Robb Davis

Former Mayor, City of Davis. Engaged in work related to food security and homelessness. Twenty-five year career in international health. PhD, MPH.

[Robb Davis @RobbCA]

Seriously… we are seeing a kleptocracy being established in real time. It is… breathtaking.

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Somehow, I feel like the next four years will be a mashup of King’s “The Dead Zone”, Butler’s “Parable of the Sower”, James’ “Children of Men” and McCarthy’s “The Road.”

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Evidence suggests that Trump covets two things above all else: flattery and money. It should concern us that Musk can provide copious amounts of both.

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Post-election mental health ride. If you come to Northern CA and like to cycle, this route is a must. Gravel bike recommended.

[Robb Davis @RobbCA]

The only thing that will restrain Stephen Miller is the oligarchs who will pay Trump to secure economic favors. If they don’t want mass deportation, it won’t happen. If they decide it will ultimately deepen their control of the economy, watch out non-US citizens in the US.

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Well, at least we seem to have decidely put an end to voter fraud last night. I don’t see a single headline about it today! Way to go America!!!

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Meanwhile, out here in “liberal” CA, citizens have apparently voted to expand the carceral state and keep involuntary servitude enshrined in the constiution.

We are a fearful and punitive people…

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Embrace apocalypse! https://t.co/ytu0Ah3sLS

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In preparation… https://t.co/7fmnHlemd2

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I am going on the record: I AM the enemy within… I am sick of this shit. Why does my electoral vote count for less? Why am I baselessly accused of helping destroy the country? All for my political viewpoints, which include nonviolence.

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Not for all tastes. https://t.co/jD6PWt7Cmz

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“Debate” - Just one more word that has lost all meaning in our language. In quainter times, straight up lying over and over was never considered “debating.” It was considered… well… lying.

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@SamLMontano @Weather_West True. When I was mayor of a small Northern CA town, our county OES provided an update on emergency planning. At the end I asked them “What is the role of elected officials in an emergency?” They responded: “Probably, stay out of the way.”

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We don’t believe in repentance around here, but if you are the right kind of person, someone who prays, for example—well then, we offer you redemption. Around here.

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Vignette from the past, which is present: https://t.co/H4oh0FW8X8

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I rarely retweet… but this is so good.

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Simone Biles is now the most decorated US Olympics gymnast, so here is a thread of her as functions

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@GYamey @PLOSGPH Wow, excellent framing and correct: market-driven epidemics is now part of my vocabulary. Thanks!

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This is the closest thing we will get to a French-style “snap election.” Let’s do what they did.

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We have lost our way: our commitment to the common good subsumed to the rent-seeking of a few. We will be less healthy, and the burden, as it always does, will fall on those whose voices never matter: poor and black and brown people. (6 fin)

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A real simple way to describe what public health is primarily about is to say, it is about “primary prevention”: reducing the probability that bad, population-impacting events will happen. These include epidemics, toxic spills or airborne events, and longer-term things like… (1)

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But when the impacts are felt, I can assure you that those harmed (whatever their current views of the end of “deference”), will scream at the Federal government for letting this happen, and demand immediate remedy. (5)