Dear Twitterverse, No, I am not going to conduct a background check on every person before I retweet them. If I think what they tweet is interesting, I will re-tweet. That doesn't mean I endorse everything they have ever said or done. Clear enough? Regards, @tabberg

Who else is not surprised that the Barack Obama presidential library is two years past due $600 million over budget and many of the contractors have not been paid.

The Bloomberg admin filled 400,000 potholes with 750 fewer workers and $200 to $300 million less in funding. "Mamdani filled 100,000 potholes" is my favorite tell for someone who's entirely bought into the hype machine. (Figs are from @JKetcham91's excellent evaluation of Mamdani's first hundred days: substacktools.com/sharex/gQh…)

There’s no British Dream, or Canadian Dream, or Chinese Dream. The American Dream is what makes American exceptionalism possible & we shouldn’t apologize for it.

RT @JessicaBRiedl: Evil Republicans are not coming after your Social Security (please retire this lazy, stale scare tactic). *Math* is com…

UC Riverside has managed to "significantly improve student outcomes" not by helping students perform better on their finals, but instead by making the finals count for less of the grade:

Assembly should vote no on SB 122 — Reject NEW, PERMANENT taxes that will make California less affordable.

.@ScottJenningsKY calls out Robert De Niro for saying that he can only love America if Democrats win every election from here on out: “That’s a rather fascist statement.” Jennings explained: “I think you have to love your country, whether or not you lost the last election. I love America… According to some polling that came out this week, and most Republicans love America. Ninety percent are very proud to be Americans. They're proud of living in this country. Unfortunately, I think Mr. De Niro's comments are pretty indicative of a majority of Democrats who can't seem to find that attitude inside them even though they lost the last election. And, you know, loving America, being a patriot for America, feeling good about America shouldn't be dictated by whether you won or lost. When I hear De Niro, I hear him saying, "I can only love America if we win every election from here on out." That's a rather fascist statement.”

WOAH 🚨 California Rep Carl DeMaio says California Democrats are creating legislation to control Apple Maps and Google Maps to dictate the commute you take The bill is ‘AB 2015’ and “The politicians want to pass a bill, I can't even believe that they're trying to do this to regulate and manipulate Apple Maps, Google Maps, or whatever software you use to plot out your commute. What business is it of government what route you take? Well, a lot of them are saying that they need to protect the environment. What it means is that your commute's going to take longer. Literally, they're going to probably tell your map software, well, make sure we 'Fight climate change, so let's add 30 minutes to the commute.' This is absurd” What this bill really does is it lets cities and governments tell these navigation companies there are designated “slow streets” The fan demand these areas are “walking or biking zones” and they can’t route cars through The risk is with this power in the future they can designate areas as high pollution zones and stop people from being navigated anywhere they want This is something that must not pass

This is truly one of the most dystopian things I have ever seen. 😔

OMG Denver Public Schools Board just voted UNANIMOUSLY to DISMISS lgbtq teacher Jennifer Honka after she reportedly made female students kiss each other and graded them on it What is going on in these schools?!

The taxes being considered in the Assembly would increase costs for consumers, harm businesses, undermine investment and weaken California’s economic competitiveness. Affordability is a top concern for Californians, and these bills would move the state in the wrong direction.

When did the apparent investigation into the Newsom family begin? It’s not exactly clear since there are currently no criminal charges & DOJ isn’t commenting. More context: We know that the Biden DOJ launched an investigation into Newsom’s former chief of staff Dana Williamson, who recently pled guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud. The Newsom family were not criminally charged at the time but this all may be an extension of that investigation which started in the Biden administration. Newsom’s team believes there may be a separate, second investigation started by the Trump Administration related to Jennifer Siebel Newsom’s finances that has intensified in recent weeks. But without concrete, verifiable information, there’s a lot of speculation and narrative spinning by political actors on here with their own agendas. We need more facts.

Corruption is legal in California as long as you fill out the forms correctly. Bribery is difficult to prove even in federal court because of Supreme Court decisions holding that "politics" is like that. But federal law regarding nonprofits, and IRS trouble, these are different.

SHOCKING: The Rwandan immigrant Emmanuel Abayisenga had his asylum application in France rejected repeatedly since he filed it in 2012. Despite the deportation orders, he remained in the country illegally for years. The local priests entrusted him with the keys to the Nantes cathedral, assigning him the task of closing and caring for the building. After he set the cathedral on fire in 2020, destroying the organ and the choir, Father Maire took him into his own home, offering him shelter while awaiting trial. He then murdered Father Maire the following year. Suicidal empathy in a nutshell. Almost unbelievable.

How ironic would it be if he gets an “executive privilege” exemption letter right back. Newsoms office was notorious for claiming the privilege when pressed with public information requests on for his own communications, like the ones over #Paneragate

COLEMAN: “There are. . . literally zero examples of Arab Muslim majority liberal democracies that consistently protect minority and religious rights.” @PeterBeinart gives his take on the latest episode of Conversations with Coleman.

This is interesting: Gavin Newsom attacks branded gasoline at the same he sells an $876 bottle of wine at his PlumpJack winery that he founded with the Getty family. Brands for me but not for thee... Newsom wants people to think his wine is 100 TIMES better and thus 100 times more expensive than wine normal people buy.

This Howard University professor apparently has no idea how toxic it is for the public's perception of black people to tell them "If you offend a young black man, he has every right to stab you to death, that's just science."

Tonight @AssemblyDems are asking the Legislature to approve a $355 billion #CABudget. The same budget package includes new taxes. Across California, families are cutting back. ...but Sacramento #CALeg isn't.