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Marena Lin for Congress, CA-32

@marenalinforcongress.com
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Daughter of immigrants, climate scientist, union organizer, public health software engineer running to replace Brad Sherman in CA-32 www.marenalinforcongress.com

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Marena Lin for Congress, CA-32 @marenalinforcongress.com · 23/05/2026
I take zero PAC money. Every dollar I spend has my name on it. Sources: FEC committee C00945824 (fec.gov), Schedule A image #202605209870117098. The $600K ad buy was reported by Politico.
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Marena Lin for Congress, CA-32 @marenalinforcongress.com · 23/05/2026
This super PAC announced a $600K ad buy supporting Jake Levine. The catch: a super PAC’s spending shows up fast, but its donors don’t post until the next report, June 20. Our primary is June 2. You vote before you can see who’s funding it.
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Marena Lin for Congress, CA-32 @marenalinforcongress.com · 23/05/2026
Two disclosed donors so far: $100,000 from Chris Larsen, Executive Chairman of Ripple (the crypto company), and $5,000 from developer Rick Caruso, who endorsed my opponent. Larsen is also a major Democratic and climate donor.
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Marena Lin for Congress, CA-32 @marenalinforcongress.com · 23/05/2026
A super PAC is spending to pick our next member of Congress in CA-32, so I pulled the FEC filings on who’s behind it.
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Marena Lin for Congress, CA-32 @marenalinforcongress.com · 06/05/2026
Sherman paid his lowest-paid staffer $42K in 2025, less than 96% of the sitting House members’ offices (425 shown with a full year of 2025 data)
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Marena Lin for Congress, CA-32 @marenalinforcongress.com · 06/05/2026
Sherman’s peak year of mail is in the top 1% of all House offices during the 2016-2025 Trump era.
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Marena Lin for Congress, CA-32 @marenalinforcongress.com · 06/05/2026
Even Matt Gaetz at $25K on mail and $75K median staffer wage.
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Marena Lin for Congress, CA-32 @marenalinforcongress.com · 06/05/2026
Even Boebert pays $115K median staffer wage and spends $58K on mail.
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Marena Lin for Congress, CA-32 @marenalinforcongress.com · 06/05/2026
Marjorie Taylor Green pays her staff more at $96K and spends $42K on mail.
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Marena Lin for Congress, CA-32 @marenalinforcongress.com · 06/05/2026
Scatterplot of fulltime median constituent services member wage versus average money spent on paper mail (2016-2025). Every dot is a House office with at least a full year of data. Congressman Sherman is exceptional in paying $188K in mail (per year average) while only offering a $50,500 median staff salary (most recent year). He is among the highest spenders on paper mail and lowest payers of salary.
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Marena Lin for Congress, CA-32 @marenalinforcongress.com · 06/05/2026
Card saying “Recently, I compared his taxpayer budget to AOC, Ilhan Omar, and Ayanna Pressley. That was unfair. I should have compared him to everyone.”
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Marena Lin for Congress, CA-32 @marenalinforcongress.com · 06/05/2026
It’s important to be able to admit when I’ve been unfair. 😔 I hope you will still vote for me on June 2nd.
Card stating “I owe Congressman Sherman an apology.”
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Marena Lin for Congress, CA-32 @marenalinforcongress.com · 05/05/2026
Dashboard is live: marenalinforcongress.com/research/mra-dashboard 🕵️‍♀️
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Where Does Your Representative's Budget Go?
Every member of Congress receives roughly $2 million per year in taxpayer money. Here's how they spend it.
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Marena Lin for Congress, CA-32 @marenalinforcongress.com · 05/05/2026
Your congressperson gets $2M a year in taxpayer money. I built a dashboard to show you where it goes. Nearly a quarter of it is paper mail during election years. His lowest-paid employee makes 20% less than offices that actually prioritize living wages. I’ll spend it on people, not paper.
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LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia @controller.lacity.gov · 21/04/2026
🔨 Street Services: $55 Million INCREASE to $478 Million Includes increases in hiring more employees, salaries, contractual services, liability claims, & more. Increases for sidewalk repair, pavement preservation, access/curb ramps, clean corridors program, & more.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
ICE Arrests 85-Year-Old French Widow Who Married Her G.I. Sweetheart www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/u...
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ICE Arrests 85-Year-Old French Widow Who Married Her G.I. Sweetheart
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/04/2026
Enten: "You think of the working class, those who have incomes less than $50,000. Look at how much they have turned against the president. His approval rating at the beginning of his second term was +2 -- down he goes, into the smithereens. Now at -34. That's an over 35 point shift."
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 15/04/2026
We will be taxing the ultra-wealthy and global elites.
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Hochul Proposes Tax on N.Y.C. Second Homes That Are Worth $5 Million
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
NLRB General Counsel Crystal Carey has moved to end a major labor law case against Amazon, which has also sued to have the entire agency declared unconstitutional. Before being appointed by Trump, Carey worked at a corporate law firm that represented Amazon. Connect the dots.
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penboyasgod.bsky.social @penboyasgod.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Someone is dying in ICE custody EVERY WEEK. And that doesn't even include the American citizens ICE has killed in the middle of our streets in broad daylight. It could not be more clear, ICE needs guardrails, not a blank check from Congress.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
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Mass Action Targets Schumer and Gillibrand Ahead of Senate Vote on Israel Aid
The Senate is poised to vote on resolutions that would block over $650 million in weapons sales to Israel.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Meanwhile, the typical American will pay a federal income tax rate of 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like. [Via @itep.org]
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David Farrier @davidfarrier.com · 12/04/2026
correct. i went into this 6 years ago if anyone wants a refresher: www.webworm.co/the-wild-sto...
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The Pretender: Part I
Years ago, I started getting legal threats from a filmmaker. Then things got wild
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Marje isn’t haunted by ghosts @minn-finn.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Hey, so ICE is still kidnapping and disappearing people in the United States. Just because they got quieter about it doesn't make it okay. Abolish ICE. Chinga la Migra.
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David Farrier @davidfarrier.com · 12/04/2026
for anyone following along, a new zealander called anna wilding is running for congress here in california, and she's running in a truly unhinged (quite racist) way. and her husband is really mad about me writing about it all: www.webworm.co/part10/
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Anna Wilding's Racist Ramblings
CA congressional candidate Anna Wilding makes racist claims in texts to Jake Levine's campaign manager, & James Sved takes David Farrier to court.
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Marena Lin for Congress, CA-32 @marenalinforcongress.com · 15/04/2026
Context for anyone new here: www.reddit.com/r/asianameri...
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Marena Lin for Congress, CA-32 @marenalinforcongress.com · 15/04/2026
60K views on the Reddit post. 14% international viewers. I have circled the spies for convenience.
Analytics panel for the Anna Wilding called me a Chinese spy Reddit post circling the international views bar chart percentage with “SPIES” scrawled across
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Senator Mazie K. Hirono @hirono.senate.gov · 14/04/2026
Someone is dying in ICE custody EVERY WEEK. And that doesn't even include the American citizens ICE has killed in the middle of our streets in broad daylight. It could not be more clear, ICE needs guardrails, not a blank check from Congress.
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M.A. Hamilton @hourofignorance.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Members of Congress are gaining access to ICE facilities and surprise, surprise, the conditions are inhumane.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Trump is touting the no tax on tips provision in his budget bill. But many tipped workers won't benefit because their earnings are so low. And the provision expires in 2028. The estate tax cuts that primarily benefit the rich? Those were made permanent. Funny how that works.
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Marena Lin for Congress, CA-32 @marenalinforcongress.com · 14/04/2026
Wow! Thanks for the heads up
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 14/04/2026
My friend Marena is dealing with some truly batshit insane people in this CA congressional race:
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Marena Lin for Congress, CA-32 @marenalinforcongress.com · 14/04/2026
The problem is voters having any suggestion that this could be true and my having to contest these accusations at every turn, in public forums and on the ballot. One of the responses to a video I made about this was that I should be deported.
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Marena Lin for Congress, CA-32 @marenalinforcongress.com · 13/04/2026
Today I posted the full unedited candidate forum — the one I walked into two hours after learning about these texts — with subtitles in English, Spanish, and Traditional and Simplified Chinese. Because that’s who this district is. 3/3 youtu.be/yKTCJKlBbiU?...
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Marena Lin for Congress, CA-32 @marenalinforcongress.com · 13/04/2026
I posted every receipt. 48K+ views, 1K upvotes, 99% approval. She hasn’t denied a single screenshot. Full receipts and timeline: www.reddit.com/r/asianameri...? 2/3
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Marena Lin for Congress, CA-32 @marenalinforcongress.com · 13/04/2026
Another candidate in my congressional race called me a Chinese spy because I’m a scientist with an Asian last name. She told a rival campaign to act on it. She contacted the California Secretary of State. Eight days later she emailed me saying she has a Chinese cousin. 1/3
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Gays Of Bluesky @gaysof.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
ICE IS DETAINING HUMAN BEINGS IN INHUMANE CONDITIONS. REPORTS OF PEOPLE BEING SHOT, STRIPPED AND NEGLECTED ARE OUTRAGEOUS. IMMIGRANT RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS, AND WE DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY. NO ONE SHOULD BE TREATED LIKE THIS. STAND UP, SPEAK OUT AND DEFEND DIGNITY. ICE AND RIGHTS.
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Michael Busch @michael-w-busch.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
It is outrageous and appalling that @marenalinforcongress.com is being targeted by racist attacks as she runs for Congress in #California 's 32nd district. I am glad to read that other candidates are rightly condemning this.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
GAME CHANGER: Montana just found the "exit ramp" to kill Citizens United. They aren't waiting for the Supreme Court—they’re going around them. 74% of voters are on board and corporate lawyers are PANICKING. This is how we win. 🏔️💸 www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/army-secre...
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Their Devil @iamdevil.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
So it turns out paying people a living wage doesn’t collapse the economy; it’s almost like the rich have been lying to us to maintain their power over our lives.
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Despite Apocalyptic Warnings, California Fast Food Wage Hike Didn’t Kill Jobs
UC Berkeley study finds employment held steady — and only pennies were added to menu prices.
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Marena Lin for Congress, CA-32 @marenalinforcongress.com · 11/04/2026
Thank you so much for this!
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Blood on our hands. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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How the U.S.-Israeli Strikes on Iran Have Damaged Schools and Hospitals
The Times has verified U.S.-Israeli strikes on at least 39 schools and hospitals, a fraction of the devastation so far.
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Marena Lin for Congress, CA-32 @marenalinforcongress.com · 11/04/2026
These were sent by candidate Anna Wilding to Jake Levine’s campaign manager. I’m so grateful to the Jake Levine campaign for their allyship against racism.
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Marena Lin for Congress, CA-32 @marenalinforcongress.com · 11/04/2026
A candidate in my race called me a Chinese spy because I’m a data scientist with an Asian last name. She told a rival campaign to act on it. My parents are from Taiwan. I have a doctorate. I was born and raised in this district, and I want to help as many people as possible. That’s why I’m running
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mrsatkins.bsky.social @mrsatkins.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
@marenalinforcongress.com I attended the simi valley candidate forum tonight and I’m gonna be honest, I was pretty sure I would’ve voting for incumbent Brad Sherman before attending. But he DID NOT earn my vote. I was very impressed by your resume and your positions. I look forward to learning more!
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Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups @maximalistac.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
For Brad Sherman’s seat in Congress, Marena Lin all the way. Public transit platform, unapologetically progressive, and not afraid to call out the US and Israel’s war crimes. Give her a follow and a few bucks if you can www.marenalinforcongress.com
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Marena Lin for Congress, CA-32 @marenalinforcongress.com · 09/04/2026
This means so much to me! I’m genuinely grateful!
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Marena Lin for Congress, CA-32 @marenalinforcongress.com · 07/04/2026
I’m a climate scientist with a doctorate and published research in machine learning. Science built my career. Science built the rocket orbiting the moon right now. In Congress, I will fight to fully fund NASA, restore the NSF and NIH, and protect STEM education.
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