Briana Sharp #FightForFreelancers

As TSA officers are selling their blood to keep a roof over their heads, members of Congress are packing their bags for a 2-week vacation, and WE WANT THE PICS! Our DMs are OPEN. See them on vacay? Send us the pics... we'll take it from there! tmz.me/hSFMbrn

Senate Majority Leader John Thune also booked it out of D.C., hopping a plane Friday AM at Reagan National Airport. 🎥: Fox News

Sen. Bernie Sanders on first class flight out of D.C. as DHS funding bill dies 👀 tmz.me/lVrjNpI

🚨 Senators Ted Cruz and John Thune leave D.C. amid the government shutdown. Exclusive details: tmz.me/wt6fJIy

Senator Marsha Blackburn slinks out of D.C. before the Senate vote. 👀 Credit: X/DCCelebrity

🚨 ATTN: While TSA workers are wondering how they will pay their bills, Congress members will be vacationing for spring break. So we need YOU to take action and photograph them living their best life. Send it to TMZ so we can properly put them on BLAST.

BREAKING TMZ is asking for pictures of members of Congress on vacation: “If anybody goes to Disney World with their family for spring break or anywhere on vacation and you see 1 of the 535 members of Congress, take a picture & send it to us. We will post that picture on our website, on our social media, & we will put it on our television shows. We want to show what they are doing at your expense.” 👏

@BriannaWu Happy for you. You’ve had a long and difficult road, and nice to hear you’ve had a positive response. Wishing you well on this journey!

So, I know a lot of people are wanting to know the end of the story of searching for my biological family. I keep getting DMs and it’s very sweet. Yes, I have connected with biological family members. These are precious relationships to me, so I will not be mentioning them publicly. They do not need crazy people bothering them. But I do consider this a happy ending.

@TheKevinDalton Tripling the fee… from $4 to $12. 3x the national average and nearly double the current highest at $6.50.

LAX is apparently doing everyone a favor by doubling the fee for all Ubers, Lyfts, taxis, and limos in an attempt to ease traffic into the airport. Officials claim the rate increase will not be passed on to the drivers or consumers. Meaning the officials have never taken an economics class and/ or believe you are stupid.

Oh lovely, now it cost more to uber than to fly!

@houmanhemmati Shame on @MayorOfLA and LAWA. $12 is obscene and absolutely will be passed to the passengers.

😡 LAX LUNACY JUST HIT A NEW LOW — and it’s going to make YOU late and broke! These clowns just jacked Uber/Lyft pick-up & drop-off fees by 140%+ (from $4 to $12 at the terminals!) — all to FORCE you onto their disastrous $5 BILLION 2-mile Skylink train. Here’s what the article conveniently left out: ✅ You’ll now have to haul all your luggage across the entire central terminal to a train station, wait (if it even shows up), ride the slow thing, then drag everything to your actual terminal/gate. ✅ That adds 30-60 minutes of pure hell to every arrival and departure — if the train runs at all. ✅ 30% or more of ALL drop-offs are now FORCED to the remote train station — NOT the airport itself. Meaning thousands of people will miss flights while these idiots pat themselves on the back. We already pay insane taxes just to live here… and now they’re charging us a “premium” for the privilege of reaching our own damn airport?! This insanity was approved by the Airport Commission hand-picked by @MayorOfLA @KarenBassLA - She owns every bit of this mess. Meanwhile the rich will have their car services continue to drop off & pick up right at the gate. How’s that for “equity”? The ONLY way to stop this madness and fix LAX for good? Elect @SpencerPratt as Mayor of Los Angeles.

@KBassProgReport @MayorOfLA Also why do they all get massive pay increases over their predecessors?

How come so many of Karen Bass @MayorOfLA’s appointments turn out to be corrupt, incompetent liars who resign in shame?

@BriannaWu Really beautiful letter Brianna. I hope with the passage of time, they have the capacity to understand and accept. I wish you peace and love, regardless of how this proceeds. You and Frank are lucky to have each other.

Talked to the Catholic Church this morning. They are going to pass along a letter to my biological parents - if they are still alive. This is probably too honest, but I just can't help but speak from the heart. I've got to bet that they are wired the same way. These are the photos I chose. Hey! So, really no non-awkward way to do this, so I’ll just say it. I’m reaching out because I'm working to open my adoption records, and the agency you worked with in 1977 has offered to pass along a letter.  Sorry, it’s weird for me too. I’m not writing with huge expectations or pressure. But you are a part of my life I’ve wanted to understand for a long time, and I didn’t want to wait any longer to connect. A bit about me. I live in Massachusetts and work in politics and technology. I’ve been married to a wonderful man for seventeen years. I’ve done really well! I have a great house, a wild career and my work takes me around the world doing media. I love to run, and I’m ridiculously tall and thin. (Thanks for those genes!) Guess there’s no way to introduce myself without explaining why I’m not your son. I knew from a very young age that I should have been a girl, and I transitioned as an adult. My adoptive family didn’t take any of this well, and they did disown me. I have not seen them for 20 years, and it's been very difficult going through life with no family. I share it simply because it’s part of my story and I want to be honest from the start. I also want to say, I’m not angry at you for giving me up. I’ve read enough about the pressures of this era. You could not have known what I would be facing, and although emotionally I had little support, the financial security of that home did give me the skills and education to have a successful life. If you’d be open to exchanging a few emails or messages, I think we’d both have fun! I mean, what have you been up to for 48 years? Have to be stories! Either way, I hope you’re well. I want you to know I’ve built a life and I’m doing okay. I like to think the spark in me that made me able to survive difficult things came from you. Even though I don’t know you yet, I do love you, and I’m proud to be your child. I hope we can speak soon. Brianna

@Justin_G0rd0n First gubernatorial candidate I’m actually excited about!

Endorse.

@MrPitbull07 Yup, pre-2001.

My girlfriend thinks I’m making it up. Am I the only one who remembers when you could go to the airport gate to wave goodbye to someone? No boarding pass, no security line, just standing at the window watching the plane pull away.

@Twolfrecovery @pitdesi Big fan of Matt—he needs more visibility and awareness in SoCal. I’m rooting for him!

@pitdesi And it's only been a few hours. It's Matt's race to win.

Matt at 37% odds of winning the governorship on Kalshi

@jenvanlaar I drove up PCH to Zuma about 6 weeks ago. The scale of destruction and the lack of any visible work sickened me. Just miles of foundations with no buildings. It’s beyond shameful.

I spent some time in Pacific Palisades today, documenting what has and hasn't happened in the 11 months since the fires. The neglect from state and local government before, during, and after the fires is despicable and inexcusable.

@kevinvdahlgren I had a project near there 12 years ago. Used to grab lunch at Nordstrom cafe and look at the ugly dress store windows. RIP.

One of the strongest indicators of a city in crisis is an empty mall. This is the famous Lloyd center mall who anybody over 30 knows how special it was. They are making some improvements and I hope they thrive again.

@thekimkavin 🙄 Same 💩, different state. This is exhausting and discriminatory.

The bill to protect the independent-contractor status of golf caddies in New Jersey is back Scheduled for a hearing December 1

@thekimkavin @DrFreelance Exactly. I’m skeptical, but open to having a convo. In 2020, I spoke with a D candidate for state senate who got it. Sadly he withdrew from the race when called up from the military reserves. I’m hoping maybe an early convo can demonstrate there’s room for nuance. #notanappdriver

@Briana_Sharp @DrFreelance We are seeing that in New Jersey too. All of the sudden the Democrats are saying they are pro small biz here too. It would be nice if that messaging translated into actual policy that stops attacking the smallest of small-biz owners...

I have gone to Washington and testified three times now--House and Senate--trying to fix the independent-contractor policy problem. Only one Democrat has even acknowledged my presence, asking me a single question, when I was sitting directly across the table from them.