‘Clearly the mark of a very stable genius.’ Donald Trump reignites feud with Adam Schiff

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TRUMP REIGNITES FEUD WITH SCHIFF

Via David Lightman...

The war between Donald Trump and Adam Schiff is back, full blast.

Schiff led the House’s 2020 impeachment of Trump, and Trump fired back, blasting the congressman as a “pencil neck,” and a fraud, among other things. Schiff’s congressional campaign fought back in several ways, including selling pencils saying “This pencil neck will investigate.”

Schiff is now running for U.S. Senate from California. Tuesday night, the former president, who has not endorsed a candidate in the race, tore into Schiff.

“Slimeball Adam ‘Shifty” Schiff, one of the true lowlifes in the history of politics in America,” began the Trump post on his Truth Social media site.

Trump charged Schiff, a Los Angeles-area congressman since 2001, has been fighting for “a state for which has done nothing but escalate violent crime, destroy (sic) by allowing millions of illegal immigrants,” and more.

Trump’s conclusion: Partly because of ‘’‘unlimited’ numbers of mail-in ballots pouring into places unknown, to people that sometimes receive many ballots to fill out and send back at will, Calilfornians are ‘screwed!” There has been no evidence of such activity.

Schiff reposted the tweet, saying “Clearly the mark of a very stable genius.”

Schiff leads recent polls. Trailing are Republican Steve Garvey, the former all-star first baseman, and Reps. Katie Porter, D-Irvine, and Barbara Lee, D-Oakland.

MORE THAN 100 GROUPS SIGN LETTER URGING FOR A CLIMATE BOND

California Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders should take action to place a “robust and equitable” bond on the November ballot “that prioritizes direct and meaningful investments in the California communities and natural resources most impacted by climate change,” according to a letter signed by a coalition of more than 100 climate advocacy groups.

“We have aligned to recommend $10 billion in investments that we view as the floor for California to continue making timely progress on its ambitious climate and natural resources commitments,” the letter reads in part.

As California, and the world, face the growing threat of climate change-fueled catastrophe, the coalition urges immediate action.

“Action this decade is vital to prevent the worst and deadliest impacts. Placing a climate bond on the November ballot can preserve decades of California leadership towards a healthy environment and social equity by ensuring communities have crucial resources they need now,” the letter reads.

The letter calls for spending including $3 billion for safe drinking water and flood protection, $2 billion for wildfire prevention and resilience, $1.5 billion for “nature-based solutions and biodiversity,” $1.05 billion for extreme heat resilience and $1 billion for coastal protection.

“We know, and polling confirms, that California voters want our state government to ensure clean water, clean air, access to open lands and waters, and healthy sustainably grown food. California voters should have the opportunity to vote for a strong climate bond that equitably invests in protecting communities and nature this November, so they don’t have to endure the consequences later,” the letter reads.

Given California’s shaky fiscal future, it’s unclear how this proposed bond will fare.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“Corporations are buying up whole neighborhoods worth of housing inventory. First-time homebuyers are not able to compete with cash offers from these large corporate firms. By outbidding homebuyers and converting properties to rentals, these corporations are taking homeownership opportunities away from hard working Californians and exacerbating the scarcity of single-family homes.”

- Assemblyman Alex Lee, D-San Jose, discussing his new bill, AB 2584, which bars corporations from buying single-family homes.

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