Scott Graves
@shg29.bsky.social
Budget Director @ calbudgetcenter.org
#CABudget | #CALeg | #Medicaid | #HealthPolicy | Justice System
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Scott Graves
@shg29.bsky.social
· Dec 9
Building this starter pack of advocates, researchers & orgs focused on improving health care access, affordability & equity in the Golden State. A lot of people & orgs who should be on this list are missing (some might not be on Bluesky yet). Reply with suggestions and I'll add!
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- “Active investigation” loophole
- National security classification loophole
- Victim-privacy entanglement
- General personal-privacy exceptions
- National security classification loophole
- Victim-privacy entanglement
- General personal-privacy exceptions
November 18, 2025 at 9:32 PM
- “Active investigation” loophole
- National security classification loophole
- Victim-privacy entanglement
- General personal-privacy exceptions
- National security classification loophole
- Victim-privacy entanglement
- General personal-privacy exceptions
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For the life of me I don't understand why the White House press corps continues to debase itself. (Congress too, for that matter.)
November 18, 2025 at 6:08 PM
For the life of me I don't understand why the White House press corps continues to debase itself. (Congress too, for that matter.)
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I think Johnson has created a non-existent “issue” with the bill. He claims it fails to define Child Sexual Assault Material properly, which would require the AG to release child porn. It doesn’t, and she wouldn’t have to, but may be a way out? 1/
November 19, 2025 at 4:40 AM
I think Johnson has created a non-existent “issue” with the bill. He claims it fails to define Child Sexual Assault Material properly, which would require the AG to release child porn. It doesn’t, and she wouldn’t have to, but may be a way out? 1/
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Jamal Khashoggi. Say his name.
November 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Jamal Khashoggi. Say his name.
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Swalwell: Kristi Noem and Tom Homan, you should familiarize yourselves with this room. Get to know that witness chair — you’re going to be parked in it for a long time. Accountability is coming.
November 18, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Swalwell: Kristi Noem and Tom Homan, you should familiarize yourselves with this room. Get to know that witness chair — you’re going to be parked in it for a long time. Accountability is coming.
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A panel of federal judges has blocked Texas’ newly-redrawn congressional map — which made five districts in the state more favorable to Republicans — saying the plan appeared to be an illegal race-based gerrymander.
Federal judges block new Texas congressional map
The decision is a massive blow in the White House’s push to redistrict across the country.
www.politico.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
A panel of federal judges has blocked Texas’ newly-redrawn congressional map — which made five districts in the state more favorable to Republicans — saying the plan appeared to be an illegal race-based gerrymander.
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If this picture was of Obama, you know @FoxNews would do three weeks solid on why the flag was on the ground.
At least three weeks
At least three weeks
November 18, 2025 at 2:00 AM
If this picture was of Obama, you know @FoxNews would do three weeks solid on why the flag was on the ground.
At least three weeks
At least three weeks
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I can usually translate him, but either I’m losing my mind, or he is.
November 18, 2025 at 12:26 AM
I can usually translate him, but either I’m losing my mind, or he is.
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LOL. Why does he need to sign a bill to release the files when he can just RELEASE THE FILES?
November 17, 2025 at 8:27 PM
LOL. Why does he need to sign a bill to release the files when he can just RELEASE THE FILES?
Congratulations, Senator Limón!
Another perk of the job: You now appear in @calbudgetcenter.org's #CABudget 101 training materials.
We're looking forward to highlighting your new leadership role in our upcoming state budget process presentations to groups across our great state. #CALeg
Another perk of the job: You now appear in @calbudgetcenter.org's #CABudget 101 training materials.
We're looking forward to highlighting your new leadership role in our upcoming state budget process presentations to groups across our great state. #CALeg
November 17, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Congratulations, Senator Limón!
Another perk of the job: You now appear in @calbudgetcenter.org's #CABudget 101 training materials.
We're looking forward to highlighting your new leadership role in our upcoming state budget process presentations to groups across our great state. #CALeg
Another perk of the job: You now appear in @calbudgetcenter.org's #CABudget 101 training materials.
We're looking forward to highlighting your new leadership role in our upcoming state budget process presentations to groups across our great state. #CALeg
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I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?
November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?
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We stand with survivors everywhere. Release the files, and jail the PDFs, including the ones in the White House.
#EpsteinFiles #TrumpIsAPedo #JeffreyEpstein #50501movement
#EpsteinFiles #TrumpIsAPedo #JeffreyEpstein #50501movement
November 17, 2025 at 12:14 AM
We stand with survivors everywhere. Release the files, and jail the PDFs, including the ones in the White House.
#EpsteinFiles #TrumpIsAPedo #JeffreyEpstein #50501movement
#EpsteinFiles #TrumpIsAPedo #JeffreyEpstein #50501movement
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2020 footage said to be in 2025. A scene of protestors in Illinois, suggested as Portland.
We reviewed Fox News coverage and 700+ social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision to send the National Guard to Portland.
Here's how Fox News told a misleading story:
We reviewed Fox News coverage and 700+ social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision to send the National Guard to Portland.
Here's how Fox News told a misleading story:
“Riots Raging”: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops
After reviewing coverage from the network and hours of social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision, ProPublica found that Fox’s portrayal of “Portland rioters” routinely instigating violence wa...
www.propublica.org
November 17, 2025 at 2:00 AM
2020 footage said to be in 2025. A scene of protestors in Illinois, suggested as Portland.
We reviewed Fox News coverage and 700+ social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision to send the National Guard to Portland.
Here's how Fox News told a misleading story:
We reviewed Fox News coverage and 700+ social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision to send the National Guard to Portland.
Here's how Fox News told a misleading story:
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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So you opened an investigation into fake news?
November 17, 2025 at 12:17 AM
So you opened an investigation into fake news?
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Massie: "The president has been saying this is a hoax. Well, he's just now decided to investigate a hoax, if it's a hoax. And I have another concern about these investigations he's announced. If they have ongoing investigations, those documents can't be released. So this might be a big smokescreen."
November 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Massie: "The president has been saying this is a hoax. Well, he's just now decided to investigate a hoax, if it's a hoax. And I have another concern about these investigations he's announced. If they have ongoing investigations, those documents can't be released. So this might be a big smokescreen."
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Florida: a coffin flag that once covered a WWII veteran who helped liberate Dachau and earned the Silver Star, rose again, not in mourning but in defiance.
@50501veterans.bsky.social: Our oath was never to a man or a party. It was to the Constitution and to the people. That oath does not expire.
@50501veterans.bsky.social: Our oath was never to a man or a party. It was to the Constitution and to the people. That oath does not expire.
November 15, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Florida: a coffin flag that once covered a WWII veteran who helped liberate Dachau and earned the Silver Star, rose again, not in mourning but in defiance.
@50501veterans.bsky.social: Our oath was never to a man or a party. It was to the Constitution and to the people. That oath does not expire.
@50501veterans.bsky.social: Our oath was never to a man or a party. It was to the Constitution and to the people. That oath does not expire.
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Count the ways they’re corrupting DOJ: Presidents don’t direct AG’s to open criminal cases, especially ones designating only Dems for investigation when POTUS himself is involved. DOJ doesn’t publicize criminal investigations & the AG definitely doesn’t assign them on Twitter.
November 14, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Count the ways they’re corrupting DOJ: Presidents don’t direct AG’s to open criminal cases, especially ones designating only Dems for investigation when POTUS himself is involved. DOJ doesn’t publicize criminal investigations & the AG definitely doesn’t assign them on Twitter.
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The usual suspects are telling Dems that Epstein won’t win elections, get back to “affordability” and I think my head might explode. www.offmessage.net/p/force-a-re...
Force A Referendum On The Epstein Coverup
It divides Republicans much more than "affordability" or any other economic issue.
www.offmessage.net
November 14, 2025 at 7:07 PM
The usual suspects are telling Dems that Epstein won’t win elections, get back to “affordability” and I think my head might explode. www.offmessage.net/p/force-a-re...
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Pam Bondi will not have a license to practice law when this is all over. You can’t stay a bar member and agree to investigate only members of one political party for child sexual abuse but not members of the other. And, you can’t do it after previously saying no one else could be charged.
November 15, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Pam Bondi will not have a license to practice law when this is all over. You can’t stay a bar member and agree to investigate only members of one political party for child sexual abuse but not members of the other. And, you can’t do it after previously saying no one else could be charged.
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Hey Megyn Kelly,
14-year-old Eloise would like a word:
“If my voice makes you uncomfortable, good…
because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, you’re not protecting the truth, you’re protecting the predator.”
Sound up! 🔥🔊
1/2
14-year-old Eloise would like a word:
“If my voice makes you uncomfortable, good…
because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, you’re not protecting the truth, you’re protecting the predator.”
Sound up! 🔥🔊
1/2
November 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Hey Megyn Kelly,
14-year-old Eloise would like a word:
“If my voice makes you uncomfortable, good…
because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, you’re not protecting the truth, you’re protecting the predator.”
Sound up! 🔥🔊
1/2
14-year-old Eloise would like a word:
“If my voice makes you uncomfortable, good…
because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, you’re not protecting the truth, you’re protecting the predator.”
Sound up! 🔥🔊
1/2
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Rev. Michael Woolf, a faith leader and minister at Lake Street Church of Evanston, detained by Illinois State Police while protesting immigration policies outside the Broadview facility in Chicago.
Photo by Jim Vondruska/Reuters
Photo by Jim Vondruska/Reuters
November 15, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Rev. Michael Woolf, a faith leader and minister at Lake Street Church of Evanston, detained by Illinois State Police while protesting immigration policies outside the Broadview facility in Chicago.
Photo by Jim Vondruska/Reuters
Photo by Jim Vondruska/Reuters
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This is me at 15. I’m a child.
I’m a CHILD.
I’m a CHILD.
November 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
This is me at 15. I’m a child.
I’m a CHILD.
I’m a CHILD.
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This picture says everything about the state of our nation right now, peaceful clergy being arrested and forced face-down on the pavement.
November 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
This picture says everything about the state of our nation right now, peaceful clergy being arrested and forced face-down on the pavement.