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Former journalist turned state scribe

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My rainy walk to the bus stop. Walking for the first time under 200 lbs since my freshman 15.

13.11.2025 15:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The new beam is more powerful. I don’t think I could see if from home before. #sackings

25.10.2025 04:36 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Set to Cancel West Coast Hydrogen Hubs Amid Shutdown Fight The Trump administration is planning to cancel billions of dollars earmarked for hydrogen projects in California and the Pacific Northwest as part of its first tranche of funding cuts following the go...

In Trump’s America, energy policy is set by the highest bidder, economics and common-sense be damned.

We’ll keep chasing an all-of-the above clean energy strategy to power our future and clean our air β€” no matter what politicians in DC try to dictate.

02.10.2025 02:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1328    πŸ” 331    πŸ’¬ 44    πŸ“Œ 7
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Tune in at noon. I’ll b on CapRadio Insight talking about the Urban Dreams Art Experience β€” a celebration of creativity & community. πŸŽ™οΈ #UrbanDreams #SacramentoArts

13.08.2025 15:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A few images from my tour of my #UrbanDreams art tour. 16 pieces temporarily in Midtown Sacramento. More info: bit.ly/4myTvlE

10.08.2025 13:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Midtown Association to Debut & Display 16 Remarkable Art Pieces & Sculptures as part of Districtwide Urban Dreams Art Experience - Sacramento Press Ranging in size from 6’ to 20’, some art pieces will be placed on rooftops, and mounted 10β€² in the air with interactive components Staying true to its mission to be the center for culture, creativity ...

Midtown Association to Debut & Display 16 Remarkable Art Pieces & Sculptures as part of Districtwide Urban Dreams Art Experience www.sacramentopress.com/2025/07/15/m...

05.08.2025 14:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Things are so bad, the planet is calling for Batman.

27.07.2025 05:47 β€” πŸ‘ 14170    πŸ” 2262    πŸ’¬ 252    πŸ“Œ 93
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Broadacres Marketplace, a vibrant hub at the heart of Las Vegas’ Latino community, has temporarily closed, deepening fears and financial uncertainty for thousands of vendors and small business owners left without income.
nbcnews.to/4l9ni3H

04.07.2025 16:39 β€” πŸ‘ 6864    πŸ” 2639    πŸ’¬ 429    πŸ“Œ 223
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Aide to Rep. Nadler Is Handcuffed Amid Confrontation With Federal Agents

Federal officers entered Rep. Jerry Nadler’s office in Lower Manhattan on Wednesday and handcuffed and briefly detained one of his aides. The confrontation happened shortly after the aide observed federal agents detaining migrants in a public hallway outside an immigration courtroom.

31.05.2025 21:31 β€” πŸ‘ 10740    πŸ” 4454    πŸ’¬ 832    πŸ“Œ 389
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CBS reporter Scott Pelley:

This is a warning that I fear many will look back on in five or six years and think β€œhe was so right”.

If you haven’t already shared this, please do.

27.05.2025 12:20 β€” πŸ‘ 17343    πŸ” 8312    πŸ’¬ 467    πŸ“Œ 485
Fire art against led Wall.

Fire art against led Wall.

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In a preview of what’s to come, heavy burner vibes at Sacramento Midtown Love kick off of Second Saturday events.

11.05.2025 20:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

it really is astounding that a presidential administration crashed the growth trajectory of the wealthiest country on the planet in basically two months

30.04.2025 14:19 β€” πŸ‘ 53906    πŸ” 9870    πŸ’¬ 1001    πŸ“Œ 627
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BREAKING: The Interior Dept just used a fake β€œenergy emergency” to greenlight gas and mining projects on public lands.

It’s a lie. There is no energy emergency. This is a giveaway to big oil.

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HHS plans to cut the national suicide hotline’s program for LGBTQ youth In February, the program received an average of 2,100 contacts per day.

The federal government plans to eliminate services for LGBTQ youth who call 988, the national suicide and crisis hotline, according to a Health and Human Services budget draft leaked last week.

22.04.2025 19:14 β€” πŸ‘ 19362    πŸ” 10009    πŸ’¬ 3188    πŸ“Œ 3417
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US Economy Is Set to Lose Billions as Foreign Tourists Stay Away The US economy is set to lose billions of dollars in revenue in 2025 from a pullback in foreign tourism and boycotts of American products, adding to a growing list of headwinds keeping recession risk ...

The US economy is set to lose billions of dollars in revenue in 2025 from a pullback in foreign tourism and boycotts of American products.

15.04.2025 11:45 β€” πŸ‘ 14361    πŸ” 4547    πŸ’¬ 1089    πŸ“Œ 583
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Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy

They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

18.03.2025 13:11 β€” πŸ‘ 92252    πŸ” 23614    πŸ’¬ 1645    πŸ“Œ 2092
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NEBRASKA CROWD: β€œTAX THE RICH! TAX THE RICH!”

@USRepMikeFlood: β€œSo your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?”

NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY*

(not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)

18.03.2025 23:01 β€” πŸ‘ 76135    πŸ” 18848    πŸ’¬ 2530    πŸ“Œ 2058
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The #ElectoralCollege is #DEI for #RedStates

15.03.2025 02:04 β€” πŸ‘ 24755    πŸ” 5669    πŸ’¬ 372    πŸ“Œ 279
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Trump Administration Opens Investigations At More Than 50 Universities In Anti-DEI Campaign β€œStudents must be assessed according to merit and accomplishment, not prejudged by the color of their skin,” Education Secretary Linda McMahon said in a statement.

racial discrimination to the trump administration is when you offer admissions to anyone who isn’t white www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

14.03.2025 16:29 β€” πŸ‘ 3207    πŸ” 637    πŸ’¬ 96    πŸ“Œ 35
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New California Legislation Would Legalize More Homes Near Transit California YIMBY, Sen. Scott Wiener Team Up on SB 79

"CA has spent billions on transit. SB 79 will put these investments on a more stable financial footing while allowing many more Californians to live, work, and have easy access to the transit systems they paid for." - @mnolangray.bsky.social on SB 79, our new bill w/ @scottwiener.bsky.social

14.03.2025 16:33 β€” πŸ‘ 52    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 5
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His 7th bankruptcy will be us if we don’t stand up and fight back.

13.03.2025 20:49 β€” πŸ‘ 7421    πŸ” 1781    πŸ’¬ 204    πŸ“Œ 76

A podcast about CA water policy? Niche is the new mass market…

13.03.2025 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tuberculosis Resurgent as Trump Funding Cut Disrupts Treatment Globally The United States was the major funder of tuberculosis programs. Now hundreds of thousands of sick patients can’t find tests or drugs, and risk spreading the disease.

Speaking of making America β€œhealthy” again, my grandfather died of tuberculosis. I never new him and my mother didn’t have a memory if him. He died in 1924. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/h...

11.03.2025 21:25 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Good way to shift suspicion 😏

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Top 'Washington Post' columnist resigns, accusing publisher of killing piece Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus resigned today, accusing the paper's publisher of killing her piece on owner Jeff Bezos' overhaul of its opinion pages.

Another gigantic loss for @washingtonpost.com

www.npr.org/2025/03/10/n...

10.03.2025 15:55 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It's official: The lunatics are now running the asylum.

10.03.2025 14:04 β€” πŸ‘ 75933    πŸ” 9822    πŸ’¬ 2086    πŸ“Œ 435
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Can we get these in Sacramento? Seems pretty basics

10.03.2025 22:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A sign says β€œwe the people reject fascism."

A sign says β€œwe the people reject fascism."

A sign says β€œreal patriots crush nazism"

A sign says β€œreal patriots crush nazism"

A sign says β€œimpeach, indict, imprison."

A sign says β€œimpeach, indict, imprison."

A flyer says that there’s a Veteran’s March on March 14, 2025 at noon in Washington D.C.

A flyer says that there’s a Veteran’s March on March 14, 2025 at noon in Washington D.C.

A rally a day keeps the fascists away!

March 14th: nowmarch.org
March 14: Veterans March

Tesla: tinyurl.com/teslaprotests

Apr 25 Sit In: 4thbranch.us
Apr 30 Inclusion Day: www.wemarchwerise.org

May 1 Mayday Camp: tinyurl.com/maydayprotest

Join my Discord group for updates! discord.gg/7x5TgSvZBW

09.03.2025 17:48 β€” πŸ‘ 598    πŸ” 164    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 13

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