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Exactly. Keep the pressure on. Trump will not stick with anyone he thinks may be dragging him further down. That was the beginning of his distancing from Elon. Keep the pressure on. RFK must go.
One time joe biden had a medium decaf coffee with the former prime minister of kazakhstan and let him pay
Today's a good day to learn Colbert found a new job. Hope it's a good one for everybody! #HappyLaborDay
Quite so.
Again, it must be asked, if this administration were trying to sabotage the country and intentionally screw over its own citizens, what would they do differently?
Putin was feted by Trump, fooled Trump into thinking he was making concessions, and caused Trump to humiliate himself by loudly announcing these fake concessions to the world. EU diplomats are having trouble believing Trump is really that stupid. (Give them time, they're new at this.)
NEWS: The full Fifth Circuit will hear an appeal over Texas's criminal immigration law (S.B. 4). A 2-1 panel on July 3 affirmed — www.lawdork.com/i/167469639/... — the district court's injunction blocking the law. The panel opinion is now vacated. Order: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Absolutely fucking not.
Exactly this @scottwiener.bsky.social.
You just know #2 will be heavily abused. Let’s hope they drop that or, the least, tightly define “historic” such that it apples only to officially designated historic sites at the time of the bill’s enactment lest Beverly Hills designates the Wilshire/La Cienaga intersection as “historic”. Ugh. 😑
Woot!
The damage this man has done is incalculable.
NEW: Social Security’s chief data officer, Charles Borges, has resigned, three days after submitting a whistle-blower complaint that alleged members of DOGE had uploaded the confidential personal information of hundreds of millions of Americans to an insecure cloud server.
[BILL ALERT] AB 253, which will speed up the approval process for new homes by allowing home builders to hire a licensed and certified third-party reviewer, has passed the Senate Appropriations committee and heads to the Senate floor! Learn more here: cayimby.org/legislation/...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday that he would not issue visas to Palestinian officials to prevent them from attending the annual UN General Assembly in New York next month.
Texas House GOP lawmakers have passed a bill that would allow anyone to sue Drs, abortion med manufacturers, & companies like FedEx & UPS, through which these meds are mailed, in a fanatic effort to limit access to these medications. #Pinks
In a two week period: Trump fired 7 of the 8 members who do independent federal oversight on nuclear waste. Peter Thiel (Palantir) is found to be backing the first privately developed uranium enrichment facility in the US.
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Gov. Pritzker: “The president doesn't seem to understand that it's actually Republican states that have the crime problem. Of the 20 states that have the biggest crime problem, 13 of them are red states controlled by Republican governors.”
It would be funny/delicious if Texas’ gerrymander gets reversed as a result of the legal challenges but California’s is allowed to proceed because it was/will be approved by voters.
Good heavens. Lighten up keyboard warrior. 🤦🏾
Well this is interesting. 🤔
So his motivations aren’t entirely racist… just mostly/usually. My mistake.
Anyone notice a common trait with all these firings? They all have excellent tans.
Reuters repeating a falsehood here. Most of this money was already granted to intel under the chips act passed by Biden. The rest under other pre-Trump programs
“.. ‘I am not able to serve in this role any longer because of the ongoing weaponizing of public health,’ Daskalakis wrote in his letter.” @reuters.com www.reuters.com/business/hea...
The hits just keep on coming. @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
Empowered by the Supreme Court, tech titans appear poised to deploy their vast wealth to try to buy a government that will impose no guardrails on their already powerful industry. What could go wrong? Silicon Valley Pledges $200 Million to New Pro-A.I. Super PACs www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/t...
Cowboys.
Lutnick: "The Department of Commerce is going to start issuing its statistics on the blockchain, because you are the crypto president."
Now that Texas has passed its gerrymandered maps, a majority of Democrats say they'd support their states redistricting to create more Democratic seats. Three weeks ago, they were evenly split on the issue. New polling at @today.yougov.com: today.yougov.com/politics/art...
Is this the same owner of that property that wants to rent them out as short term corporate housing? Seems like PLUM folks were pretty upset by that.
One overlooked alternative; OF. Drop that link son!
Its worth noting that Right wing control of media starting with Fox News was born out of Republican anger and insecurity that Nixon was held accountable for watergate. The origin of this media hellscape starts there.
Listening in L.A. City Council Planning (PLUM) Committee - which will consider a motion to eliminate harmful minimum parking requirements citywide. Committee just started. Follow on YouTube Live www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMij...
…each other: what if suddenly I was just disappeared and then the U.S. government was all over tv calling me a terrorist yakuza for no rational reason, what would you and the boys do
JD Vance has taken eight vacations in his seven months in office www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6Vya9Rt/
I sure do! Allow me to introduce you to the Solar Compactor, a design that is simultaneously more welcoming, prevents trash overflow, keeps the surrounds clean and, as a result, reduces the frequency of trash pickups and so saves money in the long run! WeHo has these.
Fox News Loses Its Sh*t Over Newsom Mockery of Trump www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5o2...
Washington DC’s 700,000+ residents deserve federal representation. DC statehood now.
This would make it much easier to traffic people out of the US with no records.
#SaveChandra youtube.com/shorts/sE-RU...
Well, it was last night now. But click through to read more on WeHo's safety plans.
OMG
But the way US politics works is, if white people get upset about something loud enough, long enough, it is deemed a problem to be solved, whether or not any evidence shows up. This is key: their complaining, in & of itself, becomes the evidence that there's a problem. It's a closed loop.
🧵 Voting reform is a paradigmatic issue in US politics, in the following way: Republicans have been accusing Democrats of cheating on voting for *years*. Consistently, day after day, for years. Now, importantly, *at no point have they produced evidence of voter fraud*. Not then, not now, not ever.
NEW Economist/YouGov Aug 15-18 • 32% of Americans want the U.S. to increase military aid for Ukraine • 27% want to decrease or eliminate military aid to Ukraine • 21% want to maintain the same level of aid today.yougov.com/politics/art...
Does this open things up a little for retail investors? Is the SEC moving towards reforming Reg D? @profgalloway.com www.akingump.com/en/insights/...
The amendment to SB71 exempts all active transportation projects from CEQA, not just the gondola. And SB71, should it pass, is a state law; "state-mandated", if you will.
This probably means that Trump does not expect Putin to agree to a ceasefire or any deal. If he believed there was any hope of success, he’d be all over it because he wants the praise. He’s setting JD up to fail.
What is Jurado’s deal?
When the LA city council opposed our first transit oriented upzoning bill on local control grounds in 2018, LA’s HUD Fair Market Rent was $1,663. They have opposed every subsequent bill with the same rationale: trust us, we will fix this ourselves. Now rent is $2,625. Enough is enough. Pass SB 79.
Sullivan: On a bipartisan basis, going back decades, the US has worked to build its relationship with India Now, in no small part, I think because of Pakistan’s willingness to do business deals with the Trump family, Trump has thrown the India relationship over the side. That is a strategic harm
#YIMBY #LosAngeles www.reddit.com/r/CarIndepen...
More specifics on the ppl fired by Our Girlfriend Tulsi: someone who’d been serving under cover; some whose clearances had already lapsed (performative!); a quantum computing expert at the NSA recently targeted by rw propagandists. Qualified experts. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...
NEW: Kilmar Abrego Garcia files motion to dismiss his criminal charges in Tennessee based on selective and vindictive prosecution "Mr. Abrego was charged because he refused to acquiesce in the government’s violation of his due process rights." www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Absolutely ridiculous.
California has walked the walk on independent redistricting at the state level for 15 years. But we cannot unilaterally disarm while other states throw out the rules to gain power. With one vote, Californians can punch back and also demand nationwide independent redistricting.
The United States could have great things like this. But we like to spend our money on kidnapping people and trafficking them to concentration camps instead. #Priorities
Reminder: Trump inherited his fortune from his slum lord father. Trump helped run those properties. www.nytimes.com/1985/03/09/o...
A picture paints one word. And that word is apparently “dafuq?”.
Try again, dumb dumb. 😂
Today I submitted an HLA appeal for protected bike lanes omitted during the city's repaving project on Ohio Avenue (at Bundy). A few other folks who I encouraged to appeal shared their appeals with me labikas.wordpress.com/2025/08/18/n...
Today is the first day that, under a new city ordinance, L.A. residents can appeal directly to the City Board of Public Works if you think that the city hasn't followed #MeasureHLA. la.streetsblog.org/2025/07/17/l...
The folks responsible for station and bus stop maintenance & cleanliness at @metrolosangeles.bsky.social really should read this thread. Trash cans design may seem like a silly, non-issue. But it’s a big contributor to the negative perceptions folks have about transit www.reddit.com/r/LAMetro/s/...
1. This is unquestionably illegal and almost certain to fail in court (only “almost” bc our lawless SC runs on Fox vibes). 2. Dems need to figure out a plan if Congress refuses to certify election and tries to long parliament it (your obscure English Civil War ref). It truly has come to that.
This should be a bigger story. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
So far, the Trump - Zelensky meeting was...Trump treading water. I think Putin gut-punched him and now he's at a loss about what to do next.
An obvious, natural consequence of outlawing abortions: Forcing women to endure excruciating stillbirths. interactives.dallasnews.com/2025/texas-a...
ADU ordinance letter to Malibu, CA for tonight's Planning Commission meeting. The City is violating state ADU law by banning ADU construction based on street width. drive.google.com/file/d/1ysyn...
every concentration camp ends up a festering pit of disease
These people need to be on trial when this is all over.
Reducing restrictions on producing oil does not involve a taxpayer-funded bailout of refineries. On the contrary, it would quite a lot of generate tax revenue for the state. More in-state oil production means lower input costs for refineries which means higher margins which means more taxable income
But if the refineries are going to use oil anyway, why pay red states for that oil? Wouldn’t a better solution be to have those dollars flow into our state coffers? Said dollars can be used to accelerate the buildout of electricity public transportation and re-instate the state EV credit for example
But it need not be forever. I’m not saying we need to build more refineries, which have decades-long operating lives. I’m saying we can supply the existing ones with in state oil for a period of time whilst keeping all the same climate policies (including cap and trade) in place.
I’m coming around to the idea that California should allow more in-state oil production and refining. More corporate & gas tax revenue, more cap and trade revenue, and more stable gas prices which will help address cost of living for a lot of people. Doesn’t mean we need to abandon our climate goals
Americans haven't been this gloomy about the job market since the Great Recession, according to @UMich survey, which finds that 62% of consumers expect unemployment to rise in the next year. www.axios.com/2025/08/16/j...
Or grimacing? I’ve heard tell Trump has… odors. Noxious, vicious odors. People are saying.
What's especially amazing about Hagerty's attempt to say the quiet part out loud here is that it's brilliantly self-defeating: If the Constitution had to specify (in an odious way) how to count *even enslaved people* in the Census, that's only that much more evidence that *everybody* gets counted.
This is outrageously illegal. There is no national emergency, invasion or insurrection (ironically the last time that federalization of the National Guard was probably justified was J6), and no legal basis for deploying troops in our streets. Everyone involved with this must be held accountable.
Meta is turning itself into Philip Morris.
Armed Trump administration agents wearing masks just showed up outside of Gavin Newsom’s press conference. This is what rising fascism looks like.
"Crime was *such* a pressing issue in DC that Donald Trump found it necessary to first figure out how to put up a flagpole on the White House grounds, lay the plans for a $200 million ballroom, host a bunch of crypto dinners, release a cell phone plan and a crypto coin."
TUNE IN: Governor Newsom, state leaders make major announcement countering Donald Trump's gerrymandering scheme. Watch live at 11:30am PT. YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/io2Hutl... Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/11442... Instagram: @CAgovernor X: @CAgovernor
My quick and sloppy attempt at creating an AI promo vid for @metrolosangeles.bsky.social Sepulveda Pass Alt 4 😂. #LosAngeles. Perhaps @nickandert.bsky.social can help me write a better script?
We were within inches of a vaccine for several cancers, flu, the cold. Inches.
RFK Jr. is actively trying to kill children. His ignorance is not a defense because he has killed children before. Over 5700 infected and 83 dead — most of them children — in the 2019 Samoa measles outbreak Kennedy caused. He knows what he’s doing. Don’t let him kill your kids.
Disgusting and violent treatment by LAPD while a court order prohibiting assaulting or arresting journalists is in place. Nick Stem had just recovered from surgery after a vicious LAPD attack in June. On Friday, a cop bashed him in the face, causing a deep gash on his chin. Read about a few more ⤵️
Maybe he wants to take @scottwiener.bsky.social glory?
This is what we now face
Crazy coincidence timing, saw your post just after reading how CEQA (I think) killed a big Costco there. unionrayo.com/en/costco-fr...
Donald J. Trump, secret Democrat sleeper agent.
Trump admin stops illegal freeze of $5B EV charger funds after losing in court
“.. So far in 2025, at least nine states have either introduced legislation aimed at blocking new marriage licenses for LGBTQ people or passed resolutions urging the Supreme Court to reverse Obergefell at the earliest opportunity ..” abcnews.go.com/Politics/sup...
yeah, it’s not ending with the cops