California Billionaire Tax Proposal Has Enough Signatures to Land on Ballot
A California ballot initiative to impose a one-time 5% tax on billionaires’ assets has gathered more than 1.5 million signatures, well above the 870,000 needed to qualify for the November ballot. The measure, backed by the Service Employees International Union, would use the revenue to backfill federal Medicaid cuts signed by President Trump. Silicon Valley executives have poured $93 million into defeating the ballot initiative. Google’s co-founder Sergey Brin has emerged as the measure’s leading opponent, spending $57 million against it and relocating to Nevada before a December 31 deadline to escape the billionaire tax. The New York Times reports that at a holiday party last December, Brin cornered Governor Gavin Newsom and demanded he oppose the measure. The following month, Governor Newsom publicly pledged to defeat it.
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#DemocrcyNow#Senegal's "Unraveling": President's Delay of Election Is Latest in String of Anti-Democratic Actions
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"Corrupt": DOJ Report Slams Louisville Police for Abuse, Discrimination After Breonna Taylor Killing
The Department of Justice has released a scathing report accusing the Louisville, Kentucky, police department of unlawfully discriminating against the city's Black population, as well as against people with behavioral health disabilities. The report concludes an investigation that began after the police killing of Breonna Taylor, who was shot dead in her own home during a no-knock police raid on March 13, 2020. The DOJ also announced the establishment of a consent decree with Louisville police and an independent monitor who will oversee police reforms. "What we have are systems that absolutely need to be disrupted," says Sadiqa Reynolds, longtime attorney and community activist in Louisville.
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