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Jaxyon posted:I'm more concerned that the Democratic candidates are kinda lovely. Obviously we've tread the Newsom ground to death and Villaraigosa seems pretty corrupt and honestly like kind of a shitter, but what's the dirt on Chiang? An (admittedly cursory) glance makes him look pretty alright?
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Chiang seems competent but boring in an Al Gore kinda way. He's probably better than the scuzzy faux-populist or the SF machine guy, but people don't seem to know much about him (at least I don't). My dad loves Chiang, but my dad is basically a 70s "good government" style progressive who dislikes drama and "movement" liberals and has fond memories for Jimmy Carter and a genuine appreciation for Gray Davis and Jerry Brown. His support isn't always a good sign.
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Rep. Ed Royce (R-Fullerton) just announced that he's retiring after this year and won't be running for reelection
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Raskolnikov38 posted:DEHUMANIZE YOURSELF AND FACE TO GAVIN
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You're in a desert walking along in the sand when all of the sudden you look down, and you see a tortoise, Gavin, it's crawling toward you. You reach down, you flip the tortoise over on its back, Gavin. The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over, but it can't, not without your help. But you're not helping. Why is that, Gavin?
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Roland Jones posted:You're in a desert walking along in the sand when all of the sudden you look down, and you see a tortoise, Gavin, it's crawling toward you. You reach down, you flip the tortoise over on its back, Gavin. The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over, but it can't, not without your help. But you're not helping. Why is that, Gavin? [Immediately] Not a chance. I would never flip the tortoise over in the first place.
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Instant Sunrise posted:Rep. Ed Royce (R-Fullerton) just announced that he's retiring after this year and won't be running for reelection That district is only 35% white, Dems are probably picking up that seat now.
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Trabisnikof posted:[Immediately] Not a chance. I would never flip the tortoise over in the first place. CONCLUSION: Almost too close to call. Almost. Newsom displays a defensiveness when his empathy is questioned. He's aware that he's being probed for emotional responses, and even expresses concern about this. However, this concern is alleviated a little too easily by our crafty V-K interviewer. Newsom is definitely a replicant. Probably a Nexus 5. EDIT: FCKGW posted:That district is only 35% white, Dems are probably picking up that seat now. Also, the fact that he announced his retirement so late in the cycle means that any potential GOP replacement has 61 days to get their poo poo together before the filing deadline closes. Instant Sunrise fucked around with this message at 00:03 on Jan 9, 2018 |
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Also, Royce's district has a lot of overlap with the 29th state senate district and the local and state GOP have already gone all-in on the Josh Newman recall so any GOP candidates in the area who were considering running have gone hard on the Newman recall, and so there really isn't a viable pool of GOP candidates to fill that seat. Meanwhile, there's like 6 democrats and there's a fuckload of money backing them.
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Instant Sunrise posted:CONCLUSION: Almost too close to call. Almost. Newsom displays a defensiveness when his empathy is questioned. He's aware that he's being probed for emotional responses, and even expresses concern about this. However, this concern is alleviated a little too easily by our crafty V-K interviewer. Newsom is definitely a replicant. Probably a Nexus 5. quote:Underneath, it's a hyperalloy combat chassis, microprocessor-controlled. Fully armored; very tough. But outside, it's living human tissue: flesh, skin, hair, blood - grown for the cyborgs. The 600 series had rubber skin. We spotted them easy. But these are new, they look human. Sweat, bad breath, everything. Very hard to spot. Also this year is going to see a flood of retirements and decisions to spend more time with family (I expect Issa to announce any day now), which sets off a wonderful positive feedback loop. The bigger the tsunami looks, the more people leave office to get out of the way, the more open seats that become vulnerable to the tsunami, the harder it is to get good candidates to compete because why put yourself in the path of an avalanche (the big up-n-coming state GOP star in Ohio just said he was going to sit out this year's Senate race), the harder those seats become to hold, the bigger the tsunami becomes, the more people decide to nope out, the harder it gets to find good candidates, and on and on.
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Raskolnikov38 posted:DEHUMANIZE YOURSELF AND FACE TO GAVIN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwHqLtK_TpY
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Instant Sunrise posted:Also, Royce's district has a lot of overlap with the 29th state senate district and the local and state GOP have already gone all-in on the Josh Newman recall so any GOP candidates in the area who were considering running have gone hard on the Newman recall, and so there really isn't a viable pool of GOP candidates to fill that seat. It also includes the Yorba Linda Water District
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FCKGW posted:It also includes the Yorba Linda Water District Oh yeah and he tried to get the city of Brea to ban protesting because so many people were protesting outside his office.
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FCKGW posted:It also includes the Yorba Linda Water District Just found some terrible news. http://www.mcaulaywallace.com/obitlink?obit_id=1756310
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I liked Gavin's post about housing on medium he did a few months back. I get that he's kind of robotic, but it can't possibly be worse than the last couple governors before Brown Round 2, right?
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I mean it's (probably) not like a Gavin would be terrible governor or anything. He's definitely more liberal than Moonbeam, and might actually be willing to cross some lines Brown wouldn't, like putting the screws to Agribusiness regarding water consumption.
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Sydin posted:I mean it's (probably) not like a Gavin would be terrible governor or anything. He's definitely more liberal than Moonbeam, and might actually be willing to cross some lines Brown wouldn't, like putting the screws to Agribusiness regarding water consumption. basically this. whether hes more liberal because he thinks thats what people want and he desperately wants to be liked vs actually liberal is kind of irrelevant as long as he follows through and does it. and he mostly has in the past. i think hes a sleezy person but politics are mostly in the right direction so welp. I'd vote for the most socialist choice but if that ends up being gavin I wouldnt have any problems with it. would much prefer him to deseat feinstein though
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Sydin posted:I mean it's (probably) not like a Gavin would be terrible governor or anything. He's definitely more liberal than Moonbeam, and might actually be willing to cross some lines Brown wouldn't, like putting the screws to Agribusiness regarding water consumption. otoh he will begin the age of machine
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Hey is this the place to ask for info on getting involved in the 2018 campaign against Jeff Denham (CA-10)? Way back I signed up for newsletters from a group called Swing Left and they feel like they've just devolved into another fundraising email generator but I definitely noticed when they said his district looked target-able for 2018. Yet as 2018 actually arrives I realize I'm a disconnected dumbass and I'm not even sure who if anyone is setting up to take a shot at his seat. I'd like to stop being a disconnected dumbass.
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The City of Oakland is currently on the hook for $3M+ because one of their council members shoved an old Black Panther Party Leader at a BBQ restaurant. http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/matier-ross/article/Shove-by-Oakland-city-councilwoman-could-cost-12480432.phpquote:Oakland City Councilwoman Desley Brooks’ knockdown assault on former Black Panther leader Elaine Brown at a barbecue restaurant in Jack London Square could wind up costing the city’s taxpayers a whopping $3 million — plus attorney’s fees. I wonder what services will be cut to pay for this.
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I was under the impression that whenever you hear about a city ‘paying’ $texas in a settelement, that’s rarely what happens. They’re insured for that lessons of thing, I think at least. They probably just end up paying higher premiums.SuperKlaus posted:Hey is this the place to ask for info on getting involved in the 2018 campaign against Jeff Denham (CA-10)? Way back I signed up for newsletters from a group called Swing Left and they feel like they've just devolved into another fundraising email generator but I definitely noticed when they said his district looked target-able for 2018. Yet as 2018 actually arrives I realize I'm a disconnected dumbass and I'm not even sure who if anyone is setting up to take a shot at his seat. I'd like to stop being a disconnected dumbass. Isn’t the whole point of swing left that they’ll send you emails and tell you when/how to get involved in a particular race? I’m disappointed if they don’t work.
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themrguy posted:I was under the impression that whenever you hear about a city ‘paying’ $texas in a settelement, that’s rarely what happens. They’re insured for that lessons of thing, I think at least. They probably just end up paying higher premiums. Specially Oakland's insurance will only cover $750,000 of the $3.77M payout. Leaving $3M to come out of the general fund.
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Raskolnikov38 posted:otoh he will begin the age of machine I wasn't going to vote for him but I will now Trabisnikof posted:The City of Oakland is currently on the hook for $3M+ because one of their council members shoved an old Black Panther Party Leader at a BBQ restaurant. http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/matier-ross/article/Shove-by-Oakland-city-councilwoman-could-cost-12480432.php Sucks that poor people will suffer for this when really it should be Desley Brooks.
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themrguy posted:Isn’t the whole point of swing left that they’ll send you emails and tell you when/how to get involved in a particular race? I’m disappointed if they don’t work. They sent invites to "strategy house party" things a few times last year but the parties were always outside of Stanislaus County (more or less Denham's territory) and "filled up" which meant I wasn't even allowed to learn the exact address in case I wanted to show up anyway. Over time the emails just seemed to degenerate into political fundraising "The Rs did a thing and let's make them pay donate now" stuff and honestly I stopped paying attention to them. But I hated Denham before he voted for the tax bill and now I really wanna see him out.
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Trabisnikof posted:The City of Oakland is currently on the hook for $3M+ because one of their council members shoved an old Black Panther Party Leader at a BBQ restaurant. http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/matier-ross/article/Shove-by-Oakland-city-councilwoman-could-cost-12480432.php What prevents the City of Oakland from foisting the remainder of the costs back onto Brooks?
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dont be mean to me posted:What prevents the City of Oakland from foisting the remainder of the costs back onto Brooks? The jury ruled she was working for the city in her duties as a council member at the time. She's also facing separate damages as well.
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I wonder how Trump will affect Ken Calvert's reelection. Ballotpedia says his/my district is +9(R) and that we voted +8 for Trump. All the Trump voters I know have only doubled down on him since 2016, so, I don't know, I'm kind of expecting the Trump effect to pass us by. I'm not sure how much of my district is wealthy nativists, or how to find out. Blue 42, come on 
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Sydin posted:Obviously we've tread the Newsom ground to death and Villaraigosa seems pretty corrupt and honestly like kind of a shitter, but what's the dirt on Chiang? An (admittedly cursory) glance makes him look pretty alright? Chiang just doesn't seem to be making much effort to elevate his profile and I think he's polling at like 5%. Meanwhile some of the people who would probably otherwise support him as the not-Gavin are now apparently all-in on Delaine Eastin.
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Twitter says Issa is retiring. Ding, dong, the rear end in a top hat is http://twitter.com/JakeSherman/status/951118583295340544
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Ragnar34 posted:I wonder how Trump will affect Ken Calvert's reelection. Ballotpedia says his/my district is +9(R) and that we voted +8 for Trump. All the Trump voters I know have only doubled down on him since 2016, so, I don't know, I'm kind of expecting the Trump effect to pass us by. I'm not sure how much of my district is wealthy nativists, or how to find out. Sup District 42 buddy. I think 42 will flip eventually, but it going to be tough. Calvert still covers a lot of the lovely parts of the IE but this entire region is getting bluer. If you look at 42 specifically, dem vote share has been growing the past few elections Julia Peacock is currently the strongest Dem challenger. http://peacockforcongress.com https://mobile.twitter.com/peacock4ca42
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Arsenic Lupin posted:Twitter says Issa is retiring. Ding, dong, the rear end in a top hat is With this car thief back on the prowl, this should be a reminder to not keep valuables in your car, and if you do to keep them out of sight.
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FCKGW posted:Sup District 42 buddy. There are a bunch of peacocks in the IE, right? Easy photo-op.
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Grand Prize Winner posted:There are a bunch of peacocks in the IE, right? Easy photo-op. Go to any lovely trailer park and there will be a bunch roaming around for no reason.
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Tune into KQED Forum to hear a predatory landlord lobbyist flounder and argue that all rent control is bad for poor people
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Gen. Ripper posted:Devin Nunes retire binch
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The Wiggly Wizard posted:Tune into KQED Forum to hear a predatory landlord lobbyist flounder and argue that all rent control is bad for poor people Ugh. They're out in force on Nextdoor bitching about potential changes to evictions to prevent Ellis abuses.
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