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2024 is depressing. But 2026 is coming. 2024 saw ignorance win over awareness. But 2026 is coming. 2024 abandoned the "least of these". But 2026 is coming. 2024 brought fear, and anger, and threats of retribution. But 2026 is coming. 2026 is coming.

May be prudent to check that your votes will be counted? www.vote.org/ballot-track...

Vote! And sign up for "Where's my vote" so you know it's been received and counted!

Polls have been wrong about MAGA support, consistently undercounting MAGA votes by 3 to 4 points since 2016. Any race that is within 3 to 4 points could easily go to MAGA candidates. Let's all hope the polling days is correct this time, but let's not rely on it. Vote.

#medicare4all #m4a "Healthcare is a human right" is the wrong message. Conservatives don't care about other people's rights. "M4A is the greatest business tool ever" is a better message. www.tiktok.com/t/ZTy3r555A/

I'm encouraged by the polls, but also a bit cautious. Doesn't MAGA under-poll by about 4 or 5 points? I see a LOT of "leaning Blue" races are only up by 2 or 3 points. It's not enough. We can't get complacent.

Sign up for "where's my ballot?" I get notices when my ballot has been mailed to me, when I drop it off and it is collected, and when it is counted. I will know of anyone interferes, whether that be a gay person, trans person, POC, or this administration.

The Pope is Chicago expressing support for anti-death penalty advocates. Perhaps God agrees.

Where's your ballot? Some locations have Ballottrax activated and working. It is statewide in CA. I get a text message when they receive my ballot, and when they count it. I use a drop box at the county center, and know that by 4 pm I should get the notice it's received. wheresmyballot.com

Cops are great.

Free the Buffalo Pirate!

They rushed Vance out first. Huh.

Why is Trump healing Jeffrey Epstein?

The delay in getting the Integrity capsule open is so the recovery crew can put on their ape costumes.

It's the one year anniversary of my hemmoraghic stroke and subsequent CVST (cerebral venous sinus thrombosus), and I had my follow up MRI in the "cacophonous tube of death". We'll see what it shows in a few days, but having made it past the first year gives me hope for another four years or more.

Perhaps we should not be too hard on those that will celebrate the upcoming death of Donald J. Trump.

JD can read, so maybe if he reads the 25th Amendment he can see his way clear.

Often little to feel good about during times of war. But it’s being said JD Vance sees a 2028 run as a fool’s errand in light of Trump’s Iran war. He's said to believe his only path to the presidency runs through Trump dropping dead or becoming debilitated before the end of his term — not voters.🤦🏿‍♂️

A good traditional view of Revelation - if you're wondering if all Christians are cheering warfare to "welcome Armageddon", the traditional view held by the church for 1800 years is expressed by Benjamin Cremer in this excellent blog post. benjamin-cremer.kit.com/posts/there-...

What if we lose?

Heartbreaking.

Corrupt provision in CR carved out special provision for 8 Senators, potentially enriching them by at least $1 million. abcnews.go.com/Politics/pro...

Follow @sailorrooscout.bsky.social for great (and 100% real) medical news.

45 to 46% of Californians are Democrats. 73% of voters voted "Yes" on Prop 50. Make no mistake. This was a referendum on Trump. And every independent and third party voter voted "Yes". And probably some registered Republicans too. It's over, MAGA. It's over, Heritage. It's over.

Ridiculous! Also, release the Trump-Epstein files.

My grandson, who is deaf and attending Syracuse U plays pool with a legally blind kid who can barely see shapes. They are now nicknamed "Helen Keller". My grandson is the "Keller" of the pair, but evidently the monikers apply only when they are together.

BOLO for Californians: I received a text from the SoS that my ballot has been mailed. We should be receiving them in a few days. We will be voting and dropping off our ballots at the county center drop box because I worry about illegal intervention by the Trump admin on the mail.

Not to mention that the shutdown has nothing to do with Medicaid, but with ACA subsidies, which no undocumemented person can possibly get. And yes. release the Epstein files!

The military will follow Trump, and will obey his orders to kill American citizens he identified as "the enemy within". The rank and file will follow their commander's lead. Maybe 1% will refuse to follow illegal orders.

Last week we thought that Jesus was coming back in three days, but instead if was Jimmy Kimmel.

So Tom "fitty k" Hollman is on tape accepting a $50,000 bribe from the FBI during a string operation, and the administration said "it never happened". But there's a FOIA request for the tape. This could get interesting.

If only this administration was as tough on pedophiles as it is on comedians.

Timeline refresher: Nice to see CA Sea Lions back in our local harbor!

Looks like I was right. Hannity was charged with softening the battlefield after they learned the killer was not a left wing trans psycho-killer.

So, is 22 year old Tyler Robinson a trans person? No? Maybe gay? No? Is he a Democrat? A leftist? Mossad? CIA? No? Oh, he was a fan of Nick Fuentes, a white nationalist Nazi to the right of Kirk? Well, he's obviously mentally ill then. And, just as an aside, RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES.

So Bluesky notified me they removed one of my posts for encouraging violence, but didn't provide which post, the text, or an image of it so I can learn what Bluesky thinks "encouraging violence" is to their team of moderators. Anyone know how I can figure it out?

Who is paying for Charlie Kirk's casket being transported on the 747 "Air Force Two" with Vance? It better be the GOP and not me. Kirk was not a government employee, officer or agent of the United States.

We just got confirmation that in June of this year, there was actually NET JOB LOSS. The first time since 2020. Wonder who the president was during both of these times...

Epstein Survivors, a group of courageous women who share the trauma of being victims of Maxwell and Epstein's trafficking to the rich and famous, have announced they will create their own list, their own eye witness accounts. thehill.com/homenews/adm...

Maybe Trump IS dead and the same White House dudes who made a clone of Biden have made a clone of Trump. Has anyone seen the auto pen?

Trump, and the Marines, criminally violated the Possee Comitatus Act, for the first time in history.

I miss the days when wanna be dictators were at least smart ...

Grand jury in DC refused to return a felony indictment against the sandwich thrower. No word on whether the sandwich included ham.

CA population grew again in 2024 and so far this year. Many YouTubers cute a trend of CA "refugees" beginning satisfied with TX, AZ and NV and "cunning home".

Newsom has it right, Trump threatens, we act. Proactively. Democratically: the redistricting in CA will have voter approval in a special election in November, to override the bi-partisan commission's maps. Every GOP member on the last redistricting commission maps voted in favor. So did every Dem

Got it! So far, it's readable with an easy narrative style, which is refreshing for a book about biblical exposition. Lambert is a post-Evangelical pastor from Austin. His deconstruction resulted in the construction of a better, closer relationship to God.

First criminal case against Trump administration: www.usatoday.com/story/news/p... For violating the Posse Comitatus Act. This is the first time a court has entered a criminal trial against the Trump Administration for sending troops into Los Angeles.

I got @zachwlambert.bsky.social’s brand new book in the mail today! Looking forward to reading it soon.