California.
Our largest State.
The world’s 4th largest economy.
They are in the middle of a race for Governor.
California has a jungle primary. The top two – regardless of Political Party – will go on to the General Election.
The top 2 Democratic Party Choices are now Tom Steyer And Xavier Becerra.
Becerra is just the kind of Public Servant that I would like to see as Governor.
I believe that politics is a profession. I guess I am old-fashioned that way.
Part of what made Joe Biden so successful is that his superpower was his extensive knowledge of the ins and outs of government. He used that knowledge to better the lives of the average person and assembled a Cabinet with the same instructions.
Steyer is a thief who was involved in the private prison industry. For me personally, that’s as big a strike for him as Blackwater and a Nazi Tattoo are for that clown in Maine.😒😒
I don’t live in California. Not a California voter. Just an interested Democrat.
Liberal Librarian from the The Establishment Bar IS a Californian, and this is what he had to say today.
On Tom Steyer and Xavier Becerra
Posted by Liberal Librarian
April 21, 2026
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Now, full disclosure: If Steyer makes it through the jungle primary, and his opponent is one of the two leading Republicans, I will have no problem voting for him, and he will likely win. However, I do find it rich that an organization which inveighs against the perniciousness of billionaires is endorsing an actual malefactor of great wealth for the governorship of one of the most powerful governments in the world. And, of course, while Steyer seems like a perfectly decent fellow, he has—like so many of those endorsed by Sanders—no government experience. Considering what we’ve been subjected to for the past ten years through two Donald Trump regimes, one would think that would be a deal-breaker.………………………………
Again, “Our Revolution” is free to endorse who it wishes. But I do find it amusing that it consistently endorses people like Steyer, or Graham Platner, whom according to their own ideology should be anathema. For them, victory is all. And that is, indeed, the meat and potatoes of politics. But that kind of win-at-any-costs mindset leads to people like John Fetterman and Nina Turner: people who should be nowhere near any levers of influence due to their complete unsuitability for power. Having power over fellow-citizens is a heavy weight; those we choose to have that power should be chosen on more than “vibes” or on with whom we’d like to drink.
California and the Democratic Party dodged a bullet with Eric Swalwell. Here was another white man who coasted to front-runner status based on vibes, and on his aggression against Trump on social media. Now Steyer is saying the right things that excite the likes of Our Revolution. And he’s a billionaire! He gets the memo!
Meanwhile, a new poll places former California attorney general and Obama cabinet member Xavier Becerra as second in the jungle primary. A Latino, a self-effacing soul, one running for the good of the state. Again, Tom Steyer would be fine. But is he the best we can do? Another white governor for a state which is 41% Latino? And for me, I look side-eye at anyone who gains the endorsement of the likes of Bernie Sanders. Such an endorsement is often the kiss of death.
I will be voting for Becerra. I encourage my fellow Californians reading this blog to give him a look. He’s the guy we have at the cookout who tends the grill while the host has to go attend to something else, sipping on a Tecate, entertaining a crowd around him which realizes that he is the key which makes any gathering gel. But, more to the point: He has faced down Donald Trump as California attorney general, and won. He has run one of the largest departments of the federal government. He’s a public servant, and as a fellow public servant he speaks to me. We don’t need a governor who will need a learning curve. And he doesn’t have questionable alliances with groups which want to remake the Democratic Party into a coalition which would exclude many reading this blog.
MeidasTouch
@meidastouch.com
The Epstein crisis is escalating.
Reports say Ghislaine Maxwell may be seeking a pardon as lawmakers demand answers from the DOJ over missing files and unanswered subpoenas.
This isn’t going away.
https://bsky.app/profile/meidastouch.com/post/3mk6ez2rwl22b
Longtime Black Man Here
@groove_sdc
One of the reasons I keep yelling about Bernie Sanders and DSA and Justice Dems is the idea of opposing “establishment Dems” has become their whole personality
So suddenly this guy (BECERRA) is the enemy just because he’s a longtime Democrat
Making decisions based on that is so asinine
https://x.com/groove_sdc/status/2047671472982790315?s=20
Sam Biddle
@samfbiddle
NEW: FOIA documents show Palantir is helping the IRS target criminal investigations using “massive-scale” data mining across federal databases. This comes as the agency has reportedly pivoted toward targeting left-leaning political organizations
https://x.com/samfbiddle/status/2047708400121995363?s=20
UH HUH
UH HUH
Adam Mockler
@adammocklerr
Holy shit, someone did a whole video breaking down how AIPAC Tracker has literally been making shit up.
Fuck AIPAC, Fuck Netanyahu, Fuck special interest groups.
But I don’t know how some of you are just okay with being lied to like this.
https://x.com/adammocklerr/status/2047680294258430325?s=20
Decked Out Media 🍿
@deckedoutmag
Angela Bassett watching the #michaelmovie 🎬
https://x.com/deckedoutmag/status/2047658910824231310?s=20
This is so🥹🥹🥹🥹
there were times when we didn’t think Martin would make it…he had rough times…and now ..he made it through them to the other side🤗
Barrister Ifunanya
@IfunanyaDelilah
Proud Grandfathers Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence!!
Eddie Murphy’s eldest son and Martin Lawrence’s eldest daughter are the parents of this beautiful baby girl Ari Skye Murphy 💕
https://x.com/IfunanyaDelilah/status/2047401250627391532?s=20
Alex Kelly
@AlexJKelly
The people who thought they’d get peak COVID gas prices back are so fucking stupid that it’s difficult to regard them as people at all. Gas was cheap because nobody had a fucking job or went outside to do anything, how the fuck did you think you’d get that back barring disaster?
https://x.com/AlexJKelly/status/2047682126187790406?s=20
Jon Cooper 🇺🇸
@joncoopertweets
This photo should be on the front page of every single newspaper in America today.
https://x.com/joncoopertweets/status/2047669617292665297?s=20
in addition to those KILLED AROUND THE WORLD WHEN USAID WAS CLOSED DOWN.
Nicholas Kristof
@NickKristof
USAID employees represented some of the best of the US, advancing our interests and saving a life on average every six seconds. Now? Most were laid off, and this heartbreaking piece says half are still jobless.
https://x.com/NickKristof/status/2046957190150541461?s=20
Headquarters
@HQNewsNow
5 years ago, Democrats introduced a bill to ban gerrymandering in every state nationwide.
Every single Republican voted against it.
The United States versus Elon R. Musk
@Needle_of_Arya
“digital nomad” is merely “gentrification” by another name, because if brown people did that, white people everywhere would lose their sh__ and vote for fascism to stop it all
9:47 AM · Apr 22, 2026
The United States versus Elon R. Musk
@Needle_of_Arya
And I mean, everywhere in the world where white people were once and still are a majority of the population. They would not have it: a bunch of highly educated brown foreigners with laptops & great Wi-Fi specifically posting up in affluent white neighborhoods for the amenities.
The United States versus Elon R. Musk
@Needle_of_Arya
As a thought experiment it would be funny to watch. All the different kinds of folks that white conservatives hate? West Asia, South Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, East Asia, Latin America. If the digital nomad trend were reversed, white folks would revolt.
11:00 AM · Apr 22, 2026
James🗳
@_fat_ugly_rat_
Everybody is talking about NOVA shifting far to the left but an underrated part of Yes’s victory tonight was heavily black localities that are already pushing D+50 shifting even further leftward.
Trevor Metcalfe
@TrevorEMetcalfe
The mailers trying to tie the “No” campaign to Civil Rights and MLK almost certainly backfired. Voters I spoke with in Virginia Beach were offended/disgusted.
https://x.com/TrevorEMetcalfe/status/2046907632850460763?s=20
Markus Schmidt
@MSchmidtRVA
NEW:
@GovernorVA
signs package of reproductive rights legislation — dubbed “Momnibus” — into law, while multitasking and holding a newborn baby.
https://x.com/MSchmidtRVA/status/2046950589691572374?s=20
Paperboy Prince for NY Assembly D54 + NY – 7❤️😍❤️
@PaperboyPrince
By DSA own reports they are 90% white organization. This explains why they were so willing to dismiss the Mayors wife calling folks the N word.
Why folks like Jabari Brisport cheered when the mayor hired no black deputy’s… why their tactics feel exactly like maga, why racism is so rampant…
why their policies claim to help working ppl but it’s only accelerating their displacement. Why Emily Gallagher was mocking black homeless in her blog, why Lindsay Boylan was harassing black women in the workplace …
Why they don’t support black candidates – only their hand picked pawns. Why they have folks like Grace, Gustavo and Cea weaver leading us to our demise … it’s controlled opposition – paid for by elites to serve the establishment interests while posing as anti establishment. I didn’t need the report to tell me this –
I’ve been to dsa meetings, this is exactly why I left… they were more interested in circle jerking for Bernie Sanders instead of listening and working with diverse ppl that may think differently than them.
https://x.com/PaperboyPrince/status/2046616870799749182?s=20
Aaron Rupar
@atrupar
BENNET: Do you agree that 89% of children who died from flu were unvaccinated?
RFK Jr: I don’t know the exact number
BENNET: That is the exact number, Secretary Kennedy
RFK Jr: *death growls*
BENNET: You took down the HHS communications promoting the flu vaccine. Do you regret that?
https://x.com/atrupar/status/2046972806634627263?s=20
Longtime Black Man Here
@groove_sdc
One of the reasons I’m being loud about very online leftists and progressives is that this is going to be the only Black folks or women they allow in the party if they have any say.
People who bow down to their wannabe edge lords.
https://x.com/groove_sdc/status/2047004442646433822?s=20
L. Louise Lucas
@SenLouiseLucas
Remember when Republicans drew Virginia’s Congressional map so Black people were packed into one district and said we should be grateful they gave our community this district. NOW they can have one district and see how much they love it.
https://x.com/SenLouiseLucas/status/1985151099527942517?s=20
Good Morning, Everyone😊😊😊
Chef’s kiss to Liberal Librarian. Nothing but truth. We need focus on voters and votes, not “vibes”