| Title | Date | Im- press | En- gage | Ex- pand | URL- clicks | Like | Re- tweet | Link to Text | Link to Tweet |
| Democrats don't even bother campaigning in statewide races. | 2022-12-02 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1598533579541475330 | 1598533579541475330 |
| Another attempt to figure out why California gasoline | 2022-12-02 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1598528171875655680 | 1598528171875655680 |
| Getting money out of politics is more complicated than | 2022-11-29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1597450869762830336 | 1597450869762830336 |
| GOP running statewide in California can say anything | 2022-10-21 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1583568351623663616 | 1583568351623663616 |
| Legalized gambling - just say no. Or no more, since | 2022-10-07 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1578502681655578625 | 1578502681655578625 |
| Corporations don't donate to politicians, they invest, | 2022-10-07 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1578501007448821761 | 1578501007448821761 |
| The great California gasoline price mystery continues. | 2022-10-05 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1577665174730788865 | 1577665174730788865 |
| Why is California gas more expensive? | 2022-09-24 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1573512301461745664 | 1573512301461745664 |
| The progressives of 1911 championed direct democracy to | 2022-08-29 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1564317613060079616 | 1564317613060079616 |
| Regional federalism is a better plan - | 2022-08-27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1563380327334023170 | 1563380327334023170 |
| California GOP, looking for a niche where it might succeed, | 2022-08-25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1562838703705182209 | 1562838703705182209 |
| How to change the subject from homelessness to water | 2022-08-18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1560327432833343488 | 1560327432833343488 |
| And you thought earthquakes were bad! In 1862, Leland | 2022-08-14 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1558945871261081600 | 1558945871261081600 |
| California voters don't think much of Biden's record | 2022-06-03 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1532553395629719552 | 1532553395629719552 |
| How unlimited outside money works - | 2022-06-03 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1532523689056448514 | 1532523689056448514 |
| California has avoided a reckoning on water rights and | 2022-05-29 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1531044654119956480 | 1531044654119956480 |
| A Republican winning statewide office in California? | 2022-05-25 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1529510040763179009 | 1529510040763179009 |
| Who killed High Speed Rail? | 2022-05-23 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1528580748621410305 | 1528580748621410305 |
| California water mostly goes to agriculture. Taking | 2022-05-16 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1526247984542863361 | 1526247984542863361 |
| What a rising tide of firearms gets us - | 2022-05-02 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1520974033180790785 | 1520974033180790785 |
| California school board recall elections make a lot of | 2022-04-19 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1516242465270816771 | 1516242465270816771 |
| California economy growing pretty well, thanks to | 2022-04-18 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1516081360892411904 | 1516081360892411904 |
| Best place to leave from California? Depends on what | 2022-04-12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1513680546873831428 | 1513680546873831428 |
| AB 2808 would prohibit ranked-choice voting. | 2022-04-07 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1511926292039430145 | 1511926292039430145 |
| The essence of GOP - | 2022-03-17 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1504549693895831552 | 1504549693895831552 |
| The (only) case for a Republican in California state | 2022-03-13 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1503156253895245825 | 1503156253895245825 |
| How many more houses does California need? | 2022-03-13 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1503149705609445377 | 1503149705609445377 |
| Connecticut comes to Shasta County. Just follow the | 2022-02-15 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1493603189131780105 | 1493603189131780105 |
| Much of the San Joaquin Valley was desert before | 2022-02-14 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1493244176426627072 | 1493244176426627072 |
| What's ultimately more important - the port of Oakland | 2022-01-30 | 112 | 13 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1487898462590935041 | 1487898462590935041 |
| What happens when politics becomes unproductive? | 2022-01-21 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1484657956092198912 | 1484657956092198912 |
| Pandemic of misleading ballot summaries of initiative | 2022-01-21 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1484657396462993408 | 1484657396462993408 |
| Better hope you never need a public conservator - | 2022-01-19 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1483877224394596352 | 1483877224394596352 |
| Universal health care coming to California? | 2022-01-12 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1481407495964794880 | 1481407495964794880 |
| How much should solar power owners pay for the electric | 2022-01-10 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1480376120167993347 | 1480376120167993347 |
| Sacramento mayor tackles homelessness in a big way - 95% | 2022-01-10 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1480375108917026817 | 1480375108917026817 |
| What should legislatures do with one-time windfalls? | 2022-01-06 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1478931240480739333 | 1478931240480739333 |
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========== Democrats don't even bother campaigning in statewide races. The California GOP will deliver as usual. Unfortunately, it's different in more regional races, and that might have cost the Democrats a Congressional majority. Just barely. https://calmatters.org/commentary/2022/11/california-congress-democrat-election-midterm/ #PS1capolitics ===== impress 2 time 2022-12-02 04:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1598533579541475330 ========== Another attempt to figure out why California gasoline costs so much more than other states. None of the usual excuses add up. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/11/29/should-california-tax-oil-profits-gas-spike-hearing-sets-stage-for-contentious-debate/ #PS1capolitics ===== impress 1 time 2022-12-02 04:03 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1598528171875655680 ========== Getting money out of politics is more complicated than you might think. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/11/04/california-campaign-finance-law-could-lead-to-big-change-for-local-politics/ The problem is really DARK money . If contributions are publicly known, then lots of funny business retreats. #PS1capolitics ===== impress 5 time 2022-11-29 04:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1597450869762830336 ========== GOP running statewide in California can say anything - third-party candidates outnumbered by "No Party Preference." https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/10/21/california-republican-likens-u-s-senate-run-to-christian-mission-in-dark-continent-of-africa/ Here's "a Christian missionary spreading the gospel of Republicanism in the dark continent of Africa." Few NPP converts. #PS1capolitics ===== impress 26 time 2022-10-21 21:18 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1583568351623663616 ========== Legalized gambling - just say no. Or no more, since it's impossible to get rid of once infected. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/10/04/poll-shows-sports-betting-measures-tanking-climate-tax-struggling/ Both propositions claim every possible benefit to every possible group - except the MAIN benefits going to big gambling corporations. #PS1capolitics ===== impress 4 time 2022-10-07 21:49 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578502681655578625 ========== Corporations don't donate to politicians, they invest, and expect return on their investment, or at least access. What do the Niners expect from San Jose? They are next door in Santa Clara. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/09/29/49ers-shell-out-more-for-cindy-chavez-santa-clara-elections/ #PS1capolitics ===== impress 21 time 2022-10-07 21:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578501007448821761 ========== The great California gasoline price mystery continues. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/10/05/california-gas-prices-shrouded-in-secrecy-amid-historic-cost-spike/ None of the known issues account for a dollar increase in two weeks. #PS1capolitics ===== impress 10 time 2022-10-05 14:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1577665174730788865 ========== Why is California gas more expensive? https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/09/23/california-gas-is-out-of-whack-nearly-2-more-than-national-average/ Round up all the usual suspects and you still can't explain the difference. #PS1capolitics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 10% impress 10 time 2022-09-24 03:19 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1573512301461745664 ========== The progressives of 1911 championed direct democracy to provide the people a way around a corrupt legislature. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#initiative But now the same corrupt interests use those tools as a way around the legislature. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/08/29/win-or-lose-heres-how-tobacco-companies-are-reaping-millions-in-california-off-prop-31-fight/ #PS1capolitics ===== impress 9 time 2022-08-29 18:22 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1564317613060079616 ========== Regional federalism is a better plan - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html but secession has its advocates too - https://www.laprogressive.com/california-political-issues/california-secession-a-serious-option #PS1capolitics ===== impress 5 time 2022-08-27 04:18 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1563380327334023170 ========== California GOP, looking for a niche where it might succeed, encourages running for school boards. They hope for some success in rural areas. https://calmatters.org/politics/2022/08/california-republicans-school-board-races/ Of course, their emphasis is on ideology, rather than issues. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1738435789834266 #PS1capolitics ===== impress 5 time 2022-08-25 16:25 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1562838703705182209 ========== How to change the subject from homelessness to water policy. https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/zocalos-connecting-california/homelessness-california-politics-hobby-horse-joe-mathews They are both ingrained disputes dating back to the Gold Rush. #PS1capolitics ===== impress 4 time 2022-08-18 18:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1560327432833343488 ========== And you thought earthquakes were bad! In 1862, Leland Stanford had to row a boat in Sacramento to get to his inauguration as governor. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Flood_of_1862 It will eventually happen again. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/08/14/the-coming-california-megastorm/ Can the state prepare in time? #PS1capolitics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 49 likes 1 time 2022-08-14 22:37 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1558945871261081600 ========== California voters don't think much of Biden's record on inflation. They're really not going to like the recession that stops it. https://patabook.com/news/2022/05/30/skelton-will-inflation-help-california-republicans-win-races/ But most of them still won't vote for anti-abortion, pro-guns Trumpists. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/pfbid029bidY1FAm9KpavUAit83jXdqkdxMhjrrTuAvDJHUhH35fE9ruR9xnGoYLTPpeVjAl #PS1capolitics ===== impress 11 time 2022-06-03 02:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1532553395629719552 ========== How unlimited outside money works - https://calmatters.org/politics/2022/05/california-primary-special-interests-money/ That's why nationally the GOP and some Democrats are eager to keep dark money dark. The bottom line is that there's no penalty for false or misleading campaign material, so none of it is worth reading. #PS1capolitics ===== impress 7 time 2022-06-03 00:44 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1532523689056448514 ========== California has avoided a reckoning on water rights and usage. Climate change means running out of bandaids to delay the day of reckoning. https://calmatters.org/commentary/2022/05/as-drought-persists-water-rights-on-agenda/ California water politics is big money politics. Expect it to get ugly. #PS1capolitics ===== impress 11 time 2022-05-29 22:47 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1531044654119956480 ========== A Republican winning statewide office in California? It's unlikely, but remotely possible. https://greeleytribune.net/yes-a-republican-can-win-the-california-statewide-election/ Very few voters could say what the state controller does. #PS1capolitics ===== impress 12 time 2022-05-25 17:09 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1529510040763179009 ========== Who killed High Speed Rail? https://www.bakersfield.com/opinion/joe-mathews-hercule-poirot-and-the-murder-of-hsr/article_d88b998e-d861-11ec-a1c7-9f8636fabecc.html Was it a mercy killing? #PS1capolitics ===== impress 8 time 2022-05-23 03:37 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1528580748621410305 ========== California water mostly goes to agriculture. Taking shorter showers won't help much. https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/15/us/california-water-usage-increase-drought-climate/index.html #PS1capolitics ===== impress 17 time 2022-05-16 17:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1526247984542863361 ========== What a rising tide of firearms gets us - https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/05/01/scared-to-drive-the-freeway-surge-in-bay-area-freeway-shootings-yields-few-arrests/ Freeway shootings are just about a perfect crime. The only countermeasure to unlimited firearms in circulation is universal and constant automatic surveillance. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/pfbid02TNKHMUAzgipC5YSsRhgZk3uzR24eoScH51wBE4MY6PaQeRPyjeVorw477NEFRduul #PS1capolitics ===== impress 26 time 2022-05-02 03:50 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1520974033180790785 ========== California school board recall elections make a lot of noise but most amount to little or nothing. https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2022/04/18/cupertino-union-recall-attempt-fizzles-as-recall-fever-continues-in-california/ Anybody who's dealt with typical school board issues would wonder why anybody would want that job so badly. #PS1capolitics ===== impress 9 time 2022-04-19 02:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1516242465270816771 ========== California economy growing pretty well, thanks to technology industries. https://www.universalpersonality.com/california-no-3-state-for-economic-growth-by-gdp-math/ #PS1capolitics ===== impress 23 time 2022-04-18 15:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1516081360892411904 ========== Best place to leave from California? Depends on what you've got, and what you want. https://www.ocregister.com/2022/04/06/leaving-california-a-2022-guide-to-what-state-is-best-to-move-to/ #PS1capolitics ===== impress 11 time 2022-04-12 00:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1513680546873831428 ========== AB 2808 would prohibit ranked-choice voting. https://a70.asmdc.org/press-releases/20220228-assemblymember-odonnell-introduces-legislation-ban-ranked-choice-voting The current system discourages third-party and independent candidates. https://calmatters.org/commentary/2022/04/ranked-choice-voting-is-under-threat/ Tell your legislators that you support ranked-choice voting. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1636999226644590 #PS1capolitics ===== impress 38 time 2022-04-07 04:38 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1511926292039430145 ========== The essence of GOP - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#gop Reward the makers not the takers! https://www.mediamatters.org/lou-dobbs/makers-vs-takers-romneys-47-percent-rhetoric-echoes-fox-news No surprise that Prop 13 is better for businesses and wealthy homeowners! It was designed that way. https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2022/03/12/prop-13-offers-higher-tax-breaks-for-homeowners-in-white-neighborhoods/ #PS1capolitics ===== impress 35 time 2022-03-17 20:06 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1504549693895831552 ========== The (only) case for a Republican in California state government. https://olxpraca.com/mathews-the-one-position-where-california-might-need-a-republican/ #PS1capolitics ===== impress 49 time 2022-03-13 23:49 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503156253895245825 ========== How many more houses does California need? https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/03/11/bubble-watch-california-doubles-housing-demands-to-2-5-million-by-2030/ As with previous housing booms, much current demand is short-term demographic and economic factors, plus vacation housing and speculators. The biggest unmet need is low-cost shelter for homeless. #PS1capolitics ===== impress 55 time 2022-03-13 23:23 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503149705609445377 ========== Connecticut comes to Shasta County. Just follow the money, as usual. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/14/politics/california-shasta-county-recall/index.html #PS1capolitics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 54 time 2022-02-15 15:08 +0000 userclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1493603189131780105 ========== Much of the San Joaquin Valley was desert before irrigation. Now that water is drying up, it will go back to desert - ideal for solar power. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/02/11/skelton-building-solar-farms-in-san-joaquin-valley-will-conserve-water-make-clean-energy/ #PS1capolitics ===== impress 32 time 2022-02-14 15:22 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1493244176426627072 ========== What's ultimately more important - the port of Oakland or the A's ballpark? The A's can play in Las Vegas - but the port of Las Vegas is not much help for the supply chain. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/01/28/borenstein-as-ballpark-plan-forces-taxpayers-to-protect-oakland-port/ #PS1capolitics ===== engage 13 engage-rate 12% expands 1 hashclicks 1 impress 112 time 2022-01-30 21:20 +0000 urlclicks 11 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1487898462590935041 ========== What happens when politics becomes unproductive? https://news.yahoo.com/column-why-californias-best-public-194211484.html Find another way to foster change! #PS1capolitics ===== impress 39 time 2022-01-21 22:43 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1484657956092198912 ========== Pandemic of misleading ballot summaries of initiative measures. https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2022/01/21/borenstein-tricks-california-local-officials-use-to-deceive-voters/ #PS1capolitics ===== impress 52 time 2022-01-21 22:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1484657396462993408 ========== Better hope you never need a public conservator - https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/01/18/opinion-britney-spears-conservatorship-was-atypical-most-lack-funds/ As with most of its mental health responsibilities, the state "mainstreamed" the problem to counties without transferring any funding. #PS1capolitics ===== impress 29 time 2022-01-19 19:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1483877224394596352 ========== Universal health care coming to California? https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-01-10/skelton-new-california-universal-healthcare-proposal #PS1capolitics ===== impress 29 time 2022-01-12 23:27 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1481407495964794880 ========== How much should solar power owners pay for the electric transmission grid? https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/if-solar-roof-subsidies-are-unfair-what-about-prop-13/ar-AASxuiD Who subsidizes whom? #PS1capolitics ===== impress 20 time 2022-01-10 03:09 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1480376120167993347 ========== Sacramento mayor tackles homelessness in a big way - 95% carrot, 5% stick. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/01/07/this-california-mayor-wants-to-give-everyone-a-right-to-housing/ But can he bring the city council and voters along? More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1577265719284608 #PS1capolitics ===== impress 26 time 2022-01-10 03:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1480375108917026817 ========== What should legislatures do with one-time windfalls? https://calmatters.org/commentary/2022/01/california-legislature-budget-windfall-taxes/ #PS1capolitics ===== impress 17 time 2022-01-06 03:27 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1478931240480739333