useful data visual.
Also, this is NY Times at its best: highlighting an important issue up top, drawing attention to it, and including a useful data visual.
August 27, 2026 at 2:41 PM
It's an ethnic cleansing campaign, and was never about crime. If anything, pulls resources from fighting crime, and increased crime due to crimes by ICE officers.
Also, this is NY Times at its best: highlighting an important issue up top, drawing attention to it, and including a useful data visual.
Also, this is NY Times at its best: highlighting an important issue up top, drawing attention to it, and including a useful data visual.
I think my brother and I may have just accidentally established precedent on Oregon's housing bill HB 4037
August 26, 2026 at 3:53 AM
I think my brother and I may have just accidentally established precedent on Oregon's housing bill HB 4037
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every 6 months the Trump administration realizes lowering tariffs will lower prices, applies this insight to one specific good, and then proceeds to never introspect beyond that. It’s honestly beautiful in its stupidity.
August 21, 2026 at 10:56 AM
every 6 months the Trump administration realizes lowering tariffs will lower prices, applies this insight to one specific good, and then proceeds to never introspect beyond that. It’s honestly beautiful in its stupidity.
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New in PN: DHS's abuse of power in Minnesota was even worse than we knew
"When the Department of Justice indicted 15 Minnesotans earlier this summer, it was painfully clear that this was a cobbled-together mess, a transparent attempt to criminalize dissent. But boy, we didn’t know the half of it."
"When the Department of Justice indicted 15 Minnesotans earlier this summer, it was painfully clear that this was a cobbled-together mess, a transparent attempt to criminalize dissent. But boy, we didn’t know the half of it."
DHS's abuse of power in Minnesota was even worse than we knew
It's the stuff of East Germany.
www.publicnotice.co
August 18, 2026 at 1:17 PM
New in PN: DHS's abuse of power in Minnesota was even worse than we knew
"When the Department of Justice indicted 15 Minnesotans earlier this summer, it was painfully clear that this was a cobbled-together mess, a transparent attempt to criminalize dissent. But boy, we didn’t know the half of it."
"When the Department of Justice indicted 15 Minnesotans earlier this summer, it was painfully clear that this was a cobbled-together mess, a transparent attempt to criminalize dissent. But boy, we didn’t know the half of it."
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The tracks for the passenger trains between Washington’s and Oregon’s largest cities are right next to the fire-ravaged building, which officials say is unstable.
https://mrf.lu/21pJ1
https://mrf.lu/21pJ1
August 7, 2026 at 10:22 PM
The tracks for the passenger trains between Washington’s and Oregon’s largest cities are right next to the fire-ravaged building, which officials say is unstable.
https://mrf.lu/21pJ1
https://mrf.lu/21pJ1
I'm currently sitting in McMinnville City Hall for testimony on a new housing project (I was in favor). What strikes me is how much support there is.
A lot of the opposition keeps reusing the same NIMBY talking points, and seem somewhat confused that they aren't working. They seem blindsided.
A lot of the opposition keeps reusing the same NIMBY talking points, and seem somewhat confused that they aren't working. They seem blindsided.
July 17, 2026 at 5:12 AM
I'm currently sitting in McMinnville City Hall for testimony on a new housing project (I was in favor). What strikes me is how much support there is.
A lot of the opposition keeps reusing the same NIMBY talking points, and seem somewhat confused that they aren't working. They seem blindsided.
A lot of the opposition keeps reusing the same NIMBY talking points, and seem somewhat confused that they aren't working. They seem blindsided.
There's an affordable housing development being built on church land next door to me in McMinnville, and I can't believe there was even an appeal to block it on the basis of "parking" and "mass" despite no legal basis for denying the development at this point.
I guess I'm gonna be testifying today.
I guess I'm gonna be testifying today.
July 16, 2026 at 7:33 PM
There's an affordable housing development being built on church land next door to me in McMinnville, and I can't believe there was even an appeal to block it on the basis of "parking" and "mass" despite no legal basis for denying the development at this point.
I guess I'm gonna be testifying today.
I guess I'm gonna be testifying today.
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COUNCIL VOTES UNANIMOUSLY TO DENY BOTH APPEALS WITH NO MODIFICATIONS. the lloyd center master plan is tentatively approved!
July 8, 2026 at 6:48 PM
COUNCIL VOTES UNANIMOUSLY TO DENY BOTH APPEALS WITH NO MODIFICATIONS. the lloyd center master plan is tentatively approved!
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Stipulation that rent raises over the rate of inflation count as a ‘change of use’ for purposes of tax assessment & code enforcement
June 30, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Stipulation that rent raises over the rate of inflation count as a ‘change of use’ for purposes of tax assessment & code enforcement