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Great game last night between the MLS team scoring leader San Jose Earthquakes and Messi-led Inter Miami. Game ended in 3-3 draw. Good write up from the Miami Herald. #quakes74 apple.news/AotuMByWASBq...

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Americans must not look away from the brutal tactics being employed by ICE, to intimidate immigrant communities and the rest of us.

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Please take 7 minutes to hear this takedown of DHS Secretary Noem by Senator Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social On point. youtu.be/EwZWCk1ytPU

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Qatar isn’t the only country buying influence over Trump. Trump’s “buy $Trump crypto for access to Trump and the White House” scheme is a direct payoff to Trump owned businesses. Same as handing Trump a bag stuffed with cash. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/u...

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Republicans propose massive cuts to Medicaid and other health safety net programs. Millions will lose healthcare and hospitals will close. All to fund increased military spending and tax cuts for the rich, while still managing to add trillions the national debt. apnews.com/article/medi...

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Looks like Putin had to remind Trump who’s boss. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

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The GOP plans to deny healthcare to those who need it to fund tax cuts for the rich. Here’s a research based guide on how to talk about it. navigatorresearch.org/wp-content/u...

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Trump and GOP are killing bipartisan clean energy initiatives, apparently out of spite but also some ignorance. Hurting their own people. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/c...

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Guess US intel analysts will know going forward to give the Trump answer, not their true assessment. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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We agree with the Boston Globe: “Hurting Harvard and MIT doesn’t help America.” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/14/o...

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"Moms Against Musk" rally & march today at San Jose/Santana Row Tesla. Thank you Gabby Chavez-Lopez for your leadership! #MothersDay #MomsAgainstMusk #Teslatakedown #teslaprotest #dumptrump #resist #protest #handsoff #indivisible #bayarea #goodtrouble #50501movement #sanjose #50501sanjose

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She grew up with Virginia values and now she's running for Governor to get things done! Don't miss Keynote Speaker @abigailspanberger.com at @FieldTeam6.bsky.social's #RegisterDemocrats Summit 2025! Thursday, May 22, 9:15a PT/12:15p ET #sccdp #Voterizer social.fieldteam6.org/s/HbldJiys

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You know @JasonBerlin.bsky.social, founder of @FieldTeam6.bksy.social. You love him for his twinkly smile, salt & pepper curls, and snappy videos. Join him in kicking off the #RegisterDemocrats Summit 2025! Thursday, May 22, 9:00a PT/12:00p ET #sccdp #Voterizer social.fieldteam6.org/s/dhqtJYUL

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You love the infectious energy & straight talk of @PoliticsGirl.bsky.social & you love our democracy. Come hear Keynote Speaker Leigh McGowan during @FieldTeam6.bsky.social's #RegisterDemocrats Summit2025 Thursday, May 22, 11:15a PT/2:15p ET #sccdp #Voterizer social.fieldteam6.org/s/e9XKDey5

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1st Gen Z Congressmember @MaxwellFrost.bsky.social (FL-10) is showing what it takes to push back as an opposition party. Dems Who Are Doing Something panel @FieldTeam6.bsky.social's #RegisterDemocrats Summit 2025! Thursday, May 22, 2:30p PT/5:30p ET #Voterizer social.fieldteam6.org/s/Iu3aFNdf

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If you rely on @rbhubbell.bsky.social Today's Edition Newsletter for daily sanity, don't miss his Keynote intro to How to Talk to Low Information Voters at @FieldTeam6.bsky.social's #RegisterDemocrats Summit 2025! Thursday, May 22, 10:10a PT/1:10p ET #Voterizer social.fieldteam6.org/s/4j0Ijk7U

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New voices, new visions: Join @hunterisdunn.bsky.social of @50501Movement.bsky.social at the New Leaders in the Fight Against Fascism panel @FieldTeam6.bsky.social's #RegisterDemocrats Summit 2025! Thursday, May 22, 9:35a PT/12:35p ET #Voterizer social.fieldteam6.org/s/J1A9Kt5b

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Santa Clara County Democratic Party @sccdp.bsky.social is at the Berryessa Art Festival in San Jose. Ready to go 3 hours before it opens at 10AM. We need to talk, please stop by and say hello. #sccdp #voterizer

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Great merch available from fieldteam6.bsky.social. I bought SF themed postcards, English and Spanish stickers. All arrived in time for this weekend’s political events. Prices, ordering system and delivery times satisfy me. I wish their tee shirts included some tie dyes. #swagtastics! #voterizer

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Biden, declaring solidarity with Europe at a D-Day anniversary commemoration just last summer: “We will not walk away, because if we do, Ukraine will be subjugated and it will not end there.” This is what American leadership should look and sound like. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/w...

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The Catholic Church has a pope, per reports from Rome, but the US has at best a “concept” of a trade deal with the UK. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05...

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Gulf of Mexico. How embarrassing for the House GOP. There’s a Congressional Record of what you did. apnews.com/article/gulf...

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Hakeem Jeffries: “Donald Trump’s unjust decision to fire Dr. Hayden [the Librarian of Congress] in an email sent by a random political hack is a disgrace and the latest in his ongoing effort to ban books, whitewash American history and turn back the clock.” www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...

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Tomorrow May 10 (Saturday) I will be with @sccdp.bsky.social at the Berryessa Art Festival in San José, at table #803. Like and reshare this post to get a mucho cool sticker (English or Spanish) from @fieldteam6.bsky.social. Hope to see you there. #voterizer

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“Americans skimp while their president splurges”. Check out this excellent New York Times piece from @frankabruni.bsky.social static.nytimes.com/email-conten... #voterizer #sccdp

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Fact.....

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Why should Trump, or any one person, be allowed to rename a holiday or a body of water? He could just as well change Veterans Day to be “Trump Adulation Day”. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/u...

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The Silicon Valley Democratic Club & @sccdp.bsky.social invites you to a program on immigration law and deportation defense by Pangea Legal Services/Elena Hodges. Pangea provides legal services to immigrant communities. Mon, May 12, 7pm ZOOM: Meeting ID: 861 2711 7181 Passcode: 969578 #voterizer

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Trump’s deportation forces will become increasingly desperate as they run out of people to deport. Will they have to admit to their MAGA faithful that they lied when they said there were millions of violent undocumented criminals rampaging through our communities? slate.com/news-and-pol...

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Orlando City Commissioner Tony Ortiz just switched from Republican to Democratic. “The Republican Party is not the party I signed up with... The marginalization of Latinos and immigrants—many of whom have helped build this country—is not leadership. It’s fear-based politics.”

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When we posted about this Lawler Town Hall yesterday, we did not know what terrible and offensive thing his constituent did to get carried away. Well now we know that she merely asked her elected Representative, “What’s your red line? When will you defend the Constitution you swore to uphold?”

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He’s not sure if he has to follow the Constitution, wants to reopen Alcatraz, and thinks you have too many pencils. That’s some of the nonsense Trump spewed over the weekend. It’s tempting to spiral when you hear it. But in ruby red Mecosta County, here’s what we did instead:

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Hegseth is reducing senior military ranks by 20% Will there be a corresponding 20% cut in the defense budget? www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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These are not “potential” violations. Why equivocate? Our data is being raided and regulatory agencies are being gutted to benefit DOGE operatives. It’s a massive corrupt smash and grab.

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How bad could this be? Very bad. Our enemies are having a field day at our expense.

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Trump’s order to reopen Alcatraz tracks with his bizarre obsession with comparing himself to Al Capone, only in his telling they’re both the unfairly hounded hero-victim, not a gangster who gets a measure of justice in the end for all the wrong they’ve done. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

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“More than $800 million in N.I.H. grants canceled as of early May — nearly half of those terminated to date — covered the health of sexual and gender minority groups” www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/h...

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Our May Day march in San José, one of many throughout the Bay Area. Our resistance is working. Trump’s approval is falling, voters’ preference for Democrats in the generic ballot question is rising.

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Trump’s tariffs have already inflated car prices, with big additional 25% tariffs taking effect today. Especially hard hit: cars priced $30,000 or less. Used cars also higher, as Americans compete for a dwindling supply. Are we Great yet? www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/b...

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See no evil? Trump is cutting the US intelligence workforce, to “provide opportunities for rising leaders to emerge.” Rising leaders more loyal to Trump? www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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Aren’t Catholics who voted for Trump offended by this?

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Exactly. Imagine what would have happened if Biden had done this. Why does Trump get a pass?

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Trump’s clown car is driving off a cliff. Amazon disclosing tariffs costs for imported products shifted the White House into attack mode. When a presidential team of incompetent egoists calls truth-telling a “hostile act,” we’re in trouble. #voterizer #sccdp www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...

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Help register voters with state specific postcards designed by James McMullan. Your personal hand-written message will make a difference and will be a keeper. Field Team 6 has voter addresses for specific elections, or you can use your own. fieldteam6.myshopify.com/products/jam... #voterizer

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