RL Miller

And Mahan. Most impressive, or something, campaign ever at CADEM convention.

Tight California governor's race between five leading candidates Three Democrats and two Republicans are in a statistical tie in the California governor's race. The top two vote-getters in the June primary will move on to the November general election to lead the s...

New PPIC poll: 5 #CAGov candidates each over 10 percent, 2 Repubs and Porter, Steyer, Swalwell
Every other Dem candidate below 5 percent. And they need to drop out.
www.latimes.com/california/s...

What. The. Actual. Fucking. Fuck.

Sorta obvious outcome: AIPAC and Justice Dems/ PALPAC, representing candidates 2 and 3, snipe at each other while candidate 1 skates unscathed

and I sincerely hope that the editoral board folk who claim "modest benefits" from regulating greenhouse gases experience the reality of a fossil fueled wildfire.

Not sayin' die in a fire. Just go evacuate on 5 minutes' notice to let go of your home and all your earthly possessions.

I just canceled my @washingtonpost.com subscription. The same $120/year is paying for half the journalists, because Bezos laid off the other half. TBH I was on the fence until this pair of headlines, one about the three way-warmest years ever, the second celebrating inability to act on climate.

I've been planning to cancel my subscription at the end of the month. This just accelerated the timeline. Thx Emily and @sammyroth.bsky.social.

I see that the Minnesota de-escalation is going well, if by de-escalation you mean that ICE is only using guns to threaten, terrify, and intimidate citizens instead of murdering them.

Yes

snippet of news article in which RL Miller is quoted saying "Big yawn meh"

earlier today, I did an interview with Politico California Climate on San Jose Matt Mahan's entry into the #CAGov race, and I predicted that my 30 minute interview would be boiled down to 3 words. And... #NailedIt! #BigYawnMeh

y'all have heard of redboxing -- campaigns' coded messages to their SuperPACs often found on website "media" page? This is the 1st I've seen redboxing in a debate as a plea for the Abundance Bros to fund Xavier Becerra, please, I'm begging you.

Definitely agree with XB disqualification...and $39,200 max contribution from Chevron also disqualifies XB.

They're on closing statements. Steyer mentions, again, MPP.

Fact check; true.

Swalwell: leads with an anecdote as he's been doing all afternoon. I will hold accountable utility co's (who are NOT the targets of MPP bill)
Sammy Roth follow up on MPP bill. XB: yes, they will be at the table and need to pay their fair share. ES: yes.

#CAGov forum, nearly an hour in, a big question on Make Polluters Pay. Steyer answers 1st: yes, he would push this. (He told me last night that he'd sign the bill)
Porter: polluters need to pay full cost.
Becerra: freeze rates on utilty and insurance bills, get everyone inc polluters at the table.

Sylvia is live skeeting this so I don't have to. Follow her.

ha, you caught that too

and Kat Abughalazeh, running for #IL09, switching from "abolish ICE" to "prosecute ICE."
🧊🧊🧊

hey folk, help me collect Dem elected/ candidate statements on ICE. Not looking for emotional responses, just how they'd vote. Spectrum so far:
-- Jacqui Irwin running for #CA26: cut ICE budget
-- Mike McGuire running for #CA01: block funding
-- Betty Yee, running for #CAGov: "not another cent"

it was very helpful, and may be showing up (credited/ linked of course) in a @climatehawksvote.com email tomorrow.

say hi to her for me and make sure she knows about all our local grassroots groups!

I gotta start putting sleepy in quotes, huh 😴

Great turnout, estimate 500 to 600 people on less than 24 hours notice,against ICE in sleepy Thousand Oaks, California. #ICEOut #AbolishICE

X post from Marie Gluesenkamp Perez “It’s unacceptable to have another needless death in Minnesota, and it’s unacceptable to have elected officials, candidates, and administration officials continue to throw gas on this fire, or tacitly encourage assaults on law enforcement and anyone else. The situation is un-American and Secretary Noem needs to step down.”

This useless DINO - @gluesenkampperez.house.gov - voted to fund ICE just days ago - earlier this week.

Just a craven and shameless grifter who doesn’t belong in Congress. 🗑️

Welcome to the fastest warming county in the lower 48

Good Kyle, not the same person as Bad KKKyle also running for #CA26 on a pro Nazi platform.

Vote on SB 627 in which Irwin abstained

Thx Kyle Rohrbach, #CA26 candidate aka Good Kyle, for reminding me of Jacqui Irwin vote on SB627 vote to require ICE agents to show their faces.

NVR = no vote recorded, aka abstain

just had a very long and frustrating call with my Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin, now running for Congress in #CA26. She ended up apologizing to me A LOT.

We can do better, Ventura County.

lots of other randos may run. Pretty sure Asm Steve Bennett won't -- we recruited him in 2012 and he backed out last minute. Neither will state sen Henry Stern, he doesn't want that crazy commute.
I expect I'll be walking my feet off for...someone this fall.