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Amid a fight over partisan efforts to redraw U.S. House of Representatives districts to maximize party gains, a new poll finds that Americans worry democracy is in danger. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/22/world/politics/gerrymandering-us-democracy-danger-poll/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #california #texas #democrats #republicans

"Federal immigration agents pepper-sprayed protesters and a reporter in San Francisco on Wednesday, after arresting an asylum-seeker in immigration court that morning. In a chaotic street scene caught on video, the agents pulled out batons and tasers and tackled several protesters to the ground, detaining at least one."

https://missionlocal.org/2025/08/ice-agents-pepper-spray-protesters-arrest-one-in-downtown-s-f/

#SanFrancisco#California#ICE #immigration#USpol

"Federal immigration agents pepper-sprayed protesters and a reporter in San Francisco on Wednesday, after arresting an asylum-seeker in immigration court that morning. In a chaotic street scene caught on video, the agents pulled out batons and tasers and tackled several protesters to the ground, detaining at least one."

https://missionlocal.org/2025/08/ice-agents-pepper-spray-protesters-arrest-one-in-downtown-s-f/

#SanFrancisco#California#ICE #immigration#USpol

The governors of another three Republican-led U.S. states have deployed National Guard troops to Washington in support of an extraordinary move by U.S. President Donald Trump to flood the city with soldiers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/20/world/politics/governors-national-guard-washington-trump/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #nationalguard #washington #us #donaldtrump #republicans #california #gavinnewsom

#California ’s hidden #homeless children: living in garages, doubled-up and unseen

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/18/california-homeless-children-rent-housing

> Student homelessness in #Monterey county soars as families struggle with high rent and scarce housing amid funding cuts