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@Riflemanscreed2 One of my favorite bits! She’s clever & funny as hell and so is her husband.
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Whatever you feel re: bodily choice, later term abortion is disgusting, appalling, and evil. My girl was born at 29 wks. Babies in NICU are living humans, fighting to thrive. NICU docs & nurses are angels on earth. Kill this bill…. CA is focused on the wrong things!
@CAFamily👍
CA Family Council@CAFamily
AB 1973 would allow medical personnel w/o surgical training to perform 2nd & 3rd trimester abortions and shield out-of-state providers from professional discipline. "At 14 weeks pregnant, my baby boy was already fully formed. He had arms and legs, and he loved to somersault and suck his thumb." CFC @leandralepp03 testified in opposition.
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@historyrock_ I remember when this happened…. this was one of the biggest and coolest things for heavy metal, for the former soviet people, and for humanity. The crowd size was insane and the military didn't know what to do at first, then they just joined in!
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@MonetaryWonk Did you see the President’s post about Europe buying oil from the US…. Wouldn't that be a great play too.
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@RandomRantings4 Possible. But I’d think the negotiations with Iran are way more important. Waiting it out is better for them than a deal perhaps?
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Why even say this while you are negotiating with Iran?
amit@amitisinvesting
Trump: “We will be leaving Iran very soon. We will be done in 2 weeks, maybe 3. Gas prices will go down as soon as we leave. As you can see, stock prices were up today.”
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@MonetaryWonk Seems like maybe he’s just putting the countries who refused to help on notice that the strait will be their problem and the US doesnt need it…. Calling their bluff that US won’t bear the responsibility of opening it for them all? Interesting.
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@GuntherEagleman Kennedy threw her perfectly and gently, and Abby also relaxed and handled it like a pro. Well done.
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Doing this on a complete civilian and making them land without hurting them is testament to how good she is👏
Steve Guest@SteveGuest
Abby Hornacek was just suplexed LIVE on Fox & Friends.
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@abbyhornacek @kennedyblades She threw you perfectly and gently, and you also relaxed and handled it like a pro. Bravo.
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@nbcbayarea Thank God. BTW, your headline is inaccurate. They are excluded from competing in the women’s divisions, not from the Olympics.
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The International Olympic Committee's executive board decided that transgender women are now excluded from Olympic competition. nbcbay.com/X1nAHXC

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@BLABBERMOUTHNET Maybe they’ll ditch the childish pentagrams too. @Anthrax
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CHARLIE BENANTE Says New ANTHRAX Album Features 'A More Grown-Up Kind Of Sound': 'We're More Mature Now, And I Think The Writing Shows It' blabbermouth.net/news/charlie-b…

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Some HCD data for you all….
Staff Size
HCD was a small agency through the mid-2010s. Had ~81 staff positions as of 2018-19, which then jumped to 128 planned positions in 2019-20 — a roughly 58% increase in a single year driven by the 2017 Housing Package legislation. From there, growth continued in waves. Estimates put total staffing around 464 employees as of 2024, suggesting the department has grown roughly 5-6x from its pre-2017 size.
Annual Budget
The budget is even more dramatic. HCD's funds were in the hundreds of millions range in the mid-2010s (around $268M in 2016-17), but then exploded with the housing crisis response. $8.3 billion allocated across housing-related programs in 2020-21, followed by an additional $7.2 billion over three years starting in 2022-23. The 2023-24 budget included $3.3 billion for housing and homelessness programs alone.
Amazing amount of resources, with almost zero results.
@adamcarolla
@ChadBianco
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@CAgovernor The Housing Element process is completely overgrown. The state has made this a power grab. It’s way too cumbersome and burdensome, and it is not working at all. Stop throwing hundreds of new housing laws against the wall too.
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