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What It’s Like On the Front Line as Health Care Cuts Start to Hit Pattie Lopez, whose job is to help patients access public health coverage at Venice Family Clinic, says the volume and scope of cuts to Medi-Cal and Covered California are unlike anything else she’s s...

Patti Lopez has helped patients qualify for public health coverage for 23 years, but her meetings with clients have become increasingly discouraging.

Rollbacks began last year because of federal Medicaid cuts enacted under Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill."
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#BadBunny's performers continued to dance and party outside the stadium after the #SuperBowl #HalftimeShow

halftime show

what a shot

Ready for #BenitoBowl 🍋‍🟩 🎶🐰 Salud!

#SuperBowl #PuertoRico #BadBunny

If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.

Democracy dies in oligarchy.

New Trump anti-fraud task force to target California, CBS reports U.S. President Donald Trump is creating a new anti-fraud task force for California led by U.S. Vice President JD Vance, CBS News reported on Wednesday, citing multiple unnamed sources familiar with th...

It was never a question of "if," but always "when." 🤦🏽‍♀️
We got our California map, now let's do something with it! Flip that mf House!

Trump plans to sign an executive order that will name JD 🛋️ as head of the anti-fraud task force.

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The @ktvufox2.bsky.social California gubernatorial debate was insane 😆

Thanks for the laughs, needed that.

KAITLAN COLLINS: What would say to Epstein survivo---

TRUMP: You are so bad. You are the worst report. No wonder CNN has no ratings. She's a young woman. I don't think I've ever seen you smile. They should be ashamed of you.

Johnson: “We had three House Republican candidates who were ahead on Election Day…And every time a new tranche of ballots came in, they just magically whittled away until their leads were lost…It looks on its face to be fraudulent. Can I prove that? No.”

Missing and Murdered Indigenous People summit for comes to Sacramento region The summit, hosted at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Sacramento in Wheatland, is being held Tuesday and Wednesday

The summit, hosted at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Sacramento in Wheatland, is being held Tuesday and Wednesday

Hey the House just passed the funding bill. Anyway

Trump urges Republicans to 'take over' and 'nationalize' voting President Trump called on Republicans to "nationalize" voting with the 2026 midterm elections on the horizon.

"Trump on Monday called on Republicans to "take over" and "nationalize" voting as he continued to make false claims about the electoral process in the U.S. with the 2026 midterm elections on the horizon."

Yes, let's talk about election integrity. This guy ain't it.

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Government shutdown live updates as House approves funding package, ending standoff The House on Tuesday voted 217 to 214 to fund major parts of the government and end the partial shutdown. Follow live updates.

21 Republicans and 21 Democrats crossed the aisle to oppose and support the funding package.

#California Democrat who voted yes: Scott Peters, CD50. 👀 Tsk, tsk.

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#governmentshutdown #congress #ICE #DHS

Starting the year off strong. Getting lost in a book is my favorite form of solace 📚💙 wooosaaaa 🧘🏽‍♀️

#CLBookClub pick: Malas, By Marcela Fuentes

For funsies: Watch Us Fall, by Christina Kovac

#latinbooksky #latinsky #bookskyl #fable

Elon Musk Is Diving Back Into U.S. Politics The billionaire has mended a rift with President Trump and he is giving millions to Republicans again ahead of the midterms.

He’s baaaaack.

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#elonmusk #GOP #midtermelections

It was probably difficult to foresee that Trump would put the Kennedy Center out of business.

Supreme Court will hear birthright citizenship case on April 1 The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on April 1 in the challenge to President Donald Trump’s efforts to end birthright citizenship – that is, the guarantee of citizenship to […]

#SCOTUS “justices will also hear oral arguments in an important election law case, Watson v. Republican National Committee, on March 23.”

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#electionlaw #elections #Unitedstates

Supreme Court will hear birthright citizenship case on April 1 The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on April 1 in the challenge to President Donald Trump’s efforts to end birthright citizenship – that is, the guarantee of citizenship to […]

“The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on April 1 in the challenge to President Donald Trump’s efforts to end birthright citizenship – the guarantee of citizenship to virtually everyone born in the United States. (Trump v. Barbara)“

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#citizenship #SCOTUS

Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...

BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.

I don’t know who the original poster is… but omg 😭💔😭

#quinceanera

Q: Why are you suing the IRS?

TRUMP: Who are you with?

Q: ABC News


TRUMP: You are a loud person. Let somebody else have a chance

Q: Can you answer the question?

TRUMP: ABC fake news. I didn't call on you

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Astrology-girlies today… 🫣

IYKYK

Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"

ICE Funding Bill Passes House Absent Changes Democrats Sought Seven House Democrats joined nearly all Republicans to pass the final annual spending bills, including the DHS measure.

DHS Funding bill passed --- "The 220 to 207 vote came even as House Democratic leaders and many rank-and-file lawmakers said the bill did too little to restrain Immigration and Customs Enforcement..." time.com/7357264/ice-...
#Congress #FundingBill #ICEFunding

ICE launches immigration enforcement action in Maine DHS said operation "Catch of the Day" has already begun, with residents in Portland and Lewiston seeing heightened immigration enforcement presence Tuesday.

DHS says that operation "Catch of the Day" has begun in Maine, with residents in Portland and Lewiston seeing heightened immigration enforcement presence.

Private Autopsy Shows Renee Good Was Shot at Least 3 Times, Lawyers Say

If this is accurate, Good was killed by a bullet fired after there was any conceivable argument Agent Ross was in the path of her vehicle, which means there was no legal justification for using deadly force. But DOJ says there’s no reason to investigate.
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His name is Liam Ramos, and he is 5. He was abducted from Minneapolis and trafficked to a detention camp in Texas.

Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, memo says An Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press reveals that the agency allows immigration officers to forcibly enter homes to make arrests without a judicial warrant.

The memo itself has not been widely shared within the agency, according to a whistleblower complaint, but its contents have been used to train new ICE officers who are being deployed into cities and towns to implement the president’s immigration crackdown.

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Opinion | A California diversion program saved her from prison and dying young California lawmakers have a chance to pass a bill that would increase opportunities for diversion programs and lower recidivism rates.

California lawmakers have a chance to pass a bill that would increase opportunities for diversion programs and lower recidivism rates.

(AB 1231 is a two-year bill and must pass its house of origin by EOM.) #CALeg

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