@wongalex.bsky.social
Expect a lot of posts about San Francisco and politics. #CALeg and Congress alum. Opinions = all me.
Curiosity, understanding, astonishment, despair.
These are the 4 stages of grief when fighting for more housing in blue states. @podsaveamerica.crooked.com
When ICE agents questioned a group of 11- to 14-year-olds whoβd just finished batting practice, their coach, Youman Wilder, stepped in. βIβm willing to die to make sure these kids can get home,β he recounted afterward.
28.07.2025 21:10 β π 7775 π 2159 π¬ 216 π 115I'm too old to watch new Gundam but I'll definitely mess around with some remakes though.
29.07.2025 05:45 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0for those who want to watch the sexiest Gundam Wing video of all time without leaving this app
(from Gundam.Info)
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...
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...
If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people:
1) The Iraq War wonβt cost a lot of money
3) We wonβt need a lot of troops
4) Weβll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) Weβll find WMDs
6) Weβll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It wonβt take long
All lies.
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...
"Do you want America to be at war with Iran?"
No: 85%
Yes: 5%
YouGov / June 22, 2025
Well that's not true. youtu.be/CHPZ4HjKvfE?...
23.06.2025 07:14 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Starting 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.
Gee. Who could've seen this coming?
10.06.2025 06:46 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A.k.a. How I learned to love the ADU
10.06.2025 06:34 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Iβm 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 π 1971 π 245 π¬ 71 π 27The Republican Party is hell bent on making Gavin Newsom look good.
10.06.2025 06:31 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0JUST 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...
Yikes. The comments are kinda proving Portnoy's point.
Inskeep can't even talk to the guy w/o being criticized.
This is way more effective than burning Waymos.
10.06.2025 06:25 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0HUGE!!! 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 π 240 π 39 π¬ 6 π 15The Governorβs 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.π§΅
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 β¦ or fed to the lions?
BREAKING: One person has been killed after a car explosion outside a fertility clinic in Palm Springs that police are saying was an βintentional act of violence.β
17.05.2025 22:23 β π 397 π 159 π¬ 72 π 65Democrats 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.
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: π§΅
Got this at Andytown and couldn't be happier.
11.05.2025 00:15 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Headline: 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 π 69315 π 22691 π¬ 796 π 902In 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.
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 π 28043 π 13016 π¬ 1069 π 1840what a visual
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