Brian Calderón Tabatabai
@brianctabatabai.bsky.social
Former West Covina Mayor, LA Rep CA WFP, Chair SGVoices, Ethnic Studies Teacher, MW Champion Record Breaking Offensive Coordinator/QB Coach, Butcher ✊🏽
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I’m extremely concerned by reports the Trump administration destroyed a facility during a covert action in Venezuela.
If this was done without Gang of Eight oversight, it’s a serious violation of federal law and a dangerous escalation that pushes us closer to war: www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
If this was done without Gang of Eight oversight, it’s a serious violation of federal law and a dangerous escalation that pushes us closer to war: www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
Trump says the U.S. took out a 'big facility' in Venezuela amid strikes on alleged drug boats
The president did not provide details about the apparent strike, which NBC News has not independently confirmed.
www.nbcnews.com
December 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I’m extremely concerned by reports the Trump administration destroyed a facility during a covert action in Venezuela.
If this was done without Gang of Eight oversight, it’s a serious violation of federal law and a dangerous escalation that pushes us closer to war: www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
If this was done without Gang of Eight oversight, it’s a serious violation of federal law and a dangerous escalation that pushes us closer to war: www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
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Two weeks ago I spent the whole day at the Museum of the Moving Image to listen to New Yorkers. This is what Liam shared with me.
December 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Two weeks ago I spent the whole day at the Museum of the Moving Image to listen to New Yorkers. This is what Liam shared with me.
Buy, Borrow, Die
The rich don’t sell assets, they borrow against them.
Loans aren’t income=no tax.
They live on the loan.
Then they die.
Assets get a step-up in basis, gains vanish, the estate pays off the loan with little or no capital-gains tax.
Wages are taxed.
Wealth isn’t.
Tax AssetBasedLoans
The rich don’t sell assets, they borrow against them.
Loans aren’t income=no tax.
They live on the loan.
Then they die.
Assets get a step-up in basis, gains vanish, the estate pays off the loan with little or no capital-gains tax.
Wages are taxed.
Wealth isn’t.
Tax AssetBasedLoans
Peter Thiel is leaving California if we pass a 1% tax on billionaires for 5 years to pay for healthcare for the working class facing steep Medicaid cuts.
I echo what FDR said with sarcasm of economic royalists when they threatened to leave, "I will miss them very much."
I echo what FDR said with sarcasm of economic royalists when they threatened to leave, "I will miss them very much."
December 29, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Buy, Borrow, Die
The rich don’t sell assets, they borrow against them.
Loans aren’t income=no tax.
They live on the loan.
Then they die.
Assets get a step-up in basis, gains vanish, the estate pays off the loan with little or no capital-gains tax.
Wages are taxed.
Wealth isn’t.
Tax AssetBasedLoans
The rich don’t sell assets, they borrow against them.
Loans aren’t income=no tax.
They live on the loan.
Then they die.
Assets get a step-up in basis, gains vanish, the estate pays off the loan with little or no capital-gains tax.
Wages are taxed.
Wealth isn’t.
Tax AssetBasedLoans
Buy, Borrow, Die
The rich don’t sell assets, they borrow against them.
Loans aren’t income=no tax.
They live on the loan.
Then they die.
Assets get a step-up in basis, gains vanish, the estate pays off the loan with little or no capital-gains tax.
Wages are taxed.
Wealth isn’t.
Tax ABLs ✊🏽
The rich don’t sell assets, they borrow against them.
Loans aren’t income=no tax.
They live on the loan.
Then they die.
Assets get a step-up in basis, gains vanish, the estate pays off the loan with little or no capital-gains tax.
Wages are taxed.
Wealth isn’t.
Tax ABLs ✊🏽
December 29, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Buy, Borrow, Die
The rich don’t sell assets, they borrow against them.
Loans aren’t income=no tax.
They live on the loan.
Then they die.
Assets get a step-up in basis, gains vanish, the estate pays off the loan with little or no capital-gains tax.
Wages are taxed.
Wealth isn’t.
Tax ABLs ✊🏽
The rich don’t sell assets, they borrow against them.
Loans aren’t income=no tax.
They live on the loan.
Then they die.
Assets get a step-up in basis, gains vanish, the estate pays off the loan with little or no capital-gains tax.
Wages are taxed.
Wealth isn’t.
Tax ABLs ✊🏽
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Merry Christmas! Michelle and I hope you have a wonderful holiday filled with light and joy.
December 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Merry Christmas! Michelle and I hope you have a wonderful holiday filled with light and joy.
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Side note: Sinatra’s mom Natalina “Dolly” Garaventa, a midwife by trade, ran an underground free abortion clinic, chained herself to a fence to fight for women’s suffrage and was an extremely influential organizer for the Democratic Party
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/eamo...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/eamo...
December 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Side note: Sinatra’s mom Natalina “Dolly” Garaventa, a midwife by trade, ran an underground free abortion clinic, chained herself to a fence to fight for women’s suffrage and was an extremely influential organizer for the Democratic Party
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/eamo...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/eamo...
Wondering why no one has asked Jacob Savage, why Black men still have an unemployment rate more than twice as high as the Lost Generation of white men 🤷🏽♂️
December 26, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Wondering why no one has asked Jacob Savage, why Black men still have an unemployment rate more than twice as high as the Lost Generation of white men 🤷🏽♂️
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For years now, moderates have decried the division of identity politics of Democrats, ignoring of course that the Republican Party was defined by identity politics itself — the identity of whiteness. Now that it’s explicit the inability to call it out and to cover it aptly is starkly disappointing.
December 22, 2025 at 5:06 PM
For years now, moderates have decried the division of identity politics of Democrats, ignoring of course that the Republican Party was defined by identity politics itself — the identity of whiteness. Now that it’s explicit the inability to call it out and to cover it aptly is starkly disappointing.
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Before Bari Weiss pulled the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, @propublica.org @texastribune.org & a team of Venezuelan journalists compiled a first-of-its-kind, case-by-case accounting of 238 Venezuelan men who were held in El Salvador.
Read their stories here:
projects.propublica.org/venezuelan-i...
Read their stories here:
projects.propublica.org/venezuelan-i...
December 23, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Before Bari Weiss pulled the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, @propublica.org @texastribune.org & a team of Venezuelan journalists compiled a first-of-its-kind, case-by-case accounting of 238 Venezuelan men who were held in El Salvador.
Read their stories here:
projects.propublica.org/venezuelan-i...
Read their stories here:
projects.propublica.org/venezuelan-i...
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I've covered race for two decades. I knew the 2nd Trump Admin would be dangerous for civil rights. Yet the collapse of the federal civil rights architecture and national will to address racial inequality and work on integration is stunning. Here's my latest. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/m...
How Trump Upended 60 Years of Civil Rights in Two Months
www.nytimes.com
June 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I've covered race for two decades. I knew the 2nd Trump Admin would be dangerous for civil rights. Yet the collapse of the federal civil rights architecture and national will to address racial inequality and work on integration is stunning. Here's my latest. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/m...
A must watch and an indictment on the masked terrorists abducting our neighbors “How ‘Turn and Burn’ Immigration Operations Unleash Chaos — and Sweep up U.S. Citizens” www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
Video: How ‘Turn and Burn’ Immigration Operations Unleash Chaos — and Sweep up U.S. Citizens
A video analysis of one early morning raid in Los Angeles revealed the vast web of consequences brought by new aggressive Border Patrol tactics.
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:46 PM
A must watch and an indictment on the masked terrorists abducting our neighbors “How ‘Turn and Burn’ Immigration Operations Unleash Chaos — and Sweep up U.S. Citizens” www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
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BREAKING: We are suing Trump & his cronies to restore the Kennedy Center’s lawful name
We @democracydefendersaction.org are proud to represent Kennedy Center Trustee @repbeatty.bsky.social w/ our friends at Washington Litigation Group
Congress named the Kennedy Center & only they can change it
We @democracydefendersaction.org are proud to represent Kennedy Center Trustee @repbeatty.bsky.social w/ our friends at Washington Litigation Group
Congress named the Kennedy Center & only they can change it
Press Release | Democracy Defenders Action
Congresswoman Joyce Beatty today sued President Trump and others to stop the unlawful renaming of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The lawsuit was brought on behalf of the Congressw...
www.democracydefendersaction.org
December 23, 2025 at 1:57 AM
BREAKING: We are suing Trump & his cronies to restore the Kennedy Center’s lawful name
We @democracydefendersaction.org are proud to represent Kennedy Center Trustee @repbeatty.bsky.social w/ our friends at Washington Litigation Group
Congress named the Kennedy Center & only they can change it
We @democracydefendersaction.org are proud to represent Kennedy Center Trustee @repbeatty.bsky.social w/ our friends at Washington Litigation Group
Congress named the Kennedy Center & only they can change it
Here is the reporting done early this year which pairs well with the story that was supposed to air last night youtu.be/_QmW99SqBuw?...
December 22, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Here is the reporting done early this year which pairs well with the story that was supposed to air last night youtu.be/_QmW99SqBuw?...
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here's the 60 minutes cecot video part 1 of 5 - recorded/uploaded by and all credit to @jasonparis.bsky.social
I just reduced background noise, chopped the 14 minutes into 3 minute segments each compressed under 100 mb for bsky's limits, cropped and rotated a few degrees for easier viewing on here
I just reduced background noise, chopped the 14 minutes into 3 minute segments each compressed under 100 mb for bsky's limits, cropped and rotated a few degrees for easier viewing on here
December 22, 2025 at 10:58 PM
here's the 60 minutes cecot video part 1 of 5 - recorded/uploaded by and all credit to @jasonparis.bsky.social
I just reduced background noise, chopped the 14 minutes into 3 minute segments each compressed under 100 mb for bsky's limits, cropped and rotated a few degrees for easier viewing on here
I just reduced background noise, chopped the 14 minutes into 3 minute segments each compressed under 100 mb for bsky's limits, cropped and rotated a few degrees for easier viewing on here
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Tune into @60minutes.bsky.social this Sunday to watch @alexakoenig.bsky.social & our Investigations Lab students highlight their research with @hrw.org + @cristosal.bsky.social, documenting inhumane conditions in El Salvador’s CECOT mega-prison:
www.paramountpressexpress.com/cbs-news-and...
www.paramountpressexpress.com/cbs-news-and...
Paramount Press Express | “60 MINUTES” LISTINGS FOR SUNDAY, DEC. 21
Airs 7:30-8:30 PM, ET/7:00-8:00 PM, PT, After NFL Football, on the CBS Television Network and Paramount+ INSIDE CECOT – Earlier this year, the Trump adm
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December 19, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Tune into @60minutes.bsky.social this Sunday to watch @alexakoenig.bsky.social & our Investigations Lab students highlight their research with @hrw.org + @cristosal.bsky.social, documenting inhumane conditions in El Salvador’s CECOT mega-prison:
www.paramountpressexpress.com/cbs-news-and...
www.paramountpressexpress.com/cbs-news-and...
Looking forward to the Netflix film on the killing of the 60 Minutes story on CECOT starring Natalie Portman as Bari Weiss, Laura Linney as Sharyn Alfonsi, Meryl Streep as Lesley Stahl and Jeffrey Wright as Bill Whitaker 🔥
December 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Looking forward to the Netflix film on the killing of the 60 Minutes story on CECOT starring Natalie Portman as Bari Weiss, Laura Linney as Sharyn Alfonsi, Meryl Streep as Lesley Stahl and Jeffrey Wright as Bill Whitaker 🔥
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The vandalism continues www.cnn.com/2025/12/21/p...
White House pushes Smithsonian to comply with review to receive federal funding | CNN Politics
The Trump administration has signaled to the Smithsonian Institution that the White House could withhold federal funding from the museum organization if it does not comply with the administration’s un...
www.cnn.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:48 PM
The vandalism continues www.cnn.com/2025/12/21/p...
Reminder that prior to Ellison/Weiss 60 Minutes exposed the lie about those sent to CECOT youtu.be/_QmW99SqBuw?...
What records show about the migrants sent to Salvadoran mega-prison
YouTube video by 60 Minutes
youtu.be
December 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Reminder that prior to Ellison/Weiss 60 Minutes exposed the lie about those sent to CECOT youtu.be/_QmW99SqBuw?...
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Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
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Day THIRTY-NINE of our national ULP strike - and baristas are fired up, united, and taking action.
Our demands are clear: Starbucks needs to stop union busting and finalize a contract with the pay, hours, and protections we need to succeed. #NoContractNoCoffee
Our demands are clear: Starbucks needs to stop union busting and finalize a contract with the pay, hours, and protections we need to succeed. #NoContractNoCoffee
December 22, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Day THIRTY-NINE of our national ULP strike - and baristas are fired up, united, and taking action.
Our demands are clear: Starbucks needs to stop union busting and finalize a contract with the pay, hours, and protections we need to succeed. #NoContractNoCoffee
Our demands are clear: Starbucks needs to stop union busting and finalize a contract with the pay, hours, and protections we need to succeed. #NoContractNoCoffee
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All four Council members live east of Glendora Avenue. They intentionally created the districts so that they would not have to campaign against each other.
December 20, 2025 at 10:58 PM
All four Council members live east of Glendora Avenue. They intentionally created the districts so that they would not have to campaign against each other.
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Covina City Treasurer and @sgvoicesforchange.bsky.social member, @neil4covina.bsky.social, has called on four Covina City Council members to resign, citing their involvement in gerrymandering.
@bomba-rass.bsky.social
@sgvtribune.bsky.social
@lataco.bsky.social
@streetsblogla.bsky.social
@bomba-rass.bsky.social
@sgvtribune.bsky.social
@lataco.bsky.social
@streetsblogla.bsky.social
December 20, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Covina City Treasurer and @sgvoicesforchange.bsky.social member, @neil4covina.bsky.social, has called on four Covina City Council members to resign, citing their involvement in gerrymandering.
@bomba-rass.bsky.social
@sgvtribune.bsky.social
@lataco.bsky.social
@streetsblogla.bsky.social
@bomba-rass.bsky.social
@sgvtribune.bsky.social
@lataco.bsky.social
@streetsblogla.bsky.social
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Meet our 2026 California Teacher of the Year! 🍎⭐
Rene Romero is an eleventh- and twelfth-grade International Baccalaureate Language and Literature teacher at South Hills High School in the Covina-Valley Unified School District (Los Angeles County).
Read more: www.cde.ca.gov/nr/ne/yr25/y...
Rene Romero is an eleventh- and twelfth-grade International Baccalaureate Language and Literature teacher at South Hills High School in the Covina-Valley Unified School District (Los Angeles County).
Read more: www.cde.ca.gov/nr/ne/yr25/y...
December 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Meet our 2026 California Teacher of the Year! 🍎⭐
Rene Romero is an eleventh- and twelfth-grade International Baccalaureate Language and Literature teacher at South Hills High School in the Covina-Valley Unified School District (Los Angeles County).
Read more: www.cde.ca.gov/nr/ne/yr25/y...
Rene Romero is an eleventh- and twelfth-grade International Baccalaureate Language and Literature teacher at South Hills High School in the Covina-Valley Unified School District (Los Angeles County).
Read more: www.cde.ca.gov/nr/ne/yr25/y...
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Thank you @workingfamilies.org @caworkingfamilies.bsky.social for hosting the Winter Party last night! @neilpolzin.bsky.social @brianctabatabai.bsky.social welcomed me in as a member & attending member of @sgvoicesforchange.bsky.social & Candidate for Covina City Council District 5! Link in bio
December 13, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Thank you @workingfamilies.org @caworkingfamilies.bsky.social for hosting the Winter Party last night! @neilpolzin.bsky.social @brianctabatabai.bsky.social welcomed me in as a member & attending member of @sgvoicesforchange.bsky.social & Candidate for Covina City Council District 5! Link in bio