The GOP’s Mid-Decade Gerrymandering Strategy Was an Epic Fail – Mother Jones

Republicans were supposed to pick up 15 new seats. Instead they lost the redistricting war…

 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/11/gop-trump-mid-decade-gerrymandering-strategy-was-an-epic-fail-florida-texas-alabama-california/

 

Supreme court rules against Trump over bid to force California to set aside ballots

The supreme court on Monday ruled against the Trump administration and its attempts to force California election officials to segregate and not count ballots from people that the justice department claims are non-citizens. The ruling follows several lower courts siding with California officials, who argued the federal government was seeking to interfere in state elections…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/02/supreme-court-trump-california-ballots

 

DOJ asks Supreme Court to weigh in on California ballot demands : NPR

A day before Election Day, the Department of Justice is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to wade into its unprecedented feud with California over the state's voter rolls…

 https://www.npr.org/2026/11/02/nx-s1-6023802/supreme-court-california-voting-ballots-trump

 

Judge rebuffs Trump DoJ’s bid to force California to set aside 20,000 ballots

A federal judge declined to order California election officials to segregate and not count ballots from people the Trump administration claimed were non-citizens, rebuffing a legally thin request from the justice department that appeared designed to cast doubt over the results of the midterms…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/28/federal-judge-trump-california-ballots

 

Court blocks bid by Trump DoJ to stop state from counting mail-in ballots

Newsom accuses Trump of ‘assault on democracy’ as DoJ claims 20,000 registered voters in state are non-citizens…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/26/court-california-ballots

 

Meta strikes deal with Zuckerberg to protect him from California wealth tax

“Every society is taxed. The only question is who will pay. In Trump’s America, working people pay more than they should, while billionaires are so unburdened that they are becoming trillionaires. In the America we seek, billionaires and trillionaires will pay their fair share, while working people will be unburdened,” Khanna wrote in the Guardian last week…

 https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/22/meta-mark-zuckerberg-california-wealth-tax

 

DoJ’s suspected non-citizens list includes ‘high percentage’ of those born in US, LA officials say

The statement revealed in court papers raises questions about the reliability of the list of 20,000 people in California…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/20/doj-non-citizens-la

Why it'll take a while to know who won in some midterm races : NPR

So you're saying the timing of results isn't at all tied to vote-counting speed?

 https://www.npr.org/2026/10/19/nx-s1-5982027/california-vote-counting-margins

California voter ID measure falling short in new poll - POLITICO

Fifty-one percent of likely voters polled said they would vote against Proposition 39, which would require Californians to show ID at polling places and add the last few digits of an ID number to mail-in ballots. Forty-two percent said they would vote in favor of it, while 7% remained undecided…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/19/california-voter-id-measure-falling-short-in-new-poll-01127047 

ICE agents broke US citizen’s arm as they detained him in California, officials say

Federal immigration agents broke the arm of a US citizen in what a Democratic congressman said was a “brutal attack” during a confrontation with protesters in California…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/19/ice-broke-us-citizen-arm-california

 

Brush fires set homes ablaze in southern California as it braces for more hot weather

Hot, windy weather stokes fires in southern California with mandatory evacuation orders in place for many…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/16/southern-california-brush-fires-force-evacuations

 

US justice department sues California over alleged noncitizen voting

“The Department of Justice has not provided the underlying evidence, source, or methodology supporting its assertions that individuals identified in its records are ineligible to vote,” Logan said in a statement. “We cannot withhold or refuse to count ballots based solely on unverified allegations, nor can we disregard the legal requirements governing our election – and we certainly have no authority to act on records that are outside of our jurisdiction.”…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/15/justice-department-sues-california-midterms

 

DOJ demands California review voting rolls in two days, threatens legal action - POLITICO

In separate letters to California Secretary of State Shirley Weber and Dean Logan, the top election official for Los Angeles County, the Department of Justice on Tuesday gave California officials 48 hours to review a thumb drive it says contains the names of undocumented people who may be registered to vote in the November midterm elections, threatening litigation if the state cannot meet its Thursday deadline…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/14/department-of-justice-california-voter-rolls-demand-01118028

 

Is there a case of Plague in California? #plague #doctor #publichealth

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WhZunSXPtRY 

 

Airbnb co-founder writes $8M check to California Voter ID campaign - POLITICO

Joe Gebbia, a co-founder of Airbnb and White House official, has given $8 million to the campaign for a November ballot measure to require government-issued identification to vote in California…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/07/airbnb-co-founder-gives-8m-california-voter-id-01110340

Republicans criticize Steve Hilton for ‘creepy’ innuendo-filled campaign ad

“This is a clear example of exactly why good people are walking away from the Republican party. As a mother and someone who has fought to protect the innocence of children, this crosses a line. We have lost our way,” she wrote on social media

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/05/steve-hilton-campaign-ad-backlash 

 

It's not what Trump said in Nebraska. It's that the disgusting fake christians cheered

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKKEBY2pXEw 

 

Concern mounts over slow-moving, planetary-scale ‘Kelvin’ wave heading for California

The ocean phenomenon could raise sea levels by up to a foot as El Niño keeps warm water trapped along the coast

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/28/california-kelvin-wave

 

Newsom signs laws targeting ICE with shock glove ban, detention center tax - POLITICO

“California is taking action to strengthen transparency, accountability, and oversight around immigration enforcement in our state,” Newsom said in a statement. “This is about stepping up where the federal government has failed our communities.”…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/29/ca-shock-glove-ban-signed-01094029

 

‘Love letter’: California AG takes aim at Trump’s links to Big Oil - POLITICO

Bonta also challenged Trump’s relationships with the fossil fuel industry and corporations, accusing him of failing to enforce antitrust laws. 

“Trump has been writing an ongoing love letter, or at least attempting to, to the fossil fuel industry, writing different chapters and different verses and trying to provide them giveaways time and time again,” he said…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/28/love-letter-california-ag-takes-aim-at-trumps-links-to-big-oil-01094545