Three Dot Don
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Former Democratic CA State Senate President Pro-Tem Don Perata launches Three Dot Don — a short, three-times-weekly newsletter: brief lines, clear context, curated headlines and perspective you can finish over coffee. Three dots, three mornings
tool at their disposal to dismantling ICE, using the power of the purse enshrined by the Constitution in CONGRESS’ hands, leveraging the fact that the GOP & Speaker Johnson are as weak as they’ve ever been & Trump is vulnerable. TAKE THE GAME TO THEM AND STOP PLAYING A PREVENT DEFENSE!
January 17, 2026 at 8:57 AM
tool at their disposal to dismantling ICE, using the power of the purse enshrined by the Constitution in CONGRESS’ hands, leveraging the fact that the GOP & Speaker Johnson are as weak as they’ve ever been & Trump is vulnerable. TAKE THE GAME TO THEM AND STOP PLAYING A PREVENT DEFENSE!
"First principles, Clarice. Simplicity. Read Marcus Aurelius. Of each particular thing ask: what is it in itself? What is its nature?"
The simple truth is this: the moment we are in calls for an urgenct reaction to our slide into oligarchy & fascism. Their focus should be on using every
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The simple truth is this: the moment we are in calls for an urgenct reaction to our slide into oligarchy & fascism. Their focus should be on using every
(2/3)
January 17, 2026 at 8:57 AM
"First principles, Clarice. Simplicity. Read Marcus Aurelius. Of each particular thing ask: what is it in itself? What is its nature?"
The simple truth is this: the moment we are in calls for an urgenct reaction to our slide into oligarchy & fascism. Their focus should be on using every
(2/3)
The simple truth is this: the moment we are in calls for an urgenct reaction to our slide into oligarchy & fascism. Their focus should be on using every
(2/3)
I’m afraid to rewatch it. I’d be too tempted to think of how America is being run right now by Frau Blücher and Congress is a bunch of frightened horses.
January 5, 2026 at 12:15 PM
I’m afraid to rewatch it. I’d be too tempted to think of how America is being run right now by Frau Blücher and Congress is a bunch of frightened horses.
The sad thing about this is that some MAGAt is going to get ahold of this, screenshot it & rile up a whole bunch of their fellow larvae because they simply don’t get sarcasm, satire or nuance. They’ll “sell” it as real. I blame the targeted attack on public schools over the last several decades.
January 2, 2026 at 1:20 PM
The sad thing about this is that some MAGAt is going to get ahold of this, screenshot it & rile up a whole bunch of their fellow larvae because they simply don’t get sarcasm, satire or nuance. They’ll “sell” it as real. I blame the targeted attack on public schools over the last several decades.
ICE fired a munition at Rep. Adelita Grijalva as she demanded answers during a raid in her own community. No warning. No accountability. Just armored agents treating Tucson like a war zone. If they’ll fire at a Congresswoman on camera, imagine what they do to everyone else. Sick MFers.
December 13, 2025 at 6:04 PM