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Commentary: A California lawyer takes the civil rights fight home to Minneapolis
How do you find the missing? If you do find them, how can you help? Oakland civil rights attorney James Cook has been on the ground in…
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Commentary: There's one state in America with no voter registration. How does that work?
When he’s not busy slathering the White House in gold or recklessly sundering foreign alliances, President Trump loves to talk about voter…
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Commentary: This is not normal: Why a fake arrest photo from the White House matters
How do you know what you know? Did you learn it in school, read it in a newspaper? Did you get your information on social media or though…
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Commentary: America tried something new in 2025. It's not going well
Is there a dumpster somewhere to torch and bury this year of bedlam, 2025? We near its end with equal amounts relief and trepidation.…
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Commentary: After a year of insults, raids, arrests and exile, a celebration of the California immigrant
What comes next is a mystery, but I’d like to share a note of appreciation as 2025 fades into history. If you came to Greater Los Angeles…
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WWE commentary shakeup reportedly happening in 2026
WWE is set to implement significant changes to its broadcast teams as the calendar turns to 2026. A new report indicates that the…
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Commentary: She went to jail for Trump's Big Lie. He's trying to get her sprung
DENVER — Just in time for the holidays, President Trump has issued another of his dubious pardons. Or rather, make that a “pardon.” This…
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Commentary: Beneath the rambling, Trump laid out a chilling healthcare plan
Folks, who was supposed to be watching grandpa last night? Because he got out, got on TV and ... It. Was. Not. Good. For 18 long minutes…
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Commentary: In disparaging Reiner, Trump shows the shriveled heart of an us-versus-them presidency
When word came of Rob Reiner’s senseless death, America fell into familiar rites of mourning and remembrance. A waterfall of tributes…
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Commentary: Is Newsom blazing a path to the White House? Running a fool's errand? Let's discuss
Gavin Newsom is off and running, eyeing the White House as he enters the far turn and his final year as California governor. The track…
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Commentary: The U.S. Senate is a mess. He wants to fix it, from the inside
To say the U.S. Senate has grown dysfunctional is like suggesting water is wet or the nighttime sky is dark. The institution that fancies…
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Commentary: Is RFK Jr. better on women's health than Newsom? We're about to find out
It’s a bad look when Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is ahead of you on scientifically sound health policy — women’s health, to make matters worse —…
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Commentary: Amid national sorrow, Trump stops pretending it's about the 'worst of the worst'
The killing of Sarah Beckstrom, a 20-year-old serving her country in the National Guard to help pay for college, is horrific. Her fellow…
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Commentary: California's first partner pushes to regulate AI while Trump and tech bros thunder forward
California First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom recently convened a meeting that might rank among the top sweat-inducing nightmare…
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Commentary: Trump and Saudi crown prince bond over their contempt — and fear — of a free press
In October of 2018, U.S.-based journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered inside Saudi Arabia’s embassy in…
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Commentary: Front-runner or flash in the pan? Sizing up Newsom, 2028
The 2028 presidential election is more than 1,000 days away, but you’d hardly know it from all the speculation and anticipation that’s…
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Commentary: Nancy Pelosi prided herself on cold calculation. She knew it was time
When Nancy Pelosi first ran for Congress, she was one of 14 candidates, the front-runner and a target. At the time, Pelosi was little…
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Commentary: Proposition 50 is a short-term victory against Trump. But at what cost?
One of the great conceits of California is its place on the cutting edge — of fashion, culture, technology, politics and other facets of…
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Commentary: A youth movement is roiling Democrats. Does age equal obsolescence?
Barbara Boxer decided she was done. Entering her 70s, fresh off reelection to the U.S. Senate, she determined her fourth term would be her…
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Commentary: As Trump blows up supposed narco boats, he uses an old, corrupt playbook on Latin America
Consumer confidence is dropping. The national debt is $38 trillion and climbing like the yodeling mountain climber in that “The Price is…
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Commentary: Trump’s AI poop post caps a week of MAGA indifference to Hitler jokes
An estimated 7 million Americans turned out Saturday to peacefully protest against the breakdown of our checks-and-balances democracy into…
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Commentary: This Las Vegas Republican had high hopes for Trump. But a 'Trump slump' made life worse
LAS VEGAS — Aaron Mahan is a lifelong Republican who twice voted for Donald Trump. He had high hopes putting a businessman in the White…
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Commentary: Is Pelosi getting 'Bidened'? High drama in the scramble for her congressional seat
State Sen. Scott Wiener is a strategic and effective legislator who rarely lets emotion make his decisions — much like Nancy Pelosi, whose…
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Commentary: ICE ads are playing on a streamer near you. Can they survive the online rebellion?
There you are, sitting in traffic in your car, listening to Taylor Swift on Spotify because it’s easier than subjecting yourself to a new,…