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@wongalex.bsky.social

Expect a lot of posts about San Francisco and politics. #CALeg and Congress alum. Opinions = all me.

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YIMBY and NIMBY Debate on the Front Line of America's Housing Crisis
YouTube video by Pod Save America YIMBY and NIMBY Debate on the Front Line of America's Housing Crisis

youtu.be/KyUp-rgpSJg?...

28.08.2025 03:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Curiosity, understanding, astonishment, despair.

These are the 4 stages of grief when fighting for more housing in blue states. @podsaveamerica.crooked.com

28.08.2025 03:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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ICE Agents Invade a Manhattan Little League Field Youman Wilder has coached local kids for twenty-one yearsβ€”including four who have gone pro. When masked agents tried to interrogate his players, he told them, β€œYou don’t have more rights than they do....

When ICE agents questioned a group of 11- to 14-year-olds who’d just finished batting practice, their coach, Youman Wilder, stepped in. β€œI’m willing to die to make sure these kids can get home,” he recounted afterward.

28.07.2025 21:10 β€” πŸ‘ 7775    πŸ” 2159    πŸ’¬ 216    πŸ“Œ 115

I'm too old to watch new Gundam but I'll definitely mess around with some remakes though.

29.07.2025 05:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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for those who want to watch the sexiest Gundam Wing video of all time without leaving this app

(from Gundam.Info)

25.07.2025 16:35 β€” πŸ‘ 417    πŸ” 104    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 20
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FBI Abandons Miller’s Migrant Round-Up in Humiliating Blow Federal investigators are being pulled off migrant duty to ensure potential Iranian threats are spotted and thwarted.

Alternate Headline: FBI returns to doing what we pay them to do.
Federal investigators are being pulled off migrant duty to ensure potential Iranian threats are spotted and thwarted
www.thedailybeast.com/fbi-abandons...

25.06.2025 11:59 β€” πŸ‘ 60    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1
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Opinion | The ridiculous recall of the Sunset's supervisor should be rejected It looks like Joel Engardio is toast. That's too bad.

Take away Prop K and no one can explain why Joel should be recalled.

One policy difference isn't worthy of a recall imo.
sfstandard.com/opinion/2025...

26.06.2025 05:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people:

1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long

All lies.

22.06.2025 02:47 β€” πŸ‘ 66640    πŸ” 20574    πŸ’¬ 1607    πŸ“Œ 1037
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Iran's parliament votes to close Straits of Hormuz after US attacks The vote took place Sunday after the U.S. on Saturday evening hit three Iranian nuclear sites and significantly damaged the country's capabilities.

We're at the "find out" part:

"The Iranian Parliament has voted in support of closing the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world's most critical oil transit chokepoints"

www.newsweek.com/iran-parliam...

22.06.2025 13:53 β€” πŸ‘ 124    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 10

"Do you want America to be at war with Iran?"

No: 85%
Yes: 5%

YouGov / June 22, 2025

23.06.2025 02:13 β€” πŸ‘ 22200    πŸ” 5576    πŸ’¬ 813    πŸ“Œ 848

Well that's not true. youtu.be/CHPZ4HjKvfE?...

23.06.2025 07:14 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Starting a war in the Middle East. Passing tax cuts for the rich. Likes to play golf.

Trump hates the comparison but he's becoming more like George W Bush, every day.

23.06.2025 07:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Gee. Who could've seen this coming?

10.06.2025 06:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A.k.a. How I learned to love the ADU

10.06.2025 06:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m sorry, but the base of the Democratic Party is a middle aged black woman with a service sector job that does not know what BlueSky is, and upon being exposed to it, would swiftly and correctly conclude that we all need to log off and find Jesus.

10.06.2025 02:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1971    πŸ” 245    πŸ’¬ 71    πŸ“Œ 27

The Republican Party is hell bent on making Gavin Newsom look good.

10.06.2025 06:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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SFPD arresting dozens in 2nd night of mass protests against ICE Thousands of people marched down Mission Street, in at least the fourth protest in two days to rally against ICE arrests.

JUST IN: San Francisco police officers were arresting dozens of people they had encircled on Monday night, following an earlier rally in which as many as 2,000 people marched through the Mission District to protest immigration deportations.

Developing story:

missionlocal.org/2025/06/sf-m...

10.06.2025 05:47 β€” πŸ‘ 162    πŸ” 79    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 5

Yikes. The comments are kinda proving Portnoy's point.

Inskeep can't even talk to the guy w/o being criticized.

10.06.2025 06:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is way more effective than burning Waymos.

10.06.2025 06:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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HUGE!!! Senator @scottwiener.bsky.social's SB 79, which the Bay Area Council is cosponsoring, passes the Senate!!! SB 79 legalizes apartments in single family areas near trains. This was a test for the Senate - the Assembly is passing housing bills, so this has a GREAT shot of becoming law!

04.06.2025 03:34 β€” πŸ‘ 240    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 15

The Governor’s proposed sweep of $1.5B from cap & trade funds would cut emergency transit funding for operations & capital. For example:

Muni: $200M cut
BART: $290M cut
LA Metro: $250M cut

These cuts create a risk of service cuts.🧡

22.05.2025 21:26 β€” πŸ‘ 90    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 7
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The Department of Homeland security is considering creating a reality TV show where immigrants compete to win US citizenship.

This is grotesque.

What happens if they lose? Do they get sent to a Salvadoran prison for life … or fed to the lions?

17.05.2025 21:26 β€” πŸ‘ 129    πŸ” 49    πŸ’¬ 33    πŸ“Œ 14
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Police and firefighters respond to an explosion rocking the California city of Palm Springs Officials say police and firefighters are responding to an explosion that rocked the city of Palm Springs.

BREAKING: One person has been killed after a car explosion outside a fertility clinic in Palm Springs that police are saying was an β€œintentional act of violence.”

17.05.2025 22:23 β€” πŸ‘ 397    πŸ” 159    πŸ’¬ 72    πŸ“Œ 65

Democrats have a deeper branding problem that is linked to, but separate from whether Biden should've run again.

Rehashing how old Biden is, is just former operatives and staff trying to save their reputations.

18.05.2025 18:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The mask is now off on the effort to recall Supervisor Joel Engardio: Aaron Peskin β€” who has quietly pushed the recall for months β€” has now formally taken it over & installed his own lieutenants.

We need to be clear on what this recall is about & why Peskin is now leading it: 🧡

16.05.2025 01:04 β€” πŸ‘ 161    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 13
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Got this at Andytown and couldn't be happier.

11.05.2025 00:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Headline: ICE came for their neighbor so these Tennesseans formed a human chain to protect him

Headline: ICE came for their neighbor so these Tennesseans formed a human chain to protect him

I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article

16.04.2025 02:30 β€” πŸ‘ 69315    πŸ” 22691    πŸ’¬ 796    πŸ“Œ 902

In 6 hours, the Japanese constructed a whole new train station.

In San Francisco, we'd spend 6 hours just on public comment about the proposal of a train station.

10.04.2025 06:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5

07.04.2025 01:29 β€” πŸ‘ 28043    πŸ” 13016    πŸ’¬ 1069    πŸ“Œ 1840
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what a visual

07.04.2025 14:05 β€” πŸ‘ 9106    πŸ” 2909    πŸ’¬ 201    πŸ“Œ 205

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