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Monday, May 4, 2026 - Iran War; Elections; CA's One-Time Billionaires Tax

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Guest: Harold Meyerson, Editor-at-Large, The American Prospect Gas prices are soaring as Donald Trump's War on Iran remains unresolved. The Trump Administration ignored the 60-day deadline to seek congressional approval for the Iran War. A CA initiative to levy a one-time wealth tax on the state's billionaires has qualified for the November ballot, but Google co-founder Sergey Brin is funding a misleading, opposing measure to negate it. The American Prospect's HAROLD MEYERSON explains the wealth tax proposal, pros and cons, and much more. GOP-controlled states moved quickly to eliminate majority-Black districts from their U.S. House maps after the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act. A warning for California voters about late-arriving mail-in ballots.

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