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June 12, 2026

Originally Published in The Mercury News 

By Sam Liccardo 

One hundred days have passed since the American and Israeli missile strikes on Iran, and Donald Trump just announced the umpteenth, likely nonexistent, “peace deal.” This gives us ample time to answer the simplistic — but not simple — question: “Who is winning this war?”

My answer: China.

Of course, China isn’t fighting in Iran. And yes, they’re still winning.

Issues: Energy

May 1, 2026

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April 23, 2026

A Bay Area congressman rolled out a new plan that aims to make Bay Area waters safer for migrating whales.

This comes after a dead whale was spotted this week near Alcatraz, marking the ninth dead whale reported in Northern California waters in a matter of weeks.

“Just over a month, we have seen a total of nine whales, dead in either San Francisco Bay seven of them, or in the outer waters along the coast bringing us up to nine,” said Dr. Jeff Boehm with the Marine Mammal Center.


April 17, 2026

Rep. Sam Liccardo, D-Calif., is probing whether the nation’s top financial regulators are examining a number of trades placed moments before President Donald Trump provided a major update on the Iran war.


April 2, 2026

A bipartisan duo is pushing back on President Donald Trump’s attempts to end a program that lets hundreds of thousands of foreign students work in the US for a year after graduation. Reps.

Issues: Innovation

March 22, 2026

In many ways, Trump’s second inauguration created the perfect visual for Democrats both worried about A.I. and cognizant that the technological earthquake could become a potent wedge issue in 2028. After all, Trump had packed the front rows of his indoor coronation with Silicon Valley oligarchs and billionaires—Sam Altman, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai—who had thrown money at him and enjoyed lowered regulations in return.

Issues: Innovation

March 16, 2026

Congressional Democrats are demanding that the Trump administration immediately reverse a sanctions waiver allowing Indian refiners to purchase Russian oil as the Iran war wreaks havoc

Issues: Lowering Costs

March 9, 2026
Issues: Lowering Costs