Jim Gallagher
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Aug 30
Gavin Newsom’s redistricting plan is on its way to voters. What you need to know
In Cal Matters by Maya C. Miller and Jeanne Kuang August 21, 2025 In summary Many California Democrats are reluctant to give up the state’s independently drawn congressional districts, but they say it’s a necessary step to counter gerrymanders in Republican states. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan to counter President Donald Trump’s election gerrymander in Texas with his own …
Aug 06
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JD Vance to meet with top Trump officials to plot Epstein strategy – report Gathering reportedly to include Pam Bondi, Kash Patel and Susan Wiles to discuss strategy for dealing with scandal in the Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/06/jeffrey-epstein-jd-vance-trump-meeting Anna Betts in New York Wed 6 Aug 2025 13.20 EDT JD Vance, the US vice-president, will reportedly host …
Jun 27
‘Clouded in mystery’: how Ice became a rogue agency that does Trump’s bidding
The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/24/ice-trump-administration-immigration-deportations?CMP=share_btn_url Ben Makuch Shrouded in secrecy, the US law enforcement agency has become a kind of domestic stormtrooper for Maga’s agenda Tue 24 Jun 2025 07.00 EDT Across the US, group chats and community threads have started spiking with warnings. Not just the typical alerts about traffic or out of service subway stations, …
Jun 05
California Democratic Party Concludes Convention with Calls for Unity and Activism
By Gaston Castellanos in the Fullerton Observer on June 4, 2025 • The California Democratic Party (CADEM) concluded its 3-Day Convention in Anaheim with 4,000 activists and delegates that featured speeches by Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, Civil Rights Leader Dolores Huerta and California statewide and legislative leaders. United States Senator Adam Schiff took the stage and so did his colleague Cory Booker, the Senator …
May 06
Trump’s 100 Days Top 10 Failures!
1. Supreme Court defiance 2. Environmental degradation 3. Those ‘beautiful’ tariffs 4. The war on DEI 5. Illegal deportations 6. Shaming Zelensky 7. Claiming transgender people do not exist 8. Appointing a Keystone-Cops cabinet 9. Gutting funds for medical research 10. Remaking the world map Source- READ MORE AT https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/editorials/article305246606.html
Apr 08
5 things to know about tariffs and how they work
FROM PBS NEWS AT https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/5-things-to-know-about-tariffs-and-how-they-work Economy Updated on Apr 3, 2025 6:51 PM EDT — Published on Mar 4, 2025 4:49 PM EDT By — Paul Wiseman, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Tariffs are in the news at the moment. Here’s what they are and what you need to know about them. Tariffs are a …
Mar 05
Fact Checking Trump’s Address to Joint Congress- Mar. 4, 2025
By PolitiFact Staff March 5, 2025 President Donald Trump recapped six weeks of aggressive efforts to cut the federal workforce, reorganize the economy and reorient foreign policy in his first address to a joint session of Congress. The March 4 speech was long by historical standards — about an hour and 40 minutes — and …
Feb 05
37 ways Project 2025 has shown up in Trump’s executive orders
Politico By Liset Cruz, Ali Bianco, Megan Messerly, Abhinanda Bhattacharyya and Anna Wiederkehr 02/05/2025 02:00 AM PST President Donald Trump on the campaign trail last summer disavowed Project 2025, saying he knew nothing about the effort. But many of the conservative blueprint’s ideas have made their way into his early executive orders, signaling the sweeping …
Jan 02
The Women’s March Rebranded and Reorganized. Now They’re Ready for 2025
from Time magazine 5 minute read One day after Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration, hundreds of thousands of anti-Trump protestors fill the streets during the Women’s March on January 21, 2017 held in the area surrounding the Washington Mall.Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis —Getty Images By Rebecca Schneid December 18, 2024 3:13 PM EST When activist and organizer …
Dec 08
5 Takeaways From The Elections Now That They Are Finally Over
With the resolution of an incredibly close House race in California (Democrat Adam Gray unseated incumbent Republican John Duarte), we now know the major results of the 2024 balloting a month after Election Day. It’s a good time to set aside Republican spin claiming a massive landslide victory and Democratic rationalizations about this or that …
We want you to join us at our next meeting, Monday, September 8, 2025 at 7:00 pm!
The Chino Valley Democratic Club will meet on Monday, September 8, 2025 at 7 p.m., in a hybrid in-person/ Zoom online meeting. The Club recommends participants contact chinovalleydemocrats21@gmail.com for the location or go to the Zoom link https://tinyurl.com/f47tjtj4 and join at the designated date and time, Monday, September 8, at 7:00 p.m. It is recommended that participants join the meeting 10-15 minutes before the meeting starts.
On the agenda: Andre Charles, representative from Activate America and President of the North Orange County Democratic Club, will discuss California Prop 50, on the November 4th ballot. Prop 50 lets the voters decide whether to approve, or not, 5 new election districts that counter Texas’ recent illegal GOP congressional seats (that unfairly imbalance the House of Representatives.) The Chino Valley School Board vacancy appointment and upcoming protests and rallies against the Trump administration will also be discussed. Democrats we need you! Time to step up!
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