Mauricio Torres

Someone forgot to take down this webpage:

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🚨DHS asks the Supreme Court to halt an injunction restricting the ability of ICE and Border Patrol to stop and question people based on factors such as speaking Spanish, being Latino, doing day labor, or being in certain areas.

Hard not to read this as a request for a license to racially profile.

Photo of President Lyndon B. Johnson and Martin Luther King Jr. shaking hands after the signing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

60 years ago today, the Voting Rights Act was signed into law, guaranteeing the right to vote regardless of race, gender, or economic status.

Whether it’s 1965 or 2025, we must continue to protect the principles that make our democracy work for all.

Donald Trump is so scared of the American people holding him accountable for his catastrophic actions, he wants Republicans to rig the 2026 elections for him.

Excessive CEO Pay Makes Inequality Worse. Shareholders and the Public Deserve to Know About Compensation Disparities Huge executive pay packages are a prime driver of income inequality. Shareholders and the public deserve to know about how CEOs are compensated, but new SEC leadership seems to think otherwise.

Huge executive pay packages are a prime driver of income inequality. Shareholders and the public deserve to know about how CEOs are compensated, but new SEC leadership seems to think otherwise.
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The thing is, an idea as outrageous as California undergoing midterm redistricting wouldn't have the kind of merit -- let alone support -- it does if there was an actual check or balance left in Washington. We're beyond crisis. People need a sign things can & will change. There's too much at stake.

Medicaid was signed into law 60 years ago. Trump's big bill is chiseling it back This summer, President Donald Trump has begun to chisel back Medicaid and food stamps. On a July day in 1965, President Lyndon B.

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The federal budget will deeply harm Californians — cutting essential services while giving tax breaks to the wealthy.

California’s state leaders must take bold action to protect people and invest in our future.

⚡ Our team breaks down what’s at stake: calbudgetcenter.org/resources/st...

Once again, marginal tax rates are too low & pose an existential threat to 🇺🇸 democracy

In record time, we went from Defund The Police to now ICE having one of the largest budgets in the world.

Farm worker dies a day after chaotic immigration raid at California farm Jaime Alanis died after sustaining injuries during raid where authorities say they arrested about 200 people

Jaime Alanis died after sustaining injuries during a raid where authorities say they arrested about 200 people at two cannabis farms.
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Budget Center Urges California Leaders to Act After Harmful Federal Budget Signed Into Law SACRAMENTO, CA — Following the July 4 signing of a sweeping federal budget reconciliation bill by President Trump, the California Budget & Policy

“While Congressional Republicans and the President are responsible for the harm this bill will cause Californians, state policymakers must commit to doing everything possible to ensure that vulnerable Californians have continued access to basic needs.."
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What Trump’s budget and tax law means for California students $6.2 billion recently withheld from schools and $12 billion in proposed education cuts are separate from the bill signed last week.

Hundreds of thousands of California’s low-income children and their families will likely see federally funded food support and health care shrink or vanish in the coming years.

edsource.org/2025/what-tr... via @edsource.org

Between the number of Fox News personalities working for the Trump regime and the way official federal government channels (!) clip and publish Fox content, is there any lingering doubt that America has a full-blown propaganda machine?

Had to run an errand and saw that a neighborhood spot recently hit by ICE is still lined with vendors ...

... and then I looked closer and saw that they're kids. Young teens, who I assume are there to protect their families.

What the federal government has been doing to L.A. is so incredibly sad.

breaking: senate republicans pass bill cutting healthcare and food assistance to find billionaire tax breaks

BREAKING: Senate Republicans just passed their budget.

The bill cuts healthcare and food assistance to give the wealthy trillions in tax breaks.

It also adds trillions to the debt.

The bill goes back to the House next. Tell your representative to vote NO: (202) 224-3121

The Whole Country Is Starting to Look Like California Housing prices are rising fast in red and purple states known for being easy places to build. How can that be?

"A tempting explanation is that the expert consensus is wrong. Perhaps regulations and NIMBYism were never really the problem... But the real answer is that San Francisco and New York weren’t unique — they were just early."

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Had the absolute best Pride weekend in San Francisco.

Senate Budget Plan Cuts Health Care, Food Assistance & Fuels Harm The Senate’s federal budget plan threatens Californians' health care and food assistance to fund tax breaks for the wealthy.

The Senate bill would rip health care from millions of Californians.

It slashes Medi-Cal, imposes cruel red tape, and threatens coverage for workers, kids, people with disabilities, and rural communities.

This isn’t reform. It’s intentional harm.
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Commentary: The ICE raids show what state-sponsored terror looks like All pretense that ICE is targeting immigrants with criminal records has gone out the window. Nowadays, the directive is to snatch anyone they can wherever they may be.

"Lozano was going about his business one moment, and was vanished the next — his ice cream cart serving as the only evidence that he was there in the first place."

Haunting. Heartbreaking.
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Rising Stars: Mauricio Torres - Capitol Weekly Whether he’s deciphering complex policy language or hiking renowned trails like the Inca Trail or the W Trek in Patagonia, Mauricio Torres Jr. approaches it all with confidence, curiosity and a deep c...

Our own @mauriciotorresjr.bsky.social was named one of Capitol Weekly's Rising Stars! 🤩

"Whether he’s deciphering policy language or hiking renowned trails... Torres approaches it all with confidence, curiosity and a deep connection to the communities he serves."
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The privilege is mine!! 💜

Rising Stars: Mauricio Torres - Capitol Weekly Whether he’s deciphering complex policy language or hiking renowned trails like the Inca Trail or the W Trek in Patagonia, Mauricio Torres Jr. approaches it all with confidence, curiosity and a deep c...

Huge privilege to work with @calbudgetcenter.org ’s @mauriciotorresjr.bsky.social. Such an incredible talent in the comms field not to mention overall amazing human. Congrats, on this @Capitol_Weekly recognition, truly can’t wait for you to be my boss one day 🤩
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Imagine this is your big priority for public health in a country where people are dying totally preventable deaths from Hepatitis C

Sacramento LGBTQ+ crisis resources: What to know after Trump ends national hotline President Donald Trump announced he is ending funding for a national youth suicide prevention hotline that served over 1.3 million people.

"The Lavender Library provides resources including support groups, research documents and LGBTQ+ literature."
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Megabill would cost poorest households $1,600 a year, boost richest by $12K, CBO predicts

Trump’s tax scam is a reverse-Robin Hood that adds to the deficit.

No money will be “saved.” It’s just an upward transfer of wealth.

Photos show police clashing with No Kings protesters in Los Angeles. Protesters could be heard yelling “drop your guns,” “shame on you” and “your neighbors will know what you’re doing.”

See photo gallery → www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

📸: @stephenlamphoto.bsky.social / S.F. Chronicle

Hundreds of volunteers lined up at S.F.'s Ocean Beach to appear in a banner spelling out “NO KING!”

The event was organized by travel writer Brad Newsham and architectural designer Travis Van Brasch, local activists who assembled human banners at Ocean Beach during nationwide protests in April.

To be clear, every year undocumented immigrants pay taxes into services they CANNOT use.

We’re subsidizing billionaires and corporations for union-busting, underpaying their workers, and ruining the planet.

Our priorities are so very warped.