Hello Governor Newsom,
In 2010, California voters passed Prop 20 by a landslide (62–38) to take redistricting out of politicians’ hands and enshrine an independent citizens' commission in their state constitution. That was the will of the people.
Now you've launched a $100 million campaign--backed by Planned Parenthood, SEIU, and billionaire donors--to tear that down.
And here's the part that gives the whole game away: at the bottom of your site, the official footer declares it is backed by the Democratic House Majority PAC, alongside Bill Bloomfield.
Then, in one of the most brazen moves I’ve ever seen, you brand this effort "Democracy’s Best Bet."
Let me translate that. "Democracy" isn't the people of California deciding their system by referendum. It isn't respecting a constitutional amendment passed by millions of voters. "Democracy" here means whatever preserves Democratic control of Congress. It means Washington party bosses get to decide Californians' interests.
In 2010, California voters passed Prop 20 by a landslide (62–38) to take redistricting out of politicians’ hands and enshrine an independent citizens' commission in their state constitution. That was the will of the people.
Now you've launched a $100 million campaign--backed by Planned Parenthood, SEIU, and billionaire donors--to tear that down.
And here's the part that gives the whole game away: at the bottom of your site, the official footer declares it is backed by the Democratic House Majority PAC, alongside Bill Bloomfield.
Then, in one of the most brazen moves I’ve ever seen, you brand this effort "Democracy’s Best Bet."
Let me translate that. "Democracy" isn't the people of California deciding their system by referendum. It isn't respecting a constitutional amendment passed by millions of voters. "Democracy" here means whatever preserves Democratic control of Congress. It means Washington party bosses get to decide Californians' interests.
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Hello Mr. Wren,
I know you're only the messenger, but this "blacklist" is revealing in ways that cut deeper than the leak itself.
This memo proves that the whole DEI push that we all experienced in the last decade or two was never about uplifting marginalized voices. It was about using minorities as political shock troops, a textbook revolutionary tactic. Recruit from the margins, weaponize their grievance, then discard them the moment they're inconvenient.
Words like patriarchy (feminists), deadnaming (transgendered), LGBTQIA+ are being memory-holed because these groups aren’t politically useful anymore. That's exactly what’s happening in this memo.
People wonder why I'm a "traitor," why I'm a Republican. Long ago, I saw the contradiction: endless lip service, zero follow-through. The Democratic party has always been this way as long as I've lived; power first, principles never.
And please answer me, why was @playbookdc, with its deep overlap with the "pro-democracy" NGO crowd, the first place this blacklist landed? Is Playbook just stenography for the party, or something closer to a front for the intelligence community? Either way, does the Democratic Party have any original thoughts left, or is it all just noscripted management of language from above?
I know you're only the messenger, but this "blacklist" is revealing in ways that cut deeper than the leak itself.
This memo proves that the whole DEI push that we all experienced in the last decade or two was never about uplifting marginalized voices. It was about using minorities as political shock troops, a textbook revolutionary tactic. Recruit from the margins, weaponize their grievance, then discard them the moment they're inconvenient.
Words like patriarchy (feminists), deadnaming (transgendered), LGBTQIA+ are being memory-holed because these groups aren’t politically useful anymore. That's exactly what’s happening in this memo.
People wonder why I'm a "traitor," why I'm a Republican. Long ago, I saw the contradiction: endless lip service, zero follow-through. The Democratic party has always been this way as long as I've lived; power first, principles never.
And please answer me, why was @playbookdc, with its deep overlap with the "pro-democracy" NGO crowd, the first place this blacklist landed? Is Playbook just stenography for the party, or something closer to a front for the intelligence community? Either way, does the Democratic Party have any original thoughts left, or is it all just noscripted management of language from above?
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In a Project for the New American Century letter, he was a signatory which urged intervention in Iraq without a clear end goal (like democracy).
This defines his foreign policy: yes, he was for intervention. No, he wasn't for actual democracy building.
This defines his foreign policy: yes, he was for intervention. No, he wasn't for actual democracy building.
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Bolton's tenure was defined by constant clashes, and his grievance is obvious: he didn't get to unleash the wars he wanted. He retaliated by spilling classified national security secrets for profit.
Few officials in modern times have pushed harder for more death abroad; Bolton may go down as one of the deadliest men never to have his finger on the trigger.
We will all be safer for it when he is in jail. And ironically, that's exactly what Bolton would have advocated.
Thread end.
Few officials in modern times have pushed harder for more death abroad; Bolton may go down as one of the deadliest men never to have his finger on the trigger.
We will all be safer for it when he is in jail. And ironically, that's exactly what Bolton would have advocated.
Thread end.
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In the book, one of the most infamous parts Bolton wrote was about President Donald Trump's campaign to pressure Ukraine on Hunter Biden, calling it a "drug deal." Allegedly, Trump wanted Zelensky to investigate Hunter Biden's dealings and made US assistance contingent on that. This became the basis of Trump's first impeachment.
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🚨💣 THREAD: John Bolton: The Man Who Never Saw a War He Didn’t Like 💣🚨
John Bolton got his start as Reagan's assistant administrator of USAID -- a time when USAID was dramatically re-transformed from Nixon-era "New Directions" third-world assistance to being contingent on "Democracy & Governance" Cold War goals.
This thread unpacks:
1️⃣ His obsession with staying in wars forever
2️⃣ How his NGO & think-tank gigs kept him flush with hawkish donors
3️⃣ His time in the Trump administration and why his home got searched
As always, patience as I pull this together. 🧵
John Bolton got his start as Reagan's assistant administrator of USAID -- a time when USAID was dramatically re-transformed from Nixon-era "New Directions" third-world assistance to being contingent on "Democracy & Governance" Cold War goals.
This thread unpacks:
1️⃣ His obsession with staying in wars forever
2️⃣ How his NGO & think-tank gigs kept him flush with hawkish donors
3️⃣ His time in the Trump administration and why his home got searched
As always, patience as I pull this together. 🧵
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Watch today's media reactions to John Bolton's search for mask slips.
Already some of the talking points are disturbing. Political Wire writes -- "[E]veryone on the side of liberalism and the rule of law ought to take Bolton’s side today. Solidarity."
Think about that. John Bolton, the man who never met a war he didn't want and who spurned the UN is now the poster child of "liberalism."
What this proves is that "liberalism" has nothing to do with liberty. It means protecting the global elite. Defend Bolton, defend the system. They are equating "liberalism" to defending its own enforcers.
Already some of the talking points are disturbing. Political Wire writes -- "[E]veryone on the side of liberalism and the rule of law ought to take Bolton’s side today. Solidarity."
Think about that. John Bolton, the man who never met a war he didn't want and who spurned the UN is now the poster child of "liberalism."
What this proves is that "liberalism" has nothing to do with liberty. It means protecting the global elite. Defend Bolton, defend the system. They are equating "liberalism" to defending its own enforcers.
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I've been trying to wrap my head around John Bolton's mindset.
Neocons at least have a story about spreading freedom.
Globalists at least have a story about building supranational democracy.
MAGA populists at least have a story about pulling back and fixing home.
The best I can tell is from this excerpt where he blamed Putin's invasion of Ukraine on America's failure to project a credible military threat.
To him, the act of being ready to engage in war in and of itself is a deterrent against even bigger wars. But what's concerning is that he's had a home in four administrations. Who else in Washington shares this worldview?
Neocons at least have a story about spreading freedom.
Globalists at least have a story about building supranational democracy.
MAGA populists at least have a story about pulling back and fixing home.
The best I can tell is from this excerpt where he blamed Putin's invasion of Ukraine on America's failure to project a credible military threat.
To him, the act of being ready to engage in war in and of itself is a deterrent against even bigger wars. But what's concerning is that he's had a home in four administrations. Who else in Washington shares this worldview?
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Bolton's tenure was defined by constant clashes, and his grievance is obvious: he didn't get to unleash the wars he wanted. He retaliated by spilling classified national security secrets for profit.
Few officials in modern times have pushed harder for more death abroad; Bolton may go down as one of the deadliest men never to have his finger on the trigger.
We will all be safer for it when he is in jail. And ironically, that's exactly what Bolton would have advocated.
Thread end.
Few officials in modern times have pushed harder for more death abroad; Bolton may go down as one of the deadliest men never to have his finger on the trigger.
We will all be safer for it when he is in jail. And ironically, that's exactly what Bolton would have advocated.
Thread end.
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🚨💣 THREAD: John Bolton: The Man Who Never Saw a War He Didn’t Like 💣🚨
John Bolton got his start as Reagan's assistant administrator of USAID -- a time when USAID was dramatically re-transformed from Nixon-era "New Directions" third-world assistance to being contingent on "Democracy & Governance" Cold War goals.
This thread unpacks:
1️⃣ His obsession with staying in wars forever
2️⃣ How his NGO & think-tank gigs kept him flush with hawkish donors
3️⃣ His time in the Trump administration and why his home got searched
As always, patience as I pull this together. 🧵
John Bolton got his start as Reagan's assistant administrator of USAID -- a time when USAID was dramatically re-transformed from Nixon-era "New Directions" third-world assistance to being contingent on "Democracy & Governance" Cold War goals.
This thread unpacks:
1️⃣ His obsession with staying in wars forever
2️⃣ How his NGO & think-tank gigs kept him flush with hawkish donors
3️⃣ His time in the Trump administration and why his home got searched
As always, patience as I pull this together. 🧵
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This may have been the true reason why there has been so much weirdness around this case -- not because of an underaged blackmail scheme, but because Epstein was inducted as part of an elite network that we weren't supposed to see. And they protect their own.
To be clear: I don't know what I believe.
Maxwell has almost zero reason to tell the truth about anything.
But it does contextualize the puzzling reaction and statements from Trump and his administration.
Maxwell has almost zero reason to tell the truth about anything.
But it does contextualize the puzzling reaction and statements from Trump and his administration.
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Hear me out: what if Maxwell is telling the truth, and the whole blackmail narrative was just a distraction from that reality?
The more I think about it, the more I wonder if this is the real conspiracy: not hidden tapes or secret blackmail, but the existence of a genuine "elite" network, a closed circle where the same power players gather, trade favors, and decide how wars are waged. And, in the end, protect each other.
And Maxwell was their scapegoat.
The more I think about it, the more I wonder if this is the real conspiracy: not hidden tapes or secret blackmail, but the existence of a genuine "elite" network, a closed circle where the same power players gather, trade favors, and decide how wars are waged. And, in the end, protect each other.
And Maxwell was their scapegoat.
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I'm tired of seeing Ghislaine Maxwell's testimony framed as if it "obviously" exonerates Trump. I remember perfectly well when people were buzzing about how her testimony would finally spill Epstein's secrets and bring everything crashing down. I didn't buy into that then, and I didn't comment on it for a reason, because I had a strong sense it wouldn't unfold as dramatically as people wanted to believe.
And here we are.
And here we are.
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