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Scott Graves

@shg29.bsky.social
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Budget Director @ calbudgetcenter.org #CABudget | #CALeg | #Medicaid | #HealthPolicy | Justice System

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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
New documents reveal Ken Paxton has grown his net worth up to $27 million since taking office. His yearly salary is just $153,000.
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Scott Graves @shg29.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
www.sacbee.com/news/local/e...
sacbee.com
Major credit agency downgrades Sac City Unified’s rating to ‘highly speculative’
Fitch Ratings lowered the district’s rating for the second time this year, citing weak budget management and ongoing uncertainty over its path to financial stability.
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Scott Graves @shg29.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
protectdemocracy.org/how-you-can-...
protectdemocracy.org
How you can protect democracy - Protect Democracy
These concrete actions are a tangible way to push back against abuses of power and create something better.
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Scott Graves @shg29.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Billionaire contributes millions to make it harder for eligible Californians to vote. What a surprise. www.sacbee.com/news/politic...
sacbee.com
Airbnb billionaire — an ex-Democrat — cuts $8 million check for voter ID measure
A former Biden donor turned DOGE insider just wrote an $8 million check to back California’s voter ID measure.
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Jason Sisney 🏳️‍🌈 @jasonsisney.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
#CABudget: September income taxes surpass projections, and looking ahead to 2027 budget challenges. jasonsisney.substack.com/p/september-...
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September income taxes surpass projections
Looking ahead to the 2027 budget cycle and its challenges
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
James Talarico on Texas officially banning THC: “Texans aren’t going to stop smoking weed and eating edibles because politicians in Austin say so. We are now telling full-grown adults how to live their lives. This is the nanny state at its worst; this is big government at its worst."
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 06/10/2026
An American president is encouraging an enemy to destroy American cities. This is treason, though he will claim we are not at war.
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Scott Graves @shg29.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Endorsement: Prop 38 is one of the most noxious deposits on California’s political dung heap in years www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/edit...
sfchronicle.com
Endorsement: Prop 38 is one of the most noxious deposits on California’s political dung heap in years
OPINION: Prop 38 would give billions to an institute co-founded by billionaire Michael Milken, also known as the “junk bond king,” who was pardoned by Trump in 2020, the editorial board writes.
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California Federation of Labor Unions @californialabor.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Kevin Kiley can run, but he can't hide from the working people he sold out for a pat on the head from Trump. We remember the Big Ugly Bill, Kevin, and the $100 billion in healthcare funding cuts for California that YOU voted for. Vote @drpanmd.bsky.social for Congress in CD-6!
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I have one house.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/09/2026
ICE BEHIND THE MASKS HAVE NAMES 2 masked agents threatened to arrest Robert Peck for legally observing them. He sued. “And now, because of a lawsuit, the (ICE) agents have names.” A Hylton 📌Nicholas Lapointe 📌Christopher Semler I hope more people take ICE to court when their rights are violated.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Another fight over who controls the nation’s purse strings. The White House announced that it plans to cancel $810 million in spending already approved by Congress, using a rarely used maneuver known as a “pocket rescission.”
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: The California Supreme Court ruled that Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco violated state law when he seized roughly 650,000 ballots from last year’s special redistricting election after pursuing debunked claims of a massive ballot discrepancy. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
California Supreme Court orders GOP sheriff to return seized ballots, affirms state’s power over local law enforcement
The twin rulings stand to make it significantly harder for local law enforcement to create election chaos and use unsubstantiated fraud claims to seize ballots outside California’s established electio...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
CNN is about to travel the same dark path of WaPo and CBS News. They will say it's not true. They will ask you to ignore what you see and disbelieve what you hear. Instead, I suggest you support independent media. You can start with Democracy Docket but there are many others. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23/09/2026
BREAKING: Judge Kelly just concluded there's no "national security" argument in this case (CNN/MSNOW/Politico)
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
ICE shot Wilber Perez in the back. Now, Wilber can’t move the left side of his body. How does paralyzing a DoorDash driver make anyone more safe?
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Perpetually “concerned” Susan Collins should be VERY concerned by the latest reporting from ProPublica, revealing her involvement in an alleged bribery/pay to play scheme of awarding defense contracts to a specific firm right after that company made campaign “donations." youtu.be/f2fFlCPjKnk?...
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GOP Senator CAUGHT RED-HANDED In MASSIVE BRIBERY SCHEME Probe!?!
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
UPDATE: All recent polls have Talarico ahead of Paxton in the #Texas U.S. Senate race We're tracking all major polls in the U.S. Senate race to give Texans a fuller picture of where this race is headed. Paxton has been consistently trailing in the polls, but the margins are tight.
texastribune.org
U.S. Senate race: Tracking poll results for James Talarico and Ken Paxton
We're tracking all major polls in the U.S. Senate race to give Texans a fuller picture of where this race is headed. Paxton has been consistently trailing in the polls, but the margins are tight.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: At least 550,000 voters registered or updated their registration last week, according to final tallies the nonpartisan nonprofit National Voter Registration Day shared exclusively with Democracy Docket Tuesday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
Exclusive: Over half a million voters registered in a single day last week
At least 550,000 voters registered or updated their registration last week, according to final tallies the nonpartisan nonprofit National Voter Registration Day shared exclusively with Democracy Docke...
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A huge thank you to CNN, MS NOW, Politico, ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, Fox News, PBS News, NPR, The New York Times, The Washington Post, HuffPost, the Associated Press, Reuters, Getty Images, and AFP for standing together in defense of a free press.
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 22/09/2026
I told ya she did it.
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Scott Graves @shg29.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
www.sacbee.com/news/califor...
sacbee.com
California largely shielded from federal Obamacare cuts announced by VP Vance
About 1.79 million Californians are enrolled through Covered California — the state-managed marketplace created by the Affordable Care Act.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 20/09/2026
Joey Norris volunteered as an election worker during the 2024 presidential race. Two full years later, he was arrested. Some experts say Norris’ case is a prime example of the GOP pulling out all the stops to intimidate voters and election workers ahead of the midterms: demdock.com/4xDm1aT
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
BREAKING: Politico now says it has ALSO been denied White House access.
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Governor Newsom Press Office @govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov · 19/09/2026
BREAKING: As Donald Trump escalates his attacks on free and fair elections ahead of November, @governor.ca.gov Gavin Newsom just signed 13 new laws, including ones creating felony penalties for interfering with California’s ballots and election systems.
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NPR @npr.org · 19/09/2026
JUST IN: Three reporters were blocked from the White House grounds Saturday morning, a day after President Trump said CNN, Politico, and MS NOW would be banned for reporting "FICTION and LIES."
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CNN, MS NOW, Politico reporters denied access to White House following Trump ban
Three reporters were blocked from the White House grounds Saturday morning, a day after President Trump said CNN, Politico, and MS NOW would be banned for reporting "FICTION and LIES."
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Scott Graves @shg29.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New calculations raise the odds of a major Bay Area earthquake. Here’s the risk by fault www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
sfchronicle.com
New calculations raise the odds of a major Bay Area earthquake. Here’s the risk by fault
Scientists just recalculated earthquake risk on the San Andreas, Hayward and other Bay Area faults for the first time in more than a decade.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
He’s got a point!
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Faithful America @faithfulamerica.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The family of a 37-year-old woman who died while pregnant filed a lawsuit against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and others, alleging state law prevented her from getting a potentially life-saving abortion.
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Family of Texas woman who died after being denied an abortion sues Paxton, medical providers
“The basic principle here is you cannot take away someone’s life, as a state, and not be held liable for doing so,” a lawyer for the family said.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Ron White: Eight of Ken Paxton’s assistants turned him into the FBI for fraud... They sued and won $6 million. Guess who paid that $6 million? You and me paid the $6 million for his bribery. His own party impeached him. He’s a criminal.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 16/09/2026
He's not got any idea what he's even voting on. He has to be told how to vote. He's incapacitated. He's incapable of representing the people of Kentucky who are currently being taxed without representation.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 15/09/2026
The NYT/Siena poll in September 2018 had Democrats leading by 8 percentage points. Dems got a net gain of 41 seats in that election. We need 3 to flip the House this time.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 14/09/2026
NEW: VoteHub as changed the Texas Senate race between Talarico and Paxton from TOSSUP to TILT D
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 15/09/2026
Genuinely an insane paragraph from Sam Alito. “Voter fraud is real and scary and we have to stop it, so the fact that implementing Trump’s mail ballot rule will disenfranchise millions is legally irrelevant.” Brain melted. A right-wing podcaster in a robe. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
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As for the equities, the Government has a strong interest
in enforcing the rule, and implementing it will also “en-
hance the visibility of Federal Ballot Mail” in order to better
detect election fraud. 91 Fed. Reg. 54972. On the other side
of the balance, the plaintiff States invoke the practical ef-
fects of implementing the rule close to the midterm elec-
tions. I take that problem very seriously, but it is not
enough to convince me to deny the application.
First, as the District Court acknowledged, the States dis-
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/09/2026
the truly crazy making part of all of this is that voter fraud EFFECTIVELY DOES NOT EXIST. you have a better chance of finding an actual leprechaun at the end of the rainbow than of finding evidence of voter fraud that influences an election
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Reuters: U.S. SUPREME COURT DECLINES TO ALLOW TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO IMPLEMENT POSTAL SERVICE RULE RESTRICTING MAIL-IN VOTING
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 15/09/2026
BREAKING: In a major win for voters, the Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to reinstate its mail voting restrictions ahead of November’s pivotal midterm elections.  www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to revive mail voting restrictions ahead of midterms, in huge win for voters
Read more here.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 15/09/2026
BREAKING: The Supreme Court has DENIED Trump's bid to continue with his USPS vote by mail restrictions! HUGE WIN.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
#BREAKING: Over public dissents from Justices Thomas and Alito, #SCOTUS *denies* the Trump administration’s request for a stay in the mail-in ballots case. The USPS Rule will remain blocked—almost certainly through the midterms.
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Scott Graves @shg29.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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calmatters.org
With mail-in rules uncertain, here’s how Californians can prepare to vote in November
The Supreme Court is weighing President Trump’s plan to limit universal mail-in voting with just seven weeks until the November election. California officials are urging people to vote early.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/09/2026
Ossoff: "The draft-dodging commander in chief builds a monument to himself while plunging us deeper into a war he doesn't know how to end or win"
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 12/09/2026
📩 USPS rejected a Florida county’s mail ballot envelope design because two lines of text sat 0.236 inches apart — when there should have been a full quarter-inch between them. The envelope design was accepted on appeal. But here’s what the snafu shows us: demdock.com/4yyzC46
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11/09/2026
Okay everyone. Here’s the YouTube interview with @jimmykimmel.com and @jamestalarico.bsky.social You know what to do. Watch it. Share it. Donate. Bury them. youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk?...
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Jimmy Kimmel’s Interview with James Talarico That the FCC Doesn’t Want You To See
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Ken Paxton has now accepted $6,500 from Doug Jaffe. Jaffe was indicted by a grand jury on two charges of sexually assaulting a minor.
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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
In a major Texas Senate race endorsement, Hall of Fame former Texas Ranger David Maxwell spoke out against Ken Paxton. After blowing the whistle on Paxton's corruption in 2020 and being fired, Maxwell is endorsing James Talarico for US Senate. "Texans deserve a Senator who serves the people."
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Here we go again. The Trump administration just asked the Supreme Court to revive its overhauled DHS voter-verification system in time for the midterms after both a federal judge and an appeals court refused to let it move forward.
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
A Labor Day reminder: having a job is no longer enough to protect millions of Americans from homelessness. For many workers, the greatest threat isn't losing their job. It's that their job will never pay enough, never provide enough hours, never offer enough stability to keep them housed.
nytimes.com
Opinion | America Is Pushing Its Workers Into Homelessness (Gift Article)
The working homeless are casualties of our prosperity.
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