🚨NEWS: JD Vance is quietly spearheading a Supreme Court case to expand Citizens United & eliminate remaining anti-corruption laws in the campaign finance system. Another case could soon kill off all anti-bribery laws. A preview of our new book MASTER PLAN in Rolling Stone👇

Supporters of Senate Bill 42, the California Fair Elections Act, celebrate Governor Gavin Newsom’s signature on the legislation, which will appear on the November 2026 ballot. Read more here: sd34.senate.ca.gov/news/league-wo…

🚨NEW: The biggest factor in Zohran Kwame Mamdani's ascent isn't his ads or charisma - it is the least discussed factor of all: NY's clean election system which gave him enough public resources for his message to reach voters. A deep-dive based on our new book MASTER PLAN. 🧵

The lesson from Zohran Kwame Mamdani's ascent isnt just finding better candidates with a better message & better social media. Anyone who's run for office or worked on a campaign knows almost none of that matters when candidates have no resources. The lesson is actually this 👇

This is the piece I was waiting for!!! Matching funds allow for politics to be about substance not donors. Huge transformative success

The Wall Street Journal this morning is telling its readership about the piece we just published from our new book MASTER PLAN which shows how public campaign finance systems threaten oligarchs' power.

🚨NEWS: Governor Gavin Newsom just signed legislation putting public financing of elections on the 2026 ballot of the largest state in America. Public financing of campaigns was - by far - the most significant factor in Zohran Kwame Mamdani's ascent. Nothing else even comes close.

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Feeling jealous of NYC and Seattle having exciting new mayors that aren't beholden to financial elites and insiders? -- Seattle has a democracy vouchers program which hands residents $100 to donate to local candidates -- New York City gives candidates an 8 to 1 match for small

Billionaires buying elections is not compatible with Democracy. We need to talk about this more.

Important Washington Post article. A majority of Americans agree: If democracy is to survive, billionaires cannot be allowed to buy elections. We must overturn Citizens United and move to the public funding of elections.

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Warning—never dry your hands with air dryers in public bathrooms. Fecal aerosols are real. Don’t dry with airborne poop. Public toilets honestly need UV and HEPA filters.

Someone just coughed on you. You were on a crowded flight. Now your coworker is sick. The window to prevent infection is narrow. Here’s exactly what to do in the critical hours after a high-risk exposure 🧵1/13

Opinion | By supporting legislation that makes it easier to certify open source voting alternatives, Newsom can strengthen our faith in elections by protecting vote counting... bit.ly/4aFQHif 📝 Trent Lange 📸 Jules Hotz

CA Clean Money Action Fund CalMatters Trent Lange, PhD Transparent, safe voting is critical!!!

Our democracy deserves a cleanup. My DISCLOSE Act is the solution.

As Sheldon Whitehouse explains, the Supreme Court got the Citizens United decision wrong—especially when it came to undisclosed campaign donations. The nearly $2 billion of dark money spent during the 2024 cycle is exactly why Congress needs to pass the DISCLOSE Act.

Something has to be done about Citizens United. Since January 2010 we’ve had unlimited money go to politicians. Campaign donations are up eight times since then and 36% of all that money is coming from the top 0.1% of the population. You think those people are donating out of