Gavin Newsom appears to be calling out state lawmakers and their approach to California high-speed rail in a signing message yesterday for AB 377, a totally redundant bill. He encourages them to "prioritize measures that are additive" and "clear the path to completion" www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/u...

For folks who need some geography help with California: This is where Sacramento is located. We are roughly 500 miles from the Mexico border. Oregon is much closer. Yet Border Patrol is conducting made-for-TV immigration raids in our shopping centers.

A Fox News correspondent got special access for the Home Depot raid in Sacramento today. Everything he posted, from the language to the parroting of unverified claims, should remove any doubts about Fox News being state media. He also quotes an official whose operations been stopped by courts twice.

I cannot stop thinking about this passage. And genuinely think everyone of sane mind, decent heart and a little melanin can relate.

What the fuck is wrong with people www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/u...

WaPo's opinion overhaul is indeed problematic and it's too early to say what will happen with its partnership deals, but trying to automate what editors do is disturbing AF www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/b...

Thanks @sacpressclub.bsky.social for this honor and for recognizing my 2024 column on the very different high-speed rail conversation happening in the Central Valley (calmatters.org/commentary/2...). The simplest & most important journalistic technique we have is to talk to folks directly affected.

$1 trillion of wealth was created for the 19 richest American households alone in 2024, reports @wsj.com. They now control a record amount of the country's wealth: www.wsj.com/economy/1-tr...

This is a righteous callout @scottwiener.bsky.social.

What sort of masochist would agree to this.

There were peaceful protests against Elon Musk and the Trump administration in so many California cities today, some with crowds in the thousands, including the state Capitol. Democracy isn’t rolling over.

(h/t Melodic_Animal_2238 on r/Sacramento)

You: TikTok went down. Now it’s coming back.

Me: Have yall looked at the stars lately? Venus and Saturn are in alignment. Jupiter and Mars are also part of this planet parade.

On behalf of California and LA, to everyone outside the state who thinks they know something.

I think we disagree on the definition of "major." California bonds and revenues have accounted for more than three-quarters of the money authorized. The authority may be pursuing more federal grants but actual Washington dollars have been a much smaller percentage hsr.ca.gov/about/projec...

Spending the week working for some of that famous Poynter magic @poynterinstitute.bsky.social

Voices? Voices…hmmm. Where have I heard this before 🤔