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Rising Sun NorCal Man @risingsonncalman.bsky.social · 8h

100’s of millions for the military & immigration ops but not a peep 🐥 of help beyond the Army Corp of Engineers clearing debris…

Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 10h

It's been over 9 months since the Palisades and Eaton Fires tore through Los Angeles. We asked for federal support, but we haven’t heard a word from the White House.

Not a single offer.

Is this what leadership looks like? Abandoning the American people when they call for help?

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Rising Sun NorCal Man @risingsonncalman.bsky.social · 12h

California vs Texas battling over Prop 50 in the Central California Farm belt.

I read some are fearful of going to vote due to the Supreme Court voting to allow for racial targeting in the name of immigration enforcement.

Just another reason for Mail in voting…………

calmatters.org/politics/202...

Voter turnout is low in this California region, but people are tuning in for the Newsom v. Trump showdown

Most Central Valley voters don’t know the term “Proposition 50.” But they’ll weigh in on whether California should draw new maps to fight Texas’s gerrymander.

calmatters.org

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David Sacerdote @davidsacerdote.bsky.social · 1d

A decade after it was written, I find myself pulling out the @cingraham.bsky.social's gerrymandering explanation to help people understand why California’s Prop. 50 is so important to pass.

wapo.st/3WfcjeB

This is the best explanation of gerrymandering you will ever see

By simplifying gerrymandering we see how problematic it really is.

wapo.st

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Rising Sun NorCal Man @risingsonncalman.bsky.social · 13h

I disagree - she should be charged with incompetence & sedition in stead…

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Rising Sun NorCal Man @risingsonncalman.bsky.social · 13h

Racism clear & simple.

MAGA was mad about Critical Race Theory being taught.

It’s now being stomped out by their actions.

Firing blacks in the government.

Deporting browns through terror.

Trump Fires Black Officials From an Overwhelmingly White Administration www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

Trump Fires Black Officials From an Overwhelmingly White Administration

www.nytimes.com

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Rising Sun NorCal Man @risingsonncalman.bsky.social · 1d

Ditto!

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Rising Sun NorCal Man @risingsonncalman.bsky.social · 1d

Now!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

RAJU: You swore in 2 GOP members during pro forma session. Why not swear in Grijalva? Does it have to do w/her signature on Epstein petition?

JOHNSON: It has nothing to do with that. We'll swear her in when everybody is back

R: Why not now?

J: Uh - we'll schedule it, I guess, as soon as she wants

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 1d

This is Adelita Grijalva.

She was elected to Congress two weeks ago, officially making her the final vote needed to force the release of the Epstein files.

She has still not been sworn in because Mike Johnson refuses to do so.

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Rising Sun NorCal Man @risingsonncalman.bsky.social · 1d

The GOP is responsible for all that has happened.

REDS wanted -
an authoritarian, huge tax cuts to the wealthy, defund everything except the military, a paramilitary force in US cities that don’t follow the constitution,
&don't want health insurance for working Americans.

Blame the Republicans!🗣️

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Rising Sun NorCal Man @risingsonncalman.bsky.social · 2d

Ditto - how can we help???

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

Journalist Edward R. Murrow used his platform on CBS to criticize the witch hunts led by Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s.

This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.

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Rising Sun NorCal Man @risingsonncalman.bsky.social · 2d

Wow! After all these years someone has acknowledged this & is trying to do something about!

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Rising Sun NorCal Man @risingsonncalman.bsky.social · 2d

The Great Depression &WWII forced America to take from the rich & give to everybody else. It was that income redistribution that created the largest middle class in US history. We need to do it again if we are going to save US now

How to Save the American Experiment www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/o...

Opinion | How to Save the American Experiment

www.nytimes.com

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Rising Sun NorCal Man @risingsonncalman.bsky.social · 3d

Not distractions but pure evil and paranoia.

Release the Epstein files.

Jason Kander @jasonkander.bsky.social · 3d

I was a skeptic about the import of the Epstein files.

But 3 invasions of cities, one military buildup outside Venezuela, a government shutdown, and so many other things meant to distract have me convinced whatever’s in there is the biggest presidential scandal in U.S. history.

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Rising Sun NorCal Man @risingsonncalman.bsky.social · 3d

Will they deploy active duty US Marines in Portland like they did in LA next?

Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 3d

BREAKING: We just won in court — again.

A federal judge BLOCKED Donald Trump’s unlawful attempt to DEPLOY 300 OF OUR NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS TO PORTLAND.

Rising Sun NorCal Man @risingsonncalman.bsky.social · 5d

GAME OF CHICKENS 👁️👁️👁️

Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 5d

The House has chosen not to work and is withholding the swearing-in of newly elected Democrat Adelita Grijalva. She still hasn’t been seated, and it definitely feels intentional since her signature would provide the last vote needed to force the release of the Epstein files.

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Rising Sun NorCal Man @risingsonncalman.bsky.social · 5d

They knew this before they passed the Big Bad Bill…🗣️

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Rising Sun NorCal Man @risingsonncalman.bsky.social · 5d

In keeping with Red vs Blue insanity- chew on this…

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Rising Sun NorCal Man @risingsonncalman.bsky.social · 5d

Blue funds red….make your own determination…

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Rising Sun NorCal Man @risingsonncalman.bsky.social · 5d

It is beyond the point that blue states stop funding red states. We provide much of their federal subsidy &get absolutely nothing but lies &destruction from them &the people they elect.

Energy Dept. Cancels $7.5 Billion for Hundreds of Projects, Mostly in Blue States www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/c...

Energy Dept. Cancels $7.5 Billion for Hundreds of Projects, Mostly in Blue States

www.nytimes.com

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Rising Sun NorCal Man @risingsonncalman.bsky.social · 6d

In Cali - Kaiser rates going up 12-31%. Some services dropped & in addition to the premium hikes many services also increasing 10-33%.

This is what the Billionaire tax cuts are doing to 95% of the country’s citizens.

Ignorance is obedience…

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Rising Sun NorCal Man @risingsonncalman.bsky.social · 7d

Managing partner previously supported Obama.

IMHO they’re silent & cowering to try & limit the target on them.

They are supporting money now & know they will lose some fans - but they still have thousands more who will fill those spots.

They are not true supporters anymore if freedom. Sad 😢

Rising Sun NorCal Man @risingsonncalman.bsky.social · 8d

keep me in solidarity with the baristas.
The individual who purchases the good can write on the company's product whatever they want. This for me and many others is truly a bridge too far.
Would this push a gun store owner to engrave the name of a politician we don't like when purchasing ammunition?

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Rising Sun NorCal Man @risingsonncalman.bsky.social · 8d

Pricing was slowly pushing me from the door.

A CEO making 6,666 times more than the average employee was pulling my hand from ever touching the door.

This action by the company will-

Why Are My Fellow Baristas Being Used as Props in a Dangerous Culture War Stunt? www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/o...

Opinion | Why Are My Fellow Baristas Being Used as Props in a Dangerous Culture War Stunt?

www.nytimes.com

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Rising Sun NorCal Man @risingsonncalman.bsky.social · 9d

It’s all about messaging!

Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 9d

So…let me see if I have this right. The federal government is gonna shut down in 30hrs, and the party that controls the ENTIRE federal government is trying to blame the party that controls NONE of the federal government for the looming shutdown?

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