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Doug Porter

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No DMs Pls. Writes about politics; based in San Diego. Find me at dougporter@substack. Lost vocal cords to cancer. My keyboard is my voice. Words & Deeds Substack. Indivisible is one of my jams.

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Doug Porter @douglasporter.bsky.social · 7h
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Insurance Commissioner, Superintendent of Public Instruction and One Other Sorta Job
Get ready to Vote! Next Week!
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Doug Porter @douglasporter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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California Attorney General Candidates
It’s a ‘Going Along’ vs ‘Doing Wrong’ kinda contest
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Doug Porter @douglasporter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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California’s Constitutional Offices: Secretary of State, Controller, and Treasurer
Republicans have unleashed their candidates looking for fraud. I guess they don’t own any mirrors. Or consume any non-MAGA media
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Doug Porter @douglasporter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Wanted: A Governor and Lieutenant Governor Who’ll Get Stuff Done dougporter.substack.com/p/wanted-a-g...
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Wanted: A Governor and Lieutenant Governor Who’ll Get Stuff Done
California’s Constitutional Offices: Part One
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Doug Porter @douglasporter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
San Diego County Needs to Pass Measure B this November 3rd dougporter.substack.com/p/san-diego-...
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San Diego County Needs to Pass Measure B this November 3rd
“If we really want to think of the region we live in as a beloved community, then we should do what we can to make life more secure and dignified for all San Diegans.”
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Doug Porter @douglasporter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
San Diego City Council Contests, Districts 6 & 8 dougporter.substack.com/p/san-diego-...
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San Diego City Council Contests, Districts 6 & 8
Running a government like a business is a lousy idea
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Doug Porter @douglasporter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
San Diego City Council Contests, Districts 2 & 4 dougporter.substack.com/p/san-diego-...
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San Diego City Council Contests, Districts 2 & 4
Everything is not okay. Who’s gonna fix it?
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Doug Porter @douglasporter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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San Diego County Supervisor Candidates for 2026
Two seats are up for grabs, Republicans have a chance at winning one
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The Daily Edge @thedailyedge.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Keystone Kash Patel left the key under the mat for hackers. Group called "ShinyHunters" tells 404 Media the data they stole includes FBI agents’ names, home addresses, phone number, and information on their spouse. www.404media.co/we-hacked-th...
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‘We Hacked the FBI:’ Hackers Say They Have Data on All FBI Employees
A sample of 5,000 alleged agents seen by 404 Media includes names, addresses, phone numbers, and details on FBI employees' spouses.
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Doug Porter @douglasporter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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The 2026 Candidates Who Want to Represent San Diegans in Washington DC
Including a dude so bad not even Republicans would endorse him
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Doug Porter @douglasporter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Candidates Vying for San Diego’s 2026 Sacramento Legislators Seats
You shouldn’t have to think too hard about these choices.
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Doug Porter @douglasporter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
When Terrorists Struck in the Heart of Washington, D.C. open.substack.com/pub/spytalk/...
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When Terrorists Struck in the Heart of Washington, D.C.
Orlando Letelier was assassinated 50 years ago this week on Embassy Row. Henry Kissinger could have stopped it. Now, transnational terrorism is a commonplace.
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Doug Porter @douglasporter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Macklemore vs. Everybody prospect.org/2026/09/19/m...
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Macklemore vs. Everybody - The American Prospect
The wokest rapper took on the NFL’s plutocratic ownership, the Israel lobby, and the Live Nation ‘flywheel’—and won.
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Doug Porter @douglasporter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
AOC on the AI Coin Toss. “Heads, They Win, Tails, We Lose.” dougporter.substack.com/p/aoc-on-the...
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AOC on the AI Coin Toss. “Heads, They Win, Tails, We Lose.”
“...the biggest threat to humanity are the tech oligarchs themselves.”
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Doug Porter @douglasporter.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Four Local Measures That You Probably Shouldn’t Have to Vote On
But you do, so listen up! (Measures D, E, P, & R)
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Doug Porter @douglasporter.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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We Need More Money! (Please?)
An Assortment of Hyper-Local Tax Measures You Probably Won't See on Your Ballot
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Doug Porter @douglasporter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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A Kaleidoscope of Apocalypses Awaits Us
It doesn’t have to end this way.
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Doug Porter @douglasporter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Nine School Districts Want to Keep Building and Fixing Facilities
How people feel about their local schools is how they’ll vote
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Doug Porter @douglasporter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Measure B: The Protect San Diego County's Health and Safety Act dougporter.substack.com/p/measure-b-...
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Measure B: The Protect San Diego County's Health and Safety Act
Addressing Trump’s $300 million in local social safety net budget cuts, and that stinkin’ TJ River
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Doug Porter @douglasporter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Change Begins With ME - San Diego Indivisible group gets into Substack universe. changebeginswithmesd.substack.com?r=g86g&utm_c...
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Change Begins With ME | Substack
Click to read Change Begins With ME on Substack. Launched 17 hours ago.
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Doug Porter @douglasporter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Change Begins With ME - Indivisible group enters the Substack universe. (I'm biased, maybe. LOL) changebeginswithmesd.substack.com?r=g86g&utm_c...
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Change Begins With ME | Substack
Click to read Change Begins With ME on Substack. Launched 17 hours ago.
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Doug Porter @douglasporter.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Measure A: Updating the Old Grey Mare dougporter.substack.com/p/measure-a-...
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Measure A: Updating the Old Grey Mare
Asked for compelling reasons for voting for reforms, nearly nine out of ten respondents suggested the county’s mechanisms were “outdated.”
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Doug Porter @douglasporter.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Donald Trump Jr.’s Bahamas Wedding Was Secretly Bankrolled by Russian Oligarch Close to Putin www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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Doug Porter @douglasporter.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
"Proposition 40 isn’t perfect. But it’s what’s on the ballot. If you’re waiting around for a ‘more perfect’ wealth tax, I suggest you visit ‘colddayinhell.org’." dougporter.substack.com/p/california...
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California Propositions 3 & 40
Tax the Bastards!
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Ken Stone @kenstonemedia.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
As usual, @douglasporter.bsky.social cuts through the crap.
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Doug Porter @douglasporter.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
California Propositions 3 & 40 dougporter.substack.com/p/california...
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California Propositions 3 & 40
Tax the Bastards!
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Jimothy the Raccoon @jimothythe-raccoon.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Jimothy Gadsden flag #jimothy #seattle #jimothyraccoon
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Doug Porter @douglasporter.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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CA Propositions 39,41,42,43, & 45
The Way Things Won’t Get Done
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Doug Porter @douglasporter.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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CA Propositions 2, 4, 5, & 44
The Way Things Get Done
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Doug Porter @douglasporter.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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CA Ballot Propositions 1, 37, & 38
BONDS - Buy Now, Pay Later ?
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Gary Legum @glegum.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Look, if you're going to run a once-proud network into the ground, you might as well make the impact crater as large as possible.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The ultra-wealthy keep trying to pit the rest of us against each other with scare tactics ("communists!" "men in the ladies room!!" "brown people!!!" "drag queens!!!!") to keep us from noticing that our real problem is THEM. They want us to fight *any* war—except a class war. Happy Labor Day.
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Doug Porter @douglasporter.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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Gaza, Zionism, AIPAC, Antisemitism, and Democratic Socialists of America
Anybody who tells you these issues are simple is selling you on something you don’t want to buy.
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Doug Porter @douglasporter.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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Labor Day 2026: Imagining an America that Gives Everyone a Fair Shot at a Better Future
“Given the stark circumstances we face, perhaps we need to think big. Maybe it is time for the visionary rather than Democratic Party business as usual.”
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Doug Porter @douglasporter.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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Gaza, Zionism, AIPAC, Antisemitism, and Democratic Socialists of America
Anybody who tells you these issues are simple is selling you on something you don’t want to buy.
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Joe Roberts 🔥💙🔥🐸 @robbyjoe.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
gopdallas2026.com
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Doug Porter @douglasporter.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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Water: Potent, Polluted, & Politicized
I wish the acolytes of dirty energy would go suck on a tailpipe somewhere.
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Doug Porter @douglasporter.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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State Capitalism ala Trump; Third Way’s Alternative to Socialism
Billions for Billionaires, Ghastly Gimmicks for Everyone Else
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Doug Porter @douglasporter.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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Glimpses of Trump’s Latin America Exploits
If Reaganomics was capitalism with the gloves off, then Trumpismo is Reaganism with the mask off– Cory Doctorow:
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Doug Porter @douglasporter.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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Trump-a-loosa for Trump-a-losers
Make no mistake, the GOP midterm convention will be nothing more than a campaign rally for those brave enough to be seen with the President.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Yet another issue where every single person who touched it needs to end up in jail for us to have any semblance of the rule of law. You cannot have a functional democracy where the government creates a plan to literally throw away votes from places that don't support the incumbent party.
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Doug Porter @douglasporter.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
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A Much Needed Break from the Madness
I spent a weekend in Santa Barbara, the place where I half-jokingly tell people I would live if I were rich.
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Doug Porter @douglasporter.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
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The Great California Tax War is on the Ballot
“[R]eject the billionaires’ war on California: vote YES on Propositions 3 and 40 and NO on 41, 42, and 43.”
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Through a massive purge, Hegseth has fired or pushed out every single Senate-confirmed uniformed and civilian leader in the Department of Defense... largely because he feels threatened by them. (Recall that Hegseth was RIFed as an O4 due to suspicions of alcoholism.) www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
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Exclusive | Army Secretary Resigns After Months of Friction With Hegseth
Dan Driscoll had a close relationship with ousted Army chief of staff.
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Sue in Rockville 💙🦋💙🦋💙🦋 @sueinrockville.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
This box of rocks will make a better governor than Tommy Tuberville
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Welp, there it is. The CDC is now officially manipulating data and their count of measles deaths in 2026 now stands at ZERO. My understanding of reportable diseases is that the CDC would usually use a state health department’s determination as the final say. The new CDC Director is failing us.
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The CDC left two measles-associated Pa. deaths out of its latest count after RFK Jr. sparred with Gov. Shapiro
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has accused Pennsylvania of not cooperating with the CDC in its handling of a measles outbreak.
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Doug Porter @douglasporter.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
So stupid.
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Doug Porter @douglasporter.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Thee Sacred Souls closed out their tour with a wonderful show at the #SantaBarbaraBowl
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Doug Porter @douglasporter.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
La Lom kills it at the #santabarbarabowl
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Doug Porter @douglasporter.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Womack sisters opening at the #santabarbarabowl
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