FYI: Progressive Democrat Betty Yee, who dropped out of the CA Governor’s race Monday, yesterday endorsed @tomsteyer.bsky.social for California governor.
This Sunday on Substack Live at 8am Pacific— I comprehensively address concern among some re: Steyer and detail other major candidates for CA gov
THANK YOU to the voters of Virginia tonight for voting YES to fair elections!
Special MAJOR THANKS to VA state senate leader Louise Lucas for her brilliant, inimitable leadership. State Senator Lucas introduced the fair elections bill to the senate floor in Virginia.
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BREAKING: YES FOR FAIR ELECTIONS WINS IN VIRGINIA!!!
Confirmed by AP, C-SPAN
BREAKING: YES for fair elections has just overtaken NO in Virginia with 81 percent of the vote in. Still a bit of Democratic areas to be counted and to come in votewise. (AP, C-SPAN)
BREAKING: Here is the 14-page DOJ indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center.
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BREAKING: Democratic congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida resigns prior to a likely expulsion vote related to alleged financial crimes and improprieties. (Wash Post)
We’re going down down down
If that’s the only way
To make this cruel cruel world
Hear what we got to say
Put the right letters together
And make a better day
—Prince, “Alphabet St”
REST IN ETERNAL POWER PRINCE 💜🙏🏿
VIRGINIA: VOTE YES TO FAIR ELECTIONS NO LATER THAN APRIL 21 !!!!
TODAY IS THAT DAY, VIRGINIA!!
GET BUSY VOTING YES!!!
BREAKING: Labor Secretary and alleged sexual harrasser Lori Chavez-DeRemer will resign from Trump’s cabinet. (CNBC)
BREAKING: Tim Cook says he will step down as CEO of Apple; will move to be Apple’s executive chairman in September. (NY Times)
BREAKING: Democratic politician Betty Yee drops out of the California governor’s race. (LA Daily News)
My Substack Live yesterday on the California governor’s race. There will be a follow up to this video soon.
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And….this is Ronald Reagan in 1971 with his racist self. Tricky Dick, too. The lot o them. This video is from a 2019 edition of CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell. (Nothing “surprising” about this, Norah.)
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AS I PROMISED during my Substack Live today: this is a quote from Ronald Reagan when he was campaigning for governor of California in 1966. Fifteen years later Reagan would become president of the United States for eight years.
The quote is from the book “Freedom To Discriminate” by Gene Slater.
It’s one game, but I keep saying that the Detroit Pistons haven’t really been challenged all season. And I don’t think that is a good thing—especially for the playoffs. Game one of a best of seven goes to Orlando, who win tonight in Detroit, who had the best record in the East in the regular season.
If you are a woman, do you have doubts about the allegations some women have made against Swalwell? A couple of women I have spoken to offline tell me they do.
NEW: Friday’s POLITICRAT.
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BREAKING: Iran says that the Strait of Hormuz is now completely open. (NY Times/Yahoo/WSJ and other sources)
Exactly 63 years ago today (Thursday) on April 16, 1963: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s “Letter From Birmingham Jail”. (Excerpt below.)
BREAKING: Former Virginia Lt. Gov Justin Fairfax has killed his wife and killed himself, according to authorities. (NY Times)
Jackie. ✊🏿
Exactly!
Sports reporter Dianna Russini resigns from The Athletic six days after photos of her with New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel hugging each other at a resort are released. What happens to Vrabel? (Nothing, most likely.)
Here is Russini’s resignation letter.
And Swalwell allegedly choked Lonna Drews as well. (Name corrected)
SOURCE: KCBS
This is really ugly. I watched part of the press conference in real time. If these allegations are true—and I believe her… this guy….what a piece of shite he is.
BREAKING: A fifth woman has just accused Eric Swalwell—this time of raping her in 2018, and putting a drug in her drink. Lana Drews (maybe a misspelling of her name) just had a press conf with attorney Lisa Bloom in Beverly Hills. (KCBS/LA)
BREAKING: Republican Tony Gonzales says he will resign from Congress.
