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If you’re concerned about the pro-Hamas protests let me reassure you they are not about Hamas. This is simply rehearsal for 2025 when deportations begin and the border is closed. Do you know how much $ is being made off “migrants”? No way are the beneficiaries going away.

@LongPlay1215 @midpushMike @DemocracyDocket She doesn’t know how I filled out the ballot.

@Wisedog4 @midpushMike @DemocracyDocket She deferred to you. Her choice.

NEW: A quadruple increase in rejected mail-in ballots in California may be tied to recent changes in how USPS now collects and postmarks mail - a troubling sign for future elections if Trump's executive order on restricting mail-in voting holds. democracydocket.com/news-alerts/qu…

@Rep_Magaziner @RepMaxineWaters We need more kids with “studies” degrees.

No student with the grades, work ethic, and desire to go to college should be denied just because their families don’t have enough money. Along with @RepMaxineWaters I am leading 141 House members calling to double the size of the Pell Grant.

@midpushMike @DemocracyDocket My aged MIL got a mail in ballot. She asked me to fill it out. She never checked what I marked. Who voted?

@DemocracyDocket I see nothing wrong with mail in voting, if: 1) you have been verified as a citizen, 2) you request your ballot for each election. I have a stack of my daughters ballots and she moved to the east coast 6 years ago, before Covid. It just isn't right.

@Narjes_Rahmati @SecRubio You’re next.

@SecRubio Is it "democracy" to arrest people based on their beliefs and family relations?

Until recently, Hamideh Soleimani Afshar and her daughter were green card holders living lavishly in the United States. Afshar is the niece of deceased Iranian Major General Qasem Soleimani. She is also an outspoken supporter of the Iranian regime who celebrated attacks on Americans and referred to our country as the "Great Satan." This week, I terminated both Afshar and her daughter's legal status and they are now in ICE custody, pending removal from the United States. The Trump Administration will not allow our country to become a home for foreign nationals who support anti-American terrorist regimes.

@Katie4west7 @unquirer The test case would be to move from Providence the mural of the Ukrainian immigrant who was murdered. Put that on every boarded up store front and let Portland why their art is better than this art

@unquirer Since art is expression, idk how that wouldn’t be gov’t compelled speech, even w/out directing a specific opinion.

Portland Maine To Fine Empty Store Fronts After the Socialist policies/laws drove businesses out, the lunatics have decided to give owners two options: Put up 'artwork' that is likely ideological in nature or pay us money. Business owners express frustration with the city for allowing an open-air drug market, homelessness, massive minimum wage hikes, and driving customers out of the downtown area. -There is an active statewide boycott of Portland by commonsense Mainers.

@blue_optical @EFischberger It should infuriate any American.

@EFischberger An Op-Ed like this infuriates Trump supporters and embolden us in our allegiance to Trump and to America!

Great choice by the NYT to run an op-ed on Operation Epic Fury by Ali Vaez — who emailed Iran's foreign minister in 2014 pledging, as a matter of "national and patriotic duty," to help Iran campaign against nuclear breakout limits and prepare reports on Iran's "practical needs"

@TheDunkCentral @BrettSiegelNBA Best thing for the Celtics was Rivers saying he didn’t want to be part of a rebuild. Stevens rebuilt it two seasons and then the gifts from the Nets arrived.

Some Bucks players have reportedly lost confidence in Doc Rivers’ coaching style, per @BrettSiegelNBA “Nothing has gone right for the Bucks in quite some time, and while Doc Rivers is certainly not to blame for all of the organization's flaws, his 95-99 record since taking over in Milwaukee is extremely underwhelming. Not to mention, multiple sources relayed that there is a lack of confidence among several Bucks players in Rivers' style of coaching.” (Via clutchpoints.com/nba/nba-storie…)

@WilliCaroline @MichaelARothman Just look at real estate transactions which are cash. Those are the beneficiaries.

@MichaelARothman Where is the money? That’s all I really want to know. And we taxpayers deserve to have it back.

𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐀 𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒𝐎𝐌: 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐈𝐏𝐓𝐒 Gavin Newsom wants to run for President. Before a single ballot is cast, every American deserves to see what he did to the largest state in the union. I did a little research and coalesced everything into this post from public resources. 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐄𝐱𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐬: 𝟐𝟏𝟔,𝟎𝟎𝟎 net population loss in 2024–25 alone (U.S. Census Bureau). Over 𝟏.𝟒 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 residents fled since 2020 (CA Dept. of Finance). The largest outbound migration of any state in America. People aren't leaving paradise — they're escaping a dumpster fire with a coastline. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 $𝟐𝟒 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫: California spent $𝟐𝟒 𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐎𝐍 on homelessness over five years. That's roughly $𝟏𝟑𝟐,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧. The result? Homelessness 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 by 30,000 people — from 151,000 to over 181,000. That's a 𝟓𝟑% 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 since 2013 (HUD). It gets worse. The California State Auditor found the agency responsible for tracking outcomes — the Interagency Council on Homelessness — 𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏. No consistent method to collect outcome data. Didn't verify accuracy of data from municipalities. The state database was riddled with deleted records and test entries. They burned through $24 billion and 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭. And in San Jose and San Diego, over 𝟖𝟓% of homeless placements were into temporary housing — not permanent. 𝟒𝟎% of those people ended up back on the street. A $24 billion revolving door. 𝐎𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐚𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐖𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝: $𝟏𝟐𝟔 𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐎𝐍 for a high-speed rail that was originally budgeted at $33B and has moved 𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 (CA HSR Authority). A $𝟕𝟑 𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐎𝐍 budget deficit in 2024–25 (LAO). That's not governance. That's arson with a spreadsheet. 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐄𝐱𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐬: Chevron, SpaceX, Tesla, Oracle, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Charles Schwab — all relocated their headquarters to Texas. Over 𝟑𝟓𝟎 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬 fled California between 2018 and 2024 (Hoover Institution). These aren't strip malls. These are the engines of the American economy voting with their feet. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐚𝐱-𝐚𝐧𝐝-𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐥: California charges the highest income tax in America — 𝟏𝟑.𝟑% — and gets half its income tax revenue from the top 1% of earners. So what happens when you squeeze the golden goose? It leaves. In 2022, Newsom saw a one-time post-COVID revenue spike — fueled by federal relief money, not real growth — and declared a 𝐛𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐬 "$𝟗𝟕.𝟓 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐥𝐮𝐬" that never appeared in any actual budget document (CalMatters). He went on a spending spree. Two years later, the state quietly admitted to a $𝟏𝟔𝟓 𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐎𝐍 revenue forecasting error over four years (LAO). Personal income tax collections crashed 𝟐𝟓% in a single year. The "Big Three" revenue sources dropped 𝟐𝟏% (LAO). And it's getting worse. An estimated $𝟏 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 in billionaire wealth has left the state. Six billionaires alone — including @elonmusk and Larry Ellison — took roughly 𝟑𝟎% of California's aggregate billionaire wealth with them. Every dollar of capital gains they generate for the rest of their lives will now be taxed at 0% in Texas instead of 13.3% in Sacramento. Sacramento's response? Propose a new wealth tax — which is accelerating the exodus even faster. The LAO projects deficits of $𝟑𝟎 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧/𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 for the remainder of Newsom's term. They are taxing themselves into bankruptcy. 𝐂𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠: Electricity costs 𝟖𝟕% 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐯𝐞 the national average (EIA). Gas at $𝟒.𝟖𝟓/𝐠𝐚𝐥 vs. $3.20 nationally (AAA). Californians pay more for the privilege of watching their state crumble. 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞 & 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞: Prop 47 reclassified theft under $950 as a misdemeanor — retail theft surged so badly that Walgreens and Whole Foods shuttered locations in San Francisco. 𝟏𝟖𝟏,𝟎𝟎𝟎+ homeless residents — the largest unsheltered population in the United States (HUD). This is Gavin Newsom's California. The population is fleeing. The businesses are gone. The billionaires took a trillion dollars with them. The budget is a crater built on a $165 billion fantasy. They spent $132,000 per homeless person and ended up with 30,000 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 of them. The trains don't exist. The lights barely stay on. And the shoplifters have more legal protection than the store owners. This isn't a resume. It's a rap sheet. And this is what Gavin Newsom is running on. This is all he has to offer. He can't point to a single crisis he inherited — he 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 them. Population loss, revenue collapse, a homeless crisis that got worse the more money he threw at it, a business exodus with no end in sight, and a budget held together with accounting gimmicks and borrowed time. The question every voter should ask: is this the model you want copied to all 50 states? Because that's the only thing he's selling. 𝐇𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐱 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐚. 𝐇𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐚'𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦. And no, the other 49 states don't want him either.

@sissenberg @redsteeze @nytimes Getting a degree in a “studies” program means you don’t get exposed to acronyms, geography, history, statistics, or math. Analogies are optional.

Does the @nytimes know what NATO stands for?

@Osint613 @HeKasrehCrisis Why haven’t the Dems complained about the lack of diversity in Iran leadership?

IMPORTANT GRAPHIC: Circulating infographic outlining the Islamic regime’s organizational structure. I’ve been building a similar map, but someone got it out first. @HeKasrehCrisis

@Denlidispatch @Osint613 What bigger crisis than leaving insane mullahs in charge of the straits in perpetuity? There is no move that makes long term sense other than securing the gulf from Iran and make it an open waterway. Otherwise, it’s a perpetual hostage situation. Or you build pipelines.

French President Macron on the Strait of Hormuz: "Opening it by force is not the option we have chosen, we consider it unrealistic. A military operation would take an infinite amount of time and expose forces to immense coastal and ballistic risks. From the beginning, we have said it must be reopened, but only in coordination with Iran. The world cannot live with a strait that can be opened or closed overnight."

@Osint613 Moron. You know what else is exposed to “ballistic risk”? Paris.

@B_AD_tokyohound @MsMelChen The Poles, Romanians, the Baltic states, Germany were simply aghast when the Russians left during Gorbachev. They really missed the warm and comforting embrace of their Eastern neighbor.

I think the US have a tendency to think they are more powerful than they actually are. Without European bases the US wouldn't be able to project its power to the extent that it does. It needs to resupply and used Europe to do that. Russia has never been a threat, it was the US that has instigated it since the cold war. And Europe fell in line part of weak leadership and a want to work with the US. Ukraine is a result of US regime change, and it continues today because under Biden Zelensky was told to keep fighting forget peace with Putin. Thats what they've been doing. But it was Trump in his first administration that gave the go ahead to provide lethal weapons to Ukraine. He escalated as per usual. And the middle east, again Israel intel, US acting as a hegemon and little bitches in Europe brown-nosing. If the US withdrew from NATO it would be doing Europe a favour and to the wider world.

Let’s be real here. Europe has spent decades freeloading on American security. Even now, with every NATO member finally hitting the 2% GDP target in 2025. But beyond the financial contributions, the real rupture is philosophical and the Iran crisis has shown a spotlight on it. Europe worships process. Endless committees, consultations, and “predictability.” Macron actually calls it a virtue. For Trump, this is paralysis as his style is to articulate a threat, fix a target, and act. The Americans are men of conviction and purpose. Europe on the other hand lives by bureaucratic liturgy and in high-minded abstractions. Sure, Americans might make mistakes when acting. But Europe never considers what the costs of not acting actually are. Just look at how their nations are doing on various fronts, especially on the border crisis, and you see the same cancerous rot that undergirds their foreign policy approach play out domestically. It's the same problem on a different scale. Iran is currently holding the Strait of Hormuz hostage, choking 20% of global oil and spiking prices past $100 a barrel. Meanwhile, the regime is bleeding from strikes, its nuclear ambitions are still alive despite degraded capability, and its proxies are firing missiles at allies and oil tankers. If this isn’t a clear and present danger to the global economy - of which Europe is a part - then I don’t know what is. Yet when Washington asked to use European bases to finish the job - bases the US has defended for generations, the response was hesitation and hand-wringing. The US did strike from RAF Fairford, but only after warnings that British soil could become a “legitimate target.” If you cannot agree that a theocratic regime with eschatological ambitions who have shown no restraint in hitting out at Gulf countries and threatening the world’s energy jugular is an enemy worth confronting, then what, exactly, are we allies about? Europe loves to preen about being tough on Russia. They issue condemnations and speeches and slap sanctions that hardly work to cripple the Russian economy. Now here was a chance to do something concrete: let the Americans use the bases they already pay for, help clear the Strait, and actually degrade the Iranian war machine that arms Moscow’s proxies. Turmp didn’t ask for boots on the ground or any kind of more offensive action. All he wanted was permission to operate from the infrastructure America has underwritten for decades. They couldn’t even manage that. So can you blame the Americans for seeing NATO for what it is? A paper-tiger alliance that expects Washington to bleed and pay while Brussels and London convenes and deliberates. If Europe refuses to treat Iran as the threat it is while happily letting American power keep the Strait open and the lights on, then the alliance is already dead. Trump is simply stating the obvious and the Americans are becoming very reluctant to subsidize the European delusion any longer.

@Bitcoin__Jack__ @Desertfox1944er @MsMelChen I would wait to act until 50 hypersonic missiles hit Paris carrying dirty bombs. You’ll be dead, of course, but just think of how morally superior you’ll feel at the time of your death.

@Desertfox1944er @MsMelChen In Europe, they want to wait out the reign of a madman, and that's all there is to it. And NATO is a DEFENSE alliance, not a private military outfit of the US or Israel.

@SteveRob Simple. Paint a picture of the Ukrainian girl murdered in Charlotte. City will rescind this demand instantly.

Portland will give 100 free needles to a fentanyl user, let them defecate on your store front, refuse to clean it up bc “private property,” and when your restaurant closes and has to be boarded up, they’ll start fining you for blighting the city. Progressive paradise.

@ABC How could you have “no ties” with the place you immigrated from?

In recent months, thousands of immigrants living legally in the U.S. and waiting for rulings on their asylum claims were suddenly ordered deported to countries where most have no ties. abcnews.link/dyMnOUq

@redsteeze Cousins is the fourth highest compensated QB in NFL history. Hes for one hell of a rabbits foot.

This team is going to be the Ned Flanders of the NFL.

@SassyLynn14 @acnewsitics Teddy Rosevelt been gone a long time.

@acnewsitics God I miss decency, class and intelligence in the White House.

Today’s Artemis II launch is brought to you by the Biden Administration. You know Donald Trump wasn't going to send a woman and a Black man into space.

@Udntnonutn @Logically_JC I didn’t put it in quotes for a reason. But you can view her Ted talk and many other statements where, among other things, she declared “objective truth” as “antiquated ….and there are many truths”

That line’s not an actual quote, it’s a blatant paraphrase and distortion. What she actually said is how narratives can shape or even distort truth, and why journalism has to be careful to be aware of that. She didn’t say “truth doesn’t matter”. She literally said the opposite.

Can someone explain why they hate NPR so much?

@Udntnonutn @Logically_JC Yeah, except for Katherine Maher, CEO of NPR, declaring truth gets in way of a good story.

@Logically_JC Because NPR and PBS actually vet their reporting. Multiple sources, editorial standards, corrections when they get something wrong. When you’re used to opinion disguised as news, actual journalism can feel biased.