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READ THIS: This billionaire’s initiative would very likely send $4 billion to a nonprofit that he founded. The nonprofit is supposed to lead California on health research. However, it only had three employees last month, despite agreeing with UCLA to have more than 50 by last year. My reporting:

The best billionaire wealth tax FAQ you will find. Read it to your friends... itep.org/expert-repor... #california #prop40 #billionaire #tax #midterms

LA28 has been served. LA taxpayers DESERVE to be protected from unlimited financial liability if the LA Olympics goes over budget. My office served LA28 with a subpoena for financial records and information to ensure that the City leaders and public know LA28's finances!

How would you feel if it’s likely that an $8 billion bond measure is chiefly benefiting one nonprofit, and that nonprofit’s major donor is also a top funder of the effort to pass the bond? I spent weeks on this story connecting the many seeming dots surrounding Proposition 38.

If you are mad about how broken LA feels, confused why no one seems to be in charge, and brokenhearted that I lost my election to an anti-housing MAGA funded incumbent, let me direct your energy toward the LA City Charter, which is going through a big rewrite. 🧵cc @fairrepla.bsky.social

Do you know about the Ellis Act? It’s a loophole in state law that landlords have been abusing for years to evict tenants.

Introvert + Environmental Studies Degree + Current Geopolitical situation + Cipolla's 5 Basic Laws =

Denmark's coal-to-wind transition is one of the most dramatic energy transformations of the past three decades. In 1990, coal provided 90% of Danish electricity. Today it is under 3%. Wind now covers roughly 60% of electricity generation. The last coal plant is scheduled to close by 2028.

What do these companies have in common? Amazon Target UPS Microsoft Home Depot Meta Nike Verizon All of them just announced layoffs—after getting huge corporate tax breaks last year. We're still waiting for the responses to the letters @warren.senate.gov sent them demanding answers.

THIS NEEDS TO BE A PRIORITY RIGHT NOW FOR ALL STATES. Here is the CA bill mentioned just introduced: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNa...

1982 top corp tax rate: 46.0% after 100K 1986 top corp tax rate: 46.0% after 1.4m 2026 flat rate: 21.0% As predicted, capital did not trickle down, corporations used a stopper and filled the tub. www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...

Normalize laughing derisively in men's faces when they deserve it.

A good start: earthhope.substack.com/p/coal-goes-...

"Science is not perfect. It's often misused. It's only a tool. But it's the best tool we have." — Carl Sagan

This is who she was. Passionate in her beliefs. Fiercely loyal to her friends. Never afraid to let you know exactly where she stood. The best. Fun Fact: I remember arguing with her over which of us hated Piggy the most. I was sure I did. She disagreed. It remains unresolved...

A comprehensive study of recent civil wars highlights the role women can play in sustainable peace processes.

"Prediction markets allow users to profit from forecasting a wide range of events, including sports, entertainment, politics, and economic trends. Trading in these event-based contracts has gained momentum since last year’s U.S. presidential election." I mean, what could go wrong?

Respect to those who got here first.

This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power by the President of the United States. America is on the brink of martial law. Do not be silent.

People of Illinois, we need your help. Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.

Remember: Undocumented immigrants pay billions of dollars in taxes every year. They pay into government funded healthcare programs, but can't access them except in case of emergency. Emergency Medicaid spending accounted for less than 1% of total Medicaid spending in 2023.

And sitting on the corner of stupidity and economic coercion: www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Motherfucking wind farms…

So the data used to inform & direct a country's economic system may lose quality due to cost cutting in statistical agencies. If someone gave you less detailed directions to their house, you are still 100% in your chances of getting there right? "House is within 4 miles of exit 122. See you soon!"

More than a dozen children and adults had died from hunger within 24 hours, as of Tuesday. Aid groups say that they have supplies to support, but that Israeli forces are preventing them from entering Gaza. Palestinians have been gunned down and killed at the US-backed Israeli aid sites.

Know your rights, now in improved colors, in case you get stopped by ICE. 🧵 lataco.com/car-ice-rights

The US will begin to see an acceleration in the law of unintended consequences unfold... www.inverness-courier.co.uk/news/nationa...

The great talent migration continues... www.investing.com/news/economy...

The same way they could artificially keep prices low to price out their local competitors. Because they can afford to absorb those prices while all small business needs to pass them off. The tall tale of free markets. www.cnbc.com/2025/06/30/d...

Congratulations America. We did a thing. www.epi.org/blog/the-fed...

‘Free Speech’ latest.

Well, I for one won't be taking any action on climate change until I know the cost and who is paying for it. The @cathywilcox.bsky.social from four years ago The same Barnaby and the same LNP today

🚨 EU solar overtook coal for the FIRST TIME last year The BIGGEST fall in coal generation globally was in the EU in 2024, with many EU countries ranking among the world’s leaders in solar and wind 📉 ember-energy.org/lat...

If you love your library, listen up…

huge news from @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social on the coming bloodbath at the energy department more than 2,500 agency staff asking to resign via buyouts would gut agency programs read the full story and share it widely please heatmap.news/politics/doe...

"The Trump administration decided the president’s massively expensive ad campaign thanking himself for his anti-immigrant crackdown should be exempt from DOGE’s 'cost efficiency' review." See how this works?

Loosen regulations and allow self-governance regarding environmental decisions to entities with profit driven goals? What could go wrong? If only there are past events and scientific research that tests this theory... oilprice.com/Energy/Energ...