New candidate for #CAGov: Ian Calderon, Assemblymember 2016-20, then lobbyist for among other things direct air capture (carbon capture scam). If his Majority Advisers tweets reflect his clients, also lobbyist for bitcoin/ crypto. Running to the center/right. From his platform, see next post

Armchair historians, has there ever been a civilization that willingly chose to wither away and die? American trends: -- climate: we are choosing to kill segments of society -- guns: we are choosing to kill stochastically -- immigration: we are choosing to shrink -- vaccines: we are choosing disease

Last month in Alaska I went hiking in the Tongass National Forest (among other adventures). America's best carbon sink: not just gorgeous, it's useful! Now Trump wants to build roads here, because, well, Trump. Speak out against his proposed Roadless Rule Rollback. actionnetwork.org/letters/defe...

Hey @wealsoherdcats.com now that I am back from my big vacay and it's time to get serious and we know the @climatehawksvote.com billboards work, what do you say about a #NCSEN billboard targeting this Big Oil lobbyist? www.notus.org/north-caroli...

Oh hai people who follow me for incisive political commentary and snark, greetings from Hawaii. Yes, the snark feature is still on.

folk, we're not forgetting about the Big Bad Bill and we're going to put a billboard in Iowa's 1st Congressional District reminding wind factory workers that their representatives love billionaires more than them. Chip in pls? secure.actblue.com/donate/nexts...

Great #CAGov piece by @ddayen.bsky.social and TBH maybe even the establishment is warming up to saying Governor Porter Establishment Struggles to Maintain Control of California url:https://prospect.org/politics/2025-08-13-establishment-struggles-control-california-governors-race/

For any #CAGov watchers surprised that left wing Barbara Boxer has endorsed right wing Antonio Villaraigosa: don't be. They are longstanding lobbyist colleagues. Boxer and AV left Mercury together, founded Actum together. It's not hard to figure out.🤔

How Scarface eats beignets

Today I went to the National Museum of World War II in New Orleans, and it was excellent. Two quibbles though. 1. In this exhibit, the text discussing the remains of a soldier killed in action noted that they had been interned. Not interred. Small typo but respect matters.

Good morning from Netroots Nation, where the most common greeting from a resident of the other 49 states is "California, redistricting huh" as if I have all the Top Sekrit maps in my head. But I want to talk #CAGov instead. 🧵 time!

Just had to do a selfie at this #NN25 vendor booth matching my favorite color

I have to go to New Orleans to get a selfie with the hardest working winningest attorney general in the US, California AG Rob Bonta

Good news: my plane from LAX to NOLA landed. Bad news: we landed in Jackson Mississippi, which is, ah, not New Orleans and no #NN25 happening here. Flight diverted due to bad weather, more when I know it.

Folk, I'm off to @netrootsnation.bsky.social for the annual professional progressive nerdfest of #NN25. I might post pix, or not. For now, fellow climate nerds: here's the abandoned, sinking, flooded, deadly coal plant that used to power NOLA. I've been there! not my pic though.

#climatesky #energysky pls take action against climate science denial at the US government

hey folk, ICYMI the new official policy of the United States is that climate change doesn't endanger people! and to back it up, Trump found the five cranks who aren't part of the vast scientific consensus that climate change is real (and hurts us). Take action! actionnetwork.org/letters/stop...

Just what California needs right now - listening to a washed up has been Republican. Hasta la vista.

Scenes from a rally happening right now in Camarillo, home of that devastating ICE raid last month. ICE out of 805!

this is a really smart thread on how Mamdani won by targeting lower turnout voters. It's not just vision... it's also really hard work. And now that he's the Democratic nominee, it's time for Democrats to unite!

wondering who to support in the #CAGov race? The No Fossil Fuel Money pledge has 4 candidates who've signed. 3 and a half who haven't, including one notorious pledge breaker.

Hey folk, gonna be on @msignorile.bsky.social show at about 230 PM (that's 530 PM on the Least Coast) talking endangerment, and I don't mean playing in traffic with a grizzly bear on my tail. Check it out on Sirius radio!

Time to unleash the Kraken of fundraising emails, all the other CA-Gov candidates.

Hey water gods. We are asking you for a blue WAVE, not a TSUNAMI. November 2026, not today, Poseidon. 🌊🌊🌊

serious garbage/ push poll being conducted by Boston University folk right now (didn't catch the name). There is no legitimate scientific research showing these things, thus nothing to suppress.

tomorrow, Every Polluter's Agency head Lee Zeldin will announce Trump's intent to undo the endangerment finding -- in plain English, to rule that CO2 pollution does not endanger us. Wed., he's gonna declare that evolution isn't real. Thurs., there ain't no gravity. www.eenews.net/articles/epa...

Awaiting Reps. Judy Chu, Jimmy Gomez, Steven Horsford, Linda Sanchez. House Ways and Means is holding a field trip at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, CA

Ventura County folk, the House GOP is coming to the Reagan Library Saturday AM and so are we! @karoli.bsky.social @cvantifascists.bsky.social @conejoclimate.bsky.social URGENT ACTION - Protest at GOP Field Hearing on Their Terrible Bill! - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/cadems/event...

somehow I've ended up on the Verasight pool of survey respondents, and I was one of 1500 people answering ??? for G. Elliott Morris' Substack, and specifically I was one of the 36 percent who were NOT AT ALL LIKELY to support an Elon Musk (White) America Party. open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...

Fun fact. I was once hit by lightning. Well, technically just ground shocked by lightning that came down, idk, 20 ft away? But still.

Adelita’s a strong progressive like her dad endorsed by progressives including Bernie, Jayapal, the Progressive caucus’s PAC and many others. She’s no centrist. I’m giddy 😀 Foxx is progressive too, backed by David Hogg’s PAC. Foxx has a bright future. I want to see her @runforsomething.net soon.

Congratulations @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social on winning the #AZ07 primary! She has a huge #climatehawks legacy to live up to, but we know she’ll do great things for our #climate & communities! www.cnn.com/election/2025

see also my thread from last night. A certain youth-oriented superPAC is much better at generating spins than accumulating wins, and the NYT is happier to play along than talk about substance. bsky.app/profile/rlmi...

hi, I'm thrilled with a win and maybe 🍷so I'm gonna vent about David Hogg, the NYT, and the Leaders We Deserve PAC. Settle in, grab a sharp and pointy needle, it's 🧵time.

Congrats @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social! @climatehawksvote.bsky.social endorsed Adelita for her commitment to environmental justice and progressive values!

Ya know, speaking as a former DNC member, a real lot of endorsements are made where you don't know the person you're endorsing very well. But they're the Dem who won their primary. So you endorse. Right @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social ?

What would America look like without Stephen Miller? You would be able to walk the streets without fear of being abducted by masked militia. Your kids would go to a public school that had more empathy and safety. Classrooms would be filled with laughter and learning.

what would L.A. look like without undocumented workers? no taco stands. No high end restaurants either, because who do you think does the dishes? no salads, side veggies, fruit either. no new construction, because who do you think builds stuff? it's ok, L.A. doesn't need housing amirite? 🤔

good morning, short thread on the raids in Camarillo, Ventura County, California. Friends of mine were tear gassed and fired upon with "less lethal" bullets for showing up with a bullhorn. They carted away busloads of farmworkers. Families torn apart. Children sobbing. This is Trump's America.

And…how DARE they gas protesters for (checks notes) protesting?!!! No reports of anything being thrown other than f-bombs and name calling and they fucking gassed them. Get the fuck out of my city, ICE

BREAKING: Massive ICE raid ongoing at a farm in Camarillo, Ventura County, CA. Local news reports that an unknown number of workers have been detained. Almost 20% of US strawberries come from the county. US food supply at risk from Trump’s fascist thugs & Stephen Miller’s quota.

ICE is brutalizing farmworkers in Camarillo, CA right now. Firing rubber bullets and tear gas into a crowd. I believe this field is used to grow berries or possibly legal marijuana -- I do know that ICE has been all over the legal marijuana fields today.

I'm attending Climate Action Campaign's event, “Billions more for billionaires, barely pennies for people, and more pollution for the planet" www.mobilize.us/climateactio...

fun fact: the "assurances" that GOP members of Congress needed to abandon their principles and lofty declarations and vote for the Big Bad Bill are always penny ante perks that benefit them personally. Bigger office. Ride on Air Force One. Maybe even an in-district rally.

super proud of the @climatehawksvote.bsky.social - @acluofwi.bsky.social phone call team who helped build this result... from Judge Janet to Judge Susan to (we weren't involved with this part) smart meritorious winning lawyers.

Folk, I am hearing that 5 GOP senators are deeply concerned about the anti clean energy provisions in the Big Bad Bill. Yes, Susan Collins is one. If you live in AK, KS, ME, NC, or UT, pls call your senator! #energysky www.linkedin.com/posts/michae...

Sen Thom Tillis not running for reelection in 2026. Maybe the Senate is within reach for Dems? 🌊🌊🌊

Billboards are up! We're holding accountable Rep. Juan Ciscomani with two big beautiful billboards on I-10. Aren't they pretty? short thread on why Ciscomani, why here... but 1st, huge thx to @davidsacerdote.bsky.social for his encouragement on this project.

Unpopular opinion today, but... Getting rid of nationwide injunctions will be a good thing once a smart Democratic president is confronted by a lot of dumb Trump judge opinions. Bye Northern District of Texas nationwide injunctions against mifepristone!

so whatever happened to the Big Bad Bill since the parliamentarian nuked pieces of it this AM? Lemme guess, Thune announces a deal at midnight, votes between 2 and 5 AM tomorrow?