Todd Andrew

Time to reclaim our symbols, as imperfect as the union they represent may be. They were always a promise to do better, never a claim of perfection. And this promise is being violated.

There is a candidate for local office in Berkeley who refuses to disclose their campaign expenses. And they've changed treasurer three times, currently to a treasurer with no address, phone, or email. @estupido.fyi rate this campaign 1-10

Updated this chart for 2026: property taxes paid by year parcel developed in Berkeley, California. Buildings from this decade pay more taxes than everything Berkeley built in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s combined. Note: Tax data is current but building data ends in 2025.

Berkeley single-family-home tax summary updated for 2026-2027 tax year. The median bill is $13,485, little-changed from last year. The average bill is down to $15,665. 5% of bills are under $5k, and 5% are over $33k. This year, only 1 bill is over $100k. Color gives count in that dollar range.

91% of Berkeley property tax bills increased slower then inflation from 2025-2026 to 2026-2027. The median percentage increase was 1.6%. This is why we have to keep adding tax line items.

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Imagine being Blake Johnson, an Iowa father of 3, discovering your water has 3X the legal nitrate limit. He goes to Washington for answers, and Rep. Ashley Hinson, who takes agribusiness money, reportedly RUNS AWAY and hides behind a locked door. #CostOfTrumpsCorruption

Rents for new leases of regulated 1-bed and studio apartments in Berkeley ticked down a bit in September '26, sequentially and annually, to a median $2098/month. That is the lowest of any September in a decade. Even in nominal dollars, that's lower than 2019.

For 33 years, McConnell has voted against family and medical leave for working Americans. Then he disappears from the Senate for 92 days and keeps collecting his full paycheck. Apparently, paid leave is only a problem when someone else gets it.

Who else is way past impeachment and wants REAL accountability? 🙋‍♀️ I do. Who’s with me? #USDemocracy #RisingBlue

The narrative forming on the right that everything was going great with the Trump admin until he started the war is absurd. His approval ratings were already in the toilet before that because of everything else he was doing. The war just woke people up who don’t pay attention.

I'm going to KEEP talking about how Senator Rick Scott, the RICHEST man in all of Congress, DEFRAUDED Medicare & is trying to CUT Social Security. Will you join me?🤚

Two-thirds of NYC’s income growth since the pandemic went to the top 1%. The richest 0.001% — about 50 families — saw their average income soar from $315 million in 2019 to nearly $600 million a year. It’s time to build a city that works for everyone.

Federal minimum wage in: 2009: $7.25 2010: $7.25 2011: $7.25 2012: $7.25 2013: $7.25 2014: $7.25 2015: $7.25 2016: $7.25 2017: $7.25 2018: $7.25 2019: $7.25 2020: $7.25 2021: $7.25 2022: $7.25 2023: $7.25 2024: $7.25 2025: $7.25 2026: $7.25 Folks, it's time to raise the damn wage already.

Apparently people are sharing this far and wide on social media, which I think is horrible. This could cripple ICE operations. PLEASE do not share this.

No country on Earth takes Trump’s threats seriously at this point. And Iran is chief among them. The good news: the USS Lincoln is finally headed home. Those sailors have endured enough. They deserve some relief, and to finally be reunited with their families.

NEW: Just got a lovely email from the Alex Vindman campaign asking us to UNITE behind Angie Nixon and to donate in support of her campaign. Thank you, @avindman.bsky.social! You can contribute here: angienixon.com

SHOCK REPORT: Desperate sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln have tried to jump overboard amid an extended Middle East deployment, as families sound the alarm over severe mental health struggles, exhaustion, food shortages, water contamination, deteriorating conditions, + more, per Military Times.

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He’s a roadkill enthusiast not a scientist

I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.

Blanche's statement simply disregards the main point Cornyn's questioning of him established. If the slush fund/amnesty agreement were legal -- rather than the product of a a bogus collusive prosecution -- it would give Trump the legal right to enforce, and DOJ couldn't unilateraly abrogate.

Cannot get over how electable just drifting away from a constituent who asked you a challenging question makes you.

YIMBYs vs our (leftist, somehow?) opponents

So, a Writ of Habeas Tortoise?

If you're an FBI analyst surging to Atlanta to review records, reach out to me. I'll keep you anonymous. Signal in bio. Please share this post widely.

Today's Supreme Court decision in Watson was a victory for free and fair elections. It was the latest in a string of victories we have had in court. Let's hope they continue.

You know what’s a greater threat to our country? Having a president so stupid he doesn’t understand the differences between socialism, communism, and fascism.

They really want us to believe Mamdani is Stalin! LMFAOOOOOO!!!