WVV

I don’t always agree with Mehdi, but he is absolutely brilliant. If you plan to debate him, you need to be *prepared* — unlike any of these people.

🚨 There’s a lot of horrific news out of Washington right now—but you might have missed this: Senate Republicans just introduced a plan to sell off 120 million acres of our public lands.

Let me break down what’s in the bill and why it’s a full-scale land grab. 🧵

#San Diego No Kings

Massive crowd of No Kings marchers.

Massive crowd of No Kings marchers.

Stay classy, San Diego. #NoKings

BREAKING: ICE RAID reported at Buona Forchetta tonight about a mile up the road in San Diego. Smoke bombs were used to disperse the crowd. FUCK ICE. WTF?!

Doug Burgum had a real life FAFO moment when he stopped at Olympic National Park on his “grand tour” of the PNW National Parks. The Interior Secretary got exactly what he deserved: A reality check fro... TikTok video by mads | cozy outdoorsy gal 📸🌈

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#SecCookieMonster got an earful at Olympic National Park!

Key takeaways:
- how do you keep visitor centers open and pathetic public safe when you fire staff?
- the emails to employees were abusive.
- this is not a business; balance sheets don’t make sense.

#Resist

Deranged Trump fully believed a badly photoshopped picture of Abrego Garcia’s knuckles displaying “MS13” was real and got very angry at an interviewer for exposing the lie.

@realDonaldTrump is very dumb

Elon Musk's DOGE is now running America's national parks A major shakeup in leadership is underway at the National Park Service, which is now run by DOGE.

This just breaks my heart.
Elon Musk's DOGE is now running America's national parks www.sfgate.com/national-par...

San Diego, CA

@maddow.msnbc.com

Encinitas CA

Breaking: FDA's March meeting to select flu shot strains for 2025-2026 season has been canceled per email sent to committee members, a VRBPAC member told me. drug companies need about 6 months leeway to make shots in time for fall vax campaigns. #healthpolicy

these cabinet announcements are like an advent calendar counting down to the apocalypse

We got a DOGE staff list. From a McKinsey alum to a former Clarence Thomas clerk, here are the workers powering Elon Musk's cost-cutting squad. A list of White House DOGE staffers shows about 30 young tech, finance, and legal professionals remaking the federal government.

Here's a list of DOGE staff, assembled and annotated by my colleagues at BI. Whatever you do, please don't share it.

www.businessinsider.com/doge-staff-l...

Stop him.

Stop him with every tool you have.

What Musk is doing is illegal. Prosecute him.

Thank you.

YouTube video by Washington National Cathedral 1.21.25 Homily by The Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde

I admire people who show courage. youtu.be/xwwaEuDeqM8?...

Fuckery

I grew up in Southern California next to the Angeles National Forest. Our street was named Burning Tree. I lived in Scripps Ranch during the firestorms of 2003, and 2007. I know the power of wind, dry vegetation, and fire. These fires are historic.

gavinnewsom.com/california-f...

@support.bsky.team
Is there any way to adjust the bottom icons so that the home button is on the right? I’m a leftie, and I keep accidentally hitting the home button when scrolling, which returns me to the top. Then I have to start over.
#lefthanded

Central California Coast

I love California. ❤️