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Thanks @thedrain.bsky.social and @prorepcoalition.bsky.social for working to unfuck our democracy!

NEW EP!!🕳️ We spoke with Caledon Myers, founder and Executive Director of the ProRep Coalition, on the movement to un-fuck California's busted representative democracy. It's a good one: www.patreon.com/posts/154100...

🚨🕳️!! NEW DRAIN !!🕳️🚨 Kempa and Max sit down with San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan to discuss her historic run to replace @pelosi.house.gov in Congress. Enjoy: www.patreon.com/posts/connie...

Possibly my favorite episode yet? www.patreon.com/posts/eric-1... Sweet Palma and I are reciting some @ericswalwell.bsky.social poetry, as well as giving updates on @cademocrats.bsky.social infighting over the billionaire tax, the gubernatorial race, and more. Mangia!

Now that Prop 50 is set in stone after a US Supreme Court decision, California's gerrymander in favor of the Democrats has left the GOP in a tizzy. We take a look at the implications this week, and try to find a new home for poor Kevin Kiley of CA-3 🐶: www.patreon.com/posts/kevin-...

🚨 🕳️ NEW DRAIN 🕳️ 🚨 We're talking: - The Supreme Court ruling in favor of Prop 50, gerrymandering multiple GOP congressmen into oblivion - Kevin Kiley hoisting the ol' bindle over his shoulder for a new home in D.C. - A Democrat posting feet on main - Labor vs. Newsom www.patreon.com/posts/150439...

We’ll be covering La Historia Oficial soon as well, rounding out the River Plate!

🚨🕳️NEW PREMIUM EP🕳️🚨 We're taking a look at the Costa-Gavras classic, State of Siege: www.patreon.com/posts/last-o...

anyone have a line on Newsom's new book? Feel like we should cover it on the show...

As we type, high schoolers and middle schoolers throughout Sacramento are marching on the John Moss Federal Building, where an ICE agent yesterday pepper sprayed two demonstrators. They're protesting in solidarity with the immigrants and victims in Minneapolis 💜 www.patreon.com/posts/video-...

NEW: In another act of unprovoked violence, an ICE agent pepper sprays a demonstrator outside the Moss building today in downtown Sacramento

It's a new one: We're discussing a potpourri of California storylines, and promising more ICE coverage in the weeks to come: www.patreon.com/posts/nothin...

friendly reminder that morale is a thing and that it's very easy to make and launch bottles of pee

🚨🕳️NEW DRAIN🕳️🚨 Did you know there's a CA politician who: ✅ Supports the @seiu-uhw.bsky.social billionaire tax ✅ Actively fights ICE ✅ Calls Israel's genocide in Gaza what it is And it's certainly not @gavinnewsom.bsky.social. It's @rokhanna.bsky.social Enjoy: www.patreon.com/posts/ro-kha...

🚨NorCal friends🚨 Folks are coming out to the ICE HQ building in downtown Sacramento tonight to show ICE that they're not welcome here -- join if you can 💜

not to mention @thedrain.bsky.social ep again but i believe it was palmer lucky who was quoted as whining the ONE TIME ca wealth tax would force tech ceos to become “profit-motivated” instead of chasing their dreamz

time for my medicine (the funkiest intro music in the game)

🚨🕳️NEW DRAIN🕳️🚨 Did you know there's a CA politician who: ✅ Supports the @seiu-uhw.bsky.social billionaire tax ✅ Actively fights ICE ✅ Calls Israel's genocide in Gaza what it is And it's certainly not @gavinnewsom.bsky.social. It's @rokhanna.bsky.social Enjoy: www.patreon.com/posts/ro-kha...

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🚨🕳️NEW PREMIUM EPISODE🕳️🚨 Fresh after his final, preening State of the State address, @gavinnewsom.bsky.social soft-launched his 2028 push for the White House with a profile in the Atlantic. Can the AI-era's Patrick Bateman actually win? (No.) Enjoy: www.patreon.com/posts/148584...

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Please understand this is happening in literally dozens of locations around the city simultaneously. If an ICE vehicle stops, community members materialize in seconds and do everything they can to stop the kidnappings. We are under siege and using every tool to fight back.

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🚨🕳️NEW DRAIN🕳️🚨 We're discussing: - the ICE murder of Renee Good, and California's response - the death of rice-farming bigot/congressman Doug LaMalfa - California legislation and new laws in 2026 (yay!) www.patreon.com/posts/califo...

It’s 12/31 and time for the Hot or Not Year in Review ep of @thedrain.bsky.social

Anyway, here's to a drainy, pluggy 2026 🕳️💜 www.patreon.com/posts/147039...

Haven't subscribed yet? Well, you should 🙂 www.patreon.com/c/thedrain

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I had to find out about this from @thedrain.bsky.social !! not getting enough TV time

Listening to @thedrain.bsky.social and getting irate for the holidays. The only thing I can imagine making food delivery colder/less edible on arrival is taking it to the sky

merry christmas, from our foul beast to yours 💜🐶🕳️

Listen here! www.patreon.com/posts/califo...

Listen here! www.patreon.com/posts/califo...

🚨 🕳️ NEW DRAIN 🕳️ 🚨 Hide your tots, hide your pervs, and hide your husbands, cause we're talking about the Murdoch family's newest endeavor out west--the California Post! We also touch on @capitolweekly.bsky.social clowning on Asm. Carl DeMaio in a summer poll www.patreon.com/posts/murdoc...

also I enter a fugue state and forget who Jason Biggs is

steal some valor and catch the latest ep of the best Gay Sacramento Podcast!

🚨 🕳️ NEW DRAIN 🕳️ 🚨 Hide your tots, hide your pervs, and hide your husbands, cause we're talking about the Murdoch family's newest endeavor out west--the California Post! We also touch on @capitolweekly.bsky.social clowning on Asm. Carl DeMaio in a summer poll www.patreon.com/posts/murdoc...

In this episode of The Drain, we: - discuss Mamdani's surreal visit to the White House, where he positively charmed the pants off President Donald Trump - reflect on Zohran as a person - explore what his win means for the greater Left movement in the United States 🕳️ 🕳️ 🕳️

New episode! 🚨🕳️🚨 We're joined by our friend @lucpete.bsky.social, a Brooklyn-based journalist, Sacramento enthusiast, and former staffer for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's successful 2020 run for the New York state assembly--long before he was a household name. Enjoy www.patreon.com/posts/144470...

mangia! 🚨 🕳️ 🚨

The latest from The Drain🕳️ @palma.ltd and @yeshelloitskempa.bsky.social discuss @gavinnewsom.bsky.social and AG Becerra's former chiefs of staff facing *federal* charges, and also touch on SF Mayor Daniel Lurie's big appointment bungle involving dead animals. Enjoy: www.patreon.com/posts/143963...

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Half my posting is about or at podcasts or podcasters but bc this list is SO GROSS I will nevertheless shout out some faves: newish: - @whatsallthispod.bsky.social 🇬🇧 - @killthecomputer.com 🖥️ - @thedrain.bsky.social 🗳️ 🐻 haunted: -Otherworld -Ghost Stories for the End of the World

🕳️ 🚨 It's a new one 🚨 🕳️ We're joined by the @48hills.bsky.social crew to discuss who will fill Nancy Pelosi's void in SF politics! Will it be YIMBY dweeb Scott Wiener? Fake lefty Saikat Chakrabarti? Everyone's fave, Christine Pelosi? Or the promising Connie Chan? www.patreon.com/posts/san-fr...

We're at episode 40 and getting so many new listeners! Today we're discussing @gavinnewsom.bsky.social's failed CARE Court and how MAGA Huntington Beach will be represented by a gay Peruvian immigrant in Congress 🌈🇵🇪 Enjoy: www.patreon.com/posts/040-ca...

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You catch The Drain this week? We're discussing: - A distressing loophole in California's conversion therapy ban - @connoreatspants.bsky.social conducting the best @gavinnewsom.bsky.social interview we've seen in years - Big updates on Prop 50 Enjoy: www.patreon.com/posts/036-ca...

The Plug is BACK, baby (also expect a little bonus soon)! In today's episode, @palma.ltd tells us a chilling tale about a California public utility providing its customer data to cops in order to take down "illegal" marijuana growing operations. Enjoy: www.patreon.com/posts/033-sm...

The Plug is BACK, baby (also expect a little bonus soon)! In today's episode, @palma.ltd tells us a chilling tale about a California public utility providing its customer data to cops in order to take down "illegal" marijuana growing operations. Enjoy: www.patreon.com/posts/033-sm...