Tag: politics

It’s election season! Time to start exposing hilariously deceptive political crap from billionaires!

Did you get this in the mail from “Californians to Protect Retirement and Life Savings“?

Or did a signature gatherer try to corner you? (They get $15 if you sign!) This letter is a fear-bomb, designed to make people believe that CA’s proposed 5% wealth tax, which only affects 200 CA billionaires, is actually coming after grandma’s pension!

Yeah. Ok, maybe. If grandma is also a friggin‘ BILLIONAIRE!

ACTION: How to respond to this ridiculous initiative?

The letter says to sign in two places on the back – once as a registered voter and once as the petition circulator.

  1. Don’t do it, of course! Warn your friends, family and coworkers not to sign any petition for this stupid initiative either! Signature-gathers will be aggressive for this one. Did we say they get $15 for each signature? They are even paying people to sign, which is totally illegal.
  2. Internet suggestions for dealing with the mailer so far:
  • If you already signed, you can get your signature removed! Here’s a nifty “Petition Signature Withdrawal Form” from our County Clerk-Recorder & Registrar of Voters Michelle Ascension!
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Guess what’s on the Consent Calendar on March 3rd?

Tell the County Supervisors: “NO more military equipment puchases on the Consent Calendar!”

According to AB-481, a CA law passed in 2021, law enforcement agencies who want to buy military equipment have to obtain approval from their applicable governing body in public meetings. The law was adopted into Ventura County Ordinance 4603. For today’s example, we’re talking about the Sheriff’s office request to buy a drone on the V.C. Board of Supervisors (BOS) March 3rd consent calendar.

Why do law enforcement agencies in CA have to ask permission to buy military-grade equipment? The reasons for this public approval process was important enough to be written into the law itself.

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De-ICE CA, one state law at a time!

These proposed laws protect our civil rights, keep our safety officers from double-dipping into the ICE pool, tax and oversee detention facilities, and make court appearances safer for everyone.

Make sure your legislators know these laws are important to you!

Current status of laws passed already:

  • UPHELD BY COURT RULING: (Politico) SB 805, the “No Vigilantes Act” signed in 2025, requires federal agents to identify themselves during operations was upheld by U.S. U.S. District Judge Christina Snyder
  • TURNED DOWN: “No Secret Police Act,” an anti-masking law, was rejected because because the law’s provisions do not apply to state law enforcement officers. State legislators are rewriting it!

Action #1: Call your state assemblymember

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Renee Nicole Good was Murdered – 3 ICE Actions – Part 1

(This action is adapted from “3 Community Calls to Action for Renee Good.” Check with our “Events” page for scheduled protests.)

  1. Contact each Federal Law Enforcement Oversight Committee + demand another vote! 
  2. Contact Your Electeds + Governor to Demand Legislation to Unmask Federal Agents
  3. Email your federal legislators to abolish ICE!
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1. Contact each Federal Law Enforcement Oversight Committee member + demand another vote! 

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“The criminal is inside our house!” Pass the “Stop Ballroom Bribery Act!”

This is a “guardrail” bill. Whether it passes or not, make sure your own legislators know we want them at the front lines to pass it!

(https://youtu.be/Nbf6BJzpk1E)

Trump says his monstrous ballroom is being “gifted” to us. But like a puppy, this “gift” will incur major expenses for us in the future. Maintenance and staffing costs will be passed on to us taxpayers, while he’ll use it for free to to entertain his ultra-wealthy friends in dictator-chic comfort.

But what our venal president and his supporters have overlooked is that it’s actually illegal for it to be funded by private donors. Constitutional attorney Bruce Fein stated that “private money to build a White House ballroom flagrantly violates the Anti-Deficiency Act, which safeguards the congressional power of the purse by prohibiting the president from using non-appropriated funds donated by private parties for a government purpose indistinguishable from plutocracy. Without enforcement of the Anti-Deficiency Act, the congressional power of the purse is a scarecrow in the ‘golden age’ of billionaires eager to curry favor with the government in exchange for multi-million-dollar regulatory or tax favors.” Yeah, that!

And now, there’s a big lawsuit by a preservation group, for which we will also have to pay to defend Trump’s indefensible actions.

Call/email your House Representative!

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Take a holiday from supporting the oligarchy!

  • Target caved to Trump and rolled back their diversity, equity, and inclusion policies.
  • Home Depot has done nothing to protect immigrants in their stores as ICE continues to conduct violent raids on their property.
  • Amazon has funded the Trump administration through donations and discounted government contracts(including for ICE), all in exchange for massive corporate tax breaks. 

Thanksgiving weekend is a peak shopping time. Last year, more than 196 million Americans shopped over the holiday weekend. So it’s an opportune time to send a message to Target, Home Depot, and Amazon: if you collaborate with Trump, we won’t shop with you. They’ll be forced to take notice when they don’t get the record numbers of shoppers they’re anticipating. 

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The GOP will kill more Americans than terrorists ever have.

No enemy outside of warfare has killed 51,000 people a year, but the GOP is stepping up their game for political gain. Tell your legislators, in both the House and the Senate, we will no longer put up with this form of economic terrorism against your constituents.

(https://www.instagram.com/reel/DSawq_YkqAU/)

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Stop the Minister of Hate’s sneaky campaign to suppress voting before Oct 20th, 8:59 pm!

WHY IS VOLDEMORT DOING THIS? This video of Paul Weyrich, now-dead founder of the Heritage Foundation, lays out the whole plot in 40 seconds.

His foundation, along with their Project 2025 gang and the GOP want only White wealthy landowners to vote, just like back at the signing of the Constitution. They’ve been working hard for decades to destroy all the pesky constitutional amendments and laws that opened up their private club to us groundlings and they feel this is their time to strike.

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Why “YES” is the Right Vote on Prop. 50 and How to Explain it!

Probably every sentient being in CA received this glossy screed of misinformation, misdirection and outright nonsense from the “No on 50” campaign. It uses different arguments than what the “YES on 50” campaign is focused on, as they are reaching out to the MAGA and undecided demographic. But the damage of an unconstrained Trump for another two years will harm all of us, so we need to be able to competently push back against what they’re shoveling. There are 5 points to cover. Buckle up!

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Make Polluters Pay! Finally!

(Sierra Club) “Make Polluters Pay for Climate Disasters!

From deadly heat waves to raging fires to devastating floods, fossil fuel pollution is fueling extreme weather that endangers lives, destabilizes ecosystems and communities, and costs billions of dollars per year. Families nationwide are left with higher insurance costs, rising food prices, and mounting health bills, all while Big Oil rakes in record profits and pays nothing for the damage they’ve caused.

It doesn’t have to be this way: The Polluters Pay Climate Fund Act in Congress, introduced by Representatives Jerry Nadler (D-NY) and Judy Chu (D-CA) would require oil and gas companies to contribute just a fraction of their profits to a federal Climate Superfund. That funding would go directly to rebuilding communities, protecting frontline neighborhoods, and preparing for future disasters.”

Action Call: It’s time to put people over polluter profits. Tell Congress to act now!

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