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Watch: How State Enabled an 8-Story Tower Next to SB's Mission - and How the City is Pushing Back
Newsmakers TV takes a deep dive into that harebrained proposal to build a blockbuster apartment at 505 E. Olivos, and looks at the threat of eviction…
Jul 11 • 
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Watch: How State Enabled an 8-Story Tower Next to SB's Mission - and How the City is Pushing Back
Gone Fishin'
Newsmakers is off on a short summer breather, but here are some summer reading and viewing tips for local news and pro-democracy content until we get…
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"A Cage of Laws"
With best wishes for a serene summer celebration, here's a poem from a Newsmakers' reader that seems to suit the times in which we're living
Jul 4
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A New Start for Santa Barbara News-Press
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Scenes from the Opposition...
Jun 15 • Jerry Roberts
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The 3 Biggest Lies in Trump's Speech
Jan 21 • Jerry Roberts
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Call It By Its Name: A Coup
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"The Fear Quotient Definitely Has Ratcheted Up"
Jan 24 • Jerry Roberts
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SB's MAGA Outlet Smears Salud with Through-the-Looking Glass "Illegal" Charge
Feb 25 • Jerry Roberts
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Reich: Why Empathy -- Not Me-Me-MAGA -- Remains America's Defining Value
Musk, Bezos, Trump and other oligarchs display a stunning disdain for others. But as the nation celebrates another birthday, it is values like…
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Watch: LA Times Star Mark Z. Barabak Deplores Trump - but Holds Hope for Future: "There is Nothing the Voters Can't Remedy"
The graybeard political writer, who's covered the comings and goings (and coming again) of 7 presidents, believes the U.S. political system is durable…
Jul 2 • 
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Watch: LA Times Star Mark Z. Barabak Deplores Trump - but Holds Hope for Future: "There is Nothing the Voters Can't Remedy"
The Five-Spot: A "Big Beautiful Bill," ICE in the 805, and Research Grants Restored
Recent news and Trump's current impact on Santa Barbara County. Plus a comparison of our reality to themes in George Orwell's dystopian novel "1984."
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