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@kerrybrowne.bsky.social
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Public Policy mostly. Former Educator. MA-raised. Dual citizen🇮🇪🇺🇸. Posts are my own. (he/him).

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CalMatters @calmatters.org · 08/10/2026
Five days after signing a law formalizing a state apology for “harms and atrocities” against California’s Native peoples, Gov. Newsom vetoed two additional bills that California tribes had championed, one on water and the other on sacred sites. cal.news/4y50WGl 📸 Loren Elliott
An aerial view of Three mile Slough in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta near Rio Vista on May 19, 2024. The Delta is formed by the confluence of the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers before their waters flow into San Francisco Bay. Photo by Loren Elliott for CalMatters
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 07/10/2026
reading this, recalling how quickly the killing of Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman slipped out of the news
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Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing.
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Kerry @kerrybrowne.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Except when she's defending assholes who bullied a teenaged immigrant to death. She'll put the extra shift in for that.
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Kerry @kerrybrowne.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Typically I dismiss melodramatic, reductive explanations of opposition as cartoonishly evil but the obstructionists & critics at this point are just knowingly defending reckless driving. You don't slow walk this because it's an equitable-yet-profitable policy addressing a public health crisis.
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Kerry @kerrybrowne.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I hate MA's question 3 as any good Masshole in my beloved home commonwealth should but I am so tired of the "let's beat up on CA" theory of politics that is upheld at every part of the political spectrum. Politics by "let's be better than this group/area we other" is always toxic.
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Kerry @kerrybrowne.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I can't recall the source interview but the interviewee mocked this sort of obsession with the apocalypse as a form of generational arrogance as the best generation they must be the last to distract from from insecurity about mortality or simply being forgotten. And I think about it a lot.
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Glad about the result, but I don’t think it speaks well of us as a country that after two years of human rights violations, war crimes, naked gangster corruption, and contempt for the Constitution, he’s finally unpopular because gas got expensive.
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Kerry @kerrybrowne.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"I went rollerskating on the worldest biggest suspended wooden dance floor at the Catalina casino" works both as the ramblings of someone in a fever dream and a literal thing you can do on Catalina Island
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Kerry @kerrybrowne.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I am tapping the sign
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
underrated part of El-Sayed’s messaging strategy seems to be shaming journalists who ask dumb questions that play into right-wing frames. you can’t answer these in a way that satisfies them, but you can make it embarrassing enough that you impose a toll on asking.
Abdul El-Sayed: "Weijia, with all due respect, this is the third time you've asked about a Twitch streamer ... their whole game is to make us fight culture wars so that we don't pay attention to the fact the president has made $2.2 billion ... "
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m @keptsimple.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I feel like the president stealing 9/11 first responder valor is a bigger story than a muslim man having the gall to hold political office on the 9/11 anniversary
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Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
In my last job (Washington Post Opinion section), I was asked repeatedly to write about the book "Abundance." I kept making excuses. Finally, I just bluntly stated that there are many, many books published about politics and it was strange that the entire political media was obsessed with this one.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
It’s mind-blowing that we have literal white nationalists in the White House carrying out unfathomably cruel, abusive, white nationalist policies, and the punditariat has spent the last two weeks debating if some people were too intemperate after a Black man was murdered by cops six years ago.
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Kerry @kerrybrowne.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
People should be much, much more worried about Prop 39 passing. Yes, the most recent poll is encouraging, but +9 2 months out is basically nothing for a lead.
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CalMatters @calmatters.org · 28/08/2026
Companies backing data center construction are flooding Sacramento with cash, hoping to stop or defang seven bills that would regulate the facilities as they head toward approval in the California Legislature this week. cal.news/45VjSvH 📸 Fred Greaves
Polls show voters are turning sharply against data centers and several bills to regulate the facilities are advancing in the California Legislature. Utilities and tech companies, meanwhile, are spending millions lobbying state officials. A lobbyist talks on his phone at the state Capitol in Sacramento on Sept. 12, 2025. Photo by Fred Greaves for CalMatters
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 18/08/2026
at @fiftyplusone.news we vet every pollster before we put "data" from them on our website. we did not include any polls from "median strategies" and have a forthcoming article about this. this is why you should just spam refresh the FiftyPlusOne website, instead of following meme aggregators on X
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Aaron Huertas @aaronhuertas.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
We have a major Democratic law firm, two major party committees, and two media outlets dead to rights suppressing research into how digital fundraising firms scam seniors and barely a peep from the national press corps or elected officials. A goddamn shame.
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Elizabeth Chou @reporterliz.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Nithya Raman, who is running for LA mayor, joined a rally outside the Lineage warehouse in Boyle Heights, saying "Lineage should not be allowed to re-open this warehouse " and that it should become a "safe space for the people who live here."
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Kerry @kerrybrowne.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
I enjoyed the Noah Kahan concert at the Rose Bowl, despite the venu's damndest efforts to ensure no one did.
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 16/08/2026
Xavier Becerra has gone silent since winning the primary for California governor. But here he is with Peter Thiel protégé Garry Tan—Palantir’s employee #10. “Garry’s List” is an AI-generated right-wing news site. Garry is a top Network State figure & tweeted “die slow” at SF city leaders in 2024.
Photograph of Becerra with Carrie Tan at A Gary’s list event
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Anarcho-Crust Demon Hunter @jamesaskew.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
This person now chairs the Housing Committee for Los Angeles
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Ernest "Dead" Penfold @penfoldsfiv.eurosky.social · 12/08/2026
the media when the centrist loses by 1% vs the media when the leftist loses by (less than) 1%
bluesky post by Politico saying "Progressives didn't get the big election night they wanted" referring to Abdul el-Sayed defeating Haley Stevens in the MI Senate primary and linking to their story with that headline.bluesky post by Politico with the text "The far left hits a wall" referring to David Crowley defeating Francesca Hong in the WI Governor Primary and linking to their story with that headline
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Gambling apps partnering with news organizations are the natural endpoint of horserace journalism. What’s the point of a horserace if you can’t bet on it
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Kerry @kerrybrowne.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Wisconsin broke Kornacki
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Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · 11/08/2026
NEW: NYC-DSA is 60% white, 14% Hispanic, 10% Asian and 9% Black, according to internal demographic data. News outlets have routinely suggested that DSA is 85% white, based on a 2021 demographic survey. But new data shows DSA has become more racially diverse, especially in NYC.
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NYC-DSA is 60% white, internal survey says
But the newest members of the Democratic Socialists of America are (slightly) more racially diverse.
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Kerry @kerrybrowne.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Most relatable thing Bass has done this campaign is have "Nation-leading actions to build more housing faster" as an "accomploshment". I too have applied for jobs I'm not qualified for with some vague padded out bullet points.
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sam delgado @samdelgado.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Since the pandemic, there’s been a decline in third spaces — places where people can connect & feel a sense of belonging. Now, some DC residents are creating ones to fill that gap. I spoke to the organizers behind these newest community hubs for @51st.news ⬇️ 51st.news/dc-third-spa...
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DC is having a third space renaissance
At least half a dozen new community spaces have opened this year.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
It sometimes feels like we're living in a ridiculously exaggerated folk tale with wildly implausible villains. For example, as the president takes billions for himself and his family and *coats his things in gold,* the soldiers fighting his war can't get toothpaste, hot water, or a clean toilet.
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Moldy showers and no soap: Military families are outraged by conditions on USS Lincoln
The aircraft carrier's long deployment in the Iran war is raising concerns that the sailors and Marines on board are facing poor conditions, low supplies and fatigue.
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Ten Four News @tenfourla.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
An LAPD Officer surreptitiously recorded racist, sexist and homophobic conversations within the division responsible for vetting new candidates. Now, he faces 13 years in prison for it. Words by @acatwithnews.bsky.social latenfour.com/2026/07/31/h...
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He Recorded Alleged Bigotry Inside LAPD. Now He’s Facing 16 Felony Charges
LOS ANGELES — After secretly recording conversations that he felt were racist, homophobic and sexist by fellow officers, an LAPD officer handed them over to the department’s Internal Affairs Divisi…
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Ask the people who claim to “care a lot about women’s sports” to name 3 women athletes without using the Williams sisters and you’ll realize nobody arguing this is coming from a good place
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 29/07/2026
Really interesting story here. You know how the hyperscaler cowboys are powering their data centers with gas turbines? It turns out the demands of AI are not very friendly to those turbines. They're supposed to last 5+ years & instead they're wearing out in under 12 months!
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Micah @rincewind.run · 29/07/2026
one thing that infuriates me so much about this shit is that they act as if the women making the allegations are being massively rewarded for their actions when in fact most of what they face for coming forward is being called liars and harassed by assholes like them
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
This is so fucking evil www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
ORR was created in 1980 to resettle refugees fleeing war and persecution. Since the early 2000s, the agency has also been charged with housing unaccompanied migrant children arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border, like Aurora's daughter.
The care of these children has historically been walled off from immigration enforcement. A 2008 law sought to ensure they were placed in the least restrictive setting and released from detention as soon as safely possible, regardless of their sponsors’ legal status.
The Trump administration has taken a drastically different approach. Since January 2025, the data shows, ORR has shared more than 460,000 “leads” with ICE about unaccompanied children, their sponsors -- usually parents or other relatives -- and additional ​household members, leaving them vulnerable to detention and deportation.
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 25/07/2026
Street homelessness went up in Los Angeles. In Nithya Raman's district, it was nearly cut in half
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Street homelessness went up in Los Angeles. In Nithya Raman's district, it was nearly cut in half
Street homelessness — people living outdoors or in their vehicles — went down by 49% in Raman’s district compared to the previous year, she said at a press conference Friday.
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Sergio Perez @sergioperez.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
While we’re at it, City Council should also tackle the discriminatory laws that prohibit soccer & other Latino-coded activities in various parks throughout the city. Let’s start with the Silver Lake meadow - where it is illegal to do anything that might attract folks from Echo Park & other areas.
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In L.A., playing ball in the streets is a crime. A City Council member wants to change that
A 1936 Los Angeles law prohibits playing baseball, basketball, soccer or any other ball game on a city street or sidewalk.
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
bloomberg has a fun article today arguing that the Cybertruck is the biggest flop in automotive history. it includes this glorious graph.
A graph showing how the edsel and Cybertruck both performed based on their sales target and actual year one and year two sales. The edsel was expected to sell 200k units in its first year. It sold slightly over 50k, and less than 50k the next year

The Cybertruck had a sales.target of 250k in its first year. They sold around 40k, the next year they sold about half as many.
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Kerry @kerrybrowne.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Nothing will radicalize you faster about active transportation infrastructure than spending time in Paris. Grade separated bike lanes, bikeshares and metal pylons felt omnipresent. Truly takes twice as long to go anywhere by car. Even taxi drivers have been conditioned to be responsible.
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Democrats are going to look utterly ineffectual if we find out four months from now that McConnell was dead for half a year and we did not turn things upside down to get to reveal that.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/07/2026
Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.
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Victor Narro @victornarro1.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
But the tournament will also be remembered for a classless and churlish Argentina, which forever stained itself with a thuggish performance in the game and an ungracious one afterward. By @kbaxter11.bsky.social www.latimes.com/sports/socce...
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News Analysis: Argentina lost more than the World Cup final. It lost its class and decorum
If Argentina had kept its composure it would have secured a place next to Brazil and Germany, the only other countries to reach three finals in four World Cups, as one of the greatest teams ever.
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jab lung @mobute.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
[argentina voice] mods...MODS...
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Kerry @kerrybrowne.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Spain could win and this match will still be a stain on the sport. Win or lose, this Argentina team should be remembered as a disgrace.
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Sean @flyingwalruss.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Argentina
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Kerry @kerrybrowne.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
This is how you end pay to play.
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Howard Goodall @howardgoodall.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
In an angry, divided world, this is a great image from last night's France-England game 👏
England and France players embracing at the end of a 10-goal World Cup football game for 3rd place
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Kerry @kerrybrowne.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
In case people still need to be convinced to root against Argentina on Sunday www.espn.com/soccer/story...
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Argentina government official leaves amid Lionel Messi row
Argentina's government announced that Julio Garro is no longer the undersecretary of sport as he called for Messi to apologise for the team's racist chant.
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Kerry @kerrybrowne.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Have nothing against Spain and genuinely would prefer France to win but watching the game on this raised platform right in front of the screen at this French bar so making it plainly clear to the crowd I am rooting for France.
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 13/07/2026
Sam Neill, 'Jurassic Park' actor, dies at 78
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Sam Neill, 'Jurassic Park' actor, dies at 78
Sam Neill, the New Zealand actor known for his roles in 'Jurassic Park,' 'The Piano' and 'Hunt for the Wilderpeople' has died. He was 78.
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