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UPCOMING EVENT: State of Democracy Town Hall with Congressman Ro Khanna in Placer County!
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California’s action to assist food-insecure families
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While food benefits continue to be delayed, California is stepping up to protect families from hunger by fast-tracking $80 million in state funds to stabilize food bank food distribution and offset delays in federally funded SNAP/CalFresh benefits.
Governor Newsom has also mobilized the California National Guard and California Volunteers on a humanitarian mission to support food banks and Californians by planning, packing, distributing, and delivering meals to families in need throughout the state — similarly to his actions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
[Governor Newsom press release excerpt, October 31, 2025]
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Listen: The blueprint for the national immigration raids came from California
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BY ANDREW DONOHUE, NOVEMBER 2, 2025, Illustration by Gabriel Hongsdusit, CalMatters
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Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino has emerged as one of the central figures in the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign. Now, CalMatters has teamed up with Latino USA to tell the story of Bovino and the aggressive immigration raids he’s leading in California and beyond.
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Who is Trump’s FCC Chair Brendan Carr?
5 Ways He’s Undermining Free Speech
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is supposed to protect the public interest, making sure our airwaves and media stay fair and open.
But FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has abandoned that mission in favor of Trump’s authoritarian agenda.
Here are five things you need to know about Carr and why his actions should alarm anyone who cares about freedom of speech and corporate accountability.
COMMON CAUSE, BLOG POST, Oct 22, 2025
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The word "war" appears in the U.S. Constitution once, in
Article I, Section 8, Clause 11,
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To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;...
War Powers Reform
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ABSTRACT. Debates about war powers focus too much on legal checks and on the President’s power to start wars. Congressional checks before and during crises work better than many reformists suppose, and there are ways to improve Congress’s political checking without substantial legal reform. Matthew C. Waxman, March 2024, Essay, Yale Law Journal
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Trump Government Multiple Choice
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A. Authoritarian - a political system characterized by the rejection of political plurality, the use of strong central power to preserve the political status quo, and reductions in democracy, separation of powers, civil liberties, and the rule of law.[1][2] Authoritarian regimes may be either autocratic or oligarchic and may be based upon the rule of a party, the military, or the concentration of power in a single person.[3][4]. For footnotes, click on the link at "A. Authoritarian"
B. Hybrid Regime (Competitive Authoritarianism). a type of political system often created as a result of an incomplete democratic transition from an authoritarian regime to a democratic one (or vice versa).[b] Hybrid regimes are categorized as having a combination of autocratic features with democratic ones and can simultaneously hold political repressions and regular elections.[b] According to some definitions and measures, hybrid regimes are commonly found in developing countries with abundant natural resources such as petro-states.[10][8][11] Although these regimes experience civil unrest, they may be relatively stable and tenacious for decades at a time.[b] There has been a rise in hybrid regimes since the end of the Cold War.[12][13]. For footnotes, click on the link at "B. Hybrid Regime"
Suppose the reader wants to take a deep dive into authoritarianism. They can then search for the phrase "Bibliography on resistance to authoritarianism" to explore that history. The list includes about 500 citations.
Steve Schmidt's Reel Words About The Fascist Trump's Specialist Assistant!
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