@alanlofaso
Fmr legislative chief of staff, tax/financial deputy, planning commission chair; Attorney; urbanist; opera lover. he/him/his. Sac Ethics Commissioner; https://substack.com/@aglofaso?r=3lh0fq&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=profile
Antiracism… 1867 style…
“Advocates of the Department of Education believed that universal freedom and universal education were intrinsically linked. Like emancipation, education was a national concern…”
The Education Department’s Forgotten Antiracist Origins www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/o...
Fascinating. Politico notes that when notified of the texts, many state-level Republicans fired or condemned these cretins. Now Vance emerges to excuse the racism, and calls the reaction to it "pearl clutching."
He seems determined to purge the party of its last enclaves of decency.
🚨 Elise Stefanik received this award from her allies involved in the racist text messaging scandal.
Elise posed with Bobby Walker who referred to rape as “epic” and Peter Giunta who texted, “I love Hitler,” called NBA games, “monkey …ball” and Black people “watermelon people.”
The Feds Should Learn from California How to End Government Shutdowns
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Still working on this Substack thing to put yesterday's news to bed in my mind.
Now I'm sure why I’ve been blocked writing on Substack. I am a better editor of my own writing in short form. 1900 words. Yikes!
(And yikes on that thumbnail. Read it for #context.) open.substack.com/pub/aglofaso...
Curious if this is a shrewd move a talented public official to force #Trump to take personal responsibility for his administration’s turmoil. #UnitaryExecutive C.D.C. Standoff: Kennedy’s Push to Fire Director Devolves Into Chaos www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/h...
NEWSFLASH: Slavery was incredibly bad! #Smithsonian
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CA tech willing to back MAGA to stop Mamdani in NYC while NYC tech sees him as a reasonable modern candidate. #HomeRule
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You too can comment on the new California #congressional #maps the #legislature will be considering this week. aelc.assembly.ca.gov/proposed-con...
#redistricting
#NovemberElection
#DontMessWithCalifornia
#EyeOnThePrize #redistricting www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/u...
“Two-year pause” or “two-year bill”?!? Get it right, local media!
#SB802
“Analysis from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office found that Republicans’ new version of the legislation would make far deeper cuts and lead to more people becoming uninsured than previous proposals.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/u...
Senator @vanhollen.senate.gov meets with Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Pushing back on Trump tyranny and overreach is starting to yield favorable results.
Interesting new audit of the Sacramento Ethics Commission scheduled to be heard at the city of Sacramento’s Budget & Audit Committee on Tuesday, 4/22. #ethics #goodgovernment #Sacramento sacramento.granicus.com/MetaViewer.p...
Want to join me for this Hands Off event?
“It appears that were mistakes were made, no question … We’ll try to get to ground truth and take appropriate action.”
(Comment from the Armed Services Committee chairman, Senator Roger Wicker, R-MI.)
Is that a double subjunctive? It’s certainly doublespeak.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/u...
It’s an unpleasant fact, but after Trump’s f**ked up, perverse “deal making art” in Ukraine-Russia, the best-case realistic outcome for Ukraine is a ceasefire that freezes the conflict in place with viable security guarantees likely provided by Britain & France.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/09/w...
Seriously?!? @cnn.com is too liberal? The false equivalencies and nihilistic misdirection abound …
Not live-[whatever verb]ing the #Oscars2025, but #KieranCulkin’s acceptance speech was one for the ages. images.indianexpress.com/2025/03/Kier...
Hey Americans! If you didn't consult any news source all week, #saturdaynightlive has all you need to know about the week that was-- dismantling most of what makes America great both at home and abroad.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/a...
Your international political perspective on the eve of this weekend’s Oscars.
“The quandary, rather, is whether it is wise to engage with the Russian film industry at all …[a] machine for promoting ultra-patriarchal, colonialist and neofascist narratives.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/o...
“There’s more uncertainty than I think is widely appreciated,” said Michael Strain, an economist at the conservative American Enterprise Institute. “All the uncertainty … I think will have a chilling effect on investment plans and expansion plans.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/b...
Lots and lots…
Agreed. But interesting that Germany’s likely next chancellor, CDU leader Merz, is sounding a bit of an anti-American message in the closing days of the campaign leading up to Sunday’s election.
A German comedian has a word for Elon Musk: Vergangenheitsbewältigungsweltmeister.
Look it up.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/o...
A federal judge considering whether to indefinitely block President Donald Trump’s executive order banning transgender service members described it on Tuesday as having “unadulterated animus” toward transgender Americans.
NEW: A D.C. federal judge temporarily blocks the Trump administration from firing Cathy Harris, chair of an agency that protects federal workers' rights. Harris will be reinstated while litigation continues.
A federal judge says that biology does not support the president’s executive order that there are just two sexes — male and female — and indicated that was a fundamental issue underlying the case before her. #Science www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
Check out what a real audit has said regarding the #ElonMusk team's dubious #SocialSecurity fraud claims: oig.ssa.gov/assets/uploa...
