Steven Von der Porten for Aliso Viejo City Council

Keep Aliso Viejo free from Flock!

We need to eliminate billionaires. I would prefer to do that with taxation.

If Trump pardons his people, we need to pardon Luigi.

It is so amazing when your childhood heroes become your adult heroes. Thank you @markhamillofficial.bsky.social for being an inspiration on and off the screen. Your example is a big part of why I’m running for local office and I’ll do my best to live up to it!

Freedom is a progressive value.

"I never wanted to be a politician. But the way that things are going, now is the time where we have to step up. We can't afford to stand by the wayside anymore."

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A great meeting tonight with @daveminca.bsky.social, @katrinafoleyoc.bsky.social, @jenniferengle.bsky.social, @kluweoc.bsky.social, @originalteemo.bsky.social and more! We're fired up to win seats up and down the ballot.

Trump is bent on robbing us of our votes, so what can we do? Well, VOTE! We can elect good folks to local office who will support, not suppress, community action. If I’m one of them, Aliso Viejo will lead the way, but none of us can do this alone. Volunteer, donate, share and most of all… VOTE!

“Fascists who aren’t aware of their fascism,” is how director Paul Verhoeven described the film’s characters.

I’m running for the people of Aliso Viejo and against MAGA, because those are really the same thing. Maybe that makes me a long shot but my neighbors are worth taking the shot nonetheless. Read the article and if you like what you see, help me get the word out and make this one count!

My King says: “Whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for ME.” Fuck ICE

I just got out of Church on this Sunday following Independence Day. I was reminded of the words of Ralph Rose, the United States flag bearer at the 1908 London Olympics: “This flag dips to no earthly king.” As Americans, our flag calls us to serve a greater cause, not a man who would be king.

Pretty sure they mean first me then refugees, when the real traitor is Matt and the real invader is Elon. #bringbacktheguillotine #nomoreoligarchs

The Oligarchy seeks to divide us because they are terrified that we are strong when we stand together. We are beset by entrenched interests everywhere we look and our national institutions no longer protect us from the most egregious excesses. All we have left is each other.

The Nazis did this with groups such as the White Rose Society, except the sentence was the Guillotine. Mark my words, the Fascists are just getting started. I’m putting my neck on the line (perhaps literally) by running for office while openly saying this. I only ask that YOU help spread the word.

Brilliant 🔥

In the face of authoritarianism, moderation is not prudence, it is complicity. I’m running to make Aliso Viejo a model of courageous resistance, but I need your help to spread the word! I will “not go gentle into that good night” (- Dylan Thomas). Will you?

Friendly reminder that when they detain immigrants with no due process, they are executing a trial run for doing the same thing to anyone who dissents. They are already an atrocity, but detention centers are not being prepared to hold only immigrants… they are meant for you and me too.

Let me be absolutely clear. We need local leaders with the courage to proactively impede federal officers when said officers violate the Constitutional Rights of our people. If you want to see Aliso Viejo lead the charge, help me flip the majority by sharing my campaign as much as you can. 🙂😈

This was always the plan. Ever since taking power the Trump Regime has never behaved like they had an election to win, because they never intended to have another free and fair election. If our democracy is to endure, the battle will take place in our cities, our neighborhoods and our streets.

Seriously, he probably only needs to get within the general vicinity to trigger history’s greatest aneurysm.

The will to resist simply isn’t coming from the top. We need local leaders with the courage to make bold choices to challenge ICE and the Trump Administration. With your help, one little city can start by saying we will not comply. Let’s get the word out, are you with me?

Donald Trump is a fascist, the leader of the pedophile protection party, and a disgrace to the nation.

I am so appreciative for each and every person who entrusted me with their vote! A special shout out to everyone who helped us spread the word, whether it was canvassing, talking with friends and family, or putting up a sign in your yard; your support led to this win. Onto the general!!!

As we begin Pride month, I am so grateful to the LGBTQIA+ community for teaching us all how to live radically authentic lives. Your courage and resilience throughout the ages is truly an inspiration as we join you in celebrating this June and always.

And when those in power at the national level flaunt their corruption with impunity, local leaders do too. We must restore accountability for those in public office at all levels. I’m starting at home by running for City Council, can you do your part by sharing this post?

I *played* with Nate Burleson, Greg Camarillo, Greg Lewis, and Hank Baskett, so you, mister Dan Weldon, can remove yourself to a dumpster and never return

Did you know that AV City Council members bragged about saving $50,000 by not hiring an independent search firm to recruit and vet city manager candidates and then offered their handpicked favorite $70,000 more PER YEAR than the last city manager?

With all due respect to Senator Andy Kim, a true American hero, Delaney Hall is not a failure. It is doing exactly what it was intended to do: normalizing the absence of due process, arbitrary law enforcement brutality and violent repression of dissent in an ongoing assault on American Democracy.

As a Catholic I find this personally … No, actually this is exactly what would happen.

With all the yard signs popping up across #CA47, many are asking "where are YOUR yard signs, Dave?" And the answer is that we want them in actual yards, where they actually make a difference. Help us spread the word—we'll deliver to your home! davemin.com/request-a-yard-sign

Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...

The AV City Council refused to approve a state mandated traffic study by licensed engineers to avoid reducing some speed limits by 5 mph. This was an embarrassing display of a mortgage broker (Councilman Dwyer) attacking a team of professionals because his opinion is as good as their knowledge. 😮‍💨

The criminal justice system as it stands today exists for one reason: protect the rich and powerful from everyone else.

It’s the fourth quarter and the Billionaires lead the People 197,581 to 7!* The clock is running out, is it time for the People to try a Hail Mary pass? *This is approximately the ratio of the median net worth of Billionaires to the median net worth of everyone else.

"technology automates everything" is a story with two endings the utopian one where abundance allows everyone to live a life of leisure, and the dystopian one where all the benefits accrue to a small set of oligarchs and everyone else suffers the oligarchs are asking us to cheer for option B

Donald Trump has intertwined his wealth so fully with our government that the only solution is to nationalize his companies and assets, along with those of his entire family. In the interests of fairness, we can provide them a one bedroom apartment in public housing and minimum wage jobs.

"As a general principle, you don’t tax the wealthy to build. You tax the wealthy to manage their power. (. . .)For this reason, every dollar over $100 million should fall into a confiscatory tax bracket of 100%. There’s no reason to allow anyone to accrue more wealth than that."

You know why Aliso Viejo doesn’t do this? Aside from the lack of will from our City Council, Aliso Viejo has no police department. We contract with the county to provide law enforcement services. This means that Deputies are “accountable” to the county Sheriff, not the people of Aliso Viejo.

I want to share my sincere gratitude to those who have already chipped in. You see, institutional donors want to invest in candidates that they think are viable, which they judge in part by how much you have already raised. Your early generosity means so much to my campaign down the line.

I don’t want to talk about my opponent a lot, but I want to give you all some context on my race. Everyone, I would like to introduce you to Mayor Max Duncan.