Ryan Bell 🇵🇸

If this was a blind ballot and you only saw a campaign's backers, which side would you pick? But this isn't a hypothetical. On the left are Xavier Becerra's backers. Tom Steyer's endorsements on the right.

AI is capital —Jodi Dean open.substack.com/pub/jodi7768/p…

NEW: I reviewed the polls that @lxeagle17 relied on in his argument that Platner is not a working class candidate. I think it's extremely hard to argue that his article is a defensible reading of the data. peoplesline.org/p/is-mills-or-…

A 91-year-old woman’s rent went from $297 → $995 overnight—with just 4 days to pay or face penalties. Like many mobile home residents, she owns her home but rents the land beneath it—leaving her trapped and vulnerable to hikes she can’t escape. kqed.org/news/12079706/…

@spiroferrer Oh man, so true!

Country is so protestant we cant even do atheism right god damn

@uhshanti Looks like it’s made of Legos

Silicon Valley officeslop

Earlier this month, Senator John Fetterman disclosed a purchase of Micron Technology stock $MU. Micron was awarded $6.1 billion through the CHIPS Act, the largest grant made under the program. Fetterman serves on the Senate Commerce Committee, which has oversight authority related to CHIPS Act funding. The stock has increased more than 60% since his reported purchase.

Absolutely right.

Democrats have a THREE-QUARTERS supermajority in the CA legislature and they just killed the single-payer universal health care bill, aka CalCare. Democratic leadership, both statewide and national, are corporate controlled and have ZERO vision. We need new, bold leadership!

I can't tell you what an honor it is to have the endorsement of the one and only Betty Yee. She is brilliant, she is consistent, and together we will make California the progressive leader we know it can be.  @BettyYeeforCA

Hey all, it’s publishing day for my book “How to Sell a Genocide,” which is a data-driven account of mainstream media’s role in creating the conditions of mass death in Gaza. 100% of royalties go to @MECAForPeace. Thank you! a.co/d/0eEN8Afq plutobooks.com/product/how-to…

Becerra’s entire shtick of “I’m Latino so all the Latinos should vote for me” is indicative of his lazy approach to campaigning and executive governance. This sort of stale and cynical identity politics is exactly the reason the Democratic Party is in the trouble it’s in.

Gosh, it sure would be nice if @XavierBecerra did something with the #exxonknew file sitting on his desk for the last FOUR YEARS WHILE HIS STATE BURNS DOWN THANKS TO EXXON

This morning, I became the first New York City Mayor to visit Housing Court. And what I saw will stay with me for a long time. Families on the brink of losing their homes. Tenants navigating unsafe conditions, harassment, and uncertainty, searching for justice in an overwhelming system. Small property owners trying to keep up with their mortgage payments. I met with Chief Administrative Judge Joseph Zayas, New York City Administrative Judge Shahabuddeen Ally, and other members of the bench, and I walked through Resolution, HP, and NYCHA Parts. I spoke with people in intake, with legal service providers, and with the advocates who show up every day to stand beside New Yorkers who need support. Housing court is where the promises we make about dignity, stability and public excellence are tested in real time. In the months ahead, my team will work closely with the Chief Judge and the Chief Administrative Judge to confront the concerns we heard — directly from judges, tenants, landlords, legal service providers, and advocates.

On Swalwell and the toxic culture of sexual harassment in politics:

landlords are enemies of culture, enemies of beauty, enemies of prosperity. they casually destroy lives and neighborhoods. if la is in a death spiral its being driven by the bottomless greed of landlords.

@notsofiacoppola @yourbestyourlas So weird. What is ethical about that shot?

@yourbestyourlas ?

San Diego is just an ethical Los Angeles

god I hate this faux populist bullshit. K-12 is also free for rich people, as are public parks, the fire dept, libraries etc. Study after study shows means testing is the quickest way to gut programs for the rich AND the poor because it erodes the public base of support.

"No matter how often its crusades fail, the US doesn’t have to pay damages, make amends or learn anything."

If any other president had pardoned - pardoned! - a man like this, they would have probably been impeached by now. Trump gets away with this kind of gross shit, day after day: nbcnews.com/politics/justi…