Spotted at DC’s H St Festival: “This Flock camera tracks our movement!”
Sonya Steele
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“but bein alive & bein a woman & bein colored is a metaphysical dilemma/ i havent conquered yet" ― Ntozake Shange Living my life like it's golden. 🩷💚
It was wonderful to spend Rosh Hashanah last week with Missy and Elaine, two lifelong Michiganders who welcomed me into their home and taught me about the sweet and joyous meaning of Rosh Hashanah.
"Since the federal takeover, he spends four nights a week pedaling his bike up and down the same streets, recording agents as they arrest his neighbors. On the scene, he lists rights for people getting arrested and asks if they’d like him to contact anyone..." www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
He worked at NASA. Now he tails federal law enforcement on D.C. streets.
A group that has tracked the activity of federal officers since the president’s crackdown has previously been private about the effort.
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Today’s agenda in Oceanside: knock on doors and talk with voters.
🚨BREAKING: California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a sweeping package of election laws Saturday, including a measure making it a felony to seize ballots, election records or voting technology before an election is certified. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
California enacts new election safeguards against potential Trump interference in midterms
It’s the latest move by the Golden State to prevent law enforcement or federal officials from disrupting the counting of votes ahead of the midterms.
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We’re letting CEOs race to build technology they admit could threaten humanity, then trusting them to write the rules? JB Pritzker has the right comparison: put a high school ethics class in charge. They could not possibly do worse than these chuckleheaded clowns in White House.
In Roseville doing the work it takes to win this seat and elect Dr. Pan for Congress!
Black women have lost record numbers of jobs under Trump II, which white women voted for in the MAJORITY (demographic statement: if you come with not me, it's an instant block).
Per usual, EBU. Everybody. But. Us. "New data released this week from the Census Bureau this week reveals the gender pay gap widened for Black women." thegrio.com/2026/09/18/t...
The gender wage gap improved in 2025, unless you’re a Black woman
New data released this week from the Census Bureau this week reveals the gender pay gap widened for Black women.
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Every regime has one true sociopath among the opportunists.
Saeed Jones@theferocity.bsky.social · 18h agoThey are all terrible, but Stephen Miller is determined to be impressively evil.
🚨 Obama rejects the argument that the market and lawsuits alone can keep AI companies in check: “That’s not how we treat airlines, or drug companies, or food companies.” He says there’s “no replacement” for effective government regulation.
As the country heads into the midterm elections, The Root spoke with Planned Parenthood President Alexis McGill Johnson to discuss what’s truly at stake for reproductive rights. Reflecting on the expiration of a year-long funding ban passed under (cont.) 🧵 www.theroot.com/exclusive-pl...
One year into a four-year job, a four-star walked her into his office, shut the door, tears in his eyes: the Secretary of Defense has ordered me to relieve you, effective immediately. Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/HlSqexreCM8
It wouldn't have come to this if folks didn't vote white instead of right. A Black woman, Rep Beatty, is fighting is out front for the Kennedy Center, but you all couldn't come together for the 700,000 Black women who lost their jobs.
The Contrarian@contrariannews.org · yesterdayThe Kennedy Center crowd is singing America The Beautiful. This is what democracy looks like.
Ossoff: Did you see this business about Don Jr.‘s wedding in the Bahamas? Where he received, apparently, a cash gift from a Russian oligarch connected to the Kremlin? This man, Kremlev, was apparently in China with Putin two days before he flew to the Bahamas for Don Jr.’s wedding…
This is an historic day for Hollywood. I want to thank Governor Newsom for continuing to be a champion of LA's entertainment industry and joining us in our work to ensure that Los Angeles remains the entertainment capital of the world. variety.com/2026/film/ne...
Gavin Newsom Signs Bill Creating $10 Million Post-Production Tax Credit
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a measure to create a $10 million tax credit for post-production.
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We say no no no 1000x no to the Ellisons' pressure tactics. We support the AG's and unions pushing for real structural remedies not ephemeral behavioral ones 
Block the Merger Coalition Statement on Reports of Ellison’s Settlement Squeeze
News reports indicate state Attorneys General are in negotiation talks in their lawsuit to block the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger. The merger is a threat to workers, journalists, consumers,...
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Across Southern California, we're organizing to win up and down the ballot and take back the House. This is how we do it!
Donald Trump banned multiple news outlets from the White House including CNN, Politico and MS NOW.
Back in Palm Springs to let voters in Riverside know that Marni von Wilpert for Congress and Leila Namvar for State Assembly are the candidates for them.
Accountability, but apparently only when it’s politically convenient.
El-Sayed: You know, with a name like mine, I never expected to run for office. It is 11 letters long. Donald Trump is a genius and he does not know how to say it Crowd: *laughs*
El-Sayed on RFK JR: It goes back to the fact that they appointed a guy who takes his kids swimming in Schitt's Creek. I find it personally offensive that my dude works out in jeans. Either he is not really working out or he just has massive calluses on the inside of his legs. It is not right
I just enacted a new California Film & TV Tax Credit to support Californians working in post-production, including editing, sound, visual, and audio effects. This industry just can't be replicated anywhere else — and we're boosting the extraordinary people who make it possible.
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a standalone postproduction tax incentive into law on Friday in a bid to lure Hollywood jobs back to California and render the state more competitive with the likes of New York and Georgia.
Gov. Gavin Newsom Signs CA Postproduction Tax Credit Into Law
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a standalone postproduction tax incentive into law on Friday in a bid to lure Hollywood jobs back to California and render the state more competitive with the likes of New York and Georgia.
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