I wish conservatives got this straight:
Without blue states, America would look like a failing country; patchy internet, collapsing schools, no tech, no medicine, no future.
Red states cash the federal checks. Blue states write them.
You don’t fund the nation. You bleed it dry.
The math is simple: the places screaming the loudest bring the least to the table.
1) There is no evidence “funding is in place,” other than the A’s and Review-Journal endlessly repeating this unsubstantiated claim. 2) Budgets aren’t funding. 3) Define “certainty.” 4) “It’S tHe PErMiTtiNg!” 5) See also All Net Arena.
Oakland Roots' first game at the Coliseum attracted a sold-out crowd of 26,575—the second-biggest in USL Championship history 👏
A city put through so much unfair sporting agony showed out and was treated to a banger for Roots' first Coliseum goal 🖤
Fascinating read from @NateSilver538 on psychological profiles between Rs and Ds and response to disagreement. It's consistent with public opinion data about speech and social media behavior
This is how dictators destroy free nations. They threaten those who speak against them with death. We cannot entrust our country and our freedom to a petty, vindictive, cruel, unstable man who wants to be a tyrant. #Womenwillnotbesilenced#VoteKamala
Here’s the comprehensive list of things that aren’t happening with the A’s, Bally’s Corp. and the Tropicana site. Hint: It’s pretty much everything you’ve been told is happening. https://t.co/s8gCtQWkna
Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson will be joined by Barry Bonds, Rickey Henderson, Dennis Eckersley, Dave Stewart and Jose Canseco for a celebrity softball game at the Coliseum on Sunday. https://t.co/BCWbACEMTp
Breed wants to exacerbate the housing crisis with a huge expansion of rent control
She says she wants to protect our "low-income population." That isn't what it is for & she's the perf example:
She makes $468k (highest $ mayor) yet still lives in a rent-controlled apt herself!
Come raise a glass with me this weekend. For those 21+ i’ll be signing bottles of Gentleman’s Cut Bourbon and our Player Exclusive 15YO 🥃 #gentlemanscutfounder
🗓️October 12th
📍Costco Redwood City 2300 Middlefield Rd
⏰5:30-7pm
Former Georgia Republican Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan blasts Trump for lying about Hurricane #Helene:
“The lies are one of the biggest reasons, I am a lifelong Republican supporting VP Harris. The lies are dangerous…We need to hold him accountable for it”
Journalist: A bombshell new report reveals that Trump tried to withhold disaster aid from California because it was a blue state. An official said he was only able to get Trump to approve disaster relief by pulling up voting results from conservative-leaning areas to show Trump that his own supporters had been heavily affected by the wildfires
Ted Cruz, Rick Scott, and Other Senate Republicans Voted to Defund FEMA—Now Ask for Federal Aid
35 Republicans, including 8 up for re-election in November, voted against the agency that helps disaster victims
https://t.co/vHuaOfnbbe
Neil Mehta donated $100M and is offering below market leases to new food and beverage businesses to revive a San Francisco neighborhood, but @AaronPeskin is ~mad~ bc Neil did it directly in a way that doesn't let Peskin get a piece of the pie or claim credit.
In 1970, fewer than 1% of US counties got 25% or more of local personal income from federal govt programs. By 2000, it was 10% of counties. By 2022, it was 53%. The big drivers are Medicaid, Medicare, & Social Security, and most of these places vote GOP.
https://t.co/7nfOVeoS1O