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Rep. Kevin Kiley thinks Democrats Will Fall for His Redistricting Legislation / Will Forseth In a calculated but scared attempt, Rep. Kiley announced he plans to introduce legislation to invalidate mid-decade redistricting. Could it be that he might lose his seat in a war that Republicans started? |
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Would you support a special election that asks California voters to change the redistricting process, for congressional maps only, for the 2026, 2028 and 2030 elections? |
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Kiley distracts from cuts to key programs in BBB | Opinion / Gold Country Media Kiley’s boasting about tax deductions for Social Security appears designed to distract seniors from noticing the effects of the rest of the “Big Beautiful Bill.” Don’t fall for it. |
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2,300 California ‘Dreamers’ are about to lose their health care coverage / CalMatters The Trump administration has reversed a rule that allowed undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as kids to buy health insurance on Affordable Care Act marketplaces. |
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What It Will Take to Get U.S. Citizens to Work the Farm — According to Dolores Huerta / Politico "The problem with this administration is, they’re so racist. Racism rules, fascism rules with this administration." - Dolores Huerta, when asked about mass amnesty being offered by the Trump Administration |
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NATIONAL NEWS |
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Fact check: Trump’s claims jobless numbers were 'rigged' / ABC Spoiler alert: it's all a lie. Trump's baseless claims are weakening trust in our institutions and undermining the Bureau of Labor Statistics |
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They worked with the U.S. in Afghanistan. Now, Trump could return them to the Taliban |
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California is home to the most Afghans in U.S. Nearly 200,000 Afghans arrived in the United States under former President Joe Biden, according to the U.S. State Department, first in a massive airlift as the American military pulled out of Afghanistan and then through programs to relocate people left behind who had worked with the U.S. government, their families and others particularly vulnerable to retribution from the Taliban.
President Donald Trump has withdrawn legal protections and erected new barriers to permanent status that threaten their future in their adopted home. |
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WEED WHACKER This Week's Deep Dive |
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SAFETY NET |
Recent Policy Proposals Could Weaken the Reproductive Health Safety Net as More People Become Uninsured |
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Second in a series of Safety Net items for the "In the Weeds" |
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Recent Policy Proposals in the 2025 Federal Budget Reconciliation Law will have the following impacts: weaken the Reproductive Health Safety Net as more people become uninsured; reduce Medicaid and Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace coverage; and ban federal Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood clinics for one year. Figure 1 (Above) is copied from the extensive report linked here: Kaiser Family Foundation link to Article
QUIZ: Medicaid federal funds pay for abortion care on demand. Answer: True or False |
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DEMOCRATIC VALUES |
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Sixty years ago this week, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Medicare and Medicaid into law, enshrining the idea that health care is a right — not a privilege. TAKE ACTION |
UPCOMING CALENDAR |
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Sunday, Aug. 10, 5:00 PM 6:00 PM - BRIDGE BANNER BRIGADE SUNDAYS. Join the Placer Women Democrats to hold banners & signs over I-80; Click Here to sign up
Tues, Aug 12, 6:30PM: PAN Club General Membership meeting (in-person). Sign up for details: https://www.mobilize.us/cadems/event/751559/
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