Welp, I don’t support Hakeem Jeffries. So, there you go.

It’s tricky because the people who live in high risk areas live there because that is frequently what they can afford. It also means they may not be able to afford the rising costs of insurance. The issue is complex and the reality is that wildfire prevention and mitigation is expensive. We will end up paying one way or another.

He’s trying to keep electricity rates down for California residents (which are driven in part by wildfire costs). Is this the best way? I’m not sure. But if residents aren’t paying via electricity rates, they will pay another way. Insurance (if you can get it). Taxes (if voters will agree to it). Maybe other ways. None of them are that palatable.

OMG, we cannot let this man become a martyr. If that means shoving him into a catering cart, then so be it.

Wait, why would the CDC be enforcing state-level laws?

💯 They only voted for Trump so they can be openly racist.

So was the previous cilantro outbreak caused by someone pooping in a hole near crops or from contaminated irrigation water (likely from livestock)? It seems like a material difference to me because it changes how you prevent future outbreaks. The article makes it seem like the first, but I suspect the publication has a perspective it is pushing (not a bad one, but perhaps not related to the cilantro outbreak).

Is it not done elsewhere?

Clear your schedules for the weekend in case a protest is required…

All companies should live under the constant threat of unionization. Tech is no exception.

Yikes! I’m glad another person spoke up. It is terrible the first wasn’t believed because she was a Republican (which seems like the excuse d’jour to not believe at least some women).

Is it really that hard to refrain from SAing someone? Or at bare minimum, not running for office if you have? The audacity of these candidates is mind-blowing.

The reason Mamdani is so good, is that he gets shit done. I hope he’s endorsed people who can also get shit done, otherwise he’s gives fuel to the centrist critique that the left are a bunch of feckless idiots.

A national tax ensures billionaires have more difficulty dodging it. A tax in a single state just makes people move to a different state. Tactically, it makes more sense.

It is beautiful to see competent people getting heaps of stuff done.

You are totally right, and I hate that our politicians are so nearsighted and greedy. Bleck.

Then they don’t understand capitalism very well.

A bunch of policies are good both for society and for capitalism (universal healthcare, free college/trade school, taxing the rich). Why don’t we tackle those before we argue amongst ourselves?

Theoretically, it looks possible for the GOP to lose the house before November. Which I’m totally rooting for.

I think it’s let them eat less cake. 😉