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Billionaire Tax Act: Mapping the California billionaires being asked to pay their fair share

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Follow DemLabs on our NEW social media! Billionaire Tax Act: Mapping the California billionaires being asked to pay their fair share The    2026 Billionaire Tax Act    would impose a one-time 5% excise tax on residents with a net worth exceeding $1 billion. The SEIU-UHW union, argue it would offset federal cuts to Medicaid and food assistance. The tax uses funds from households that gained the most from the Republican tax cuts to protect those who were hurt the most.  California has 12% of the US population but 28% of all US billionaire wealth.  The collective wealth of California billionaires surged from $300 billion in 2011 to $2190 billion ($2.2 trillion) in 2025. —  Berkeley Study Check this  StoryMap  for for billionaires and the extreme poverty of people living near them. I will miss them very much   A proposed ballot measure in   California   that would increase taxes on its wealthiest residents has Pro-Trump b...
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Important Sunday Message from MeidasTouch Founder

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  Important Sunday Message from MeidasTouch Founder Ben Meiselas and MeidasTouch Network Jan 5 By Ben Meiselas Hey MeidasMighty. It’s Ben Meiselas, co-founder of MeidasTouch. I am sorry I am sending this later than usual and didn’t get to grab coffee with you this morning. My wife and I booked a trip with our baby Ximena to Disneyland in Anaheim. It’s been raining here, but we got up early and got to bring Ximena on most of the kid rides before the rain came down bad. We brought her to the character lunch and now are going to  It’s a Small World  since the rain stopped. If you’ve been wondering what that new background was today on my videos, it’s the business center at the California Adventure Hotel. Sorry if I’m oversharing. And sorry for missing our morning coffee. Let me give you some of my thoughts quickly about the United States invasion of Venezuela . First, it’s patently unlawful. The MeidasTouch Network was the first news network to go live with footage...
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MeidasTouch is Expanding!!

MeidasTouch is Expanding!! Ben Meiselas and MeidasTouch Network Jan 5 By Ben Meiselas Hi Meidas Mighty. I will keep this one short since I need to record my morning video and I am traveling back with my family soon. I wanted to give you some great news about the MeidasTouch Network. We are expanding our capabilities and opening up a DC bureau. We will be announcing more soon about who will be leading it and other exciting news. Your subscriptions to this Substack have made this possible. It is vital that we have our own reporters in the Capitol every single day. We already have the gold-standard distribution pipeline led by Acyn, who puts out the clips that lead the news cycle. We look forward to the growth of our DC bureau. In the next few weeks, the government will run out of funding, the GOP will continue covering up the Epstein files, the Democrats will force a vote on the ACA subsidy extensions, a war powers resolution will come before the Senate to attempt to limit Trump...
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This Weekend in Politics, Bulletin 279.

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This Weekend in Politics, Bulletin 279. Ron Filipkowski Jan 4 …  Trump  ordered a military invasion of Venezuela with special forces to remove President  Nicolas Maduro  to the US where he is under criminal indictment. Trump made it clear in subsequent statements that this was primarily about taking control of the govt in order the seize Venezuela’s oil assets. Here are some quotes from Trump to various outlets in the 24 hours following the attack: “I mean, I watched it literally l like I was watching a television show. If you would’ve seen the speed, the violence - it was an amazing thing.” Trump on his justification for the invasion: “All the way back it dated to the Monroe Doctrines. And the Monroe Doctrine is a big deal. But we’ve superseded it by a lot. By a real lot. They now call it the Donroe Document. I don’t know. It’s Monroe Doctrine. We sort of forgot about it.” Trump on opposition leader María Corina Machado, who won the Nobel Peace Prize and has been s...
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