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Jon Fleischman retweeted
For some time I've had Claude analyzing CA legacy media for bias in covering illegal immigration. The @sacbee_news (actually @mcclatchy) is the most biased in terms of what they cover and how they frame it. Claude recently moved them from a 7 to an 8, 1 being no bias.
Man hit by ICE vehicle near Sacramento speaks out, says agents visited his home sacbee.com/news/local/articl…
Jon Fleischman retweeted
A year from now, California's (at least) $1.2 Billion office building for state lawmakers and the governor is expected to be finished.
We asked for a tour of the construction to look ahead but got denied.
So, we looked back at how we got here:
Jon Fleischman retweeted
🚨SCOOP:
FPPC complaint filed against Democrat CA Senate Candidate & sitting West Hollywood City Councilman John Erickson for violating the Levine Act (Cal. Gov. Code sect. 84308)
➡️Detailed 7-page complaint alleges Erickson accepted 6 contributions from 3 different parties with business before the City Council, totaling $16,300
➡️Erickson allegedly recused himself from proceedings involving these parties on some occasions, but still accepted the money after the votes, which the complaint alleges means he was aware of the conflict & illegality of accepting the contributions but never returned them
➡️The complaint identifies the proceedings and parties involved are a solid waste franchise, a billboard entitlement involving a lobbyist, and a social services contract
Awaiting response from the FPPC
Jon Fleischman retweeted
Voting Karen Bass is morally unacceptable. She has been a complete disaster. There must be accountability. You cannot reward her with your vote.
Yes, Nithya Raman is a DSA extremist. But she would be no worse than Bass. Do not vote for either.
Los Angeles: I am your only hope.
Jon Fleischman retweeted
Memo to the Trump administration: Stop buying companies.
A government $40 trillion in debt should be SELLING assets, not buying ownership stakes in 36 companies.
We thought government control of the means of production was what we were fighting against.
Jon Fleischman retweeted
California wasted billions of dollars of cap & trade gas tax money on unusable electric transit vehicles. This keeps happening because the state is deeply corrupt, especially when it partners with non-profits as it did in this case.
Jon Fleischman retweeted
The elected County Executive, who will make a salary of roughly $558,000 and not have term limits, will be one of the most powerful and highly paid politicians in the entire state of California. This presents a clear conflict of interest for every member of our @LACountyBOS, which is why I made a pledge not to run for the position. I'm calling on my colleagues to do the same. Read more: kathrynbarger.lacounty.gov/s…
Jon Fleischman retweeted
I am an "all of the above" housing guy at this point. But it needs to be said:
No one builds "affordable cars". Used cars are just new cars that got old. Same goes for housing.
We don't have affordable housing today, because we didn't build market rate housing yesterday.
We’re working to solve California’s housing crisis.
It was a pleasure to join Assemblymember @BuffyWicks, labor, local elected officials, and community members who are turning this site in El Cerrito into housing: public land next to a BART station, a 100% affordable building, homes built in a factory, and union labor on the job. It’s the first phase of a plan to turn BART parking lots into 743 homes.
This is what building housing the right way looks like. Every Californian deserves a home they can afford, close to where they work.
Jon Fleischman retweeted
Congrats California…my second ballot. Two different counties. Don't worry. I only vote once. This is the second time California has sent me two ballots.
No wonder we can't figure out Covid fraud, EDD, mental health programs, education, a damn high speed train, basic infrastructure, etc.
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.
Jon Fleischman retweeted
My friend @jenvanlaar making a great point to @randywangradio right now—Motor Voter is the poisoned tree of California's elections.
Jon Fleischman retweeted
NEW: Los Angeles County elections officials confirm in court filing that they have no way to verify U.S. citizenship for voters and they rely solely on a voter’s attestation when they check yes or no to being a U.S. citizen under penalty of perjury. This is part of ongoing lawsuit w/ Feds.
Massive concession: Los Angeles election officials just told a federal court they have no independent way to verify citizenship beyond what voters attest. (They simply take their word for it.) Under federal law, only citizens may vote in federal elections. Yet California has not acted on the list of 20,000 suspected noncitizens or agreed to set aside their ballots. American citizens’ votes are being diluted in California.
Jon Fleischman retweeted
"Nobody has the President's ear."
@VDHanson explains the political fallout among Trump, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Thomas Massie, and Tucker Carlson on State of Gold.
Assuming influence you don't have comes at a steep price.
Jon Fleischman retweeted
Sacramento doubled the state budget in a decade while millions left and results got worse — and Prop 40’s retroactive billionaire tax has already driven a trillion dollars of wealth out of California.
We don’t need more taxes for ever-expanding government; I’ll cut waste, cancel high-speed rail, and deliver no state income tax on your first $150k.
JUST TRY IT. ☀️👊
Jon Fleischman retweeted
Worth watching from @CBSNews @juliewattsTV
“If California can't enforce basic travel and staffing requirements, who's watching the quarter billion dollars Choudri agreed to pay just four consultants over two years?
And what, exactly, are taxpayers getting for that money?”
UPDATE 👇- we got MORE #receipts
THE RECEIPTS: Who's Watching California's High-Speed Rail Money?
A multi-part CBS California Investigation examining consultant spending, oversight and influence over California's multibillion-dollar high-speed rail project.
Jon Fleischman retweeted
Tell it to @Schwarzenegger. He governed the nation’s most populous state without a single problem regarding his dual citizenship. This is a desperate distraction effort.
🚨 JUST NOW: Texas Senate candidate Ken Paxton just said it's time to END dual citizenship for members of Congress
"If we're gonna elect people, they need to be COMMITTED to the United States."
"If they've got other allegiances, WE GOT A PROBLEM. We CANNOT allow that in our elected representatives!" — Paxton to @bennyjohnson
He's right.
And this must apply to EVERY COUNTRY. American only 🇺🇸
In fact, this should be the bare minimum.
Jon Fleischman retweeted
Senator, the Social Security fund you'd create would not be available to pay benefits for another 75 years - until the next century. With a projected budget deficit of $200 trillion over the next 30 years, we can't wait that long before a debt crisis.
Jon Fleischman retweeted
Do you think any of those charged with falsely claiming citizenship and then voting illegally will tell prosecutors that an organization or individual enabled or encouraged those activities?
Jon Fleischman retweeted
Congressman, France currently offers all of this and they still burnt down the state and yet you want more government? Thats the problem not the solution.
✅ Government health insurance for everyone
✅ State-run pensions
✅ Government unemployment insurance
✅ Monthly child allowances and childcare aid
✅ Taxpayer-funded rent subsidies
✅ A guaranteed minimum income
✅ A state-owned national railroad
The youth are tired. Tired of this over regulated, corrupt centralized BS they’ve been fed by their government.
The answer is less not more.
From the high schools of France to the streets of Madrid to the universities of Tirana, young people are telling their governments the same thing: in an age of massive wealth inequality, they want a future they can believe in.
In France, students and teachers are asking for safe schools, enough teachers and smaller classes.
In Spain, for affordable rent and housing.
In Albania, for good jobs and an end to corruption.
@JDVance says this is what happens when a nation lets in too many immigrants from the global south.
He is not just morally wrong, but misreading the moment.
The is what happens when nations let wealth and power accumulate in the hands of a few.
This is what happens when young people lose hope in their future.
In America, let us listen to our young.
We need an economic and political transformation.
America's Next New Deal.