@thedrain.bsky.social
The Drain is a podcast covering California politics and culture with hosts Palma (@palma.ltd) and Kempa (@yeshelloitskempa.bsky.social) Free eps Tuesdays (The Drain), and *premium* eps Fridays (The Plug): patreon.com/thedrain 📍 Sacramento, CA
🚨 🕳️ NEW DRAIN 🕳️ 🚨
Hide your tots, hide your pervs, and hide your husbands, cause we're talking about the Murdoch family's newest endeavor out west--the California Post!
We also touch on @capitolweekly.bsky.social clowning on Asm. Carl DeMaio in a summer poll
www.patreon.com/posts/murdoc...
also I enter a fugue state and forget who Jason Biggs is
10.12.2025 16:57 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0steal some valor and catch the latest ep of the best Gay Sacramento Podcast!
10.12.2025 18:35 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0
🚨 🕳️ NEW DRAIN 🕳️ 🚨
Hide your tots, hide your pervs, and hide your husbands, cause we're talking about the Murdoch family's newest endeavor out west--the California Post!
We also touch on @capitolweekly.bsky.social clowning on Asm. Carl DeMaio in a summer poll
www.patreon.com/posts/murdoc...
In this episode of The Drain, we:
- discuss Mamdani's surreal visit to the White House, where he positively charmed the pants off President Donald Trump
- reflect on Zohran as a person
- explore what his win means for the greater Left movement in the United States
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New episode! 🚨🕳️🚨
We're joined by our friend @lucpete.bsky.social, a Brooklyn-based journalist, Sacramento enthusiast, and former staffer for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's successful 2020 run for the New York state assembly--long before he was a household name.
Enjoy www.patreon.com/posts/144470...
mangia! 🚨 🕳️ 🚨
20.11.2025 16:54 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The latest from The Drain🕳️
@palma.ltd and @yeshelloitskempa.bsky.social discuss @gavinnewsom.bsky.social and AG Becerra's former chiefs of staff facing *federal* charges, and also touch on SF Mayor Daniel Lurie's big appointment bungle involving dead animals.
Enjoy: www.patreon.com/posts/143963...
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20.11.2025 16:49 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Half my posting is about or at podcasts or podcasters but bc this list is SO GROSS I will nevertheless shout out some faves:
newish:
- @whatsallthispod.bsky.social 🇬🇧
- @killthecomputer.com 🖥️
- @thedrain.bsky.social 🗳️ 🐻
haunted:
-Otherworld
-Ghost Stories for the End of the World
Honored to be on a thread with some of our favorite podcasts!
20.11.2025 16:48 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🕳️ 🚨 It's a new one 🚨 🕳️
We're joined by the @48hills.bsky.social crew to discuss who will fill Nancy Pelosi's void in SF politics! Will it be YIMBY dweeb Scott Wiener? Fake lefty Saikat Chakrabarti? Everyone's fave, Christine Pelosi? Or the promising Connie Chan?
www.patreon.com/posts/san-fr...
We're at episode 40 and getting so many new listeners!
Today we're discussing @gavinnewsom.bsky.social's failed CARE Court and how MAGA Huntington Beach will be represented by a gay Peruvian immigrant in Congress 🌈🇵🇪
Enjoy: www.patreon.com/posts/040-ca...
Hey! Listen!
10.10.2025 19:16 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
You catch The Drain this week? We're discussing:
- A distressing loophole in California's conversion therapy ban
- @connoreatspants.bsky.social conducting the best @gavinnewsom.bsky.social interview we've seen in years
- Big updates on Prop 50
Enjoy: www.patreon.com/posts/036-ca...
The Plug is BACK, baby (also expect a little bonus soon)!
In today's episode, @palma.ltd tells us a chilling tale about a California public utility providing its customer data to cops in order to take down "illegal" marijuana growing operations.
Enjoy: www.patreon.com/posts/033-sm...
The Plug is BACK, baby (also expect a little bonus soon)!
In today's episode, @palma.ltd tells us a chilling tale about a California public utility providing its customer data to cops in order to take down "illegal" marijuana growing operations.
Enjoy: www.patreon.com/posts/033-sm...
I had to go out east for a few weeks, but @thedrain.bsky.social is fucking BACK:
www.patreon.com/posts/031-ca...
We're back, babies, and we're talking California redistricting 😘🕳️
www.patreon.com/posts/031-ca...
We're back, babies, and we're talking California redistricting 😘🕳️
www.patreon.com/posts/031-ca...
Thank you @thedrain.bsky.social for a great conversation about #RankedChoiceVoting !
#RCV can make Sacramento's local elections equitable, accountable & efficient!
You can listen to this episode wherever fine podcasts are found, but you can also join our Patreon and subscribe/listen for the low price of GRATIS:
🕳️: www.patreon.com/posts/030-ha...
Today, Josh gives us the skinny on RCV, its practical ramifications for political campaigns, the state of its implementation in Calif., and how we can use RCV to democratize local government 🕳️🕳️🕳️
31.07.2025 03:16 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0It's old hat now, but an overlooked reason for progressive candidates' success in the NY mayoral race is how RCV let NYers transfer their vote to another candidate without weakening the position of their own favorite
While it wasn't the decisive factor, RCV DID have an effect on the race 🕳️🕳️🕳️
🚨🕳️🚨NEW DRAIN🚨🕳️🚨
We're joined by Josh Rosa, volunteer for @betterballotsac.bsky.social to talk about local and state-wide efforts to bring in Ranked Choice Voting to California in a huge way 🕳️🕳️🕳️
Listen: www.patreon.com/posts/030-ha...
It's a new one! 🕳️
We talked with @ic.institute about their latest California poll, which found:
- 71% of residents say the state would be better off with special autonomous status within the U.S.
- 44% would vote for a ballot measure for peaceful, legal secession
www.patreon.com/posts/029-ne...
ICYMI - We had SO much fun talking with Coyote about the very real, very measured steps California can take toward sovereignty today with Coyote Marin
Next week: A special guest discussing Ranked Choice Voting in the Golden State
Super fun stuff coming
I love these conversations between @thedrain.bsky.social and @ic.institute because they move past the flaky #Calexit stuff and get into things California could actually do to gain autonomy and power (and perhaps independence down the line). There's a lot we could do! www.patreon.com/posts/029-ne...
16.07.2025 20:50 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
It's a new one! 🕳️
We talked with @ic.institute about their latest California poll, which found:
- 71% of residents say the state would be better off with special autonomous status within the U.S.
- 44% would vote for a ballot measure for peaceful, legal secession
www.patreon.com/posts/029-ne...
It's the weekend! That means we're back with another installation of The Plug 🕳️
We're covering San Francisco's guerrilla community benches, which have folks in City Hall screaming, crying, throwing up
www.patreon.com/posts/028-ro...
