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East Oakland ‘die-in’ focuses on health care cuts, support for California billionaire tax
Around 80 people participated in a symbolic “die-in” in East Oakland recently to protest federal funding cuts to health care. Hundreds gathered for the demonstration this past Thursday, which was led by a coalition of health care workers and activist organizations who called for a billionaire tax on the November 2026 statewide ballot to fund […] The post East Oakland ‘die-in’ focuses on health care cuts, support for California billionaire tax appeared first on Local News Matters .
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According to Local News Matters’s source item, East Oakland ‘die-in’ focuses on health care cuts, support for California billionaire tax, Around 80 people participated in a symbolic “die-in” in East Oakland recently to protest federal funding cuts to health care. Hundreds gathered for the demonstration this past Thursday, which was led by a coalition of health care workers and activist organizations who called for a billionaire tax on the November 2026 statewide ballot to fund […] The post East Oakland ‘die-in’ focuses on health care cuts, support for California billionaire tax appeared first on Local News Matters .
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