Tech billionaires put $188.7M into beating Prop. 40 and passing two rival measures—a nearly 6-to-1 advantage. Is this the AI industry’s dress rehearsal for buying California’s ballot?
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September 28, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Tech billionaires put $188.7M into beating Prop. 40 and passing two rival measures—a nearly 6-to-1 advantage. Is this the AI industry’s dress rehearsal for buying California’s ballot?
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Full issue → substack.com/@threedotdon...
Billionaire super PACs dropped $300M on two Senate races in a single week.
In Maine and Alaska, it may not matter. Small states still run on retail politics — and the Senate may run through them.
Wednesday's Three Dot Don: substack.com/@threedotdon...
In Maine and Alaska, it may not matter. Small states still run on retail politics — and the Senate may run through them.
Wednesday's Three Dot Don: substack.com/@threedotdon...
September 25, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Billionaire super PACs dropped $300M on two Senate races in a single week.
In Maine and Alaska, it may not matter. Small states still run on retail politics — and the Senate may run through them.
Wednesday's Three Dot Don: substack.com/@threedotdon...
In Maine and Alaska, it may not matter. Small states still run on retail politics — and the Senate may run through them.
Wednesday's Three Dot Don: substack.com/@threedotdon...
Today’s Three Dot Don: Hollywood’s glitter is hiding a brutal new reality—shrinking residuals, expanding AI, and workers getting squeezed. If you want sharp, insider commentary with teeth, read this and subscribe: substack.com/@threedotdon
#Oscars #Hollywood #Economy #Politics #California #News
#Oscars #Hollywood #Economy #Politics #California #News
March 16, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Today’s Three Dot Don: Hollywood’s glitter is hiding a brutal new reality—shrinking residuals, expanding AI, and workers getting squeezed. If you want sharp, insider commentary with teeth, read this and subscribe: substack.com/@threedotdon
#Oscars #Hollywood #Economy #Politics #California #News
#Oscars #Hollywood #Economy #Politics #California #News
New primary calendar. New betting line.
South Carolina 1st. Nevada next. Iowa gone.
Newsom has the $, media skills & a California army next door to Nevada. But will that translate w Black & Latino primary voters?
Our early read: substack.com/@threedotdon...
Does this calendar help or hurt him?
South Carolina 1st. Nevada next. Iowa gone.
Newsom has the $, media skills & a California army next door to Nevada. But will that translate w Black & Latino primary voters?
Our early read: substack.com/@threedotdon...
Does this calendar help or hurt him?
August 21, 2026 at 3:43 PM
New primary calendar. New betting line.
South Carolina 1st. Nevada next. Iowa gone.
Newsom has the $, media skills & a California army next door to Nevada. But will that translate w Black & Latino primary voters?
Our early read: substack.com/@threedotdon...
Does this calendar help or hurt him?
South Carolina 1st. Nevada next. Iowa gone.
Newsom has the $, media skills & a California army next door to Nevada. But will that translate w Black & Latino primary voters?
Our early read: substack.com/@threedotdon...
Does this calendar help or hurt him?
With Trump, America’s allies are always on trial.
Putin is always on hold music.
Shasta County passed an anti-mail ballot measure by mail ballot.
And Karen Bass is no longer running against the circus.
Today’s Three Dot Don: the noise cleared. The real fights remain
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Putin is always on hold music.
Shasta County passed an anti-mail ballot measure by mail ballot.
And Karen Bass is no longer running against the circus.
Today’s Three Dot Don: the noise cleared. The real fights remain
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June 15, 2026 at 11:28 PM
With Trump, America’s allies are always on trial.
Putin is always on hold music.
Shasta County passed an anti-mail ballot measure by mail ballot.
And Karen Bass is no longer running against the circus.
Today’s Three Dot Don: the noise cleared. The real fights remain
substack.com/@threedotdon...
Putin is always on hold music.
Shasta County passed an anti-mail ballot measure by mail ballot.
And Karen Bass is no longer running against the circus.
Today’s Three Dot Don: the noise cleared. The real fights remain
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One week’s ledger:
• Putin and Ukraine
• A Trump family Russian connection
• Another SCOTUS defeat
• Vance sent to rescue red states
• A widening Iran war
• GOP defections
• A new Trump conspiracy theory
Which entry matters most?
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#Trump #25thAmendment
• Putin and Ukraine
• A Trump family Russian connection
• Another SCOTUS defeat
• Vance sent to rescue red states
• A widening Iran war
• GOP defections
• A new Trump conspiracy theory
Which entry matters most?
Three Dot Don: substack.com/@threedotdon...
#Trump #25thAmendment
September 19, 2026 at 3:19 PM
One week’s ledger:
• Putin and Ukraine
• A Trump family Russian connection
• Another SCOTUS defeat
• Vance sent to rescue red states
• A widening Iran war
• GOP defections
• A new Trump conspiracy theory
Which entry matters most?
Three Dot Don: substack.com/@threedotdon...
#Trump #25thAmendment
• Putin and Ukraine
• A Trump family Russian connection
• Another SCOTUS defeat
• Vance sent to rescue red states
• A widening Iran war
• GOP defections
• A new Trump conspiracy theory
Which entry matters most?
Three Dot Don: substack.com/@threedotdon...
#Trump #25thAmendment
Democrats might be about to get their own Freedom Caucus.
14–16 democratic socialist votes could be exactly the headache for Hakeem Jeffries that the GOP's Freedom Caucus was for Kevin McCarthy.
New Three Dot Don: substack.com/@threedotdon...
14–16 democratic socialist votes could be exactly the headache for Hakeem Jeffries that the GOP's Freedom Caucus was for Kevin McCarthy.
New Three Dot Don: substack.com/@threedotdon...
August 27, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Democrats might be about to get their own Freedom Caucus.
14–16 democratic socialist votes could be exactly the headache for Hakeem Jeffries that the GOP's Freedom Caucus was for Kevin McCarthy.
New Three Dot Don: substack.com/@threedotdon...
14–16 democratic socialist votes could be exactly the headache for Hakeem Jeffries that the GOP's Freedom Caucus was for Kevin McCarthy.
New Three Dot Don: substack.com/@threedotdon...
Trump’s DOJ cannot overturn Olmstead. It can, however, encourage states to test how much community-based care they can take away.
The law hasn’t changed. Washington’s willingness to enforce it has.
Today’s THREE DOT DON asks what California does next:
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The law hasn’t changed. Washington’s willingness to enforce it has.
Today’s THREE DOT DON asks what California does next:
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A CIVIL RIGHT—UNTIL THE MONEY RUNS OUT
The Supreme Court promised disabled Americans community living. Washington is testing how much that promise is worth.
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August 14, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Trump’s DOJ cannot overturn Olmstead. It can, however, encourage states to test how much community-based care they can take away.
The law hasn’t changed. Washington’s willingness to enforce it has.
Today’s THREE DOT DON asks what California does next:
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The law hasn’t changed. Washington’s willingness to enforce it has.
Today’s THREE DOT DON asks what California does next:
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Condolences are human. Revisionist history is not.
Today’s Three Dot Don examines the canonization of Lindsey Graham—and Bonta’s fight to stop David Ellison from putting CBS, CNN and a third of basic cable under one corporate roof.
Which story alarms you more?
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#News
Today’s Three Dot Don examines the canonization of Lindsey Graham—and Bonta’s fight to stop David Ellison from putting CBS, CNN and a third of basic cable under one corporate roof.
Which story alarms you more?
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#News
July 20, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Condolences are human. Revisionist history is not.
Today’s Three Dot Don examines the canonization of Lindsey Graham—and Bonta’s fight to stop David Ellison from putting CBS, CNN and a third of basic cable under one corporate roof.
Which story alarms you more?
substack.com/@threedotdon...
#News
Today’s Three Dot Don examines the canonization of Lindsey Graham—and Bonta’s fight to stop David Ellison from putting CBS, CNN and a third of basic cable under one corporate roof.
Which story alarms you more?
substack.com/@threedotdon...
#News
America’s 250th gave us a parade.
Now comes the test.
Rob Bonta, Democratic AGs, Trump’s midterm fear, election intimidation, & the media’s sudden panic over socialism.
What do voters care more about: prices, power, & cowardly incumbents or Trump's favorite "ism"?
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Now comes the test.
Rob Bonta, Democratic AGs, Trump’s midterm fear, election intimidation, & the media’s sudden panic over socialism.
What do voters care more about: prices, power, & cowardly incumbents or Trump's favorite "ism"?
substack.com/@threedotdon...
July 6, 2026 at 3:06 PM
America’s 250th gave us a parade.
Now comes the test.
Rob Bonta, Democratic AGs, Trump’s midterm fear, election intimidation, & the media’s sudden panic over socialism.
What do voters care more about: prices, power, & cowardly incumbents or Trump's favorite "ism"?
substack.com/@threedotdon...
Now comes the test.
Rob Bonta, Democratic AGs, Trump’s midterm fear, election intimidation, & the media’s sudden panic over socialism.
What do voters care more about: prices, power, & cowardly incumbents or Trump's favorite "ism"?
substack.com/@threedotdon...
The tell is always the same.
When their candidate is ahead, it is democracy.
When the count keeps moving, it is suddenly a crime scene.
Today in Three Dot Don:
Count the votes. Then do something.
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What election-night myth needs to be retired permanently?
When their candidate is ahead, it is democracy.
When the count keeps moving, it is suddenly a crime scene.
Today in Three Dot Don:
Count the votes. Then do something.
substack.com/@threedotdon...
What election-night myth needs to be retired permanently?
June 8, 2026 at 8:10 PM
The tell is always the same.
When their candidate is ahead, it is democracy.
When the count keeps moving, it is suddenly a crime scene.
Today in Three Dot Don:
Count the votes. Then do something.
substack.com/@threedotdon...
What election-night myth needs to be retired permanently?
When their candidate is ahead, it is democracy.
When the count keeps moving, it is suddenly a crime scene.
Today in Three Dot Don:
Count the votes. Then do something.
substack.com/@threedotdon...
What election-night myth needs to be retired permanently?
That ballot sitting on the kitchen counter is not political clutter.
It’s the assignment.
Today’s Three Dot Don: Vote Like It Still Belongs To You
Question: what’s the worst excuse people use for not voting?
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It’s the assignment.
Today’s Three Dot Don: Vote Like It Still Belongs To You
Question: what’s the worst excuse people use for not voting?
substack.com/@threedotdon...
June 1, 2026 at 7:15 PM
That ballot sitting on the kitchen counter is not political clutter.
It’s the assignment.
Today’s Three Dot Don: Vote Like It Still Belongs To You
Question: what’s the worst excuse people use for not voting?
substack.com/@threedotdon...
It’s the assignment.
Today’s Three Dot Don: Vote Like It Still Belongs To You
Question: what’s the worst excuse people use for not voting?
substack.com/@threedotdon...
I spent years inside California politics.
Three Dot Don is what it looks like when the talking points come off.
Three times a week: short, sharp, funny, and usually annoyed.
Subscribe free. Upgrade if you want the Inside Memo.
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#California #News #Politics
Three Dot Don is what it looks like when the talking points come off.
Three times a week: short, sharp, funny, and usually annoyed.
Subscribe free. Upgrade if you want the Inside Memo.
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#California #News #Politics
May 25, 2026 at 4:57 PM
I spent years inside California politics.
Three Dot Don is what it looks like when the talking points come off.
Three times a week: short, sharp, funny, and usually annoyed.
Subscribe free. Upgrade if you want the Inside Memo.
substack.com/@threedotdon
#California #News #Politics
Three Dot Don is what it looks like when the talking points come off.
Three times a week: short, sharp, funny, and usually annoyed.
Subscribe free. Upgrade if you want the Inside Memo.
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#California #News #Politics
Trump’s “presidential library” may need wings for indictments, pardons, fake electors, classified docs, and The Very Hungry Grifter.
Today’s Three Dot Don: Nunes, Day One investigations, and a Navy SEAL betting scandal.
Read it:
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Today’s Three Dot Don: Nunes, Day One investigations, and a Navy SEAL betting scandal.
Read it:
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April 24, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Trump’s “presidential library” may need wings for indictments, pardons, fake electors, classified docs, and The Very Hungry Grifter.
Today’s Three Dot Don: Nunes, Day One investigations, and a Navy SEAL betting scandal.
Read it:
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Today’s Three Dot Don: Nunes, Day One investigations, and a Navy SEAL betting scandal.
Read it:
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Today’s Three Dot Don: one key California race, the House math behind it, and five Trump moves worth watching. Read, subscribe, and tell us: can California shape what comes next in Washington? substack.com/@threedotdon...
@asmjasmeetbains.bsky.social
@asmjasmeetbains.bsky.social
April 10, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Today’s Three Dot Don: one key California race, the House math behind it, and five Trump moves worth watching. Read, subscribe, and tell us: can California shape what comes next in Washington? substack.com/@threedotdon...
@asmjasmeetbains.bsky.social
@asmjasmeetbains.bsky.social
CA Dems are speedrunning a shutout in their own governor's race. The math is ugly. Also: Trump's Iran crusade & $8 diesel.
Read today's full Three Dot Don;
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#ThreeDotDon #News #Politics #California #Trump
Read today's full Three Dot Don;
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#ThreeDotDon #News #Politics #California #Trump
April 8, 2026 at 3:21 PM
CA Dems are speedrunning a shutout in their own governor's race. The math is ugly. Also: Trump's Iran crusade & $8 diesel.
Read today's full Three Dot Don;
open.substack.com/pub/threedot...
#ThreeDotDon #News #Politics #California #Trump
Read today's full Three Dot Don;
open.substack.com/pub/threedot...
#ThreeDotDon #News #Politics #California #Trump
Today’s Three Dot Don is live: a clear, no-nonsense deep dive into why your property tax bill is higher than you think & three practical fixes local officials should adopt. Read it now (link in bio) — then tell us: what surprise line did you find on your bill? #ThreeDotDon #PropertyTax #LocalGov
April 6, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Today’s Three Dot Don is live: a clear, no-nonsense deep dive into why your property tax bill is higher than you think & three practical fixes local officials should adopt. Read it now (link in bio) — then tell us: what surprise line did you find on your bill? #ThreeDotDon #PropertyTax #LocalGov
California counties are staring at a $9.5B cost shift from H.R. 1 while the state faces an $18B shortfall. Yesterday’s Three Dot Don breaks down what that means for services and budgets across the state.
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Read it: substack.com/@threedotdon...
March 26, 2026 at 2:32 PM
California counties are staring at a $9.5B cost shift from H.R. 1 while the state faces an $18B shortfall. Yesterday’s Three Dot Don breaks down what that means for services and budgets across the state.
Read it: substack.com/@threedotdon...
Read it: substack.com/@threedotdon...
Trump blindsides allies, insults them, then expects help cleaning up the mess. Today’s Three Dot Don: Pearl Harbor as punchline, plus the real story on what’s choking small restaurants. Free gets the broadside. Paid gets the sharper read. substack.com/@threedotdon
March 20, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Trump blindsides allies, insults them, then expects help cleaning up the mess. Today’s Three Dot Don: Pearl Harbor as punchline, plus the real story on what’s choking small restaurants. Free gets the broadside. Paid gets the sharper read. substack.com/@threedotdon
The people making this mess are counting on you to tune out.
Three Dot Don is blunt, funny, insider political commentary from Don Perata, former California Senate President Pro Tem — written by somebody who’s actually been behind the curtain.
No pretending this is normal.
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Three Dot Don is blunt, funny, insider political commentary from Don Perata, former California Senate President Pro Tem — written by somebody who’s actually been behind the curtain.
No pretending this is normal.
substack.com/@threedotdon
March 14, 2026 at 4:51 PM
The people making this mess are counting on you to tune out.
Three Dot Don is blunt, funny, insider political commentary from Don Perata, former California Senate President Pro Tem — written by somebody who’s actually been behind the curtain.
No pretending this is normal.
substack.com/@threedotdon
Three Dot Don is blunt, funny, insider political commentary from Don Perata, former California Senate President Pro Tem — written by somebody who’s actually been behind the curtain.
No pretending this is normal.
substack.com/@threedotdon
Next week’s Three Dot Don series is the kind of reporting that changes how you see a problem. 3 parts. Big stakes. A story most people have wrong. Only paid subscribers will get it. Upgrade now before the first installment lands. substack.com/@threedotdon
March 10, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Next week’s Three Dot Don series is the kind of reporting that changes how you see a problem. 3 parts. Big stakes. A story most people have wrong. Only paid subscribers will get it. Upgrade now before the first installment lands. substack.com/@threedotdon
Today we honor Rev. Jesse Jackson — a towering figure in American civic life whose legacy spans decades of activism, leadership, and moral clarity.
Three Dot Don salutes a life lived in pursuit of justice.
#JesseJackson #CivilRights #Leadership #ThreeDotDon #LegacyMatters
Three Dot Don salutes a life lived in pursuit of justice.
#JesseJackson #CivilRights #Leadership #ThreeDotDon #LegacyMatters
February 17, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Today we honor Rev. Jesse Jackson — a towering figure in American civic life whose legacy spans decades of activism, leadership, and moral clarity.
Three Dot Don salutes a life lived in pursuit of justice.
#JesseJackson #CivilRights #Leadership #ThreeDotDon #LegacyMatters
Three Dot Don salutes a life lived in pursuit of justice.
#JesseJackson #CivilRights #Leadership #ThreeDotDon #LegacyMatters
Today’s Three Dot Don:
• Prison “failures” only seem to happen when powerful people are at risk
• DOGE & Social Security exposed a governance problem—not a tech glitch
• California’s federal funds are being left on the loading dock
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• Prison “failures” only seem to happen when powerful people are at risk
• DOGE & Social Security exposed a governance problem—not a tech glitch
• California’s federal funds are being left on the loading dock
substack.com/@threedotdon...
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Relaunching The Political Garage as 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 ...
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February 13, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Today’s Three Dot Don:
• Prison “failures” only seem to happen when powerful people are at risk
• DOGE & Social Security exposed a governance problem—not a tech glitch
• California’s federal funds are being left on the loading dock
substack.com/@threedotdon...
• Prison “failures” only seem to happen when powerful people are at risk
• DOGE & Social Security exposed a governance problem—not a tech glitch
• California’s federal funds are being left on the loading dock
substack.com/@threedotdon...