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The Bulwark: Going to the 'No Kings' Rally? Trump Says You're a Terrorist.
The reality TV president is trying to lay a predicate to build support for mass arrests of anti-Trump protesters, while building a permission structure…
17 hrs ago
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Why USAID Matters
Two veterans of U.S. foreign aid efforts, who will speak in Santa Barbara this week, examine the value of global development efforts to American…
23 hrs ago
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Vance: As He Seeks to Normalize Dismantling of Independent Judiciary, Trump Is Following Blueprint of El Salvador Dictator
Firing unfriendly immigration judges was the first step; now, chief White House thug Stephen Miller has given away the end game by speaking the quiet…
Oct 13
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Watch: High-Stakes Wrangling over Paseo Nuevo Goes Public; Rent Control Returns - Again; County Layoffs, Prop. 50, ICE Patrols
Newsmakers TV's All-Star Panel of Top Local Journalists roves through the full range of local stories animating Santa Barbara, from downtown development…
Oct 11
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Jerry Roberts
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Salud on Shutdown: Protecting Health Care Is Best Leverage for D.C. Dems to Fight Back against "Fascist Administration"
Santa Barbara's man in Washington breaks down the policy conflict at the center of the government shutdown, and lets loose on Donald Trump's lawless use…
Oct 10
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Jerry Roberts
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Bulwark: Trump's Dispatch of Texas Troops to Illinois Is a Move that Crosses a Bright Red Line and Reeks of Civil War
There is no crisis in Chicago that requires the National Guard. Whatever civil unrest exists is due to the lawless assault on local citizens by federal…
Oct 8
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California Braces for Trump Regime's "Devastating" Expected Cuts to Federal Homeless Housing Funds
In a sudden, seismic shift, White House plans to cut two-thirds of money used for subsidized permanent housing for homeless, leading to fears of…
Oct 8
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New News-Press Update: Publisher Releases Research on What SB County Locals Say They Want in Their News
The report, based on a community survey and a series of focus groups, includes praise for some current local news outfits, but says readers wish for…
Oct 7
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Watch: Purged by RFK Jr., Covid Vaccine Hero Dr. Peter Marks Fears Health Policy "Nihilism" Will Cost Many Lives
He was celebrated as an architect of Operation Warp Speed during Trump's first administration. Now he's been forced out amid the ideological dismantling…
Oct 5
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Jerry Roberts
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The New News-Press Picks a Fourth Generation Santa Barbara Guy as Its Top Business Executive
A Harvard-educated, SB native, William Belfiore played a crucial role in saving more than a century of the published history of his home town.
Oct 4
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Watch: Nick Welsh Goes Deep and Detailed on Santa Barbara's Offshore Oil Wars, with a Primer on the Raging Sable vs. California Conflict
As the shifty Texas oil company gears up to gain Donald Trump's approval of plans for launching offshore tankers, SB's top journalist on the beat…
Oct 2
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Jerry Roberts
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Last: After Trump's "Enemies Within" Rant, Generals Must Choose Between Him or Their Oaths to Constitution
The reality TV president spared criticism of America's actual enemies - instead informing the military brass that troops should be deployed against…
Oct 2
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