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Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis In a filing in the Federal Register, the Labor Department argues there are “immediate dangers to the American food supply” due to a lack of migrant agricultural workers.

also, proper credit: WaPo is re-reporting, on Saturday, news broken by The American Prospect last Wednesday. Great work @ddayen.bsky.social! prospect.org/politics/tru...

Trump administration says immigration enforcement threatens higher food prices U.S. farmers face labor shortages and potential food price hikes due to Trump’s immigration policy, the administration acknowledged in a Federal Registry document.

sorta alarming, but also sorta obvious to anyone in Ventura County this summer: 🧊 raids devastate agricultural communityies. Trump's Labor Dept, the people who do the work, directly contradict Trump and his Cabinet. Trump's 🧊raids mean FOOD SHORTAGES. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Thx @governor.ca.gov for signing, and @scottwiener.bsky.social for having the political courage to stick with, #SB79. Housing policy is transit policy is climate policy. Let's build where it's needed.

#CAGov intrigue: Tom Steyer donates $12M to Yes on Prop 50 and suddenly everyone assumes he'll run for Governor. Gonna be interested to compare his record to @katieporteroc.bsky.social www.politico.com/newsletters/...

Canvass for Prop 50 in Oak Park and Agoura! · California Democratic Party Come knock doors with us and help stop the Trump / MAGA agenda. Trump is trying to rig the midterm elections and passing Prop 50 is the best chance we have of stopping him and taking back Congress ne...

I'm baking all sorts of yummy goodies for California Democratic Party's event, “Canvass for Prop 50 in Oak Park and Agoura!” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/cadems/event...

Actually, Betty Three (Percent In The Polls) is the one who should drop out. When you've been running for two years and no one outside CADem faithful knows who you are, it's time to clear the field. #CAGov

Canvass for Prop 50 in Oak Park and Agoura! · California Democratic Party Come knock doors with us and help stop the Trump / MAGA agenda. Trump is trying to rig the midterm elections and passing Prop 50 is the best chance we have of stopping him and taking back Congress ne...

Last weekend was so much fun that I'm hosting another Prop 50 canvass this Saturday! Maple pecan scones last weekend... blueberry scones this weekend? Canvass for Prop 50 in Oak Park and Agoura! - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/cadems/event...

Tell Speaker MAGA Mike Johnson - Seat Adelita Grijalva NOW Climate hawk Adelita Grijalva won a landslide victory in September, beating her nearest challenger by roughly 40 points. So why is House Speaker MAGA Mike Johnson refusing to allow her to take her sea...

pls circulate this petition! actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

Is Speaker Johnson afraid that she'll be the 218th vote needed on an Epstein Files petition? Is he engaging in some weird shutdown showdown machinations? Or is he simply afraid of a powerful progressive woman of color?

Canvass for Prop 50 in Oak Park and Agoura! · Mobilize Come knock doors with us and help stop the Trump / MAGA agenda. Trump is trying to rig the midterm elections and passing Prop 50 is the best chance we have of stopping him and taking back Congress ne...

I'm attending California Democratic Party's event, “Canvass for Prop 50 in Oak Park and Agoura!” Actually, I'm organizing it, which means that there may be baked goods! sign up now to join me and get the goodies! www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...

Outrageous! Sign our petition to seat @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social NOW! actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

Tell Speaker MAGA Mike Johnson - Seat Adelita Grijalva NOW Climate hawk Adelita Grijalva won a landslide victory in September, beating her nearest challenger by roughly 40 points. So why is House Speaker MAGA Mike Johnson refusing to allow her to take her sea...

Sign our petition to seat @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social NOW! actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

Is it the Epstein files? Or is MAGA Mike Johnson simply afraid of a powerful progressive woman of color in Congress? Sign our petition NOW actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

Tell Speaker MAGA Mike Johnson - Seat Adelita Grijalva NOW Climate hawk Adelita Grijalva won a landslide victory in September, beating her nearest challenger by roughly 40 points. So why is House Speaker MAGA Mike Johnson refusing to allow her to take her sea...

Sign our petition to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social NOW! actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

Tell Speaker MAGA Mike Johnson - Seat Adelita Grijalva NOW Climate hawk Adelita Grijalva won a landslide victory in September, beating her nearest challenger by roughly 40 points. So why is House Speaker MAGA Mike Johnson refusing to allow her to take her sea...

🔥🔥🔥MAGA Mike Johnson is refusing to seat @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social after she won her seat in a landslide last week. Is he afraid she's the 218th vote on the Epstein files? Or just afraid of a powerful progressive Latina? Sign our petition actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

Tell Speaker MAGA Mike Johnson - Seat Adelita Grijalva NOW Climate hawk Adelita Grijalva won a landslide victory in September, beating her nearest challenger by roughly 40 points. So why is House Speaker MAGA Mike Johnson refusing to allow her to take her sea...

Sign the petition to seat @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

Fat Bear Week 2025 Fat Bear Week 2025

Proudly voted to choose the bear -- YES on Chunk the Hunk, my bestie big boi who I saw in person at Katmai NP last month, with his incredible story of brokenness and resilience.
Next month, voting to choose the bear again -- YES on Prop 50. explore.org/fat-bear-wee...

Canvass for Prop 50 in Oak Park and Agoura! · California Democratic Party Come knock doors with us and help stop the Trump / MAGA agenda. Trump is trying to rig the midterm elections and passing Prop 50 is the best chance we have of stopping him and taking back Congress ne...

I choose the bear! I'm voting for Chunk the Hunk as the King of Katmai's Fat Bears, and then I'm hosting a #Prop50 canvass this Sunday. Local #ConejoValley folk, please join! www.mobilize.us/cadems/event...

Toni Atkins has dropped out of the #CAGov race. Sorta surprised Tony Thurmond and Betty Yee have outlasted her.

Chunk faceoff against another Katmai fat bear

VOTE NOW! Ballots are out! Vote for Chunk! It's #FatBearWeek and Chunk is my hunk and here he is doing fat-beary things at Katmai National Park! www.explore.org/fat-bear-week

Also, vote later for Prop 50 if you're in California. #YesOnProp50

thx! we fundraised for her during the primary. PS Don't tell the Great State of Maricopa but Tucson is my favorite place in AZ. Road tripped for Harris and Kirsten Engel last fall.

Congrats Adelita Grijalva from Climate Hawks Vote

Not just a win, not just a landslide, but a serious Democratic overperformance. In #AZ07, a D+22 district, the climate hawk won by 39 points. Congrats!

I'm guessing that Ian Calderon won't ever sign the No Fossil Fuel Money pledge; that he'll get lots of bitcoin-bro cash; and that he'll be mercilessly mocked by CADem delegates. Including me.

Only one viable candidate in #CAGov race who has signed NFFM pledge.

#CAGov 2/3"Veto any new laws that increase the cost of gas and reestablish California’s energy independence."
"Make sure public safety is the most important responsibility, period."
"Leverage new technology and digital currencies to make government services more efficient." (Bitcoin/ crypto!)

New candidate for #CAGov: Ian Calderon, Assemblymember 2016-20, then lobbyist for among other things direct air capture (carbon capture scam). If his Majority Advisers tweets reflect his clients, also lobbyist for bitcoin/ crypto. Running to the center/right. From his platform, see next post

Dems should have defended Inflation Reduction Act industrial policy -- bringing jobs back to USA without stupid tariffs -- instead of just "we passed the largest climate bill ever," everyone cheers, no one knows what's in it. And I tried to get Biden/ Harris to talk about it. A lot. Crickets.

I mean, I hope that these are short term lunacies, and a healthy civilization will reassert itself and push back and all these bad ideas will die. But I'm just struck by how many of Trump's policies are a deliberate policy choice AWAY from a thriving healthy society.

Armchair historians, has there ever been a civilization that willingly chose to wither away and die? American trends:
-- climate: we are choosing to kill segments of society
-- guns: we are choosing to kill stochastically
-- immigration: we are choosing to shrink
-- vaccines: we are choosing disease

Lake and trail, Tongass National Forest, Alaska

Take action to protect our public lands -- not just Alaska but California, Colorado, all across the US. Submit a public comment in support of the existing Roadless Rule! Deadline this Friday! actionnetwork.org/letters/defe...

Trail and lake, Tongass National Forest

Last month in Alaska I went hiking in the Tongass National Forest (among other adventures). America's best carbon sink: not just gorgeous, it's useful! Now Trump wants to build roads here, because, well, Trump. Speak out against his proposed Roadless Rule Rollback. actionnetwork.org/letters/defe...

Michael Whatley Is Throwing Out the Tillis Playbook in North Carolina Republicans are coalescing around Whatley, who is running in one of the most competitive Senate races by aligning himself closely to the president.

Hey @wealsoherdcats.com now that I am back from my big vacay and it's time to get serious and we know the @climatehawksvote.com billboards work, what do you say about a #NCSEN billboard targeting this Big Oil lobbyist? www.notus.org/north-caroli...