Sen. Mike McGuire accused Democratic Party Chair Rusty Hicks of trying to block his endorsement despite the backing of 74% of delegates.
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Furious with Trump, California Democrats plot election strategy in San Francisco
In a pivotal election year that will serve as a referendum on the second Trump administration, California Democrats face pressure from activists on the left to abandon “radical civility” and instead back candidates who will push back hard against the GOP.
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California Democrats urge government shutdown after federal agents kill Minnesota nurse
More than half of California’s Democratic legislative caucus called for a government shutdown and introduced bills to hold federal agents accountable.
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The fight over how to pay for Medi-Cal puts pressure on Newsom to raise taxes
Newsom has already vowed to tank a proposed ballot initiative that would impose a 5% wealth tax on the state’s billionaires to bolster Medi-Cal. Progressive lawmakers and their allies in labor and health seem hopeful that Newsom could support a different long-shot funding idea.
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Republicans ask federal court to overturn California’s new Prop. 50 maps
Republicans and the Trump administration are hoping a panel of federal judges in Los Angeles will halt the new Prop. 50 maps from taking effect. But given the Supreme Court’s recent ruling greenlighting Texas’s redrawn maps, their odds are long.