M. David Ruff
@mdavidruff.bsky.social
Chief tax nerd at California State Assembly. Tax policy. Watches. Travel. Not always in that order. Duel citizen of California and Switzerland. Proud alum of UC Davis and Berkeley Law. #caleg
Collins only votes her “principles” once leadership has secured the votes and given her a pass. Every time.
I’m kinda unsure that’s a great quality for the most powerful person on earth.
Sen. John Kennedy on Trump's blatant reflecting pool lies: "The president says it was caused by vandals. I don't know if he really believes that or it's part of his political messaging or he's just thinking out loud ... he grows anxious when he has an unexpressed thought."
But the real question is what percentage of Americans think he should glue more fake gold onto the Oval Office fireplace?
CNN Trump Approval Rating Poll: ❌ Disapprove: 66% ✅ Approve: 34% 📉 73% say he isn't paying attention to the country's problems. www.cnn.com/2026/07/29/p...
Post a perfect album from the 1990s.
Post a perfect album from the 1990s.
As someone who has voted in every election, donated to numerous campaigns, and knocked on hundreds of doors, it’s really frustrating when I have to spend ten minutes a day unsubscribing to spam candidate fundraising emails I never signed up for.
This is just aggressively dumb. Is the Senate an anti-democratic vestige of a 18th century compromise? Sure. But when you spend your energy advancing impossible constitutional revisions instead of working to win elections, I will safely assume you are not a serious person.
A teardown of the Senate might be good for American democracy, @jonathanbchait.bsky.social argues:
Thank god. Was getting really tired of the hand flicking Argentine fans.
The gummy bears in my hotel are $19. I’m facing a moral dilemma.
Watching the HBO documentary about Burning Man and now they are interviewing apparent burner enthusiast Grover Norquist. I’m so confused.
I’ll be honest. I thought the “defund the police”movement was perhaps the dumbest thing the left has done in 20 years. That said, I am 100 percent for defunding ICE.
Personally, I’d leave my senate seat to my California Desert Tortoise. But to each their own.
I guess this weather is good practice for next week’s family reunion in South Carolina.
Turns out federal judges don’t like getting played. Who knew?
I truly don’t understand people who cling to their jobs like Mitch McConnell. My father was a very well-respected neuropsychologist. The moment he realized he was losing a step, he retired. Obviously, we are all different, but I will always admire that decision.
Not the outcome I wanted, but super proud of my country. 🇨🇭
I’ve always wanted to visit the Islamic Republic of Japan.
Step 1: rail against communism. Step 2: open a symbolic number of stations offering an essential good for government set prices that will run out almost immediately, perhaps with long lines.
It is unclear who is behind the initiative and its sharply discounted gas prices.
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