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Steven Hilton is calling Xavier Becerra ‘contemptible’ for describing his U.S.-born father as an immigrant. Becerra says his father’s story of living on both sides of the border is a point of pride.
The California Republican launched a soft porn-vibe TV takedown of Democratic rival “Bitch-Ass” Becerra. He’s garnered attention but seems unlikely to win new votes.
Look, Xavier Becerra could cruise to a South Pacific island and bask on the beach until election day and Californians would still choose him as their next governor.
President Trump is using government money to pay for ads glorifying himself. It’s more than ego, it’s one more dangerous step away from democracy.
The two San Francisco Democrats have spent decades in tacit competition. Newsom said he would defer to Harris in the presidential race. Did he just give her the upper hand?
What’s so wrong about requiring every Californian to show a government ID before they’re allowed to vote?
The California Supreme Court told Bianco to return more than 600,000 ballots he had seized as part of an ill-conceived, conspiracy-laden ‘investigation’ into voter fraud.
Richard M. Nixon famously declared, ‘I am not a crook.’ Donald J. Trump, his approval rating slumping toward Nixonian levels, is urging his backers to act like crooks in November’s election.
Analyzing three state bond measures that are on the ballot for the Nov. 3 election.
More and more Americans are calling for AI regulation. President Trump claims it is unnecessary. Can anything make the president care about the future of humanity?
Nevada Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo is running for reelection against Atty. Gen. Aaron Ford. Part of Lombardo’s strategy comes from a well-thumbed playbook, tying the Democrat to Newsom and California.
President Trump and the Republican Congress have unintentionally provided California state government with the financial means to subsidize — help save — endangered local news reporting.
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