Santa Clara County Democratic Party

Pritzker: "It's cheating. Donald Trump is a cheater. He cheats on his wives. He cheats at golf. And now he's trying to cheat the American people out of their votes."

NATO Ambassador Matthew Whitaker on Ukraine's territorial concessions: "No big chunks or sections are going to be just given that haven't been fought for or earned on the battlefield."

John McCain Slams Trump for 'Disgraceful Performance' at Putin Meeting "No prior president has ever abased himself more abjectly before a tyrant"

What McCain said the last time Trump met Putin:

“No prior president has ever abased himself more abjectly before a tyrant,” McCain said in his statement.

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Russians cheer Putin’s Alaska invitation, envision no concessions on Ukraine Ukrainian and European officials met with Vice President JD Vance to coordinate a response to Russia’s proposal.

#TACO

Putin knows he doesn’t have to concede anything to keep getting concessions from Trump.

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IRS, White House clashed over immigrants’ data before tax chief was ousted The Trump administration’s move to push out IRS Commissioner Billy Long came after the agency said it couldn’t release some information on taxpayers suspected of being here illegally.

Trump’s IRS head appears to have been ousted to get access to tax records for immigration enforcement.

1/completely illegal

2/thoroughly stupid, workers who are undocumented or living with undocumented family members will avoid paying taxes

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Five years after the fraudulent election in Belarus, our support for the Belarusian people remains resolute.

We will not stop until every one of the more than 1,000 political prisoners is freed.

Until the democratic aspirations of the Belarusian people are fulfilled.

BREAKING: We filed a class action lawsuit against ICE for denying people access to lawyers and subjecting them to inhumane conditions at 26 Federal Plaza in New York.

ICE is illegally holding people here for weeks, often without adequate access to medical care, food, or legal counsel.

Trump Says He Will Meet With Putin in Alaska Next Week

Trump rewards Putin’s ongoing aggression by inviting him to the US for a summit to discussing carving up Ukraine, without Ukraine being present.

Can’t meet in other countries because Putin is wanted for arrest for war crimes.

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Opinion | The price increases that should cause Americans more alarm The price of health insurance is rising faster than the price of eggs or gasoline.

Health insurance costs are out of control, and Trump’s Big Ugly Bill will make things even worse.

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Millions of Californians may lose health coverage because of new Medicaid work requirements The nation's first mandated work requirement for Medicaid recipients, approved by the Republican-led Congress and signed by President Trump, is expected to have a seismic effect in California.

3.4 million Californians are at risk of losing health coverage, because their GOP reps voted for Trump’s Big Ugly Bill.

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I’m Not Panicking. I’m Outraged. Read more here.

What if Pam Bondi did decide to open an investigation into why I stopped posting on Twitter? Would the legacy media treat it with outrage or with skeptical bemusement?

Or would everyone just look away and hope it doesn’t happen to them next? www.democracydocket.com/opinion/im-n...

America’s CEOs come to the White House bearing gifts and flattery Tech industry CEOs have lavished gifts, flattery and attention on President Trump. The administration has rolled out industry-friendly policies.

Apple’s CEO basically gave Trump a gold brick.

Rank corruption.

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Research on reversing Alzheimer’s reveals lithium as potential key Years of investigation by scientists at Harvard has revealed that lithium is deeply involved in Alzheimer’s disease, a finding that could lead to new treatments.

Promising research at Harvard on Alzheimer’s disease.

Will Trump’s funding cuts undermine the effort?

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NASA Is Getting Fired Up About a Nuclear Reactor on the Moon

A nuclear reactor on the moon with Sean Duffy in charge. What could go wrong?

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Kennedy Cancels Nearly $500 Million in mRNA Vaccine Contracts

Cancelling the very thing that saved countless lives during COVID-19 isn’t just foolish, it’s irresponsible, and it weakens our ability to respond to future health crises.

RFK Jr - not a scientist.

Latest entry in the “Well, we’re all going to die” log.

We should have the House right now. Let me say it again: we should have the House.

This ain’t just a Texas problem, it’s a national problem. They’re stealing seats to keep power, and that’s how we ended up with Speaker Johnson instead of Speaker Jeffries.

They can’t win fair, so they cheat.

Trump threatens federal takeover of D.C. after attack on DOGE worker “If D.C. doesn’t get its act together, and quickly, we will have no choice but to take Federal control of the City,” Trump wrote Tuesday on Truth Social.

DC should be a state, and not subject to threats of federal takeover or defunding. DC has as many people as Wyoming and Vermont and nearly as many as Alaska and North Dakota.

#EndTaxationWithoutRepresentation

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UCLA loses federal research funding in administration’s ongoing fight with top universities | CNN UCLA is the latest major institution of higher learning to see promised research funding snatched away by the Trump administration, the university’s leader said in a letter to students Thursday.

Other countries have not stopped their research.

It’s like being in a long distance race and just stopping - for no reason - while others keeping advancing.

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Allow me to explain the ‘Russia hoax’ hoax Military trucks parading in formation through Red Square, Moscow. (National Archives) Let's start deep in the weeds and then walk out. On Thursday, FBI Director Kash Patel — chosen for that role in la...

Trump thinks Obama and Clinton should “pay a price” for … the ridiculous allegation he and his allies have contrived.

I wrote about why the allegation makes no sense and why it exists despite that. www.pbump.net/o/allow-me-t...

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting to shut down following funding cuts Trump’s successful campaign to strip federal money to NPR and PBS effectively ended the public media middleman.

Sad. Generations of American kids learned so much through CPB funded stations and content. We’re poorer without it.

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Trump fires labor statistics chief after large revision to jobs report Trump orders firing of Erika McEntarfer, the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, after release of large revisions to employment data

Unemployed Americans, don’t worry, Trump has fixed your problem by firing the person who reports the number of people who are unemployed. Turns out you’ve been employed all along!

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Today’s the day!

You’re right of course that Congressman Panetta is from Carmel Valley but since redistricting he now also represents substantial parts of San Jose. He has a geographically very large district!

San Jose congressman wants to protect undocumented crime victims - San José Spotlight One San Jose lawmaker wants to increase protections for undocumented immigrants who assist law enforcement in investigating crimes committed against them.

San Jose congressman wants to protect undocumented crime victims sanjosespotlight.com/san-jose-con...

Why Ford’s Made-in-America Strategy Hurts It in Trump’s Trade War The company says new tariff deals with Japan, the EU and South Korea put it at a disadvantage.

Trump tariffs favor cars imported from Japan, Korea, and Europe over those made in the US.

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Trump is reviving the presidential fitness test. Did it work before? The test was conducted in U.S. public schools for decades until it was retired by the Obama administration. Here’s what to know about it and why Trump wants it back.

In fairness, a US president should only be allowed to impose on our kids a “presidential fitness test” that they themselves could pass.

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Smithsonian removes Trump from impeachment exhibit in American history museum A temporary placard, on display since 2021, described the president's historic impeachments. Officials said the exhibit was restored to an earlier version following a review of legacy content.

Erasing and revising history by removing references to Trump’s impeachments from an exhibit on impeachment at the Smithsonian.

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Trump says sharper tariffs to take effect in a week; 35% for Canada starts Friday The Trump administration changed its tariff regime late Thursday night. Canada will face 35 percent tariffs but Mexico got a 90-day reprieve from higher rates.

It’s literally the plot of the 1995 movie “Canadian Bacon”.

Trump’s tax on trade with Canada will hurt US consumers and US car makers and their US workers. Some of the best manufacturing jobs in America.

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Key Inflation Measure Rose in June, Adding to Pressure on Fed

Trumpflation is here.

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