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TUNE IN: Governor Newsom delivers a formal address to California from Los Angeles.

Watch live at 6:30pm.

YouTube: youtube.com/live/Q69izEy...
Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/14380...
X: @CAgovernor
Instagram: @Cagovernor

11.06.2025 00:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2319    πŸ” 686    πŸ’¬ 232    πŸ“Œ 89

I will be damned if I allow a bunch of Confederate-waving January 6th apologists give the American people a lecture on flag waving.

There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later.

They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.

11.06.2025 01:21 β€” πŸ‘ 103965    πŸ” 22267    πŸ’¬ 1402    πŸ“Œ 656

It is 100% carrying water for the opposition to participate in this collective delusion that Dems for some reason need to answer for every teen who throws a rock rather than hold the Trump admin accountable for intentionally creating chaos and breaking the law to stoke violence.

They are in charge.

11.06.2025 00:44 β€” πŸ‘ 49463    πŸ” 11295    πŸ’¬ 488    πŸ“Œ 342

Everything was fine until Trump decided to unleash violent raids w/o grounds in elementary schools, shopping areas, & peaceful public spaces.

ICE then illegally blocked Members of Congress entry into the facilities they are disappearing people into, escalating the situation.

Let’s start there.

11.06.2025 00:52 β€” πŸ‘ 16191    πŸ” 2704    πŸ’¬ 205    πŸ“Œ 97

πŸ™ Please call your senators!

22.05.2025 13:04 β€” πŸ‘ 852    πŸ” 105    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 4

I don't know, but I just looked, and her husband has the same nose as Pete. They're not linked on FB, though.

20.04.2025 12:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I went to read the thing because a Troy Dem (Justine Galbraith) is quoted, and spotted your name and went, 'HEY!'

20.04.2025 04:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The televised Oval Office meeting with Bukele is mockery. They’re mocking the press, their opposition, the courts, and the entire concept of justice. They’re mocking everyone who isn’t them. The abuser’s playbook yet again.

14.04.2025 16:23 β€” πŸ‘ 13692    πŸ” 3303    πŸ’¬ 122    πŸ“Œ 149

Probably the Reigning 20s. Revisionist 20s? Repugnant 20s?
Razing 20s?

Redacted 20s.

14.04.2025 20:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What do these corporations have in common?

Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel

In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.

This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.

14.04.2025 17:31 β€” πŸ‘ 36403    πŸ” 11278    πŸ’¬ 566    πŸ“Œ 317

Men will literally start a trade war with every other nation on earth instead of going to therapy.

08.04.2025 00:27 β€” πŸ‘ 5087    πŸ” 785    πŸ’¬ 77    πŸ“Œ 30

This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.

07.04.2025 00:18 β€” πŸ‘ 78831    πŸ” 13983    πŸ’¬ 1114    πŸ“Œ 790

Wow, 100,000 people!!

06.04.2025 05:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1268    πŸ” 151    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 9
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Trump administration orders half of national forests open for logging An emergency order removes protections covering over half the land managed by the U.S. Forest Service as the president aims to boost timber production.

Yes, because what's holding the US back from greatness is our lack of "wood independence". πŸ™„

Logging these >100 year old trees will be disastrous for climate.

06.04.2025 05:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1878    πŸ” 807    πŸ’¬ 100    πŸ“Œ 102
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This seems like a bad idea

05.04.2025 19:52 β€” πŸ‘ 7451    πŸ” 2086    πŸ’¬ 428    πŸ“Œ 102

The Trump administration has set up an email (airaction@epa.gov) allowing polluters to request exemptions from nine Clean Air Act rules. Under Section 112(i)(4) of the Clean Air Act, the president has the authority to grant these exemptions through a Presidential Exemption.

27.03.2025 19:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2436    πŸ” 808    πŸ’¬ 220    πŸ“Œ 91
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Israel's defence minister orders troops to advance deeper into Gaza Nearly 600 Palestinians have been killed since the truce between Israel and Hamas was shattered on Tuesday.

Nearly 600 Palestinians have been killed since the truce between Israel and Hamas was shattered on Tuesday.

21.03.2025 19:16 β€” πŸ‘ 451    πŸ” 246    πŸ’¬ 33    πŸ“Œ 16

The thing about Trump’s team is that we learn how many morally bankrupt, marginally intelligent, men of utterly average substance have walked among us, seemingly successful, running money-making firms, CEOs and venture capitalists - even the richest man in the world.

They have been unmasked.

22.03.2025 14:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2846    πŸ” 692    πŸ’¬ 149    πŸ“Œ 46

Trump is using your tax money to strongarm his critics. It’s what dictators do.

22.03.2025 14:40 β€” πŸ‘ 859    πŸ” 306    πŸ’¬ 87    πŸ“Œ 13
"Developing a device that could treat severe bleeding. It seems to have caught the committee’s attention for using the words β€œvictims” β€” as in gunshot victims β€” and β€œtrauma.”
Creating biosensors to detect infectious diseases. The grant appears to have been tagged for the repeated use of β€œPOC,” an acronym often used for β€œpeople of color” but in this context meaning β€œpoint of care” β€” that is, the place where people receive medical treatment β€” and β€œbarrier,” referring to a part of the biosensor itself.
Designing eye-tracking technology for diagnosing and treating concussions. It appears to have gotten flagged for referencing β€œtraumatic” brain injuries and the β€œstatus,” meaning the condition, of patients."

"Developing a device that could treat severe bleeding. It seems to have caught the committee’s attention for using the words β€œvictims” β€” as in gunshot victims β€” and β€œtrauma.” Creating biosensors to detect infectious diseases. The grant appears to have been tagged for the repeated use of β€œPOC,” an acronym often used for β€œpeople of color” but in this context meaning β€œpoint of care” β€” that is, the place where people receive medical treatment β€” and β€œbarrier,” referring to a part of the biosensor itself. Designing eye-tracking technology for diagnosing and treating concussions. It appears to have gotten flagged for referencing β€œtraumatic” brain injuries and the β€œstatus,” meaning the condition, of patients."

ProPublica looked into science grants that Ted Cruz's team flagged as "radical" and "neo-Marxist" and, uh.

This would be good comedy if it didn't matter so much www.propublica.org/article/ted-...

03.03.2025 03:45 β€” πŸ‘ 8081    πŸ” 3180    πŸ’¬ 204    πŸ“Œ 344

It's absolutely insane that Elon Musk and his wrecking crew are saying they're firing entire swaths of our government infrastructure and the press are just like "oh that's sad but what are you gonna do, guess they're fired." It is batshit crazypants, and it's being covered like normal policy choices

28.02.2025 01:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2240    πŸ” 649    πŸ’¬ 44    πŸ“Œ 16
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BIG: DOGE Firings Found Unlawful by Office of Special Counsel There was a very important development today, still only little noted in...

BREAKING: Office of Special Counsel Finds Many DOGE Firings Unlawful with Major Implications for the Future of the DOGE Purge and Potential Jeopardy for Those Who Executed DOGE's Orders talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/big-d...

24.02.2025 21:06 β€” πŸ‘ 18161    πŸ” 5317    πŸ’¬ 424    πŸ“Œ 303

It is a non-stop source of amazement how invisible misogyny remains to white men, who even now--after the highly respected Coast Guard Commandant was fired for being female & turfed out of her home with 3hrs notice--STILL write about MAGA & the purges of the federal gov as driven only by racism.

22.02.2025 18:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1843    πŸ” 271    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 20

Let's say their names:

* General CQ Brown, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: FIRED FOR BEING BLACK

* Admiral Lisa Franchetti, Chief of Naval Operations: FIRED FOR BEING FEMALE

* Admiral Linda Fagan, Coast Guard Commandant: FIRED FOR BEING FEMALE

All replaced by less qualified white guys.

22.02.2025 04:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2843    πŸ” 1148    πŸ’¬ 85    πŸ“Œ 46
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New:

DOGE's spending has been secret.

No longer.

My colleagues have uncovered it.

www.propublica.org/article/doge...

20.02.2025 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 43230    πŸ” 16640    πŸ’¬ 817    πŸ“Œ 915

Three updates:
1. The Justice Department has deleted a database tracking federal police misconduct. The database was first proposed in 2020 following the police killing of George Floyd.

21.02.2025 01:17 β€” πŸ‘ 11230    πŸ” 3701    πŸ’¬ 230    πŸ“Œ 174

You and I both know that the appropriate response is mere days from being, 'what Republic?' and the only question is, which side of the line are we in right now?

19.02.2025 23:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What a shame. Teamsters deserve better than this.

19.02.2025 22:37 β€” πŸ‘ 27819    πŸ” 3464    πŸ’¬ 1864    πŸ“Œ 227

Agreed. Shame on him. What a mealy-mouthed piece of garbage.

19.02.2025 22:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A screenshot of a tweet from The White House (@WhiteHouse), posted 33 minutes ago, quoting Donald J. Trump:
"CONGESTION PRICING IS DEAD. Manhattan, and all of New York, is SAVED. LONG LIVE THE KING!" –President Donald J. Trump

Below the tweet is an illustrated or AI-generated image of Donald Trump wearing a suit with a red tie and a gold crown on his head. He is smiling confidently against a background featuring the New York City skyline, including the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building. The image is framed in red, with the word "TRUMP" in large white letters at the top. In the bottom left corner, white text reads "LONG LIVE THE KING."

Engagement metrics show 722 replies, 1.9K retweets, 8.2K likes, and 314K views. The interface includes icons for replying, retweeting, liking, and sharing the post.

A screenshot of a tweet from The White House (@WhiteHouse), posted 33 minutes ago, quoting Donald J. Trump: "CONGESTION PRICING IS DEAD. Manhattan, and all of New York, is SAVED. LONG LIVE THE KING!" –President Donald J. Trump Below the tweet is an illustrated or AI-generated image of Donald Trump wearing a suit with a red tie and a gold crown on his head. He is smiling confidently against a background featuring the New York City skyline, including the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building. The image is framed in red, with the word "TRUMP" in large white letters at the top. In the bottom left corner, white text reads "LONG LIVE THE KING." Engagement metrics show 722 replies, 1.9K retweets, 8.2K likes, and 314K views. The interface includes icons for replying, retweeting, liking, and sharing the post.

The official White House account posted this.

19.02.2025 20:06 β€” πŸ‘ 3333    πŸ” 917    πŸ’¬ 505    πŸ“Œ 293

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