“The signs in English and Spanish, paid for by Republican Assemblymember David Tangipa of Fresno, are one of the only clues in this region that California voters are hurtling toward a statewide special election next month. “

“Many of them don’t realize that in just a few weeks, they’ll be asked whether they want to temporarily change their districts — and for some, their representation in Congress — in a gerrymander that favors Democrats. And unlike in politically attuned coastal hubs like the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles, traditional online, TV and mail campaign ads are rarely enough to get people to vote. Often they need an in-person push from a friend or family member.”

The term “Proposition 50” doesn’t ring a bell with many residents of the rural San Joaquin Valley. But even some of the most disengaged voters say they’re familiar with Gov. Gavin Newsom’s push to redraw California’s congressional maps in response to Texas. Read the full CalMatters story by clicking here.

https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/848680

Over 600 of us showed up for the June 14 event in Hanford. It’d be nice to see that and more as we’ll take to the 12th Ave. bridge over 198 as well as the length of 12th to Lacey Blvd.

Click here to sign up. Kinda hard to ignore that much support to remove the criminal from office the peaceful way – not unlike what the people of South Korea did earlier this year.

Happy Wednesday, Democrats, and a blessed Yom Kippur. Welcome back to our #TrumpCheck series, the LACDP’s weekly newsletter that holds the Trump administration accountable for its lies, deception, and self-serving actions.

Last week, we reported on what it meant for a potential government shutdown and the factors leading up to it. At 12:00 AM this morning, October 1, 2025, the federal government shut down.

Republicans are blaming Democrats, and Democrats are blaming Republicans. Finger-pointing isn’t unusual in national politics, but the lengths being taken today are a new level.

There is a lot of misinformation about what a government shutdown actually means for jobs, publicly-funded services, and the future of the US government. Today, we are here to debunk some of the fact versus fiction about what this government shutdown means for us all, and what MAGA has to gain from it.

In a post on X last night, Speaker Mike Johnson said that “Democrats have officially voted to CLOSE the government. Results: Moms and kids now lose WIC nutrition. Veterans lose health care and suicide prevention programs. FEMA has shortfalls during hurricane season.”

FACT: Trump’s legislative agenda and budget put women, children, veterans, and FEMA funding in harm’s way long before any government shutdown did.

According to the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, a nonpartisan research center, Trump’s budget bill cut fruit and vegetable food assistance for low-income women and children by nearly $1.4 billion. Cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) totaled $187 billion in funding cuts and have left millions of people without food assistance.

In terms of VA care, Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal said last week that Trump cuts are “cruel, reckless missteps [that] are threatening and degrading VA health care” [while the VA disseminates partisan finger-pointing at congressional Democrats as the cause for the shutdown].

As for FEMA, employees within the agency have been flagging the issues over budget cuts for months. In August, more than 180 current and former employees “published a letter warning that debilitating cuts to the agency charged with handling federal disaster response risks a catastrophe like the one seen after Hurricane Katrina.”

Trump cannot stop blaming the Democrats for the shutdown. A new White House webpage titled Democrats Betray Americans with Government Shutdown says that “Democrats have officially brought on a full-blown government shutdown — engineered by the Radical Left lunatics who control their party.”

FACT: In April 2011, Trump said of a government shutdown that, “I hear the Democrats are going to be blamed, and the Republicans are going to be blamed. I actually think the President would be to blame,” in an appearance on The Today Show.

He went on to describe that “If there is a shutdown, I think it would be a tremendously negative mark on the President of the United States.”

It seems that, for once, Trump is right. The public seems to agree. New polling shows that Republicans are facing far more of the blame for the government shutdown than Democrats.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said that “the Democrats refused to keep the government open over health care to illegal aliens and now have jeopardized critical health care programs for American citizens.” Speaker Johnson, VP Vance, and the Senate Republicans X account circulated information claiming the same thing, including boosting a White House page titled, Democrats Shut Down Government Over Free Healthcare for Illegals.

FACT: As explained by NBC, “Undocumented immigrants cannot sign up for Affordable Care Act coverage and are not eligible for Medicaid coverage. That is not legal now, and Democrats are not looking to change that.”

If the Democrats aren’t trying to create free healthcare for undocumented immigrants, then who really shut down the government?

Even when the government is shut down, we will continue our work organizing and fighting the MAGA regime.

Join us, Democrats. Voting is the #1 tool that Americans have against MAGA. The next step in standing up to the Trump administration is setting the record straight; correcting misinformation is a job for us all. If you had this email forwarded, you can sign up for the #TrumpCheck newsletter here.

Stay safe, stay strong, and keep up the good fight, Democrats.
We’ll be back at defending the truth next week. Until then, stay tuned to our social media channels, linked below, for updates on the LACDP’s fight against Trump.

In Solidarity,
Team LACDP

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Help pass Prop 50 and stop the Trump / MAGA agenda by talking with targeted registered voters in your own neighborhood. The California Democratic Party can provide the list – through our mobile app, and the script and background materials – you provide the person power!

We will be launching this program the week of September 15th. You can sign up now if you’re interested and we’ll follow up with you.

Additionally, you can join CADEM’s virtual phonebanks and help stop the Trump / MAGA agenda to rig the midterm elections and passing Prop 50 is the best chance we have of taking back Congress next year.

They’ll be phoning 6 days per week, 2 shifts per day. – https://www.mobilize.us/cadems/event/833391/

Their Spanish language phonebanks will be Sundays from 12-2 and Thursdays from 6 – 8 PM. We have a separate Mobilize for those shifts – https://www.mobilize.us/cadems/event/833417/

We’ll gather on zoom and be using the Scale to Win dialer and will have a short training at the beginning of each shift. Join them as often as you can, encourage your friends to come and help save our country!

Our first bridge brigades went well in Lemoore and Hanford. 

We want to do these events every Friday and on days that we have bigger protests and maybe twice on Fridays if it is not too hot in the early evening. 

So far, we’ve staged an event every week since mid-August except one week when it rained. We have, so far, three locations: 198 & 19th in Lemoore; 198 & 12th and 198 & Douty in Hanford.

The next Bridge Brigade is October 3, from 7:15 am to 8:30 am on the Douty Street overpass – just down the street from Congressman Valadao’s office.

Please let us know if you can attend and watch this space for more on the coming events. Come join us!

In Solidarity, 

:o) Karla 

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Which state [among several others] voted for more Democrats than Republicans overall yet lost U.S. House elections?

One of the most prominent examples of a state that voted for Democrats overall but lost the U.S. House election in 2024 is

North Carolina. 

Here’s why:

• Competitive Electorate: North Carolina is known for its closely divided electorate, regularly ranking among the most electorally competitive states in the nation.
• Gerrymandering: Despite the even split in voting, the Republican-controlled legislature implemented a new congressional map in 2023. This redistricting shifted the state’s representation in the U.S. House of Representatives from an even 7-7 split to a 10-4 Republican advantage in the 2024 elections.

The Texas Republican-controlled legislature wants to do the same a year out from the 2026 mid-term election.

California has had an apolitical commission formed to fairly draw new district lines based on data from the U.S. census conducted every 10 years since 2010, whereas most Republican-leaning states allow their legislatures to draw congressional lines based on census data.

This leaves California with one option – draw new congressional district lines to make this a fair fight.

No more hoping they won’t cheat, ’cause we know now that Trump Republicans put their party above the country.

So, who the hell wouldn’t fight back?

Thank you Governor Newsom. Once again you demonstrate exemplary leadership while a convicted felon and his cult try to move us into a Mafia-style authoritarian government.

AUGUST 9th EVENT in Hanford

If you didn’t make it, then here’s just some of what you missed:

The Central Valley Democratic Central Committees stand together in solidarity, adamantly opposing ICE’s recent attacks on communities in Los Angeles and across California. We demand the immediate release of SEIU California President David Huerta and all those unjustly targeted and detained by ICE.

We are witnessing a federal government that is disregarding due process and violating basic liberties—freedom of speech, the right to peaceful protest, and more. Immigrants have long been an integral part of California’s Central Valley and are valued members of our society, economy, and neighborhoods. We will not be divided, and we will not abandon our immigrant communities for political convenience.

While our democracy is under attack, our collective communities remain strong and united—from labor unions to civil rights organizations, interfaith groups, and, most importantly, our undocumented neighbors. An attack on one is an attack on all.

As a unified Central Valley, Democrats stand firm in support of our immigrant communities, our constitutional rights, and our democracy.