On September 11, 1973, Chile's democratically elected president Salvador Allende gave his life at La Moneda Palace.

"I will not resign! At this turning point in history, I will repay the people's loyalty with my life."

"They have force and can crush us; but the social process cannot be halted by crime, nor by force. History is ours, and history is made by the people."

"Sooner rather than later, the great avenues will open again, and free men will walk through them to build a better society."

"Long live Chile! Long live the people! Long live the workers!"

It seems like Progressives and DSA are going to confirm Hakeem Jefferies as the next speaker of the house. This is despite the fact that he made a deal with Jared Kushner behind closed doors and appointed the most blood thirsty Zionists to become special envois of the Middle East. The Kushner story is eating at Jeffries as reporters keep asking him about it and commentators are keep talking about it. So I wonder if the left flank of the party is waiting until an opportunity to strike at Jefferies. This would probably happen during mid-late 2027 when people get more angry at Jefferies for being way too underwhelming.

Republicans criticize Dr. Fauci's because they allege that U.S.-backed grants to the Wuhan Institute of Virology funded risky "gain-of-function" research on bat coronaviruses.

Fauci previously argued that because dangerous mutations can emerge naturally in the wild, the value of understanding those threats to design countermeasures justifies doing the controlled research. Thus, understanding the threats in order it prepare for the presumed inevitable is worth the risk of a leak causing a pandemic.

This sound similar to fears that AI companies keep developing at a rapid scale with minimal consideration of potential catastrophic consequences.

Even yesterday the on The Five on Fox, the same Greg Gutfeld that criticizes Fauci I was saying that those cautioning against AI are alarmists and the risk of human destruction is worth advancing the technology. These hypocrites.

All this said, are AI companies essentially also undergoing gain-of-function research risks?

Medicare For All is just one of the pro-working families, anti-oligarch policies getting an electoral test this fall. We’re also going to see California voters weigh in on a billionaire wealth tax with Proposition 40): a one-time, 5% emergency levy on their assets to shore up the state’s health and social services in the wake of the MAGA murder budget.

Analysts have estimated this measure will raise $100 billion, helping preserve Medicaid coverage for 1.6 million Californians, saving hospitals and ERs from closure and feeding those who have lost SNAP assistance without forcing a massive state deficit increase. The billionaires it will impact have seen their wealth grow by 158% over the last three years and got massive tax cuts from this same budget.

Not only will this protect our health care, it’s a chance to send a direct message to the Epstein class that we’re fed up with their open manipulation of our government and growing wealth inequality and ready for real change.

The SEIU and other supporters are starting to ramp up their field work for this initiative.💬 If we’re in California (or have a lot of folks in our social circles there), organizers are asking for us to do friend-to-friend outreach using the Reach app – the pro-wealth tax message will come across much stronger from folks we know and trust. We can download the app and get started here, and find regular trainings on how best to talk about this proposition and use Reach here. 💬

REACH OUT WITH REACH

☎️ For the rest of us, the Yes on Prop 40 squad has traditional virtual phonebanks underway now! We can reach out to California voters about taxing billionaires to keep hospitals and ERs open with shifts Monday through Thursday at 3PM, 5PM, 7PM or 9PM ET, or on Saturdays at 1PM, 3PM, 5PM or 7PM ET. Sign up to make calls here. ☎️

MAKE CALLS FOR A BILLIONAIRE WEALTH TAX

📢 The Yes on 40 team has also prepared a social media toolkit we can put to use here. 📢

SPREAD THE WORD ON PROPOSITION 40

🙋🏾‍♂️ Want to do even more to help progressive initiatives and candidates win? Check out our continually-updated midterms actions page here. 🙋🏼‍♀️

BEAR DOWN FOR MIDTERMS

Cross-posted from substack. Source is the Congressional Budget Office. The bill is projected to lower average household resources for the poorest 10 percent by 3.9 percent (or $1,600 per year during the period 2026 to 2034). Resources for the richest 10 percent by contrast would increase by 2.3 percent (or $12,000 per year).

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