Scott Graves

Scott Graves

@shg29.bsky.social

Budget Director @ calbudgetcenter.org #CABudget | #CALeg | #Medicaid | #HealthPolicy | Justice System

1,828 Followers 409 Following 309 Posts Joined Nov 2024
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Ari Melber Breaks Down Secret FBI Log Raising New Questions About Epstein’s Death MS NOW's Ari Melber raised shocking new questions about the death of convicted sex offender Jeffery Epstein on Wednesday in a dive report charting the events around his suicide.

Great reporting @AriMelber.bsky.social. I’m not a conspiracist, but I’ve always doubted Epstein killed himself. He knew way too much on way too many powerful people. And those powerful people, including the current POTUS, did not want him to ever say what he knew. www.mediaite.com/media/news/w...

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As a country we have made a lot of mistakes in foreign wars over the last 2+ centuries. But I’m not sure we have ever looked as feckless, foolish, incompetent and ridiculous at the leadership level than right now.

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Exclusive: HSI, a branch of DHS that usually investigates drug cartels and human-trafficking networks, is probing the 2020 election results in Arizona, Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, Sarah Fitzpatrick, and Nick Miroff report: theatln.tc/HJwh0Oqs

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A US born citizen…

They detained her illegally. They lied about it.
They imprisoned her illegally. They lied about it. Then they kept lying and put her in danger.

FUCK ICE!

Help fight ICE here: www.gofundme.com/f/PAXIS

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Anyone peddling a "Kiley is a moderate now" narrative should be laughed out of the room and never listened to again.

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Rep. Kevin Kiley to become sole independent member in the U. S. House The decision will make him one of only three independent members in Congress.

Political chameleon Kevin Kiley is at it again. Remember: He voted for Trump's HR 1, which takes food & health care from millions of people in order to supercharge ICE's budget & pay for massive tax cuts for the wealthy & corporations.

Don't be fooled, District 6.
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Rep. Kevin Kiley registers as independent to run in left-leaning district Over the last year, Kiley has emerged as one of the few House Republicans willing to break with GOP leadership.

Kiley is trying to save his spot in Congress by pointing to "partisanship" as the source of the chaos & corruption. He'll do anything to avoid putting the blame where it belongs: on Trump and his anti-democratic MAGA cult. As a District 6 resident, I'm not buying it.

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Hate to break it to you guys, but Kristi Noem was not *fired.*

Instead, they “transferred” her a “special new role” as “special envoy for The Shield of the Americas,” which is totally a “real position” with “important responsibilities.”

It’s 100% not a made up nepo baby job 😉

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Justice for Cricket!

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Kristi Noem has done a stunning amount of damage and it’s good she’s gone.

But this doesn’t change the fact that we need a complete overhaul of DHS, impartial investigations into the killings of two American citizens, and information on children that were taken from Minnesota.

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How Kristi Noem Lost Her Job She probably should have seen Trump’s decision to find a new homeland-security secretary coming.

"There is no better choice than Noem for the distinction of being the first Cabinet member to be removed from this administration. She was fired, as Trump might put it, like a dog."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

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Gregory Kent Bovino is now under criminal investigation by the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office for his conduct during Operation Metro Surge.

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KLOBUCHAR: Alex Pretti's parents said what you said was one of the most hurtful things they could imagine. Do you want to say anything to Alex's parents?

NOEM: I did not call him a 'domestic terrorist.' I said it 'appeared to be an incident of'

KLOBUCHAR: I think the parents saw it for what it was

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Tillis: You decided to kill that dog because you had not invested the appropriate time in training it, and then you have the audacity to say it’s a leadership lesson. You killed a goat and said it was behaving badly. You’re a farmer — you don’t castrate a goat, they behave badly.

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Tom Tillis has been DESTROYING Noem for the last five minutes.

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CNN: Three US fighter jets accidentally shot down by Kuwaiti air defenses, military says
By Haley Britzky
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Helen Regan
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Eyad Kourdi
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Isaac Yee
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Teele Rebane
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Reuters: Fire at US embassy complex in Riyadh after blast heard, sources say
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March 2, 20266:23 PM CSTUpdated 13 mins ago



New York Times: U.S. military death toll rises to 6 CNN: State Dept urges US citizens to "DEPART NOW" from countries throughout Middle East

Two days into the war:

- three F-15s shot down

- U.S. embassy in Saudi Arabia in flames

- six U.S. service members confirmed dead; more wounded

- State Department tells Americans to flee the entire Middle East

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Haha! They’re throwing Vance under the bus.

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The congressional switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. Put it in your cell phone. Use it. If you're not calling at least once a week, you're not doing your part.

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Why I Got Thrown Out of a Jasmine Crockett Rally The crowd was fired up. The candidate was on her game. And I was escorted out by armed guards.

www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

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Even election officials who like voter ID have issues with the SAVE America Act "It's a classic 'show your papers’ law designed to make it harder for US citizens to vote," Sec. Jocelyn Benson said.

Some election officials believe voters should prove their citizenship and show ID before casting a ballot — but even those in support of such initiatives think Trump’s SAVE America Act takes it too far.

It’s “effectively creating a poll tax on people,” said one county clerk. “It’s a huge barrier.”

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Ad ‘value equivalency.’ Will football really return $1B to Sac State? | Opinion The university is mired in a budget deficit while evidence mounts that its gridiron spending spree is a penalty flag, Tom Philp writes.

Sac State's president needs to stop hiding the ball and start doing some explaining. The lack of transparency is appalling.
www.sacbee.com/opinion/arti...

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Pelosi’s surprise endorsement jolts Sacramento race, deepening Democratic rift | Opinion A war of words at the California Democratic Party state convention hints at a bitter campaign and a generational rift between Democrats.

From @byrobinepley.bsky.social of @sacbeeeditboard.bsky.social

Pelosi’s surprise endorsement jolts Sacramento race, deepening Democratic rift | Opinion
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NO KINGS Sacramento · No Kings **We have the power and are claiming it together. No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings.** What began in 2025 as a single day of defiance has become a sustained national resistance to tyranny, spreading fr...

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Kinda weird that the party that controls the House, the Senate, and the White House claims there's rampant voter fraud.

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Any political party spreading lies about voter fraud as a pretext to make it harder for every one to vote is sending a clear message: they can't win on their ideas alone.

Remember this.

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Tom Steyer wants a special election to hike corporate taxes in 2027 The California governor candidate would not say whether he’d spend his personal money to finance ballot initiatives such as split-roll as governor.

Tom Steyer wants a special election to hike corporate taxes in 2027

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U2 - American Obituary (Lyric Video) YouTube video by U2

U2 dropping a new surprise 6-song album explicitly addressing the hellscape of our nation.

Wow. Stunning stuff.

The world is with us.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3zi...

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They've probably already destroyed all the evidence anyway...

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Tweet from @seth_kaplan: JUST IN: The FBI has formally notified the Minnesota  BCA that it will not provide the BCA with access to any information or evidence it has collected in the shooting death of Alex Pretti.

Full statement: https://dps.mn.gov/news/bca/statement-bca-superintendent-drew-evans-alex-pretti-shooting-investigation

Reason #1000000 why we can’t trust a word they say – this is a cover up in plain sight.

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