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Brian Carleton
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Brian Carleton
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I'll be seeing you in the noosphere. Please remain calm while my avatar attaches the tracker thingy and please inform me if you spot that varmint Glick Lackman.
Santa Rosa, CA Sumali Aฤustos 2009
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Hello @TomSteyer,
California gas prices are โoutrageousโ โ we agree. It is unfortunate that our customers are not only paying high prices for gasoline but even more to just to feed the voracious appetite of a bloated state bureaucracy.
But letโs stick to the data instead of the usual Sacramento script.
As of April 2026:
โข CA average: ~$5.89/gallon
โข National average: ~$4.08/gallon
โข Difference: +$1.81 that has ZERO to do with any war or โBig Oil.โ
That premium has existed for decades โ long before this conflict began.
Highest gas taxes & fees in America (~71ยข excise + sales + cap-and-trade + LCFS credits = nearly $1.80/gal in total state burden).
CARBโs boutique โCalifornia-onlyโ fuel blend that no other state can supply.
Decades of refinery closures, low-carbon mandates, and permitting hell that slashed in-state capacity while CA imported more crude from foreign sources.
Nevada imports 85-90% of its fuel from those same strangled California refineries. Arizona gets ~33%.
Green ideology isnโt just screwing Californians โ itโs pricing out your neighbors too. (Sound familiar, @AaronDFordNV?)
You and Governor Newsom keep blaming Trump and producers for the mess Sacramento engineered.
Meanwhile, the same CARB regs you cheered are now a national security issue for DoD bases on the West Coast. Trumpโs Defense Production Act moves to fix what ideology broke. Thatโs not โBig Oilโ โ thatโs basic energy security.
And while weโre on the topic of who really benefits:
It is our understanding that you built your ~$2 billion fortune running Farallon Capital, a hedge fund that delivered big returns in part through investments in fossil fuels โ including coal mines and power plants abroad.
Then your fund pivoted to climate investing via Galvanize Climate Solutions, raising hundreds of millions for โdecarbonizationโ plays and profitinh handsomely from the subsidies, mandates, and regulations.
In political science terms this would be called rent-seeking.
Energy security isnโt optional.
American oil & gas delivers it โ when Sacramento gets out of the way.
But it sounds like if elected you're not prepared to get out of the way.
At any rate, thank you for sharing your views on this important issue.
Tom Steyer@TomSteyer
California gas prices are absolutely outrageousโall to pay for someone elseโs stupid war. But any driver knows that this isnโt entirely new. Gas in this state has been way too expensive for way too long. The days of Trump and Big Oil screwing Californians are numbered.
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@GuntherEagleman Don't they have sprinkler systems in California? Or is it connected to the same water system as a Palisades area of Los Angeles?
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The @BoringCompany could build a Hyperloop tunnel from downtown SF to downtown LA for <5% of this cost and it would be a technological marvel exceeding any high speed rail on Earth
Hans Mahncke@HansMahncke
If you gave away $126 billion to subsidize free flights between LA and San Francisco at current demand levels, you could fund roughly 150 to 200 years of travel before the money runs out.
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NBC News investigation finds the price of gas in California is not because of the war with Iran, itโs because of Gavin Newsom and California Democrats
โWe are paying on average $2 a gallon more than the national average for drivers across the nation and an expert on the oil and gas industry. Told me the math behind California's gas prices doesn't add upโ
โAbout half of that is due to higher taxes and environmental fees and the higher cost of producing California's cleaner burning gasoline โ Dr. Severin Borenstein is faculty director of UC, Berkeley's Haas Energy Institute, and he has a name for the extra buck you pay in California. The difference is what I call the mystery gasoline surchargeโ
They say the closing refineries due to Gavin Newsom is also greatly impacting the price of gas
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At 87 years old, Max Baer Jr., best known as the Lovable, big-hearted Jethro Bodine from The Beverly Hillbillies, remains the last surviving cast member of the iconic sitcom...
Though long retired from acting, Max still holds a special place in the hearts of fans and continues to draw attention for his enduring connection to the character that made him famous.
Now living a quiet life near Lake Tahoe, Nevada, Max enjoys golfing, reflecting on his legacy and occasionally making headlines for his long-time dream of opening a Beverly Hillbillies themed casino.
While legal setbacks have delayed that project for years, itโs a testament to Maxโs determination and entrepreneurial spirit.
He's often said, โI was born Max Baer Jr. and Iโll die Jethro Bodine,โ acknowledging how deeply the role has defined him.
Yet behind the character was always a sharp, thoughtful actor and very savvy businessman.
On his 87th birthday, tributes poured in from fans across generations, honoring not just the laughs he gave us as Jethro, but the legacy he continues to carry as a living piece of television history.

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This homeless woman looks like she could have been a model in her prime. Itโs sad to see people lose everything. I hope she gets the help she needs she keeps mentioning she has a kid.
Richie Rich@gofishh77
This girl needs way more than a dang salad. Buy her a cheeseburger.
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Lego Introduces โCalifornia Homeโ Set Where Kids Fill Out Permit And Wait 2 Years For Approval buff.ly/DAT14Sf

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๐ฉ๐๐: ๐ช๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ช๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฆ๐ง ๐๐ข๐จ๐ก๐ง๐๐ฅ-๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐ก ๐๐ก ๐ต๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฆ
Victor Davis Hanson just put the Trump era in its proper historical context โ and the scale of what he's describing should stop you cold.
The last time America saw a president attempt to fundamentally restructure the nature of government was Franklin Roosevelt from the left during the New Deal in the 1930s. What Trump is doing from the right is that consequential. Not a policy adjustment. Not a pendulum swing. A structural counterrevolution.
The border is closed. DEI is being dismantled and Trump is winning the argument publicly. Iran no longer poses a nuclear threat for the foreseeable future. Universities are competing with each other to cut deals with the administration rather than defy it. The institutions that enforced left-wing ideological dominance for decades are retreating on multiple fronts simultaneously.
But Hanson's most important insight is the one about power. The left exercises power even when they control nothing โ no White House, no Congress, no governorship. They do it through universities, through media, through HR departments, through accreditation bodies, through regulatory agencies, through the permanent bureaucracy. They impose an agenda that the majority of Americans oppose โ on immigration, on DEI, on gender ideology, on crime โ because they captured the institutions that don't require winning elections.
What Trump is doing is attacking those institutions directly. And that's why the reaction is so unhinged. This isn't Democrats upset about losing an election. This is an ideological class watching the infrastructure of their unelected power be dismantled in real time.
Hanson's warning is worth heeding: brace yourself. The resistance coming will be frantic and fierce precisely because the stakes are existential for the left's ability to govern from the shadows. They know if this counterrevolution succeeds, they'll have to actually win elections to impose their agenda.
And they know they can't.
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