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Knives out for California’s golden goose
President Trump this week said that the federal government should take over elections in some states, opening the door to November midterms in which MAGA counts the ballots.
Minneapolis killings expose government lies, brutality
A calibrated position by the California governor has placed him to the right of the Democratic Party’s progressive base, which has opposed the very existence of ICE for years.
Newsom tried to punch over his weight class in the Alps
In his Davos speech focused largely on the fate of Greenland, Trump made no mention of the residents whose lives have been consumed by confusion and concern over his designs.
New California Senate leader Monique Limón, ‘kind, generous’ and a ‘badass’
Official U.S. government accounts are posting content with direct ties to white supremacy and even Nazi Germany.
Newsom overcomes unease, dyslexia to deliver a sterling State of the State address
Whether on foreign or domestic policy, lawmakers have struggled to respond to an administration that moves with unfettered restraint and exceptional speed.
State budget deficit deja vu
Reagan biographer Lou Cannon always played it straight and true
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