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Newsom's office rebuffs 'MAGA-manufactured outrage"
2+ hour, 3+ min ago (527+ words) Gov. Gavin Newsom's (D-CA) press office pushed back on online criticism over comments he made Sunday night during his book tour. Newsom is promoting his new book, Young Man in a Hurry: A Memoir of Discovery, and sat for a…...
Car ramming at LA power station probed as ‘terrorism-related’ plot
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (235+ words) In a message to his mother, the suspect referred to himself as a "dead terrorist son," LVMPD Sheriff Kevin McMahill said, and stated he felt he had to carry out his act." AMERICANS ARE MOVING IN GREAT NUMBERS, AND SCRAMBLING…...
Bernie Sanders heads to California to rally support for the billionaire wealth tax
5+ day, 3+ hour ago (422+ words) The high-stakes showdown over a proposed wealth tax is intensifying in California, pitting progressive firebrand Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and a healthcare union against Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) and a coalition of business titans and cryptocurrency executives. Opponents of the…...
AOC's 2028 ambitions hit a snag in Munich as she is top of mind
5+ day, 8+ hour ago (209+ words) Rep.Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)s international debut at the Munich Security Conference was supposed to showcase her readiness for a possible 2028 bid for Senate or the White House. Instead, it exposed foreign policy missteps that sparked mockery and renewed questions…...
San Francisco judge considers no jail time for killing a family of four
5+ day, 18+ hour ago (437+ words) The legal "punishment" for killing a family of four with your car? A heavy conscience and getting your driver's license back in three years. San Francisco judge considers no jail time for killing a family of four Soft-on-crime judges are…...
Democrats go scorched earth on redistricting
5+ day, 23+ hour ago (150+ words) Last month, we wrote about Midwestern Republican lawmakers " in Ohio and especially Indiana " defying pressure from the Trump administration to engage in mid-decade redistricting for partisan benefit.This was an off-ramp from spiraling redistricting wars, which Democrats say the GOP…...
MI AG’s antitrust suit against Big Oil is the sincerest form of flattery
6+ day, 7+ hour ago (432+ words) But let's look beyond whether turnabout is fair play. Does Michigan's imitation lawsuit make sense?" The first accusation is risible. A company can invest or not invest in whatever it wants. Besides, the oil and gas supermajors are, in fact,…...
Debate heats up over California wealth tax
1+ week, 8+ hour ago (774+ words) California has long been hailed as the land of innovation and opportunity, but now, the state is at the center of a heated debate over wealth, fairness, and the future of its economy. Democratic lawmakers and a major healthcare workers…...
Duffy cracks down on trucking carriers and 'sham school' linked to crash
1+ week, 2+ day ago (333+ words) Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has cracked down on the employer, school, and certifier of an illegal immigrant who killed four people in an Indiana crash. The Trump administration has shifted its attention to cracking down on poor standards that allowed…...
ED launches investigation into LA board's ‘race-based’ objectives
1+ week, 2+ day ago (501+ words) The Department of Education on Friday said it launched a federal civil rights investigation into the Louisiana Board of Regents over its prioritization of non-white students in its higher education planning." The inquiry by the Education Department's Office for Civil…...