← Summaries

Aaron's activity on September 1 centered on a few distinct political and policy topics.

The most active thread involved Democratic House members Jared Golden and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (MGP) breaking with their caucus on a procedural rule vote. Aaron reposted commentary arguing that voting against the rule — as opposed to simply voting against final legislation — represents a fundamental breach of party discipline, with one post characterizing it as "one step short of [MGP] switching parties." House Democratic leadership issued a joint statement calling it "a significant breach of trust," and Aaron amplified commentary agreeing that such defections on procedural votes warrant serious consequences from the caucus. https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5j6n35dsc2on3lipbale7azr/post/3muitc2rxok2f

Aaron also engaged with Supreme Court accountability issues, reposting Jamelle Bouie's criticism of the fact that Supreme Court justices' internal papers are treated as personal property and therefore shielded from public scrutiny. A related repost questioned why federal agencies would bother complying with court injunctions given the likelihood that the Supreme Court would side with the executive branch anyway — linking to a New York Times report on a whistleblower and mail voting. Aaron also reposted a point about vote-by-mail access, noting that debates over ballot drop boxes address only ballot return, not the separate problem of voters receiving their ballots in the first place.

On housing, Aaron pushed back on local framing around a Somerville, MA bar being saved from demolition, arguing that coverage celebrating the preservation ignores the cost to families who will never get to live in Somerville due to constrained housing supply. He also reposted new research finding that gubernatorial party affiliation — whether Republican or Democrat — has no measurable effect on housing permitting levels.