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  The federal government spent $1.5 billion of your tax dollars to buy two ICE detention center facilities that it was already using, including Otay Mesa Detention Center right here in San Diego County.  The other facility is California City Detention Center, the largest ICE detention center in our state. Both were owned by CoreCivic, a private company, and as part of that deal, DHS purchased Otay Mesa for $739 million — even though it was recently valued at just $168 million. (And yes, Donald Trump owns stock in CoreCivic, but his blatant corruption is a whole other conversation.)   For now, CoreCivic is still running the facilities day to day, and we have a lot of unanswered questions about what this deal actually means. I’m deeply concerned it’s an attempt to ramp up local immigration detention, prevent Congressional oversight, and shield the government’s actions from public scrutiny and accountability.    But let me be super clear: changing the deed of...

       SHARED FOR INFORMATION AND EDUCATION ABOUT THE FRINGE EXTREMIST       GUIDING MILITARY POLICY FOR THE VASTLY INCOMPETENT WHISKEY       HEGSETH! Do you remember this guy? NPR just published a new interview with Pete Hegseth’s personal spiritual leader — the extremely fringe, right-wing pastor Doug Wilson. And this headline has all the alarm bells ringing:  Mainstream. That’s the word religion and history scholars are using to describe how Wilson’s teachings have moved from the fringes of our society to the mainstream, now that Donald Trump’s administration is filled with Christian nationalists. In case you need a refresher on who this guy is: He’s made disturbing and shameful claims defending slavery and saying it wasn’t that bad . He thinks we should criminalize homosexuality. He said God created women “to make the sandwiches” and that wives should submit to their husbands. And he believes the 19th Amendment should...

           SHARED FOR INFORMATION AND EDUCATION ABOUT THE            CONSEQUENCES  OF U.S. BUDGET CUTS AND IRRATIONAL DECISIONS            BY TRUMP, BRAIN DEAD  MUSK AND MAGA GOP THAT REMAINED            SILENT.           THE WORLD CUP WILL BRING CROWDS AND TOURISTS THAT THERE            IS  NO  PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE TO ADDRESS.           INCINERATING FOOD THAT COULD HAD FED STARVING PEOPLE?           THE MORAL DEPRAVITY OF THESE ACTIONS DEFINES ALL INVOLVED!               RFK JR ELIMINATED THE INSPECTORS WHO INSPECTED CRUISE SHIPS.                COULD THAT HAVE PREVENTED THE HANTA VIRUS SPREAD?     ...

  SHARED FOR INFORMATION AND EDUCATION!  PEOPLE ACROSS THE NATION ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO DEFEAT TRUMP  AND HIS SCHEMES TO RIG THE ELECTIONS! I reached out to this team last week to ask for volunteer help ahead of Virginia’s redistricting referendum — and you stepped up, big-time, so you should feel proud of this victory:   Tonight, Virginia voters made it clear that Donald Trump can’t be allowed to rig the midterms in his own party’s favor.    With these new maps, there are  four  new target districts in play for Democrats in 2026.    That’s a big deal — but let’s be clear, these aren’t just “gimmes” for Democratic candidates. The districts have been made more competitive, but we still have to put in the hard work between now and November to make sure we flip them blue.   My team is already hard at work mapping out how we’ll support new Democratic challengers who are fighting to flip red seats, and I can’t wait to hit the campaign ...