Marena Lin for Congress

Congressman Sherman emailed me to request my endorsement for November.

I’ve posted my conditions and the full letter. I’m not giving anything away.

Okome is my underdone soggy bottom 🥐

LAPD needs to be held accountable for murdering the Canoga Park Labradoodle, especially as a response to a wellness check. There’s a level of dehumanization of the pet owner, whether it’s by ICE or by the LAPD, in treating a person’s pet… their family member, their whole world… as a threat to be neutralized.

In what neighborhoods would this be unthinkable? If we can picture where it wouldn’t happen, then we already understand the problem.

POV: you get your dog a +1 but you end up with two main characters

The online life of this May 24, 2026 print-only half-page ad in the LA Times has now exceeded the original audience of 67K subscribers across the west zone.

An FEC complaint was filed against me after the election. My response drops tomorrow. In the meantime, I invite you to read the complaint with “withnesses” against the top four vote-getters in the CA-32 election.

Spoiler alert: all of the allegations are false.

Glossary from my filed response:

“Data engineering techniques”: segmenting a voter file to send text messages. I am a data scientist whose profession includes data engineering and managing data pipelines. Using data is not a violation of election law. It is competence.

“Bots or inauthentic accounts”: no account is identified, no evidence is provided. All posts were authored by me under my real name.

“Malicious blogger”: a journalist whose work is protected by the First Amendment.

“Operating from an overseas account”: a social media account. Every social media account in existence is accessible globally, including the Complainant’s.

“Digital operations”: an iPhone, an Instagram account, a Reddit account, and a laptop.

“Foreign interference”: the Complainant’s mischaracterization of journalism and First Amendment rights. This is not a contribution, not an expenditure, and not interference.

“Coordinated”: has a specific legal definition under 11 CFR §§109.20–109.21 requiring paid communications. Public posts are public, not coordinated.

“Sensitive message of a security nature”: the Complainant’s documented racial profiling of me.

Join me this Sunday for this Kermes, a fundraiser to bring Orfanel home to his kids and his family.

Sunday, June 14th, 10 AM - 7 PM. 4364 Adam Road, Simi Valley

People with legal support are successfully getting out of ICE detention. Let’s do that for Orfanel, whose entire family are embedded in the Simi Valley community.

A glimpse into the “war room” with my campaign team aka my high school classmates as we planned the skywriting campaign 🙄

The work continues. Please join this new SFV chapter of Amnesty International this Saturday evening for a potluck and lecture by speaker Prof. Mazin Qumsiyeh, Ph.D.

Meet fellow human rights activists. ♥️

There are a few things to wrap up in my race. And this is one:

The New Era Leadership super PAC spent $776,665 on this primary, based on an IE filed on Friday. We know who gave $105,000 of it: Chris Larsen of Ripple ($100K) and Rick Caruso ($5K).

The other $671,665 is still undisclosed. Those donor names file on June 20, which is the next FEC reporting deadline. That’s 18 days after the votes are in.

This is what “hidden until after you vote” looks like in practice. The money paid for a primary on June 2. The receipts arrive on June 20.

Take your guess below on who will be in the filings. I’ll post the actual names when they’re filed.