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33rd Get the Rush event offered a taste of the offerings of the Suisun Marsh Susan Hiland

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SUISUN CITY — The 33rd Get the Rush event on Saturday offered visitors a little bit of everything that is available at Rush Ranch. Fernanda Asudillo of Fairfield was loving the horses from the Solano County Sheriff’s Posse, which came down especially for the day. Usually, she is working and not able to make it to the Get the Rush events. “This year I was off and was able to come,” she said. “It is wonderful.” Rush Ranch stretches across 2,070 acres of marsh and rolling grassland. It was purchased in 1988 by Solano

Land Trust. One of the first public opportunities for visitors was for third graders in the area who came for a half day educational class on the Native Americans in the area by the Rush Ranch Educational Council, an all-volunteer nonprofit organization that promoted education and public outreach programs for the ranch. “The council was active from 1994 to 2020 when Covid hit,” said volunteer Chet Rogaski. “About 40 to 70 kids would come out one day a week for a visit.” They were able to share the history of the local tribes with See Rush, Page A9

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Vanden student Even Wood talks to Capt. Kai Stridiron in front of a B-1 Lancer, during the Trust Travis Static event,

Students learn about military opportunities at Travis AFB

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Fernanda Asudillo, of Fairfield, pets the Solano County Sheriff’s Posse horses at the 33rd Annual Get the Rush event, Saturday.

Friday. The event was “designed to increase awareness of aviation opportunities within the Air Force.”

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE — Travis Air Force Base is rolling out a new program which introduces youths to the various possibilities offered by the military. About 400 Solano students from Vanden High School, Fairfield High School, Buckingham Collegiate Charter Academy and Rodriguez High School came out Friday for a morning of lectures and a chance to get up close and personal with a variety of airplanes. Kionie Leatutufu, 16, from the Fairfield High School ROTC

program, was overwhelmed the sheer size of the C-5M Super Galaxy, which is a transport aircraft. “I’m thinking about joining the military,” he said. “It is amazing being here and seeing this with my own eyes.” It was Kionie’s first time at the base and being in such a large plane. “I love the ROTC program because it is like a big family. I love our team,” he said. The opportunities interested him. “I’m not sure what I want to do but doing a job like this would be

amazing,” he said. Trust Travis Static is a new Aviation Inspiration and Mentorship, or AIM, program. The event took place in tandem with Air Force Global Strike Command’s Project Tuskegee initiative. Both Wing AIM and Project Tuskegee programs are designed to increase awareness of aviation opportunities within the Air Force, according to the press release. Aaron Bassut, wing AIM director, said the program is geared toward reaching out to schools in Solano County that they don’t See Travis, Page A9

Biden’s 2024 message: GOP will cut your Medicare and Social Security Bloomberg News President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats plan to use Republican proposals to slash Social Security and Medicare as a key wedge issue in the 2024 election campaign, showcasing the partisan divide in Washington over crucial programs that are facing long-term financial collapse. The president is already warning that the benefits millions of Americans rely on from the twin programs are at risk as House Republicans refuse to back a straightforward increase in the federal debt limit. Biden will keep talking about protecting the programs even after the

debt-ceiling issue is sorted, a White House official said on condition of anonymity. The thinking: The message can win over seniors, working-class voters, independents and suburban women by casting Democrats as the party determined to protect federal programs that are hugely popular. Some 70% of Americans are against cuts to the entitlements, including 64% of GOP voters, a YouGov/ Economist poll shows. The prominence of the issue was already apparent in Biden’s first campaign ad, released after his formal announcement on Tuesday that he’s seeking reelection. The spot features a pledge to ensure

that seniors can “live with dignity.” “Social Security and Medicare is the number one winning argument against Republicans in polling,” said Celinda Lake, president of Lake Research Partners and one of Biden’s pollsters on the 2020 presidential campaign. While some Repub-

licans insist Biden is falsely hyping the risk – there were GOP cries of “liar” when he made the argument in his State of the Union address – the party’s proposals continue to include restricting federal benefits. “From Donald Trump all the way down, 2024 Republicans have a long history of support-

ing and threatening cuts to Social Security and Medicare,” said Jaime Harrison, chair of the Democratic National Committee. “While President Joe Biden has put forward a real plan to secure Medicare for another generation, MAGA Republicans are doubling down on calls to cut these critical programs.”

The broader issue is that Social Security, which pays retirement and disability benefits, and Medicare, which offers health insurance for pensioners, are facing insolvency in coming years and there’s little hope of a bipartisan fix. The payroll taxes that fund them are already See Biden, Page A9

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