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Xavier Becerra has actual governing experience. Tom Steyer has never held elected office and is trying to buy this election. 

Becerra:

• 30+ years of actual public service

• 24 years in Congress

• California’s first Latino Attorney General

• First Latino HHS Secretary in US history

• Built his entire career defending working people, immigrants, and families

• His resume was earned,  not purchased

Steyer:

• Never held elected office. Not one day in government. Ever.

• Ran for president in 2020, spent $250 million, won zero delegates, dropped out after losing three straight contests.

• Now wants to run the world’s fifth largest economy with zero governing experience

• His qualification is his checkbook. That is not enough.

Xavier Becerra has actual governing experience. Tom Steyer has never held elected office and is trying to buy this election. 

Becerra:

• 30+ years of actual public service

• 24 years in Congress

• California’s first Latino Attorney General

• First Latino HHS Secretary in US history

• Built his entire career defending working people, immigrants, and families

• His resume was earned,  not purchased

Steyer:

• Never held elected office. Not one day in government. Ever.

• Ran for president in 2020, spent $250 million, won zero delegates, dropped out after losing three straight contests.

• Now wants to run the world’s fifth largest economy with zero governing experience

• His qualification is his checkbook. That is not enough.

 

The Judge That Shook the MAGA Tree

 https://open.substack.com/pub/robertreich/p/a-truly-amazing-exercise-of-justice?

https://open.substack.com/pub/robertreich/p/a-truly-amazing-exercise-of-justice

Some good news for you, today– It was just on Thursday that we filed to block any funds being paid out from Donald Trump’s “Anti-Weaponization Fund” – aka, the “slush fund.” Well, it didn’t even take 24 hours – in fact, barely more than 12 – for a federal court to take action in our case: The Trump-Vance administration is barred from taking any more action on their slush fund. That means Trump and his allies can’t take any further action related to the fund, including transferring money to it, considering submitted claims, or disbursing taxpayer dollars. The next step is our hearing planned for June 12th. This is a huge win for the American people and taxpayers across the country, especially because there had already been a filing to request nearly $3 million from that fund. Now, a federal court has put the brakes on everything – and that’s because of your support of this work. Thanks – and have a great weekend. We sure will. Democracy Forward

Xavier Becerra

Xavier Becerra has actual governing experience. Tom Steyer has never held elected office and is trying to buy this election. 

Becerra:

• 30+ years of actual public service

• 24 years in Congress

• California’s first Latino Attorney General

• First Latino HHS Secretary in US history

• Built his entire career defending working people, immigrants, and families

• His resume was earned,  not purchased

Steyer:

• Never held elected office. Not one day in government. Ever.

• Ran for president in 2020, spent $250 million, won zero delegates, dropped out after losing three straight contests.

• Now wants to run the world’s fifth largest economy with zero governing experience

• His qualification is his checkbook. That is not enough.

Supported by Duane Campbell 

Vote: Congress 3rd. District

 

Trump is Crumbling

 May 26,2026

Bt Marc Cooper

Donald J. Trump has been a disaster so often with such regularity that it has become difficult to distinguish between bad weeks and very bad weeks. This last week has been downright catastrophic for The Boss, his enablers and acolytes and possibly for the immediate future of the republic.

Bad for Trump. Bad for MAGA. Bad for whatever normie Republicans are still out there and threatening to our democracy not to speak of the rest of the world. 

Appearances can be misleading and often contradict reality. Flexing his sagging muscles, Trump appeared as strong as ever in influencing recent GOP primaries by financing and dragging across the finish line a number of retro-MAGA screwballs against somewhat more rational Republicans (this is actually good for the rest of us as the flying monkeys are easier to beat in the November general elections).

This is against a more ominous background of his poll numbers continuing to node dive, now into Bush 08 territory and heading quickly toward the dark hole of Nixonland, the high 20’s. It’s a pity Trump is not running for a third term as he would be crashed by Democratic dog cathcher of East Jesus, Missourri in 2028. Trump has never ben stronger with MAGA, but MAGA has never been weaker or more fragmented. And decomposing. 

As is president Trump -- as both his official policies and his late night Truth Farts, not to mention his public speaking descend ever deeper into MADNESS. The Trump-MAGA train crash took on consequential proportions when a handful of Senate Republicans, including high-profile MAGAS refused to give him the 51 Senate votes to finally fund ICE, essentially aping the position of the Democrats.

Yes, you heard that right, Republicans denied Trump the votes he needs to keep funding ICE. The rather meek Senate leader John Thune dealt him the humiliating blow of sending the Senate off for a two week vacation, perhaps cutting short the chance of eventually approving the funding before the early voting in the midterms. 

That’s after the Republicans were forced to pull the $1.8b heinous slush fascist fund out of the big reconciliation bill aimed at aggrieved Trumpanzees who claim the Biden Justice Department was weaponozed against them. B;these fine patriots to plead guilty. As the DOJ also convinced 100% of the judges involved in hunfreds odtrial Translation: Trump want to hand loads of cash to the 1600 convicted hooligans a,omg whom not a single conviction was overturned. 

First, he pardoned them. Now he wants to give them 100 grad reward each. Madness?Yes. But there’s a more sinister motive In play here. Yjey may be what some analysts like Ruth Ben-Ghiat call “retatiners.”

” Such retainers are common in organized crime and autocratic corruption around the world. I agree with former national security operative Steven Cash’s assessment that the “settlement” “resembles the kind of state-funded loyalty network or private militia support system often seen under rising authoritarian regimes overseas.” The idea of MAGA as a revolution that continues the energies of 1776 was integral to the Stop the Steal movement that fueled January 6 and served as a recruiting and radicalization ground for those who assaulted the Capitol and wanted to harm Republicans and Democrats alike. 1776 rhetoric and images run through in the January 6 documentary Fight Like Hell (Jon Long, 2024) which follows the flow from Stop the Steal to the tragic events of that day (I consulted on the film)… 

While the U.S. armed forces is to all appearances doing Trump’s bidding, and ICE is developing in the direction of being a state-funded revolutionary guards operation, there is nothing like having a private militia that is loyal to you personally. With this slush fund, Trump signals to violent extremists that their service to him has not ended. “America could evolve into a national brand of electoral autocracy in which election subversion is backed up by grassroots violence,” I wrote in the fall of 2021. The 2026 midterms could present an opportunity for this militia in the making to serve the leader again.” 

One day, Signore Bomgiorno, I mighi call on you some day for a favor,” Vito Corleone said to a small time supplicant mortician who needed The Godfather’s help in getting a suitore of his daughter busted up. 

Republians, and everybody else, previously rasied enough hell over Trump’s jaw dropping movr to pay himself $10b dollars for psychological damage by Biden. That one never sood a chance. Congress, neither seems very excited, about provding the extra $100b in taxpayer funding for his Marie Anoinette ball room, Ain’t gonna happen—at least at nowwhere that level. 

And now we have more, not a lot, but more MAGAS saying they will no longer go ahead with funding the collapsing war on Iran and are ready to join Democrats in approving the restrictive war powers act. Trump can’t wait to get free of that Booby Trap that Netanyahu and Hegseth lured him into. But there’s a problem: there is no exit accept a humiliating retreat which Trump could likely precede with one more massive bombardment so he can claim Mission Accomplished.

 

https://open.substack.com/pub/thecoopscoop/p/trump-is-slowly-crumbling?

Media dominance

 First, some background. Twenty years ago, the best way to communicate with voters was through TV, radio, and newspapers, and Democrats were pretty good at it. 

But today, everything has changed. A majority of swing voters now get their news from social media, podcasts, and YouTube.

And on these platforms, Democrats are getting absolutely steamrolled.

Four of the top ten news podcasts on Spotify right now are hosted by right-wing extremists, like Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens. The White House’s rapid response Twitter/X account is five times bigger than the DNC’s. Of the 100 largest political YouTube channels, 64 of them are conservative.

On Facebook, Twitter/X, TikTok, you name it … Republicans are running circles around Democrats, and that could cost us the entire midterm election.

Robert Reich, 

A New Separation Crisis by the Trump/MAGA Regime

 https://portside.org/2026-05-21/new-kind-family-separation-crisis?utm_source=portside-general&utm_medium=email

Voters

 

Police Officers Sue Trump to Stop the Corruption and abuse of Tax Funds

 

Payout Fund: Two officers who defended the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, sued the Trump administration to try to stop the creation of a $1.8 billion fund they argue would benefit rioters who committed violence to support the president. The lawsuit argues the administration exceeded its authority to create the fund without Congress’s authorization. Read more ›

New York Iimes 

Trump Just Stole 1 Billion $

 https://youtu.be/Rh1GC3ObgcE?si=dnoBQMsuT4RS2DCX

https://youtu.be/Rh1GC3ObgcE?si=dnoBQMsuT4RS2DCX

3 rd. Congressional District Forum

 

Family Separations Grow to Over 100,000.

 Over 100,000 Family Separations in Deportation Push, Report Estimates

The Brookings Institution suggests that federal statistics are an undercount because immigrant parents are not being asked about or not disclosing their American children.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/us/brookings-institution-report-family-separations.html?

 New York Times.

Tom Steyer distorts the issues on immigration and children (updated)

   Candidate Tom Steyer should end his negative, inaccurate, destructive media campaign distorting the reality of Becerra’s work on immigration. It is unfortunate that this campaign has selected this route. Instead, if he hopes to be governor, Steyer should campaign on what he is in favor of.  

The anti Becerra  ads funded by Tom Steyer are endless and deceptive. Becerra is being blamed for Trump  era immigration failures.  The failures  were created by the overcrowding of immigrants detention facilities during the Trump era.  Becerra organized and sued the Trump administration as California Attorney General.  Then, we went to Washington with the Biden Administration. 

 

The truth is Xavier Becerra inherited the failures at HHS caused by the Trump era assault on immigrants and immigrant children.  And Becerra resolved many of the problems.  Now, Trump has done it all again- even more.

See Here. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SntyYRugBgY&t=1224s

Trump and company have filled the jails and detention centers. Steyer responds with  campaign ads and distortions. 

Update. 

 I am adding to a prior post in response to the  overwhelming domination of the media market by political ads by Tom Seyer. 

What did Becerra do about the immigration crisis ? During the 2016- 2020 Trump Administration, Becerra, as California Attorney General sued Trump 120 times. He won over 80% of the cases that went to court. 

In 2021, when Trump lost and Biden became President, he appointed Becerra to be Secretary of Health and Human Services.  In this position, Becerra had responsibility for many of the children incarcerated by  Trump. In response to Trump budget cuts,  It took some months for the Becerra office to work through the back log of cases of children in custody. 

Becerra received criticism for not acting quickly enough.  See the video of the House Select Committee on this. 

Since 2024 and the second Trump administration, the separation of children and the division of families, the jailing of hundreds of thousands has returned. 

Now, Steyer is spending millions on ads attacking Becerra for his actions in H & HS. I recommend that he do something  to rescue or release detained immigrants. He is not doing a single thing to rescue those jailed and deported and removal operations.  If we defeat Trump in 2028, a new government will have to do the releases again.  Becerra has experience and a record on this. Steyer does not.  We will not be able to defeat Trump if we are diverted by misrepresentations of the actions of other members of the needed coalition. 

Becerra had years of work on these issues.  If we can defeat Trump in 2028, the next head of H H S will have to do it all again. Instead of misrepresenting what happened Steyers burries the issues in endless campaign ads.  

Steyer has gained substantive progressive support in recent weeks including from major unions and political organizations.  He should campaign positively and accept the voters solutions whichever way the votes come in.  If he refuses, progressive groups should reconsider their endorsements which endanger this elections. 

We need a governor who is honest rather than deceptive. We need a governor with experience in running major government functions. 

Steyer  has continued to misrepresent the issues.  Here is Voting  alternative for those of us who do not want a November election where we are faced with a choice between two bad Republicans.  ( Proposal Reprinted from another source. )

A REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR IN CALIFORNIA?

 NO WAY!

***VOTE STRATEGICALLY IN JUNE 2 PRIMARY*** 

HERE’S THE SITUATION:

California has a “jungle primary,” meaning the two candidates with the highest votes will be on the ballot in November, regardless of party. 

Democrats have at least six candidates competing, while the Republicans have two. Democrats are diluting the vote so much that NONE of them are frontrunners. Tom Steyer, Xavier Becerra and Katie Porter are at 14-10% in polls. 

Both Republicans are MAGA Trump supporters. Steve Hilton is a Fox News commentator. Chad Bianco is a Republican sheriff. Both are round 14 %  in polling.

If we don’t organize and strategize RIGHT NOW, the two Republicans could end up being our only two choices on the ballot in November!

 In spite of Steyers flooding the airways  and our mail boxes with inaccurate campaign ads,,,

We should be strategic to get a candidate on the November that we would be willing to vote for.  

 

WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO DELAY CASTING YOUR VOTE UNTIL 7-10 DAYS BEFORE THE  June 2 primary.  

THEN VOTE FOR THE DEMOCRAT (OPPONENT OF DONALD TRUMP )  WITH THE HIGHEST POLLING NUMBERS. 

Despite what you may feel about some of the candidates, ANY of these Democrats would be much, much better than either of the two Republicans!!! 

A REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR IN CALIFORNIA COULD MEAN:

 - more ICE agents in the streets, deportations, detention facilities

 - subverting, disrupting, hijacking the election in 2028

 - appointing Republican judges and other officials hostile to democratic rule of law

 - dismantling environmental regulations

 - reducing social services and safety net programs 

 - reducing protections for LGBTQ people, racial minorities, immigrants

Further actions to help get an opponent of Trump on the November ballot.

 

SEND THIS INFORMATION TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW, so that people understand why they need to hold off voting until a week before the primary.

Post this on your social media.  Spread the word. 

VOTE IN THE PRIMARY! Check to see if your neighbors will vote. 

Vote June 2

 

Fact Checking : Steyer's ads

  

Candidate Tom Steyer in mailers. and TV ads claims that he closed a tax loophole  that shortchanged California  schools  by over $ 10  billion per year

In  other TV ads , he  often claims that this  act  benefited California schools at least a cumulative  $ 3.2 billion 

It is accurate that In 2012 Steyer and his staff did organize an imitative campaign to close an out of state  corporate tax loophole. Prop. 39

John Steyer did not give California Schools $ 3.2 Billion.   What he did do in 2012, was to endorse and helped to fund an initiative campaign Prop.39.  

Dozens of other organizations supported the campaign. Most of the education unions and several public service unions  as well as community groups put people into the campaign.  The California voters passed the initiative with a 60 % vote. 

 But, Steyer did not save the money. The voters of California, when educated and organized, saved the money.  Note; funds from the Proposition no longer go to the schools, but to the California General Fund

I wonder if the other claims by Steyer are as overstated as this one ?

See also the prior correction on immigration. 

See Here. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SntyYRugBgY&t=1224s

 

Repeating a slogan over and over on television, media and mailings does not make a claim true.  It only makes it repeated. 

Duane Campbell 

Billionaire blitz: Steyer’s $132 million campaign dwarfs rivals in California governor race

 Billionaire blitz: Steyer’s $132 million campaign dwarfs rivals in California governor race 

 

https://calmatters.org/politics/2026/04/california-governor-race-financials/

 

In summary

San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan dominated fellow Democrats in fundraising, bringing in $13 million. Katie Porter raised $2.8 million, Xavier Becerra brought in $1 million, Antonio Villaraigosa raised $707,000 and Tony Thurmond raised just $62,000. 

With so many candidates running for governor, it’s hard to keep up. We’re here to help: Sign up for our 2026 election newsletter to get the latest on the candidates.

Tom Steyer, the billionaire environmental activist and self-styled progressive candidate for governor, is on track to run the most expensive gubernatorial campaign in state history, having already spent more than $132 million. 

He’s saturated the Internet and TV as special interest groups ramp up advertising of their own ahead of the June 2 primary and county officials prepare to mail out ballots. 

Campaign finance disclosures filed late Thursday show that through mid-April, Steyer continued to outspend his opponents twenty- to thirty-fold, mostly to blitz the state with television ads that began airing early in the race. Nearly all of the money came from Steyer personally, $105 million of which he poured into the campaign from January through April 18.

Tom Steyer Should End His Negative Campaign

  Candidate Tom Steyer should end his negative, inaccurate, destructive media campaign distorting the reality of Becerra’s work on immigration. It is unfortunate that this campaign has selected this route. Instead, if he hopes to be governor, Steyer should campaign on what he is in favor of.  

The anti Becerra  ads funded by Tom Steyer are endless and deceptive. Becerra is being blamed for Trump  era immigration failures.  The failures  were created by the overcrowding of immigrants detention facilities during the Trump era. 

 

The Truth is Xavier Becerra inherited the failures at HHS caused by the Trump era assault on immigrants and immigrant children.  And he resolved many of the problems.  Now, Trump has done it all again- even more.

See Here. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SntyYRugBgY&t=1224s

 

Steyer has gained substantive progressive support in recent weeks including from major unions and political organizations.  He should campaign positively and accept the voters solutions whichever way the votes come in.  If he refuses, progressive groups should reconsider their endorsements which endanger this elections. 

If Steyer continues to misrepresent the issues, here is an alternative for those of us who do not want a November election where we are faced with a choice between two bad Republicans.  ( Proposal Reprinted from another source. )

A REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR IN CALIFORNIA?

 NO WAY!

***VOTE STRATEGICALLY IN JUNE 2 PRIMARY*** 

HERE’S THE SITUATION:

California has a “jungle primary,” meaning the two candidates with the highest votes will be on the ballot in November, regardless of party. 

Democrats have at least six candidates competing, while the Republicans have two. Democrats are diluting the vote so much that NONE of them are frontrunners. Tom Steyer, Xavier Becerra and Katie Porter are at 14-10% in polls. 

Both Republicans are MAGA Trump supporters. Steve Hilton is a Fox News commentator. Chad Bianco is a Republican sheriff. Both are round 14 %  in polling.

If we don’t organize and strategize RIGHT NOW, the two Republicans could end up being our only two choices on the ballot in November!

 In spite of Steyers flooding the airways  and our mail boxes with inaccurate campaign ads,,,

We should be strategic to get a candidate on the November that we would be willing to vote for.  

 

WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO DELAY CASTING YOUR VOTE UNTIL 7-10 DAYS BEFORE THE  June 2 primary.  

THEN VOTE FOR THE DEMOCRAT (OPPONENT OF DONALD TRUMP )  WITH THE HIGHEST POLLING NUMBERS. 

Despite what you may feel about some of the candidates, ANY of these Democrats would be much, much better than either of the two Republicans!!! 

A REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR IN CALIFORNIA COULD MEAN:

 - more ICE agents in the streets, deportations, detention facilities

 - subverting, disrupting, hijacking the election in 2028

 - appointing Republican judges and other officials hostile to democratic rule of law

 - dismantling environmental regulations

 - reducing social services and safety net programs 

 - reducing protections for LGBTQ people, racial minorities, immigrants

Further actions to help get an opponent of Trump on the November ballot.

 

SEND THIS INFORMATION TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW, so that people understand why they need to hold off voting until a week before the primary.

Post this on your social media.  Spread the word. 

VOTE IN THE PRIMARY! Check to see if your neighbors will vote. 

We recommend that you take your ballot to the nearest Safe Box. 

Thank you for your participation in helping to save our democracy!

Nicky Silver, nickysilver3@icloud.com

Rebecca Silverstein, rebsilver74@gmail.com

Renée Allen, eenera@icloud.com

Ruth Hurvitz, itzruth@mac.com

Further reading:

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5848331-california-governor-race-becerra-steyer/

https://calmatters.org/politics/2026/03/california-governor-candidates/

https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/election/voter-guide/article315281369.html

 

 

 

Building Bridges

 

California Governor's Race

 I need to lay it all out on the table, Duane.

A new poll shows us tied with MAGA-backed Republican Steve Hilton, and right behind him is our other Republican opponent, Chad Bianco, waiting to take the second spot and advance to the general election.

Xavier Becerra 

Here’s the cold and hard truth: if we lose even an ounce of momentum now, less than a month from the primary, then both of my Republican opponents are not only going to lock me out of the general election, but lock ALL Democrats out of the Governor’s office. 

They will virtually guarantee that California is governed by a Republican who is ready to slash benefits working families need and rubber-stamp Donald Trump’s agenda.

We cannot let them succeed.

A plan for voting to follow. 

Steyer's Ads are Deceptive

The anti Becerra  ads funded by Tom Steyer are endless and deceptive. Becerra is being blamed for Trump  era immigration failures.  The failures  were created by the overcrowding of immigrants detention facilities during the Trump era. 

 

The Truth is Xavier Becerra inherited the failures at HHS caused by the Trump era assault on immigrants and immigrant children. 

See Here. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SntyYRugBgY&t=1224s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SntyYRugBgY&t=1224s