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Phillip Vander Klay @vanderklay.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I'm begging Dem consultants to lean into crime and fraud messages... because you can absolutely hammer Trump and the GOP for letting rich people perpetrate massive crimes that take billions from regular people We should be weaponizing their "fraud, waste, and abuse" messaging against them!

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Phillip Vander Klay @vanderklay.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I am begging Dem consultants to get off X, never mention trans issues again unless calling GOP obsession with it ridiculous, and hammer healthcare

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Fidel Martinez @fidel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Anyway not to toot my own horn but I wrote this in early January www.latimes.com/delos/newsle...

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dan solomon @dansolomon.com · 20/09/2026

was driving across texas yesterday and saw a billboard that said “there are only two sexes in texas” and it immediately felt like the walter white “jesse what the fuck are you talking about” meme. wild to have your opponent go all-in on that messaging and not just let them be the only one saying it

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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Natural gas demand on the California grid peaked in 2014 and has been falling ever since. Gas-fired electricity fell 15% last year, then another 26% in the first half of this year as solar and batteries continued to boom. insideclimatenews.org/news/1009202... via @dangearino.bsky.social

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How California Is Kicking Its Natural Gas Habit - Inside Climate News

Solar and batteries matter, but they’re not the only reasons for the steep decline in gas-fired electricity.

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Phillip Vander Klay @vanderklay.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

We see this every time with Republicans. They only change to caring about people once their political careers are threatened A massive blue wave this midterms will have almost every Republican saying that Trump is terrible

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The way to look at this is George bush is trying to help Donald trump retain power on the Hill

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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Based upon their documented behavior over the past few years, the tech industry is less afraid of the potential ramifications of Artificial Superintelligence than they are of Lina Khan.

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Phillip Vander Klay @vanderklay.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

CA politicos will get this: Trump is basically combining the Pete Wilson Prop 187 Latino backlash with the Gray Davis energy crisis that led to his recall and Schwarzenegger's election So yeah, I expect the midterms to get messy for the GOP

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Phillip Vander Klay @vanderklay.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

During redistricting efforts, plenty of Dems were wish-casting a dummy-mander. By creating a bunch of Trump +10 districts, Republicans made that seem impossible in all events but the biggest blue tsunami Well...

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Phillip Vander Klay @vanderklay.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Imagine spending your career defending democracy and human rights as a part of the greatest fighting force in the history of human kind, only to open your email one day to find the pentagon sent you something that looks like an application to work at hooters

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Phillip Vander Klay @vanderklay.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Hammer Republicans and the Trump Admin on this now. Hammer it all winter. Start impeachment proceedings on the illegal war in Iran in the Spring. Can start with Hegseth. I wouldn't rule out going after Trump afterwards.

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Phillip Vander Klay @vanderklay.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The ads are so easy: As ordinary Americans, our everyday prices keep going up because of Republicans harmful policies, bad tax legislation, and foolish Iran war. Meanwhile, those same Republican tax policies are giving corporations and their billionaire owners huge tax cuts to boost their profits

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Corporate tax payments plunge as AI feasts on new incentives

A generous tax break on capital investments Republicans created in 2025 wasn't designed specifically for the AI boom, but hyperscalers are making the most of it.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14/09/2026

crypto, car dealerships and MLMs. ripe targets for political and policy reasons.

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Howard Beck @howardbeck.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Late to it, but damn this was a great piece of writing on a really important subject.

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Phillip Vander Klay @vanderklay.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

If I was a low propensity voter struggling to pay for rising healthcare, groceries, gas, and rent and saw this clip of the president who has only made things worse for two years, I wouldn’t be happy

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Phillip Vander Klay @vanderklay.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

For those paying attention, Republicans are starting to run from Trump in their campaigns. Deleting website references, talking about their independence, etc It's a very clear signal to Dems about where to attack. Seeing too much "both sides" TPs. 2026 could be a juiced 2018. Don't get squishy

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Phillip Vander Klay @vanderklay.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Folks making fun of the Clippers return on Kawhi, but hey, going to 1 conference finals and a few other playoff runs in 20 years is way more than I can say for the Kings Plus they won't have to suffer thru a draft run like Jimmer, Thomas Robinson, McElmore, Stauskus, Cauley-Stein

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Phillip Vander Klay @vanderklay.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Democrats, we’re for human rights and affordable living. That’s it. That’s the message we hammer for the next two months

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Matt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

In which @jamellebouie.net reveals the Secret Sauce of his punditry. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/22/o...

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

It's striking (though not surprising given the normal course of authoritarian movements), that the whole Trump/MAGA/GOP message is now simply hatred of the other--of transgender people, of immigrants, and of "communists" as a catchall for everyone else. There's no pretense of a policy argument left.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

So an infamously bad businessman known for cheating suppliers and contractors, declaring bankruptcy, lying about his success, and being bailed out by shady and corrupt global players, is going ahead with the tariffs that every credible economic expert in the world agrees is a colossally bad idea.

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Ben Zipperer @benzipperer.org · 22/08/2026

Raleigh, NC taxpayers are spending $3,000 each -- $521 million total -- on Trump's mass deportations. What's your town paying? What could it fund instead? www.epi.org/deportation-...

Instead of spending
$521,361,691
or $3,068 per taxpayer, on mass deportations, Raleigh city taxpayers could fund
2,427
School Teachers
OR
2,998
Firefighters
OR
24,918
People on Medicaid
OR
11,039
Veterans' Medical Care
OR
14,659
Head Start Slots
OR
1,558
Registered Nurses

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Phillip Vander Klay @vanderklay.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Cheap long-duration storage is going to completely change energy markets. When you can suddenly use super cheap solar energy at peak and at night it upends the economics on so many things

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 18/08/2026

Breaking News: Trump officials are moving to open nearly 45 million acres of wilderness in national forests to new roads and logging, removing protections that had been in place since 2001.

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Trump Administration Moves to Allow Logging in Pristine National Forests

The move to repeal the ‘roadless rule’ would pave the way for road construction and logging in nearly 45 million acres of untouched back country.

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Phillip Vander Klay @vanderklay.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

In the early days of Trump 2.0, I muttered to the void that Dems who tried to tack towards Trump were making a bad electoral move. We’ve seen this show before - Trump would be unpopular and aligning with him would be a problem Bad political calculation cost Angie Craig her election

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

This cruelty has no need but cruelty. Haiti remains deeply dangerous; a country in the throes of anarchy. Hundreds of thousands of people are SAFE. They are safe. They are safe here and the nation has decided to make them unsafe. We are embarking on a tragedy and we cannot look away. We cannot.

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 06/08/2026

BREAKING: in July 2026, *every single one* of the 2,528 refugees admitted in the U.S. were white South Africans. In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 10,255 white South Africans, three Afghans (back in November), and nobody else. For reference, the U.S. admitted 100,060 refugees in 2024.

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Christy Somos @christysomos.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I maybe got a little emotional looking at this photo 🪐🔭🚀🛰️ via NASA astronaut Don Pettit: “I finally have all 1.2 million raw image files from my latest mission to ISS! Here is a sample of one of my favorite Milky Way photos, taken from the Cupola.”

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Phillip Vander Klay @vanderklay.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

the thing that has most surprised me about Trump 2 is how much the administration not only doesn’t care about increased prices but has no problem pushing prices up themselves Just kind of thought they would give better lip service to the issue that got him elected www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/b...

nytimes.com

Trump Will End Subsidies for Medicare Drug Premiums

Millions of older Americans could pay more for their prescription drug coverage next year.

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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Insane new research. Scientists gave asthma patients free electric stoves to replace their gas stoves, then checked to see if symptoms improved. Not only did symptoms improve, ditching gas was *better than medicine.* Details in today's newsletter: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/electric-s...

climatecoloredgoggles.com

Researchers used electric stoves to treat asthma. It worked.

The latest evidence that gas is bad for your health.

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

“He dedicated his life in the United States to giving his family the American dream,” Ronaldo said. "He deserved to live a quiet life as Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a husband, a father, and a job creator for dozens of men who also wanted the American dream.”

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Phillip Vander Klay @vanderklay.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

My friends, a big tent means everyone from centrists to socialists. No asking for a big tent party and being mad when new people come inside. Frankly, the main focus is on swing districts anyway. Lets lock arms and lets keep marching towards November and control of Congress

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

“.. Since the end of the Great Recession in 2009, only the top 0.1% of U.S. households have seen their wealth increase--from about $5.8 trillion to $25.1 trillion in the first quarter of 2026.” - Schwab

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Phillip Vander Klay @vanderklay.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

I still can't believe the DNC didn't do an America 250 celebration featuring the big Dem aligned stars. We could have had a Beyonce - Taylor Swift concert y'all. With acts from Bruce Springsteen and Lady Gaga. We should be playing on a level that keeps making this Admin look silly and amature

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Oren Hadar @futureis.la · 10/03/2026

We now have three years of post-ULA permitting data to compare to pre-ULA, and...it's not good. Average annual building permits issued in LA City have fallen by 1/3 since the measure passed. If you think this is due to macro factors, look at the rest of the county and state - doing mostly fine.

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Phillip Vander Klay @vanderklay.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

If you remove a law that stopped former confederate states from doing racism because it “isn’t needed anymore” and then those states immediately go do racism, maybe we still need that law

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Phillip Vander Klay @vanderklay.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Hmm I wonder what it says that the second SCOTUS says, "guys, times have changed, we don't have to protect against racism with the voting rights act anymore" the former confederate states immediately gerrymander their Black members of congress out of jobs

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Phillip Vander Klay @vanderklay.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Yikes I imagine that this is the leading indicator. We will likely see many more water emergencies in the coming years. Time to invest heavily in new water supplies or be prepared to run dry

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Phillip Vander Klay @vanderklay.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

“If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you.” ― Lyndon B. Johnson url4027.email.politico.com/ss/c/u001.6g...

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He spreads hate online — and fans pay him hundreds of thousands of dollars

The far-right influencer Nick Fuentes has pocketed roughly $900,000 from “fanatical” donors since the start of 2025. Some superfans see him as part of their families.

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Phillip Vander Klay @vanderklay.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

So much “government is bad” talk is driven by bad faith actors playing politics or cutting rich people’s taxes. The point of angry conservative news is to keep people in that misinformation bubble so they support the racist billionaire vanity project of killing hundreds of thousands of people

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Ian James @ianjames.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

The snowstorm over the weekend gave a late-season boost to California's meager snowpack in the Sierra Nevada. Statewide snowpack now stands at 23% of average, up from 15% before the storm. Here's our story about how extreme heat melted much of the snow as of 4/1: www.latimes.com/environment/...

Chart showing statewide snowpack in California's Sierra Nevada as of April 13, 2026.

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