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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.

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FOX NEWS: Do you think Ken Paxton should agree to debate Talarico? GOP REP. BRANDON GILL: It would certainly be enlightening

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Israel was killing Palestinians before 2023. In 2014 three Israelis abducted a Palestinian child, Abu Khdeir. They took him to a forest, tied him up, poured gasoline on him and BURNED HIM ALIVE!

Thailand’s Queen Suthida made history today, becoming the first reigning queen to fly a fighter jet solo. And she already had more than 1,100 flight hours under her belt! ✈️ #SheShed #VivaHerAlliance

Adam Kinzinger@adamkinzinger.substack.com

Happy Sunday! Ready for some good news? Today I wrote about our country’s success in preventing the spread of rabies. And when we’ve really committed to it, we haven’t just contained this stuff. We’ve erased it. There’s a few lessons we can take from this and apply to our politics. (Link below)

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com

Putin mocks Trump’s policies on the world stage as Iran gains influence at the BRICS summit. Ben Meiselas: “We have to have an accurate data set, not one being spewed by a psychotic lunatic sex predator in the Oval Office.”

Adam Kinzinger@adamkinzinger.substack.com

This nation was founded on a union, and on this Labor Day, we’re reminded that the American worker, not Washington, has led to our prosperity. As one of the few pro-union GOP congressmen at the time, I’d rather celebrate the workers than the paperwork signers who gave us off today. (Link below)

James Talarico@jamestalarico.bsky.social

I met a grandmother in Houston. Augusta works 10-hour shifts at the airport, but her wages don’t cover her basic expenses. Now she and her 5-year-old grandson are facing eviction. In the United States Senate, we’re going to have Augusta’s back.

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social

Ro Khanna on why Speaker Johnson sent the House home early: He doesn’t want Epstein to become the issue before the midterms, and he doesn’t want votes on the Iran war to become the issue.

Adam Kinzinger@adamkinzinger.substack.com

The VP wants nothing more than a promotion in 2028. Thursday showed again why he doesn’t deserve it. Upon arriving at the briefing room, it took him only 40 minutes to contradict his boss, insult the American military, and ask the country to feel grateful about gas prices going up. (Link below)

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social

Kroger, which wants to buy yet ANOTHER grocery chain: -Ranks among the largest companies with employees dependent on Medicaid & SNAP -Paid its CEO $14M last year, 417x its median worker's pay of just $34,552 -Spent $12.3B on stock buybacks since 2019 This is what corporate greed looks like.

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com

Trump is turning federal disaster relief announcements into MAGA campaign messages, using FEMA aid posts to promote GOP candidates, tout his endorsements and brag about his election margins. Meanwhile, several Democratic-led states seeking assistance were notably absent from his announcement spree.

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social

AOC: Let’s put a data center in each one of Donald Trump’s golf courses. Let’s put one in New Jersey on his golf course. Put one in Mar-a-Lago. The only reason I don’t say put one on the White House lawn is because he’ll be out of there soon. If he loves them so much, he can have them.

SANTA CLAUS@santaclausalaska.bsky.social

FUN FACT If we switched to all renewable energy, the number of ships crossing the ocean would fall almost in half, slashing global CO2 emissions. Because those ships are JUST carrying coal, oil and gas. ~ Bill McKibben SUPPORT ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES!

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social

MacFarlane: After labor day, they're going to have a convention in Dallas. You know how bonkers this idea is? First of all, the VP speaks Wednesday against the debut of the NFL football season. The president speaks Thursday against game two of the NFL football season. Who is going to watch that?

Mark T. Sneed@marktsneed.bsky.social

On this I cannot disagree. Mainstream media and legacy media have been bought and paid for and are willing turning a blind eye to an obvious coverup. No one is willing to go to the hospital and find out the truth? Shameful.