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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 8h

The dog shooter lady puking out 1984 level propaganda at U.S. airports on behalf of the regime. She neglects to mention the part about throwing tens of millions of Americans off their health care.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.

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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 9h

In an absolutely shocking revelation, it turns out that when Elon was yelling about leaving California — inducing a million headlines about California’s demise — he was actually lying.

Elon Musk loves to hate CA, yet can’t stop leasing new offices

The tech mogul’s companies haven’t been leaving the Bay Area, but rather, have been expanding their office footprint at every turn.

sfstandard.com

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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 15h

BIG NEWS: @gavinnewsom.bsky.social signed my bill (SB 41) to end abuses by pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) — behemoth corporate drug middlemen that increase the cost of Rx drugs & destroy local pharmacies to favor their own mail order pharmacies.

Huge win to lower drug costs & benefit consumers.

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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 17h

Paying the troops is so important. So is paying the people who help seniors with social security & veterans get health care. I also don’t want millions thrown off health care.

But Trump isn’t concerned with that. He’s focusing only on his own political needs. That’s who he is.

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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 18h

Was able to hit the doors and inform our voters on Prop 50 this morning. Don’t forget to vote YES ON 50 this upcoming special election.

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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 21h

In recent years, I’ve not done as much for National Coming Out Today, since it no longer seemed as necessary given the progress we’d made.

We now have a regime that wants us all to go away. Complete erasure.

So today I’m gonna be extra gay in honor of these bigots.

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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 1d

Salesforce is a great San Francisco company that does so much good for our city. Inviting Trump to send the National Guard here is not one of those good things. Quite the opposite. We neither need nor want an illegal military occupation in San Francisco.

Heather Knight @heatherknightsf.bsky.social · 1d

For years, San Franciscans considered him the rare big-hearted billionaire. But days before his Dreamforce conference begins, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said he would support President Trump sending the National Guard to SF and that Trump is doing “a great job.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

www.nytimes.com

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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 1d

That feeling when the Governor signs your bill allowing more homes near public transit & you then walk from your 39-unit apartment building to get on the subway.

Housing + transit = perfect combo

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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 1d

I’m also deeply grateful to my colleagues in the Legislature for having the courage to support SB 79 when the politics were often difficult for them. Various of my colleagues took brave, thoughtful stands to support the bill & are taking heat as a result. Thank you, colleagues.

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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 1d

SB 79 was 8 years in the making, with earlier versions not passing in 2018, 2019, and 2020. Perseverance pays off.

I’m so proud of our coalition, particularly our sponsors California YIMBY, Bay Area Council, Streets for All, SPUR, Greenbelt Alliance, Inner City Law Center, Abundant Housing LA.

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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 1d

MAJOR NEWS: @GavinNewsom signed SB 79, my bill allowing more housing near public transit — rail, subway, rapid bus.

It’s a huge step for housing in California. It’ll create more homes, strengthen our transit systems & reduce traffic & carbon emissions.

Thank you, Governor!

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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 1d

MIT courageously & powerfully rejected Trump’s extortion “compact”: More funding in exchange for universities adopting MAGA ideology.

Every university must reject it. Just like every state, city, law firm, media company, etc., must reject Trump’s fascism.

Hang together or hang separately.

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 2d

Dems really need to fix permitting so that we can actually build stuff while we are in charge and prevent this bullshit from happening

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 2d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

heatmap.news

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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 2d

This week in American fascism:

Trump orders states to invade each other.

Trump indicts yet another political opponent for having prosecuted him.

Also this week:

Where are the Epstein Files?

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 2d

ANTIFA:

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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 2d

The Supreme Court ruled states can ban trans youth from receiving gender-affirming care, which is scientifically validated.

The Court is now poised to rule states *cannot* ban conversion therapy on kids, which science finds to be akin to torture.

Through line: Religious bigotry > LGBTQ humanity

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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 2d

The catastrophe that started on October 7, 2023 — Hamas’s slaughter of 1,200 in Israel & taking of hundreds of hostages followed by Israel’s destruction of Gaza — may finally be nearing an end.

Israelis & Palestinians both deserve peace. I pray this leads to a new reality for both peoples.

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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 3d

Refusing to swear in a duly elected member of Congress is a grave threat to democracy. I understand Johnson’s craven need to bootlick Trump & protect him from being linked to a pedophilia ring, but this is next level.

Burgess Everett @burgessev.bsky.social · 3d

Speaker Johnson crashes Kelly and Gallego gaggle. Says he’ll swear in Grijalva when they reopen the government

Kelly asking why Fine and Petronis got sworn in on pro forma, Johnson says it has to do with being on recess.

Johnson: “this has nothing to do with Epstein”

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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 3d

For 12 years this burned out husk of a building has sat empty due to San Francisco’s screwed up rules & misguided efforts to declare the building “historic.”

An 8-story, 89 unit building is now moving forward using 2 state housing laws, including one I authored.

This is exactly why we do this work

Torched Verdi Building in North Breach targeted for dense housing

A torched Verdi Building has remained vacant for years. The owners hope new state laws could transform it.

sfstandard.com

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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 4d

Conversion therapy of LGBTQ kids is psychological torture. Generations of LGBTQ people know this firsthand.

It’s why we banned it in California & why others states also have. Therapists don’t have a right to torture kids.

The Supreme Court will harm so my if it overturns these laws.

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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 5d

@gavinnewsom.bsky.social just signed 2 bills I authored for SF:

Giving SFPD new tools to stop the sale of stolen goods on the streets of the Mission & other areas (SB 276)

Creating 20 low cost liquor licenses for new restaurants in Union Square/Yerba Buena to help revitalize downtown (SB 395)

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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 5d

Trump is trying to force California to invade Oregon with our National Guard. The answer is no. Texas may do whatever crazy shit you demand, but that’s not how California rolls. By the way, Mr. President, when are you releasing the Epstein Files?

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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 5d

When we electrified Caltrain & replaced the trains with modern vehicles, ridership shot up.

When BART adopted contactless payment — tapping your phone or credit card — ridership shot up.

When we invest in & improve transit, more people ride. Let’s keep making those investments & upgrades.

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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 6d

You’re a straight up toadie & every Texan should be embarrassed by you. All it takes is for your Big Daddy to call you — whether to redistrict or send your National Guard to invade another state — & you snap to attention.

You’re a truly pathetic excuse for a leader/human being.

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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 6d

California does not want to send our National Guard to Oregon. It’s illegal & authoritarian for Trump to try to force us to do so.

California won’t be party to Trump’s militarized police state.

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