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to increase local community engagement and activism.
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to increase local community engagement and activism.
#bluecrew & #bluetrue
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Shasta Life
@shastalife.bsky.social
· Aug 12
GOP Rep. Doug LaMalfa drew taunts and jeers at two raucous town hall meetings over his support for President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.” cnn.it/47sJtOr
California GOP lawmaker faces taunts and jeers over Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ at town halls | CNN Politics
GOP Rep. Doug LaMalfa drew taunts and jeers at two raucous town hall meetings Monday over his support for President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.”
cnn.it
We have two GREAT people running against him: Jim Salegui @jim4ca.bsky.social & Rose Penelope Yee @roseforcongress.bsky.social
They BOTH need our donations, so that whoever wins the primary is well equipped to take him on!!
They BOTH need our donations, so that whoever wins the primary is well equipped to take him on!!
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I contacted dozens of people in media last year to alert them to this guy grooming kids on X. Got NO RESPONSE (not even @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social ) so I gave up
FINALLY someone with clout did something: PHIL WILLIAMS @philinvestigates.com an investigative reporter for the local news in Nashville!
FINALLY someone with clout did something: PHIL WILLIAMS @philinvestigates.com an investigative reporter for the local news in Nashville!
November 24, 2025 at 2:35 AM
I contacted dozens of people in media last year to alert them to this guy grooming kids on X. Got NO RESPONSE (not even @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social ) so I gave up
FINALLY someone with clout did something: PHIL WILLIAMS @philinvestigates.com an investigative reporter for the local news in Nashville!
FINALLY someone with clout did something: PHIL WILLIAMS @philinvestigates.com an investigative reporter for the local news in Nashville!
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Not digging PLURIBUS, if I'm savagely honest. Whole project seems off--overscaled, overconceptualized, overchoreographed (those delivery trucks), the set pieces show-offy self-contained & strangely weightless. It's all blatantly schematic, which Gilligan's always avoided, & the dialogue is crud.
November 15, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Not digging PLURIBUS, if I'm savagely honest. Whole project seems off--overscaled, overconceptualized, overchoreographed (those delivery trucks), the set pieces show-offy self-contained & strangely weightless. It's all blatantly schematic, which Gilligan's always avoided, & the dialogue is crud.
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Time to stand in solidarity with DC! Let’s go Redding Ca @shastalife.bsky.social @occupyshasta.bsky.social @roseforcongress.bsky.social
#shastacounty
#reddingca
#shastacounty
#reddingca
November 10, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Time to stand in solidarity with DC! Let’s go Redding Ca @shastalife.bsky.social @occupyshasta.bsky.social @roseforcongress.bsky.social
#shastacounty
#reddingca
#shastacounty
#reddingca
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‘People have had enough’: Santa Rosa lawyer mounts long-shot congressional bid. @austinmurphy3.bsky.social has the story on the latest candidate to enter the race for the redrawn 1st District #californiapolitics
www.pressdemocrat.com/2025/11/14/p...
www.pressdemocrat.com/2025/11/14/p...
‘People have had enough’: Santa Rosa lawyer mounts long-shot congressional bid
Kyle Wilson, a 33-year-old Santa Rosa labor lawyer, is launching a long-shot congressional bid driven by his belief that the American Dream has eroded for young people.
www.pressdemocrat.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:01 PM
‘People have had enough’: Santa Rosa lawyer mounts long-shot congressional bid. @austinmurphy3.bsky.social has the story on the latest candidate to enter the race for the redrawn 1st District #californiapolitics
www.pressdemocrat.com/2025/11/14/p...
www.pressdemocrat.com/2025/11/14/p...
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Breaking: state Sen. Mike McGuire announced this morning that he is running for #California’s newly redrawn 1st Congressional District. He spoke with @austinmurphy3.bsky.social and I yesterday about his plans in an exclusive interview. www.pressdemocrat.com/2025/11/13/i...
‘I want to earn every vote’: Mike McGuire announces run for Congress in redrawn North Coast district
The longtime state senator is stepping into a race remade by Prop. 50, aiming to represent a district that now stretches from Santa Rosa to the Nevada border.
www.pressdemocrat.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Breaking: state Sen. Mike McGuire announced this morning that he is running for #California’s newly redrawn 1st Congressional District. He spoke with @austinmurphy3.bsky.social and I yesterday about his plans in an exclusive interview. www.pressdemocrat.com/2025/11/13/i...
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In the last 25 days, Kim Kardashian’s jet used 33,130 gallons of fuel:
- 4.5 tanker trucks of gas
- Enough to fill large swimming pool
- Same as 36,050 gallons of car fuel
- Enough for 1,110 avg cars daily
- Power for 45 homes/year
For carbon offset: 5,667 new trees
Source: @kimkjet.grndcntrl.net
- 4.5 tanker trucks of gas
- Enough to fill large swimming pool
- Same as 36,050 gallons of car fuel
- Enough for 1,110 avg cars daily
- Power for 45 homes/year
For carbon offset: 5,667 new trees
Source: @kimkjet.grndcntrl.net
November 12, 2025 at 7:28 PM
In the last 25 days, Kim Kardashian’s jet used 33,130 gallons of fuel:
- 4.5 tanker trucks of gas
- Enough to fill large swimming pool
- Same as 36,050 gallons of car fuel
- Enough for 1,110 avg cars daily
- Power for 45 homes/year
For carbon offset: 5,667 new trees
Source: @kimkjet.grndcntrl.net
- 4.5 tanker trucks of gas
- Enough to fill large swimming pool
- Same as 36,050 gallons of car fuel
- Enough for 1,110 avg cars daily
- Power for 45 homes/year
For carbon offset: 5,667 new trees
Source: @kimkjet.grndcntrl.net
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Today at the White House -- a visit from Erika Kirk, future Vice President or First Lady (Peter Thiel hasn't decided yet.)
November 12, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Today at the White House -- a visit from Erika Kirk, future Vice President or First Lady (Peter Thiel hasn't decided yet.)
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This interview of Edgar Wright (@edgarwright.bsky.social) by Sam Fragoso (@samfragoso.bsky.social ) is definitely one of the best of him I’ve ever heard.
#filmsky #runningman
#filmsky #runningman
Edgar Wright – Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
Director Edgar Wright on making “The Running Man,” the origin story of “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World,” and his beloved Cornetto trilogy.
talkeasypod.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:03 PM
This interview of Edgar Wright (@edgarwright.bsky.social) by Sam Fragoso (@samfragoso.bsky.social ) is definitely one of the best of him I’ve ever heard.
#filmsky #runningman
#filmsky #runningman
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So just how many of the nation's richest 100 people are Trump supporters?
I created a report here to answer that question: www.perplexity.ai/page/-xEv0rQ...
I created a report here to answer that question: www.perplexity.ai/page/-xEv0rQ...
November 9, 2025 at 9:46 PM
So just how many of the nation's richest 100 people are Trump supporters?
I created a report here to answer that question: www.perplexity.ai/page/-xEv0rQ...
I created a report here to answer that question: www.perplexity.ai/page/-xEv0rQ...
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Trump lackey Sean Duffy is squirming.
After our video, Fox News (of all places) asked Duffy to defend why billionaire private jets are still flying while Trump is canceling commercial airlines.
After our video, Fox News (of all places) asked Duffy to defend why billionaire private jets are still flying while Trump is canceling commercial airlines.
November 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Trump lackey Sean Duffy is squirming.
After our video, Fox News (of all places) asked Duffy to defend why billionaire private jets are still flying while Trump is canceling commercial airlines.
After our video, Fox News (of all places) asked Duffy to defend why billionaire private jets are still flying while Trump is canceling commercial airlines.
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Again Scott Galloway is wrong about the monetary system on PIVOT with @karaswisher.bsky.social No, the Fed gvnmt doesn’t need to raise revenue through taxes to fund the budget! That’s factually wrong.
Will @profgalloway.com ever read Stephanie Kelton’s book on this? @stephaniekelton.bsky.social
Will @profgalloway.com ever read Stephanie Kelton’s book on this? @stephaniekelton.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Again Scott Galloway is wrong about the monetary system on PIVOT with @karaswisher.bsky.social No, the Fed gvnmt doesn’t need to raise revenue through taxes to fund the budget! That’s factually wrong.
Will @profgalloway.com ever read Stephanie Kelton’s book on this? @stephaniekelton.bsky.social
Will @profgalloway.com ever read Stephanie Kelton’s book on this? @stephaniekelton.bsky.social
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💫💫💫 POV: you go to a True West VIP donor screening of Guillermo del Toro's FRANKENSTEIN!!! All of us here would like to thank our donors, partners, team and everyone who made our cinemas possible. We'll see you at the movies!
October 29, 2025 at 8:35 PM
💫💫💫 POV: you go to a True West VIP donor screening of Guillermo del Toro's FRANKENSTEIN!!! All of us here would like to thank our donors, partners, team and everyone who made our cinemas possible. We'll see you at the movies!
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PSA
We, the Yreka Food Bank, are, for the second year in a row, a Siskiyou County toys for tots collection site.
Toys collected via Siskiyou County toys for tots stay local.
We, the Yreka Food Bank, are, for the second year in a row, a Siskiyou County toys for tots collection site.
Toys collected via Siskiyou County toys for tots stay local.
November 6, 2025 at 11:11 PM
PSA
We, the Yreka Food Bank, are, for the second year in a row, a Siskiyou County toys for tots collection site.
Toys collected via Siskiyou County toys for tots stay local.
We, the Yreka Food Bank, are, for the second year in a row, a Siskiyou County toys for tots collection site.
Toys collected via Siskiyou County toys for tots stay local.
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Starting Friday at the True West @truewestfilmcenter.bsky.social in Healdsburg: NUREMBERG
truewestfilmcenter.org/show/nurembe...
truewestfilmcenter.org/show/nurembe...
November 6, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Starting Friday at the True West @truewestfilmcenter.bsky.social in Healdsburg: NUREMBERG
truewestfilmcenter.org/show/nurembe...
truewestfilmcenter.org/show/nurembe...
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After ‘blue wave’ election, here's what elected leaders had to say about how Prop. 50 reshapes the North Bay and California politics. My latest reported with @austinmurphy3.bsky.social for @pressdemo.bsky.social www.pressdemocrat.com/2025/11/04/f...
After ‘blue wave’ election, Prop. 50 reshapes North Bay and California politics
Rep. Jared Huffman was heartened by the blue wave that swept through Tuesday’s off-year elections — capped by voters’ approval of Proposition 50, a measure that reshapes California’s congressional …
www.pressdemocrat.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
After ‘blue wave’ election, here's what elected leaders had to say about how Prop. 50 reshapes the North Bay and California politics. My latest reported with @austinmurphy3.bsky.social for @pressdemo.bsky.social www.pressdemocrat.com/2025/11/04/f...
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“One of the things writing can do is get to the pain, and much of that pain comes from places where there should be love.”
Our interview with Salman Rushdie.
Our interview with Salman Rushdie.
Salman Rushdie on Free Speech, Survival, and Returning to Fiction | Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
YouTube video by Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
www.youtube.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:58 PM
“One of the things writing can do is get to the pain, and much of that pain comes from places where there should be love.”
Our interview with Salman Rushdie.
Our interview with Salman Rushdie.
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Will Mike McGuire run for Congress if Pop. 50 passes? @austinmurphy3.bsky.social and I took a closer look for @pressdemo.bsky.social #california #election www.pressdemocrat.com/2025/11/01/m...
Mike McGuire won’t say, but signs point to him running for Congress if Prop. 50 passes
Recent campaign spending, a set of social media ads and his conspicuous silence on the question make up a small, but compelling collection of signs Mike McGuire is poised to run for the seat repres…
www.pressdemocrat.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Will Mike McGuire run for Congress if Pop. 50 passes? @austinmurphy3.bsky.social and I took a closer look for @pressdemo.bsky.social #california #election www.pressdemocrat.com/2025/11/01/m...
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Not all billionaires are bad. Michael Moritz @michaelmoritz.bsky.social & wife Harriet Heyman are providing $9 million to SNAP recipients in SF.
There ARE wealthy anti-MAGA people doing good-- like @mcuban.bsky.social, @moskov.goodventures.org, Reed Hastings, Paul Graham, Laurie Michaels, etc.
There ARE wealthy anti-MAGA people doing good-- like @mcuban.bsky.social, @moskov.goodventures.org, Reed Hastings, Paul Graham, Laurie Michaels, etc.
San Francisco commits $18 million to extend SNAP benefits
Funding for the food aid program is set to dry up Saturday as the federal government shutdown continues.
www.axios.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Not all billionaires are bad. Michael Moritz @michaelmoritz.bsky.social & wife Harriet Heyman are providing $9 million to SNAP recipients in SF.
There ARE wealthy anti-MAGA people doing good-- like @mcuban.bsky.social, @moskov.goodventures.org, Reed Hastings, Paul Graham, Laurie Michaels, etc.
There ARE wealthy anti-MAGA people doing good-- like @mcuban.bsky.social, @moskov.goodventures.org, Reed Hastings, Paul Graham, Laurie Michaels, etc.
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“We know immigrants not taking our jobs and that the crime rate among immigrants is much lower than the crime rate in the Oval Office. The people who cheer Trump’s cruelty are not ‘working class’— they’re racist, sadistic, and ignorant. And they are a minority.”
From @heidijon.bsky.social new piece:
"The majority of white male voters haven’t chosen a Democratic president since the Civil Rights Act in 1964. The attempt to win them over by sentimentalizing the working class is embarrassing..."
"The majority of white male voters haven’t chosen a Democratic president since the Civil Rights Act in 1964. The attempt to win them over by sentimentalizing the working class is embarrassing..."
The Battle for the Soul of the Country
Shellfish farmers, the demeaning sentimentalization of the working class, and the true heart of the Democratic Party.
open.substack.com
November 1, 2025 at 5:09 PM
“We know immigrants not taking our jobs and that the crime rate among immigrants is much lower than the crime rate in the Oval Office. The people who cheer Trump’s cruelty are not ‘working class’— they’re racist, sadistic, and ignorant. And they are a minority.”
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From @heidijon.bsky.social new piece:
"The majority of white male voters haven’t chosen a Democratic president since the Civil Rights Act in 1964. The attempt to win them over by sentimentalizing the working class is embarrassing..."
"The majority of white male voters haven’t chosen a Democratic president since the Civil Rights Act in 1964. The attempt to win them over by sentimentalizing the working class is embarrassing..."
The Battle for the Soul of the Country
Shellfish farmers, the demeaning sentimentalization of the working class, and the true heart of the Democratic Party.
open.substack.com
November 1, 2025 at 4:40 PM
From @heidijon.bsky.social new piece:
"The majority of white male voters haven’t chosen a Democratic president since the Civil Rights Act in 1964. The attempt to win them over by sentimentalizing the working class is embarrassing..."
"The majority of white male voters haven’t chosen a Democratic president since the Civil Rights Act in 1964. The attempt to win them over by sentimentalizing the working class is embarrassing..."
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Today, I stood with the senior residents of Youngstown Mobilehome Park in Petaluma to protest against a pattern of unfair practices by the park’s corporate owners and support resident protections.
These residents deserve, safety, and respect, and I will continue to fight alongside them.
#AD12!
These residents deserve, safety, and respect, and I will continue to fight alongside them.
#AD12!
October 30, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Today, I stood with the senior residents of Youngstown Mobilehome Park in Petaluma to protest against a pattern of unfair practices by the park’s corporate owners and support resident protections.
These residents deserve, safety, and respect, and I will continue to fight alongside them.
#AD12!
These residents deserve, safety, and respect, and I will continue to fight alongside them.
#AD12!
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Oh we're just getting started. www.rawstory.com/trump-ice-26...
Spotify hit with boycott calls after airing Trump's ICE ads: 'Don’t stream fascism'
Outrage over Spotify running advertisements for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement ramped up on Tuesday, with the progressive advocacy group Indivisible urging users to cancel their subscriptions ...
www.rawstory.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Oh we're just getting started. www.rawstory.com/trump-ice-26...
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Join here - more actions coming soon: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify
Don’t Stream Fascism: Cancel Spotify
indivisible.org
October 30, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Join here - more actions coming soon: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify