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Cactusdan
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PNW. Leftist Politics, Nature, History, Art, Design, and Making/Playing Games. Solidarity with all Humans and Workers.

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Can't remember if this is the first time this L. C. Miss Wonderful has bloomed before, but happy to see it for the first time in a while if not! It has a pleasant scent to it too!
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He got pressure from the whole CA Democratic political establishment (Newsom, Becerra, Bass). And ultimately he's a product of the machine too, appointed by Newsom.
The CA machine is among the worst in the country precisely because its decision-making is so critical to the country.
Don't forget, Bonta most likely got pressure from Newsom who bragged last week he gave tax breaks to that industry. Connect the dots.

Gavin is against taxing the rich, but has no problem leveling heavy taxes on average Californians in 2027. And don't forget, he signed a 'gas spike' law which sits.
September 21, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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The worst part of Bonta caving on the Paramount merger is that it's a big flashing signal to every other company that there is no antitrust enforcement in America and you can bully your way into getting whatever you want. It's a monumentally bad decision.
September 21, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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Public money well spent!

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘨, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵 $𝟨𝟢𝟧,𝟢𝟢𝟢, 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴, 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘣𝘶𝘴 & 𝘣𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘴, 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 & 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘻𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘴

Can PDX roll out dozens of safe streets in 2026?
New York City Has a New Tool to Update Its Streets: The Stripe Hog (Gift Article)
City transportation officials have deployed a high-pressure water truck to blast away old street markings and make way for new bus lanes and safety improvements.
www.nytimes.com
September 22, 2026 at 6:52 AM
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Local Millionaire Investing in AI Can’t Wait to Blame Future Bankruptcy on Millionaires Tax: tinyurl.com/4kps6veu
September 22, 2026 at 5:54 AM
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Just days after a Tesla drove down the Pacific Beach boardwalk, on the other side of PB a woman drives at me on the Rose Creek Bikeway. @joelacavad1.bsky.social our bike and walking trails need to be protected by steel bollards.
September 21, 2026 at 10:34 PM
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I think you had to be very online at a time when most people weren't to know that the bush administration was comically evil to the extent that it was, but for those of you who weren't: trust us! these were stupid evil people, not so different from the current ones!
lol at all the people who've been going "Why isn't Dubya speaking out about Trump??"

folks, he's committed to the same fucking project.
Scoop: John Cornyn & George W. Bush are headlining a Dallas fundraiser tonight for all of the Senate GOP nominees in tossup races—except Ken Paxton

It benefits a new joint fundraising committee for IA, ME, NH, OH, AK, MI & the NRSC

w/ @teddyschleifer.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/u...
September 22, 2026 at 6:22 AM
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same guys, same goals, different strategy (and many of the trump era conservative movement's biggest Ws were stuff Bush laid the groundwork for years ago through judges he appointed)
September 22, 2026 at 6:56 AM
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Step 1:
- I train a chicken to Peck at buttons in a console.
Step 2:
- I let my chicken loose on the launch console of a decommissioned nuclear missile launch facility.
Step 3:
- My "We're not ready for the awe inspiring, terrible power of trained chickens" op-ed goes viral.
September 21, 2026 at 12:47 PM
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Imagine if Tulip Madness came with the promise of no work and all necessary human endeavor and dream turned to cheap recombinated slop? A whole army of the world's Special Little Boys are on the payroll to sell it to you, as a promise and a punishment
September 22, 2026 at 7:17 AM
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Following the defeat of a major crypto bill that they sponsored last week, the crypto bros are moving quickly to fund the senators who are faithful to them, like John Husted, to whom they have just given $30mn. His rival Sherrod Brown has a steady record of pressing for right regulation of crypto.
The Crypto Industry Targets Sherrod Brown of Ohio, a Top Democratic Senate Candidate
Angry after the defeat of a major crypto bill last week, the industry is planning to spend $30 million against Sherrod Brown in Ohio.
www.nytimes.com
September 22, 2026 at 7:19 AM
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September 22, 2026 at 4:55 AM
Every day, every cable news channel puts lobbyists & consultants on air as "____ analyst" or, like in this screenshot, "Fmr. Kamala Harris 2024 Adviser" and fail to disclose their current financial obligations.

It should be illegal & anyone watching these stations should constantly be aware of it.
David Plouffe, a Coinbase adviser, is on MS NOW the same day that the Fairshake super PAC it bankrolls announces it will spend $30M vs. Sherrod Brown in #OHSen.

Last year, Sen. Tim Scott publicly thanked crypto industry "for getting rid of Sherrod Brown." Brown had called for consumer protections.
September 22, 2026 at 4:15 AM
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In an attempt to prevent Bernie from bringing a vote to the Senate floor in early 2024 to block more weapons transfers to Israel, Biden personally called him and claimed he was about to sanction Ben Gvir.

And then that didn't happen.

From Jasper Nathaniel's talk w/ @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social.
September 21, 2026 at 10:33 PM
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Guy who wants to be a Tennessee congressman: “I don’t give a shit how many people (from MEMPHIS) Elon hires.” 🤔

Brent Taylor faces @justinjpearson.bsky.social — who does give a shit — in #TN9.

Musk is now hiring basically everyone from outside Tennessee.
September 22, 2026 at 3:13 AM
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A certain kind of Democrat: "I can't believe it but I'm actually nostalgic for George W. Bush"

George W. Bush: "I like to raise money for fascists"
Scoop: John Cornyn & George W. Bush are headlining a Dallas fundraiser tonight for all of the Senate GOP nominees in tossup races—except Ken Paxton

It benefits a new joint fundraising committee for IA, ME, NH, OH, AK, MI & the NRSC

w/ @teddyschleifer.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/u...
Bush and Cornyn Leave Out Paxton as They Raise Cash for Senate Candidates
The former president and Texas senator are headlining a fund-raiser in Dallas for top Republican Senate candidates. Not included: Ken Paxton, the nominee in their own state.
www.nytimes.com
September 22, 2026 at 2:44 AM
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The way to look at this is George bush is trying to help Donald trump retain power on the Hill
Scoop: John Cornyn & George W. Bush are headlining a Dallas fundraiser tonight for all of the Senate GOP nominees in tossup races—except Ken Paxton

It benefits a new joint fundraising committee for IA, ME, NH, OH, AK, MI & the NRSC

w/ @teddyschleifer.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/u...
Bush and Cornyn Leave Out Paxton as They Raise Cash for Senate Candidates
The former president and Texas senator are headlining a fund-raiser in Dallas for top Republican Senate candidates. Not included: Ken Paxton, the nominee in their own state.
www.nytimes.com
September 22, 2026 at 1:13 AM
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I am shocked--shocked!--that a manosphere influencer could be credibly accused and charged with rape.
September 22, 2026 at 3:07 AM
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This is not great
September 22, 2026 at 3:25 AM
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Excellent reporting from the scene by Evanston Now

Support local journalism
UPDATE: I spoke with a witness to this incident who tells me the man involved was walking to a pharmacy and says he was in the hospital the day before

He tells me the man had an abrasion on his right temple, his right eye appeared swollen and he had blood on his shirt as ICE left the scene

More 👇
September 22, 2026 at 3:30 AM
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We're not in a new Gilded Age. We're in something worse.

My latest at @theguardian.com on how US wealth inequality has now blasted past anything we've seen before, and how we've now entered the Age of Oligarchy.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We’re not in a new Gilded Age in America: inequality is now far worse | Casey Michel
Today’s wealth gap is much bigger, and the country’s richest have much more power than they once did. It’s an Age of Oligarchy
www.theguardian.com
September 21, 2026 at 12:25 PM
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Nobody is going to want to hear this, but a real risk we face, no matter who is president next, is that they will see no need to restore the rights lost or the executive power stolen in the last 10 years.
Hey its fucking wierd more of the dems platform isnt "we will give you abortion rights back"
September 20, 2026 at 3:45 AM
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“Normally I’m a free speech guy all the way”

Yeah ok bud. We remember how much you enjoyed the free speech of college students a couple years back and you haven’t stopped chirping since. Insufferable
“Full disclosure: I’m friends with Robert Kraft.”

Genocide-denying @billmaher attacks Macklemore for “inciting violence” 🤔against Jews (who he called his “brothers and sisters”), while ignoring attacks on Muslims and calling those who support Palestine “useful f*cking idiots”
September 20, 2026 at 6:07 AM
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My mom had polio when she was five. She was living on a US military base in Japan (1947). Four kids on the base died. She was the only survivor.
“On Thursday, Mr. Gorton said that “the success of the polio vaccine was a massive medical fraud” and that widespread vaccination was a “public health disaster.” He received a standing ovation…

Mr. Kennedy spoke next, linking arms with the group even as measles cases continue to rise”
RFK Jr. Assures Vaccine Skeptics They Have a ‘Friend at the White House’
The health secretary spoke at a conference featuring misinformation about vaccines, including a claim that the success of the polio vaccines was a “fraud.”
www.nytimes.com
September 18, 2026 at 1:22 AM
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Just a reminder that the senior VP of Third Way put one of the most embarrassing moments in political history at the top of his bio.

These people do not know how to win.
January 14, 2026 at 7:11 AM