Hey Ang!

Padres Baseball, San Diego Sunsets, and all things plaid.

[Tulsi Gabbard 🌺 @TulsiGabbard]

@MichaelBiundo Seeing who is choosing NOT to report on it tells the story.

[Mike Netter @nettermike]

Is anyone else watching what’s happening in Sacramento right now? The hypocrisy is honestly unreal.
Right now, Gavin Newsom is using taxpayer-funded staff to file aggressive federal FOIA requests demanding the DOJ hand over records about the investigations into him and his wife. When he wants answers, transparency is an absolute right.

But look at what California lawmakers are trying to do to the rest of us at the exact same time. They are quietly pushing Assembly Bill 1821, which will absolutely gut the California Public Records Act. If this passes, everyday citizens, local journalists, and whistleblowers will be completely locked out of holding the government accountable at a state AND local level.
Here is what they are trying to accomplish……
Pay-to-play
Agencies will be allowed to charge you anywhere from $22 to $66+ AN HOUR just for staff to look for public documents. ( which they are already paid to do).
A basic request could end up costing you thousands of dollars.
The government will actually get the power to sue YOU if they decide your records request has "malicious intent." Example..if you are trying to uncover corruption you believe is happening in your hometown…
Imagine getting taken to court just for asking questions.
It gives agencies more time to stall, and lets them hit you with an $88/hour fee if they decide your request is for "commercial use." yes.. say you post it on x or other social media platforms… that could be deemed commercial, especially if you get paid for your content.

It is the ultimate definition of "rules for thee, but not for me." Newsom gets to weaponize transparency laws for his own personal defense, while his party strips those exact same rights away from the people of California.
Keep an eye on AB 1821 people…if this passes you will have challenges on keeping an eye on our government. Why should the rest of this country care? Well we all know he will be running for president next and this is what the rest of the country can expect for themselves as well.
Do you support AB 1821 or disagree with it?

[Amy Reichert @amyforsandiego]

Nathan Fletcher is leaving San Diego.

For the San Diegans who lost businesses, watched their livelihoods disappear, and were treated like criminals for simply wanting to work, worship, gather with family, or keep their kids in school under unscientific COVID mandates, we say Buh Bye Nathan and thank you for taking Lorena Gonzalez with you.

You mocked us. You censored us. You used the power of government against the very people you were elected to serve.

History will remember who stood with the people, and who stood against them. That ain’t you.

[DNI Tulsi Gabbard @DNIGabbard]

Today, on my final day as Director of National Intelligence, I’m releasing never-before-seen communications and documents exposing how Dr. Fauci provided millions in US taxpayer dollars to fund dangerous gain-of-function research at the Wuhan lab, worked with politicized elements within the Intelligence Community to suppress the truth about his actions and hide the virus’ lab-leak origins, and lied to Congress while under oath in 2024. It’s time you know the truth.

https://t.co/3YJSstB7d4

[ThePersistence @ScottPresler]

Attach SAVE America Act to FISA.

Attach SAVE America Act to NDAA.

Attach SAVE America Act to budget reconciliation 3.0.

Attach SAVE America Act to everything until it passes.

[Hey Ang! @HeyAngSD]

@Milajoy This was the cocaine era, he’s high as a kite right here.

[Nick shirley @nickshirleyy]

@SenWarren Government funded childcare has been proven to be one of the largest fraud schemes in America that fraudsters take advantage of.

Let Elon keep his money (that he worked for) and protect our dollars before asking for more money from ANYONE

[ThePersistence @ScottPresler]

@DailyCaller Is that so?

Well, it’s a good thing I’m heading to South Dakota at the end of the month to hire field staff.

If the Senate won’t pass the SAVE America Act, then we are going to Louisiana & Texas them — peacefully.

[Jennifer Van Laar @jenvanlaar]

Maybe they're investigating you because your finances don't add up? Or because your wife's LLC received the deed to a $9.1 million home a week before the LLC was even created - while you still had your Fair Oaks home? How was that LLC capitalized?

[ThePersistence @ScottPresler]

I don’t think holding our Republican Senators accountable is an attack.

We have the majority & voters expect/demand results.

[ThePersistence @ScottPresler]

@SenatorLankford Attach the SAVE America Act to FISA.

[ThePersistence @ScottPresler]

If we’ve learned anything from the California elections,

we MUST pass the SAVE America Act before November 2026.

[Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes]

BIG ‼️ Steve Hilton announces he has drafted his first Executive Order for Day 1 of he wins the California Governor Race

He says Day 1 Gavin Newsom will be under investigation for all the money that’s gone missing and lost to fraud

lThis is establishing a California taxpayer fraud strike force. This will make sure that we investigate and prosecute the billions and billions and billions of dollars of fraud, theft of taxpayer money that has occurred over the last few years, including investigating Gavin Newsom”

But it doesn’t stop there, these people will also be under investigation

- Rob Bonta: Current Attorney General
- Malia Cohen: Current State Controller

Here’s 5 of the worst examples of stolen money in California

- $32.6 billion in California EDD unemployment fraud during the pandemic
- $24+ billion spent on homelessness programs with little results and horrible tracking
- $146 billion estimated lost to Medi-Cal fraud and improper payments
- $50 million homelessness funding fraud scheme in Los Angeles
- $23 million stolen by a South LA nonprofit executive from homeless services funds

[Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt]

If that addict on your street were your own son, what would you do? That is the defining question that guides my 5 step plan to fix the homelessness problem in LA. We *must* end this evil racket of corrupt politicians and NGOs who profit off the misery of these poor souls. They launder money and feed them more drugs, so they can keep their customers locked in this hell on our streets. We have a moral obligation from God to help them and make our city safe and clean for everyone. Karen Bass and Nithya Raman have forsaken this city. Time for real leadership. Time for real compassion.

[Nick shirley @nickshirleyy]

@GavinNewsom In Californias case it might be good to fight fire with water

[Hey Ang! @HeyAngSD]

@Malone_Wealth @ryancohen @PadreMongol 🤣

[Ethan Brooks @alt_w_v_g]

One thing left out of the post.

When Jamie Iannone took over as CEO in 2020, eBay had 183 million active buyers.

Today it has 135 million.

He has been paid $144 million to lose 48 million customers.

The math is also credible.

[Ethan Brooks @alt_w_v_g]

You used to sell stuff on eBay.

Maybe an old camera. Maybe Beanie Babies. Maybe a coat that didn't fit.

You paid a small fee. The buyer got the thing. Everyone went home.

That eBay is gone.

The website looks the same. The logo is the same. The 135 million buyers are still there.

But the company isn't really a marketplace anymore.

It is an advertising business with a marketplace attached for distribution.

Last year, sellers paid eBay $2 billion just to make sure their own listings showed up.

Read that again.

The board calls this growth.

A Canadian who runs a video game store called it something else.

Here is what actually happened.

In 2020 the board hired a new CEO. His name is Jamie Iannone. He arrived with a strategy called focused categories.

In plain English, that means leaning into the stuff people pay extra for. Sneakers. Watches. Trading cards. Auto parts.

The everyday seller, the person with the camera and the coat, was no longer the customer.

The customer was now the seller who would pay to be seen.

In 2025 eBay did $80 billion in transactions. They kept $11 billion of that as revenue. Of that $11 billion, $2 billion came from advertising.

Sellers paid them $2 billion to promote listings on a website those sellers already pay fees to use.

That is the growth story.

In the same year, the number of enthusiast buyers, eBay's own term for their best customers, was 16 million.

It was also 16 million the year before.

And the year before that.

And the year before that.

Four years. Zero growth. They mention this on every earnings call without mentioning it.

So what does a company do when growth stops?

It buys back its own stock.

In 2025, eBay returned over $3 billion to shareholders. Most of that was buybacks. In February the board authorized another $2 billion on top.

Buybacks shrink the share count. Earnings per share goes up even when earnings stay flat. The stock price follows.

The stock was $68 a year ago. It is $108 today.

The company did not improve. The denominator got smaller.

Then a man from Canada noticed.

His name is Ryan Cohen. He runs GameStop. He started his career selling pet food online and sold it to PetSmart for $3.35 billion.

He looked at eBay. 135 million buyers. $80 billion in transactions. Real margins. Real cash flow. A board harvesting the business instead of running it.

He bought 5% of the company through derivatives and stock.

Then on May 4, he offered to buy the rest. $125 per share. $56 billion total.

On May 12, the eBay board rejected the bid. They called it not credible.

The math is credible.

What the board means by not credible is we would have to explain why we sold.

Then Cohen went on Piers Morgan.

He said eBay is run by a bunch of losers with perverse financial incentives.

He pointed out that eBay's CEO has been paid $144 million over six years.

He pointed out that he personally takes no salary and has put $128 million of his own money into the company he runs.

You do not have to like Ryan Cohen to notice he is making a point that is hard to argue with.

eBay used to be a place where regular people sold things to other regular people.

Now it is a $48 billion company whose largest growth driver is charging its own sellers to advertise to a buyer base that stopped growing four years ago, while spending billions a year buying its own stock to make the chart go up.

The board calls this strategy.

A video game CEO from Canada called it what it is.

The market is now waiting to see who else agrees.

Plz fix. Thx.

Sent from my iPhone

[ThePersistence @ScottPresler]

This is day 131 of asking @LeaderJohnThune to pass the SAVE America Act.

[NaiveAnalyst @naiveanalyst7]

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