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Big Crowd Fills the Night with "Sound of Solidarity" at May Day Protest at Courthouse
In the latest display of growing popular resistance to the Trump Administration, more than 1,000 people rallied and marched on behalf of labor…
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Hap Freund
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SB Rally to Join with National May Day Pro-Democracy Protests; #1 100 Days Yarn; Why Elon Wants Your Data
In the latest set of national, anti-Trump demonstrations, labor and immigrant groups join with Indivisible Santa Barabara to mark International Workers…
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Jerry Roberts

April 2025

Opinion: A Tale of Two Billionaires
Wendy McCaw augured Donald Trump, and our local fight to save a free press and the rule of law is the nation's fight now
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State of Play: A Clear-Eyed 100-Day Assessment of Trump's Bid to Dismantle Democracy
One of the nation's leading pro-democracy organizations surveys the political landscape as a presidency fueled by an authoritarian movement reaches its…
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The Five-Spot: Updates on How Trump Policies Afflict SB; Last Word on New Polls
From Medicaid and Social Security recipients to foreign students at UCSB, Santa Barbara residents await with dread the next DC dictum. Here's the latest…
Lurching to 100 Days: Trump's Support Is Collapsing, Amid Opposition to Agenda, Fears of Recession
The reality TV show president is sure to holler "fake news" about a series of consistently devastating new polls. But it's clear he's misread his…
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Jerry Roberts
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The Bizarre MAGA-Musk Drive Against "Empathy" Reflects the Movement's Deep-Seated Misogyny
From the right-wing fever swamps, now come attacks on "suicidal empathy," tarting up plain old toxic sexism in pseudo-intellectual finery
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Wow.
Fewer than 100 days into his term, a large majority of the county gives Donald Trump low marks on job performance and over half disapprove on the…
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Jerry Roberts
UCSB Economics Star Peter Rupert: Trump Trade War Pushing U.S. Towards Recession
The Executive Director of the UCSB Economic Forecast drops by Newsmakers for a conversation packed with insights, revelations and erudite…
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Jerry Roberts
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Correction: First Look at New News-Press
With apologies for the confusion...
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Jerry Roberts
First Look at New News-Press; Hundreds Protest Social Security Cuts; Last Word on Pete
Newsmakers' massive staff rounds up a lively day in politics and media in Santa Barbara - and beyond
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Jerry Roberts
Notebook: Social Security Rally Today in SB - and Across the Nation; Why It Matters
As most Democratic electeds remain in a defensive crouch, the most visible evidence of resistance to the mob boss president has taken shape on the…
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Jerry Roberts
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