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030 - Have It Your Way (with Josh Rosa of Better Ballot Sacramento) | The Drain 🕳️ Get more from The Drain 🕳️ on Patreon

Thank you @thedrain.bsky.social for a great conversation about #RankedChoiceVoting !

#RCV can make Sacramento's local elections equitable, accountable & efficient!

030 - Have It Your Way (with Josh Rosa of Better Ballot Sacramento) | The Drain 🕳️ Get more from The Drain 🕳️ on Patreon

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 🕳️🕳️🕳️

It'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...

029 - A new poll on California sovereignty, with Coyote Marin | The Drain 🕳️ Get more from The Drain 🕳️ on Patreon

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

029 - A new poll on California sovereignty, with Coyote Marin | The Drain 🕳️ Get more from The Drain 🕳️ on Patreon

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...

029 - A new poll on California sovereignty, with Coyote Marin | The Drain 🕳️ Get more from The Drain 🕳️ on Patreon

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...

028 - Rogue benches in San Francisco | The Drain 🕳️ Get more from The Drain 🕳️ on Patreon

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...

Look for this interview next week! We're excited to talk with Coyote from the @ic.institute

027 - Large Gorgeous William and the Golden State | The Drain 🕳️ Get more from The Drain 🕳️ on Patreon

Did you catch the latest? We're discussing how Trump's Big Beautiful Bill is going to affect us in the Golden State, and then talking about some major battles that our friends with Unite Here locals 11 and 49 in Los Angeles and Sacramento.

Enjoy 🕳️

www.patreon.com/posts/027-la...

(howard dean scream) glad you're enjoying it!

Really liking The Drain, left/socialist takes on state politics with lots of national politics and some local Sacramento. I'm not aware of anything else quite like it. I'd love to hear them get more into housing, and of course more #caleg. Also it's not super serious/boring/for the easily offended.

👀

Rumor has it our executive director is going to appear on The Drain again in a couple of weeks. 🤫

026 - The Latino Vote on the leftist playbook | The Drain 🕳️ Get more from The Drain 🕳️ on Patreon

The latest Plug! 🕳️

Air out your titties, settle in, and join us for a populist ride discussing the Democratic Party's Tea Party moment.

www.patreon.com/posts/026-la...

025 - Do not come-dani: Islamophobia hits the California legislature, plus Zohran's win | The Drain 🕳️ Get more from The Drain 🕳️ on Patreon

It's a new one! We're talking:

- The @cademocrats.bsky.social push to silence discourse in public schools on the genocide in Gaza with AB 715

- @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's HISTORIC win in the NYC mayoral primary

- Zionism becoming toxic with Democratic voters

www.patreon.com/posts/133265...

An update on support for California secession -- a record 44% of Californian adults would vote for the state to leave the United States and become a fully independent nation.

Listen to our previous episode with @ic.institute's ED here: www.patreon.com/posts/drain-...

The Plug 024 - Asm. Carl DeMaio's anti-trans diatribe interrupted by Democratic birthdays | The Drain 🕳️ Get more from The Drain 🕳️ on Patreon

New episode of The Plug!

We're discussing:

- Pride Month 🌈
- Carl DeMaio's anti-trans rant, and @assemblydems.bsky.social interrupting him for some, uh, pressing reasons 🎂
- a musician in Virginia in search of a woman willing to sleep in separate rooms 🛌

Enjoy: www.patreon.com/posts/132609...

The Plug 024 - Asm. Carl DeMaio's anti-trans diatribe interrupted by Democratic birthdays | The Drain 🕳️ Get more from The Drain 🕳️ on Patreon

New episode of The Plug!

We're discussing:

- Pride Month 🌈
- Carl DeMaio's anti-trans rant, and @assemblydems.bsky.social interrupting him for some, uh, pressing reasons 🎂
- a musician in Virginia in search of a woman willing to sleep in separate rooms 🛌

Enjoy: www.patreon.com/posts/132609...

The Plug 024 - Asm. Carl DeMaio's anti-trans diatribe interrupted by Democratic birthdays | The Drain 🕳️ Get more from The Drain 🕳️ on Patreon

New episode of The Plug!

We're discussing:

- Asm. Carl DeMaio's anti-trans rant, and @assemblydems.bsky.social interrupting him for some, uh, pressing reasons 🎂
- a musician in Virginia in search of a woman willing to sleep in separate rooms 🛌

Mangia: www.patreon.com/posts/132609...

The Drain 023 - Billionaire, crypto, and Zionist funding for California Democrats | The Drain 🕳️ Get more from The Drain 🕳️ on Patreon

It's a new one 🕳️! Today we're discussing:

- @katieporteroc.bsky.social making amends with crypto billionaires
- AIPAC dollars funneled to CA Democrats (and which ones should be primaried)
- Gov. @gavinnewsom.bsky.social's spats with the LA Times and New York Post

www.patreon.com/posts/drain-...

we're talking crypto, AIPAC and billionaire dollars going into California Democrats' pockets!

and also taking a look at some of Governor Newsom's unnecessary media spats

enjoy 🕳️

The Drain 023 - Billionaire, crypto, and Zionist funding for California Democrats | The Drain 🕳️ Get more from The Drain 🕳️ on Patreon

It's a new one 🕳️! Today we're discussing:

- @katieporteroc.bsky.social making amends with crypto billionaires
- AIPAC dollars funneled to CA Democrats (and which ones should be primaried)
- Gov. @gavinnewsom.bsky.social's spats with the LA Times and New York Post

www.patreon.com/posts/drain-...

The Plug 022 - Mr. 1950 Seduces the Sandwich Caller Live on Air | The Drain 🕳️ Get more from The Drain 🕳️ on Patreon

New premium episode! Did you hear about the California charter school dean who runs an alpha-male style YouTube channel under the name Mr 1950?

Buckle up for this reading series:

www.patreon.com/posts/plug-0...

Masked men, sobbing immigrants: The terrible reality of ICE in Sacramento | Opinion You needn’t look far for intimidation tactics or illicit disappearances by ICE — it’s happening in Sacramento right now, writes Robin Epley.

Read this heart-wrenching piece from @byrobinepley.bsky.social on the ICE terror taking place here in downtown Sacramento's federal immigration court.

I happened to be there that day, and it was every bit as disturbing, anger-inducing, and scary as she describes it.

www.sacbee.com/opinion/arti...

ICE thugs don't like to be followed.

this episode was incredibly fun

The Plug 022 - Mr. 1950 Seduces the Sandwich Caller Live on Air | The Drain 🕳️ Get more from The Drain 🕳️ on Patreon

New premium episode! Did you hear about the California charter school dean who runs an alpha-male style YouTube channel under the name Mr 1950?

Buckle up for this reading series:

www.patreon.com/posts/plug-0...