proud dad to a Pinay and husband to a #RPCV | deputy LD for AG Rob Bonta | now unreliable at water polo 🤽🏾‍♂️ | views are my ownhttps://bsky.app/profile/highlander07.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/highlander07.bsky.social/post/3lv2yljm6ok2jconfirmation bias, but he is one of my policy GOATs: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/magazine/robert-reich-interview.html29 Jul 2025 01:50 +0000at://did:plc:fyg457ayebmx4vjglwittyqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lv2yljm6ok2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/highlander07.bsky.social/post/3ltwwxi7avk2g#31 for AG Bonta... https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-sues-trump-administration-freezing-billions-education14 Jul 2025 17:45 +0000at://did:plc:fyg457ayebmx4vjglwittyqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltwwxi7avk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/highlander07.bsky.social/post/3lsydnd5wsk2p"charity is no substitute for justice withheld." https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/technology/mark-zuckerberg-priscilla-chan-czi.html02 Jul 2025 13:40 +0000at://did:plc:fyg457ayebmx4vjglwittyqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsydnd5wsk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/highlander07.bsky.social/post/3lrj4fdb4us2pPSA: nonpartisan Legislative Analyst Office's analysis of Prop 36 as a ballot measure highlighted there was no funding mechanism and possible costs to the counties in the hundreds of millions. That was just smoke and mirrors since we were already prosecuting organized retail theft.13 Jun 2025 18:55 +0000at://did:plc:fyg457ayebmx4vjglwittyqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrj4fdb4us2phttps://bsky.app/profile/highlander07.bsky.social/post/3lr6wee65nc2wLA and presser coming up around 11a: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/california-department-of-justice_read-the-california-doj-weekly-newsletter-activity-7337858760498913280-MMGO?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android&rcm=ACoAAAXqZY0BdiynN3QnJba-7md3QY5jBxpspTA09 Jun 2025 17:40 +0000at://did:plc:fyg457ayebmx4vjglwittyqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lr6wee65nc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/highlander07.bsky.social/post/3lpz23hf2722odraining the so-called swamp straight into his pocket, while slashing government services and benefits for working people: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/us/politics/trump-money-plane-crypto.html?smid=nytcore-android-share25 May 2025 16:06 +0000at://did:plc:fyg457ayebmx4vjglwittyqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpz23hf2722ohttps://bsky.app/profile/highlander07.bsky.social/post/3lpdfxaiijc2dMy Peace Corps service was in Namibia. The argument here is laughable: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/us/politics/trump-south-africa-afrikaners.html?smid=nytcore-android-share17 May 2025 01:40 +0000at://did:plc:fyg457ayebmx4vjglwittyqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpdfxaiijc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/highlander07.bsky.social/post/3lp3c3aphoc2oReports of protesters in wheelchairs advocating against Congressional Medicaid cuts getting arrested.. may the Last Week Tonight and TDS comparisons with Trump's and GOP's response to Jan 6 insurrectionists begin.13 May 2025 20:09 +0000at://did:plc:fyg457ayebmx4vjglwittyqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp3c3aphoc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/highlander07.bsky.social/post/3loblppzpoc2n"A federal judge on Thursday permanently barred the Trump administration from invoking the Alien Enemies Act, an 18th-century wartime law, to deport Venezuelans it has deemed to be criminals from the Southern District of Texas... The 36-page ruling by Judge Rodriguez, a President Trump appointee..." https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/us/texas-judge-trump-alien-enemies-act.html?smid=nytcore-android-share03 May 2025 14:52 +0000at://did:plc:fyg457ayebmx4vjglwittyqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3loblppzpoc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/highlander07.bsky.social/post/3lo54evek2s2uFollowing that morning of debating TPs versus impact, it's easy to forget what's happened already under Trump 2.0's first 100 days. Here's follow-up from something that happened before he was even sworn in, where constitutional rights were trampled: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-04-29/judge-orders-border-patrol-to-halt-illegal-stops-in-the-central-valley-after-raids-spark-fear01 May 2025 20:07 +0000at://did:plc:fyg457ayebmx4vjglwittyqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo54evek2s2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/highlander07.bsky.social/post/3lnvp7c2rx22sHaving trouble keeping up with AG Bonta's federal accountability work? You're not the only one, and here's our landing page: https://oag.ca.gov/federal-accountability28 Apr 2025 21:23 +0000at://did:plc:fyg457ayebmx4vjglwittyqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnvp7c2rx22shttps://bsky.app/profile/highlander07.bsky.social/post/3lmzdftihb22a14th lawsuit filed yesterday on tariffs, to defend the rule of law: https://oag.ca.gov/federal-accountability17 Apr 2025 14:37 +0000at://did:plc:fyg457ayebmx4vjglwittyqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmzdftihb22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/highlander07.bsky.social/post/3lmqkr7dvn22rexhausted going into spring recess and lolol: https://youtu.be/zBflZLStKQg?si=1dfAJIVQ7UvMjYOp14 Apr 2025 02:55 +0000at://did:plc:fyg457ayebmx4vjglwittyqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmqkr7dvn22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/highlander07.bsky.social/post/3lm3u2fjlak2yCan't stop, won't stop... https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-03-31/california-legal-fight-stop-trump-attorneys05 Apr 2025 21:15 +0000at://did:plc:fyg457ayebmx4vjglwittyqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lm3u2fjlak2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/highlander07.bsky.social/post/3lljorvp5f22bLikely because I came of age watching TDS/Jon Stewart/John Oliver, I feel like satire is a better vehicle for analyzing what's happening rather than just explaining the news lol https://youtu.be/sNMdRzK9Nj0?si=VQY1qRTbksAd2WOd29 Mar 2025 15:53 +0000at://did:plc:fyg457ayebmx4vjglwittyqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lljorvp5f22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/highlander07.bsky.social/post/3ljnxnfbel22wTake naps, stay woke.05 Mar 2025 21:52 +0000at://did:plc:fyg457ayebmx4vjglwittyqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljnxnfbel22whttps://bsky.app/profile/highlander07.bsky.social/post/3liuen4qots2xFree TP: some lamented the diminishing of the co-equal branches of gov during 'rona + last-minute special sessions, and crickets now that similar but legal arguments are being made in Fed courts to stop Trump's unconstitutional and unlawful violations that actually have secured TROs and injunctions23 Feb 2025 17:35 +0000at://did:plc:fyg457ayebmx4vjglwittyqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3liuen4qots2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/highlander07.bsky.social/post/3lil24i4cic2jI'm no attorney, and in CA, this would be considered a hate crime given what the suspect has stated on the record: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/world/middleeast/florida-shooting-israeli-tourists.html?smid=nytcore-android-share20 Feb 2025 00:33 +0000at://did:plc:fyg457ayebmx4vjglwittyqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lil24i4cic2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/highlander07.bsky.social/post/3lhr5yfxkc22oI served in the Peace Corps, above the red line in Namibia. Politics there are complex, as they are in South Africa, folliwing apartheid rule. Now, an Afrikaaner is seeking to privatize government in the US for his own gain here, as well as defund USAID and bring sanctions against South Africans. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/obituaries/sam-nujoma-dead.html?smid=nytcore-android-share09 Feb 2025 17:33 +0000at://did:plc:fyg457ayebmx4vjglwittyqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhr5yfxkc22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/highlander07.bsky.social/post/3lhesmobjok2dMy boss announced a new email where folks can report potential violations of state laws protecting immigrants: immigration@doj.ca.gov https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-provides-guidance-students-educators-immigration04 Feb 2025 19:37 +0000at://did:plc:fyg457ayebmx4vjglwittyqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhesmobjok2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/highlander07.bsky.social/post/3lhelvulrak2dbipartisan report finds: "...the U.S. economy is performing better than any of its peers and pulling away from the economies of Europe and Japan... The report also finds that the U.S. fares less well in almost every other realm, including health, happiness and social trust." https://stateofnation.org/04 Feb 2025 17:37 +0000at://did:plc:fyg457ayebmx4vjglwittyqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhelvulrak2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/highlander07.bsky.social/post/3lgvcl5lzkc2hWhile the temporary restraining order (TRO) is in effect on the Fed funding EO, here are the programs the Budget Office identified: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/01/28/upshot/federal-programs-funding-trump-omb.html?smid=nytcore-android-share29 Jan 2025 15:40 +0000at://did:plc:fyg457ayebmx4vjglwittyqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgvcl5lzkc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/highlander07.bsky.social/post/3lgqfr2oqxc25In related life-outside-the-twilight-zone news, CalDOJ helped stop the Kroger-Albertsons merger that would've been bad for consumers + workers alike: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/business/economy/amazon-union-whole-foods-philadelphia.html?smid=nytcore-android-share27 Jan 2025 16:54 +0000at://did:plc:fyg457ayebmx4vjglwittyqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgqfr2oqxc25https://bsky.app/profile/highlander07.bsky.social/post/3lggjtqp6i22v"Federal District Court judge, John C. Coughenour, sided at least for the moment with four states that sued. 'This is a blatantly unconstitutional order,' he said." https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/us/politics/judge-blocks-birthright-citizenship.html?smid=url-share23 Jan 2025 18:40 +0000at://did:plc:fyg457ayebmx4vjglwittyqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lggjtqp6i22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/highlander07.bsky.social/post/3lgbpf3n7zc2qYep, no "great resignation" over here: https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-sues-trump-administration-over-unconstitutional21 Jan 2025 20:36 +0000at://did:plc:fyg457ayebmx4vjglwittyqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgbpf3n7zc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/highlander07.bsky.social/post/3lg7r54o2e222First EOs withdrawing from climate accords + energy, flouting the TikTok ban upheld by SCOTUS, and pardoning virtually all the Jan 6 insurrectionists... https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/us/politics/trump-pardons-jan-6.html?smid=nytcore-android-share21 Jan 2025 02:02 +0000at://did:plc:fyg457ayebmx4vjglwittyqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg7r54o2e222https://bsky.app/profile/highlander07.bsky.social/post/3lfx7tqcg222vNot surprised -- I've been around them since 2010, and the tech bros haven't shown themselves to be different from the big biz of railroad, telecom, etc. bros before them. Not nearly as fun as the Mario Bros 🪠 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/us/politics/mark-zuckerberg-donald-trump-inauguration.html?smid=nytcore-android-share17 Jan 2025 16:32 +0000at://did:plc:fyg457ayebmx4vjglwittyqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfx7tqcg222vhttps://bsky.app/profile/highlander07.bsky.social/post/3lfn72hhygc2lWhen I was getting my MPH over a decade ago, there was a mumps outbreak at a Cal undergrad dorm. These preventable diseases were just effectively suppressed stateside due to high compliance/herd immunity, not eradicated globally. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/briefing/childhood-vaccinations-trump.html?smid=nytcore-android-share13 Jan 2025 16:51 +0000at://did:plc:fyg457ayebmx4vjglwittyqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfn72hhygc2l