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California’s billionaires have a combined net worth of $2.4 trillion. Under Prop 40, their net worth would fall to…just under $2.3 trillion. What amounts to a rounding error for them would allow millions of their fellow Californians to afford healthcare. Vote yes on Prop 40.

The ultra-rich are spending one million dollars a day fighting California’s proposed billionaire tax

Tech billionaires have raised more than $340m to defeat Prop 40, a one-time 5% wealth tax that will fund healthcare and

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Lawyers for Rep. Ilhan Omar have accused federal authorities of ignoring key restrictions that a judge placed on the search of Omar's D.C. residence this week and demanded the immediate return of all property seized from the home.

Ilhan Omar demands DOJ immediately return property seized in search of her home

Rep. Ilhan Omar’s lawyers allege investigators failed to follow court-mandated procedures and violated her constitutional rights during the search.

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OSSOFF: And yesterday in Dalton, Trump said he would rename Hormuz the Trump Strait. See, the draft dodging president tells jokes while 21 Americans are dead and hundreds wounded.

A record 28 ships have reportedly been struck in the Strait of Hormuz in October, and many attacks aren’t even being reported. Brett Erickson exposes the troubling gaps in official reporting.

Navigating the Cesspool of Information Warfare in the Iran War

Brett Erickson examines evidence of underreported Iranian strikes on ships in the Strait of Hormuz—and questions whether political pressure is obscuring the war’s true toll.

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NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST HIM SHALL PROSPER

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 13h ago

Pope Leo XIV was discharged on Saturday from a hospital in Rome after being treated for lung cancer, roughly three days earlier than the Vatican had initially suggested he would leave. Officials said he would deliver his weekly prayer and blessing on Sunday. nyti.ms/3VH9XIn

Trump can’t even pack a college arena at this point. DAMN NEAR EMPTY. Size matters, right, Donald? Hope this finds you well. ☠️ #NoKings

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: No Kings organizer Ezra Levin SOUNDS ALARM after Meta suspended the movement’s Instagram during nationwide protests. LEVIN: “We might be seeing something similar from Meta in our country right now.” “We're not gonna stop organizing against this regime.”

A teen opened fire at an Oregon elementary school, leaving three kids and one teacher dead. And, the Justice Department is suing California over alleged noncitizen voters. n.pr/4yZ2OSw

Teen kills 4 at Oregon school. And, DOJ sues California over alleged noncitizens

A teen opened fire at an Oregon elementary school, leaving three kids and one teacher dead. And, the Justice Department is suing California over alleged noncitizen voters.

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“… the search was conducted in a manner that didn’t follow the authorizing magistrate’s specific instructions, including that the U.S. House’s general counsel was to be notified ahead of the search warrant’s execution.”

Gabe Ortíz@tusk81.bsky.social · yesterday

“The letter states Omar and her lawyers weren’t given a copy of the warrant prior to the search, as had been required by the judge. It says she made numerous efforts to contact counsel at the start of the search, but the agents prevented her from doing so for more than an hour.”

In case you forgot what a U.S. president beloved by the world looks like. 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 Live in Manchester: An Evening with President Barack Obama. The arena holds up to 23,500 people with standing room, and the event was SOLD OUT.

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has alleged that there may be more than 190,000 noncitizens registered to vote in California. By @kevrector.bsky.social www.latimes.com/politics/sto...

Justice Dept. sues California, seeks to stop state from counting 20,000 ballots

The Trump administration asked a federal court to bar California from counting ballots from about 20,000 voters it suspects aren't U.S. citizens. State officials blasted the lawsuit.

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The Trump admin claims it found 20,000 possible noncitizens on the voting rolls in California and is seeking a court order forcing the state to segregate every ballot sent to those individuals. Remember what happened the last time they made wild claims like this? DHS has ZERO credibility here.

Marc Elias@marcelias.bsky.social · 2d ago

🚨BREAKING: DOJ sued California on Thursday just moments after the 48-hour deadline it gave election officials to review an unverified list of thousands of alleged noncitizens the Trump administration claims are illegally registered to vote. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

NEW: Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger just revealed stunning early voting numbers ahead of the midterms. 450,000 Virginians have ALREADY voted, compared to just over 200,000 at this point in 2022. @macfarlanenews.bsky.social reports.

“It’s meant to disrupt the midterms by not only trying to cast aspersions on a particular candidate but also to warn all naturalized Americans that they should keep their heads down for fear that the government will come after them” wapo.st/4i4RqNI

Analysis | The stunning raid on Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home

It has the makings of political intimidation, say some legal experts.

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Most Americans think Donald Trump is profiting off the presidency in unethical or illegal ways and is focused more on his wealth than helping people like them, a new AP-NORC poll finds. www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

Poll: Majority of Americans say Trump prioritizes his personal financial interests over U.S. as a whole

Most Americans think Donald Trump is profiting off the presidency in unethical or illegal ways and is focused more on his wealth than helping people like them, a new AP-NORC poll finds.

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This case involves what it means to provide "material support" to a foreign terrorist organization. In this case, a Nigerian man was told by an acquaintance about a worksite that needed a cook. He ended up stuck in an armed compound run by an FTO and forced to cook for them until he fled.

Kyle Cheney@kyledcheney.bsky.social · 5d ago

JUST IN: SCOTUS has granted cert in a case that could define what it means to provide "material support" to terrorists. The case involves a man who was hired to cook meals for a terrorist camp in Nigeria and fled, he says, once he realized their true aims. www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/242...

🚨 BREAKING: Kimberly Guilfoyle is OUT as Ambassador to Greece, shortly after we learned the White House requested her resignation. She allegedly hit up a donor to pay her $100K AmEx bill in exchange for access. She flew on private jets from an energy firm she pushed. Now she’s under an IG probe.

Here's a murder of crows flying across the sky. 10 shots stacked, taken across 4 seconds. 🪶

The Trump administration says none of this is happening. projects.propublica.org/american-cit...

More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica

The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...

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Heavy surf, red-tagged homes, a battered boardwalk: Long Beach confronts costly climate reality

Heavy surf, red-tagged homes, a battered boardwalk: Long Beach confronts costly climate reality

Long Beach is working to secure its historic boardwalk and protective bulkhead, putting up sandbags and rebuilding the berm to stop water intrusion.

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For Putin, these successful strikes represent a powerful blow to his ability to control narratives among the public.

Ukraine is Successfully Bombing the Heart of Russia’s Online Disinformation Machine.

Yandex answers 70% of Russian searches, and Ukraine hit three of its five data centers in four days.

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Barabak: Is there a doctor in the House? Backlash to Trump, RFK Jr. may boost their political ranks

Commentary: Is there a doctor in the House? Backlash to Trump, RFK Jr. may boost their political ranks

Anti-vaxxers and attacks on the nation's public health system have spurred hundreds of doctors and scientists to seek office. In Sacramento, congressional hopeful Richard Pan is part of that wave.

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A projectile struck a passenger terminal at the international airport in Riyadh on Sunday, a day after a missile hit the same terminal and killed 12 people, officials said. n.pr/4B1yUOK

Passenger terminal at Riyadh airport is struck again, a day after 12 were killed

A projectile struck a passenger terminal at the international airport in Riyadh on Sunday, a day after a missile hit the same terminal and killed 12 people, officials said.

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Blanca Ortiz’s husband was detained by ICE when he showed up for a fingerprinting appointment for his visa application in May. The family has since scrambled to keep their business and household afloat. By Itzel Luna www.latimes.com/california/s...

As thousands sit in ICE detention, one woman is fighting to bring her husband home

'I'm not gonna sit in a corner and cry for him when I have so much to do,' Blanca Ortiz says. 'I need to figure out how to pay the mortgage, how to pay the bills, how to keep the shop running.'

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Mexican cartels are stealing U.S. rental cars to build luxury fleets — and sometimes turning trucks into armored vehicles with gun mounts. California is their top target. Here’s how state law may be helping the scheme.

Mexican cartels are building luxury fleets by stealing U.S. rental cars

Mexican cartels are stealing rental cars in the United States, a growing trend.

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