{
  "id": 17394933,
  "title": "Top Democrats are fighting a billionaire tax in California. Their voters are on the other side |",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/top-democrats-are-fighting-a-billionaire-tax-in-california-their",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-31T11:00:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/31/california-billionaire-tax-democrats-voters"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The unprecedented measure has enormous potential nationwide. The clash exposes the party’s corporate-progressive divide Midway through this summer, a high-quality poll found that Democrats in California were overwhelmingly in favor of the upcoming ballot measure for a one-time 5% tax on billionaire wealth. The ratio was more than 4 to 1. But the state’s most powerful Democrats – including the…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}