#CABudgetUpdate: Democratic leaders of California's State Senate recently released a state budget plan.
The plan puts a spotlight on state reserves, a topic we’ll be hearing more about in the coming weeks.
🔍 New to reserves? Our video explainer covers the basics.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ax8...
Thou shalt not commit blasphemy against Samuel L. Jackson’s monologue in Pulp Fiction, motherfucker.
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
-FDR, 1937
Our team received a report of intermittent app outages at about 11:40pm PDT on April 15, 2026. They worked through the night to mitigate a sophisticated Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack, which intensified throughout the day.
Pope Leo XIV: Jesus told us, blessed are the peacemakers. But woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic, or political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth.
Around half of all profitable corporations in California pay a state tax bill of just $800.
Meanwhile, working people pay taxes on hard-earned dollars to support quality schools, safe roads, and our safety net.
It's time corporations pay their fair share.
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BREAKING on MS NOW:
Tulsi Gabbard just referred the whistleblower whose complaint led to the first impeachment of Trump — and the Inspector General who deemed the complaint "credible" — for possible criminal prosecution by the Trump Justice Department.
“They have lost over 200,000 students over the last 15 years and haven’t downsized the number of employees or schools. It’s unsustainable.”
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Hungary just elected a new PM who wasted zero time — he shut down state propaganda, called out the corrupt officials by name, and started the reckoning on day one. It made me want to write down exactly what that should look like here. So I did.
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Happy Tax Day, New York. We’re taxing the rich.
It's legacy time for Gov. Newsom. The final state budget battle of his career. How, and for what, does he want to be remembered? Who will he stand with — and what will he stand for? We're about to find out.
#CABudget #CALeg @governor.ca.gov
“Work Requirements” Is Just Another Name for Cuts
The research is consistent: they do not increase employment. Most people who can work, already do.
Instead, work they lead to people losing benefits due to rigid reporting systems & paperwork.
⚡ Read more: calbudgetcenter.org/news/work-re...
Swalwell's endorsers are fleeing (Gallego, Gomez, CTA) and I don't expect him to get much grace. CA Dems were already frustrated that no one would quit the gov race. Swalwell jumped in fairly late (after Porter's gaffe) with this sword of Damocles hanging over him
This guy is the poster child for eliminating independently elected sheriffs in California. Sheriffs should be hired and fired by county Boards of Supervisors. That would stop the rogue sheriff problem in its tracks.
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"Those who have qualms with the initiative have largely kept their criticisms private."
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CA Supreme Court reins in rogue SoCal sheriff who lamely tried to curry favor with Trump by pushing baseless election conspiracy theories.
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LAPD officers arrest a protester dressed as the Statue of Liberty outside a federal building during a ‘Kings Day’ protest. (Connor Sheets/Los Angeles Times)
A remarkable photo from #NoKings in DTLA from Connor Sheets of @latimes.com www.latimes.com/california/l...
We’ve been running into people who had no idea what’s happening this Saturday which, honestly, caught us off guard. So please tell everyone you know. ✊
"As a woman, to speak first, or even early, in the effort to push against injustice or to expose an ugly truth, is to risk scorn and, almost certainly, to undergo scathing attacks."
The world is looking at us with great unease.
Dueling analyses of the proposed wealth tax foresee vastly different outcomes if the measure qualifies for the November ballot and is approved by voters.
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No wars of aggression.
No terrorizing our communities or yours.
No tyrants, no conquests, no kings.
Please join us on March 28 for the world-historic day of protest that this moment demands: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings
Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.
Sure, Jan.
Hello?
Starting as soon as Tuesday, Thune will kick off what could be weeks of debate on the SAVE America Act.
But the GOP's elections overhaul bill, a Trump priority, will likely fail to pass.
So they’re claiming the only way to win is by suppressing voters.
The is the federal government telling news stations to provide favorable coverage of the war or their licenses will be pulled.
A truly extraordinary moment.
We aren't on the verge of a totalitarian takeover. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.
Act like it.
