CityNerd explaining 'What Project 2025 Means for Our Cities' can drive one to drink

I told my readers "I've decided I'm not examining Cuba for National Daiquiri Day tomorrow; I have more pressing matters to cover that will be worth sharing next month, but I still plan on sharing a cocktail recipe, as we have plenty to drive us to drink" to close How did Gold Derby's Emmy nominations predictions fare? Instead, I decided to work the eye of Project 2025 beginning with Ray "CityNerd" Delahanty explaining What Project 2025 Means for Our Cities.

Republicans don't plan to waste time remaking the US government if their guy wins in November. The playbook is "Mandate for Leadership: the Conservative Promise," aka Project 2025, and it's chock full of amazingly terrible ideas when it comes to cities.

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This is all really distressing. About the only positive thing I can see coming out of this for housing policy, and it's only barely positive, is the policy plank about encouraging single-family housing might result in lifting or repealing the cap on deductions for state and local taxes (SALT). That punishes well-off residents of high-tax states who have been voting Democratic, which I think is actually the point. People who use ride hailing services (taxis, Uber, and Lyft) might like having those subsidized (again, this time by government instead of venture capitalists), but that will come at the expense of actual public transit, to say nothing of the climate. Ugh.

As I wrote yesterday and repeated above, Project 2025 is enough to drive one to drink. Since today celebrates a cocktail, I'm sharing How to make a JFK daiquiri: All the Presidents' Drinks from the Washington Post.

JFK loved Jackie's daiquiris. Presidents’ favorite cocktails, and how to make them, on All the Presidents' Drinks with Food Video Host and Editor Mary Beth Albright.

That's a surprisingly fun video from an unexpected source. It's part of a series that I had no idea existed and looks like a good example of well-produced content made during the pandemic. I might return to it for future posts.

All the above reminds me that I've promised a part 6 of MSNBC examining Project 2025. I'll get to it after Moon Day tomorrow and this year's Emmy nominees for Outstanding Commercial as the Sunday entertainment feature. In the meantime, happy National Daiquiri Day!