Steve Hilton will be the next Governor of California unless everyone wakes up FAST
His wife Rachel Whetstone is the granddaughter of Antony Fisher who founded the ATLAS Network who control 500+ fascist, global, Libertarian Think Tanks👇
Hilton created Crowdpacs & effectively Cambridge Analytica
In our book Calling Bullshit, we talked about some of the ways people create misleading narratives by judiciously choosing how to calculate percentages.
"Making up utterly nonsensical shit" was not among the methods we addressed.
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Graphic announcing an endorsement of Xavier Becerra. The top reads “Latino Caucus” with a bear logo, followed by “Endorses.” Below is a portrait of a smiling Xavier Becerra in a suit. Large text at the bottom reads “Becerra for Governor,” alongside an outline of California with a rising sun graphic.
A tremendous honor to earn the endorsement of the California Latino Legislative Caucus ahead of tonight's debate.
Eager to work alongside these leaders to ensure Latino families across our state have a real shot at the California Dream!
Trump now worth $6.5B (+$1.4B since taking office).
Don Jr. & Eric Trump each went from ~$40-50M to $300-400M range via crypto. Broader Trump family wealth has nearly doubled to as high as $10 billion. All of this wealth has been acquired leveraging the power and authority of the White House.
On the same day a sitting Democratic Congressman dies, we learn that vulnerable GOP Rep. Tom Kean, Jr. has missed work for over a month due to unspecified health issues.
No one in the GOP caucus knows where he’s been.
#NJ07
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Three-byline alert: 🚨
“.. an assessment that means the conflict’s economic impact could extend late into this year or beyond.”
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HUGE Earth Day news 🌍
Governor Newsom announced State Parks Forward — the biggest expansion of California's state park system. Three new Central Valley parks are coming, pushing the statewide total to 283, plus 30,000 acres of expansions by end of the decade.
Learn more: https://ow.ly/xPz650YOeVR
ICE has snatched immigrant veterans off the street and deported them without due process.
Democrats in the Appropriations Committee fought for — and passed — an amendment to a government funding bill to stand up for those who served their adopted country.
The US Secretary of the Navy, John Phelan, a businessman and art collector who has never served in the military, flew at least twice on Epstein's plane with Jean-Luc Brunel, and got his job by donating millions to Trump's campaign is apparently stepping down. No word on why yet.
From a policy and practical perspective, a too broad definition of the working class is unhelpful in being able to target and assist those who need help the most.
From a sociocultural perspective, the term working class is too often associated with White males such that POC are ignored.
250 years in and we're still grappling with the history of this country. Today @19thnews.org launches Revolutionary, a project committed to telling a fuller, more honest story abt America's past, present & future.
Read @errinhaines.bsky.social's 1st column in a series: 19thnews.org/2026/04/revo...
Is there a separate definition for the working class poor to differentiate them from the working class professionals? A laborer who gets minimum wage for picking strawberries has different needs from a lawyer who makes six figures.
To celebrate Earth Day, environmental leaders Al Gore, Catherine Coleman Flowers, and Bill McKibben talk about the challenges in tackling climate change—and why there’s still hope for our planet. 🌎
Our latest and surprisingly optimistic episode of More To The Story:
As Twitter became X, use frequency has become strongly correlated with dislike of Democrats.
The more you hate Democrats, the more you post and visit X.
Legacy platforms are losing ground:
⬇️ Facebook
⬇️ YouTube
⬇️ Twitter/X
But
⬆️ TikTok and Reddit
"Other" platforms - including Bluesky - has not seen significant growth as a whole. (But as we'll see, huge compositional changes)
📉 Visiting and posting on X and Facebook has collapsed: nearly 50% drop!
On X, it is mostly Democrats who have become inactive.
Many still occasionally log on, but rarely and quietly.
I don't usually think of doctors, lawyers, and politicians as working class but if the definition is that broad, how do you differentiate between working class and middle class? And where do small business owners of nail salons, family restaurants, barbershop, etc fall?
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Wednesday that Democrats will use the unlimited number of amendment votes they are allowed on Republicans’ budget resolution to illustrate policy differences on cost-of-living issues and immigration activities.
while teamsters and UAW get a lot of attention i feel like people miss out that the average working class person in the US today is (1) a woman and (2) working a service job
Cashiers
Nurses make over 6 figures. I know nurses who make $200K+ with overtime. When I think working class, the mostly women in the service industry who earn minimum wage and get no healthcare come to mind, e.g. Walmart employees.
NEW: We’re suing for records that could show if the White House has tried to pressure the IRS to target Trump’s perceived political opponents.
The IRS is dodging FOIA, so with @protectdemocracy.org, we’re going to court.
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The Florida orange crop has collapsed 95 percent in 20 years, headed for a century-low 12 million boxes. 100 percent of the trees are infected with a disease transmitted by an invasive Chinese bug, and deemed "incurable."
Who killed the Florida Orange? slate.com/business/202...
A microcosm of America in 2026: “Who killed the Florida orange?”
Masterful journalism & a must read by @alexsammon.bsky.social
“…private equity, Wall Street, the Great Recession, suburban sprawl, climate change, an addiction to Monsanto's glyphosate. All swallowed the mighty Florida Orange alive.”
In both the first and second Trump administrations, the number of times a president has asked the Supreme Court to take “emergency” action has increased dramatically. That’s a problem. Learn more: bit.ly/4cybln3
TODAY: We will be forcing a vote on Democrats’ FIFTH war powers resolution to restrain Trump’s reckless war of choice in Iran.
Democrats will continue to force votes on War Powers Resolutions every week until Republicans decide to put the American people over Donald Trump and end this war.
O- XAVIER BECERRA CA State Assembly (1990-92) - Represented LA's 59th district US Congress (1993-2017) - 24 years in the House, chaired House Dem Caucus, first Latino on Ways & Means Committee & helped design & pass ACA CA Attorney General (2017-21) - First Latino AG, sued Trump 120+ times defending Dreamers, ACA, & sanctuary laws US HHS Secretary (2021-25) - First Latino HHS Secretary, oversaw 27% drop in drug overdoses & launched the 988 mental health hotline
kakistocracy /kăk"i-stok'ro-sē, kä"ki-/ noun 1. Government by the least qualified or most unprincipled citizens. 2. Government by the worst men. 3. Government under the control of a nation's worst or least-qualified citizens. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition • More at Wordnik
In this age of kakistocracy & billionaire broligarchs, it's refreshing to have someone with experience & character, decency & competence. Becerra has been a public servant for 30+ years & has worked with both Biden & Brown, who have combined 100+ years of govt experience.
#CAGOV
#BecerraERA
The Trump admin is attempting to strip housing support away from American children and families who live with an immigrant family member.
We’re opposing.
As families struggle to make ends meet in President Trump’s economy, housing stability should be expanded—not reduced.
We have heard nothing from Pam Bondi or her legal team. She didn't show up for her scheduled deposition, and half of the Epstein files are still unreleased.
We are left with no choice. Contempt charges are coming.
