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Press Watch: We Have Become an Authoritarian State - and Top Newsrooms Are in Denial
As Trump grows more brazen in trampling the Constitution while seizing and consolidating power by anti-democratic means, legacy news outlets normalize…
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Reich: Trump's Posse of Sycophants, Air Heads, Asskissers and Fools Is a Malignancy on Democracy
The reality TV host president has assembled a government of incompetent lapdogs and grovelers because loyalty and flattery mean far more to him than…
How SB County Schools Chief Stays Hopeful, as Trump Takes Aim at California and Public Education
Superintendent Susan Salcido acknowledges students' "fear, worry, anxiety" but remains optimistic about school resilience despite federal threats on…
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Jerry Roberts
Hubbell: Old White Hippies Rule!
Three high-ranking bully boys of Trump's goon squad gangster government lashed out at those protesting the federal militarization of Washington as…
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Edsall: The Mind-Boggling Intrusiveness of Donald J. Trump
Not content to dismantle the U.S. government, the deceitful president is force-feeding his right-wing extremist agenda into every sphere of American…
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Press Watch: Why Won't Elite Media Call Out Trump's Lies on D.C. Incursion?
The reality TV president's political provocations in the nation's capital have nothing to do with fighting crime
A Litany of Failure: Three Years into New Literacy Program, SBUSD Still Neglects and Disdains Students Desperate for Help
In their own heart-breaking words, public school students who struggle to read tell the story of the educational suffering inflicted by bureaucratic…
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Watch: Silly Season Surfaces at City Hall; NIMBY-YIMBY Mind Meld; Why Was State St. Stabber Not in Jail?
Ryan P. Cruz, Callie Fausey, and Josh Molina join the genial host to break down the latest on immigration, housing and SB budget in a new edition of…
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Jerry Roberts
SB Protest: Saturday Rally to Back California Clapback to Trump's Texas Power Grab
With Texas gerrymander, Dear Leader moves to head off Democrats taking back the House in 2026. Golden State Dems have a controversial plan for fighting…
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Jerry Roberts
Eight Key Takeaways from Trump's Political Provocation of Sending Troops to D.C.
The reality TV president is using Washington as a test case for seizing military control over cities with Democratic - and democratically elected …
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Bulwark: The Ministry of Truth is Real Now
E.J. Antoni’s nomination isn’t designed to reassure markets, the Fed, or the business community. It’s designed to provoke them. And force them to…
Watch: Wait, What - $115K Salary Needed for a One-Bedroom? How Will Trump Cuts Hit SB Schools, Health Care? RIP for OSD?
This week's Newsmakers TV panel tackles the latest local impacts of the cruel, corrupt and chaotic policies of the reality TV show president, looks back…
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Jerry Roberts
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