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Harris: We Are Losing the Information War with Ourselves
Trump is a creature of social media, and his performance in the wake of Charlie Kirk's murder is that of "an arsonist pretending to be a firefighter."
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Watch: Can SB Stop Shady Developers from Defiling the Mission? Housing - Downtown, IV, Rents; ICE Surge Looms
Christina McDermott, Ryan Cruz and Josh Molina join this week's edition of Newsmakers TV for analysis and commentary on all the latest from the housing…
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Jerry Roberts
Froomkin: Top News Outlets Underplay Right-Wing Declaration of War against the Left
The Times and the Post try to shoehorn the shocking statements into their both-sides framing of the Kirk shooting as a symptom of political…
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Sommer: Why Charlie Kirk Mattered So Much to the Right
More than anyone not named Trump, he changed the way conservatives understood modern media.
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Breaking: Monique's Move Could Block 8-Story Blockbuster at Old Mission
Santa Barbara's state senator is being bashed by the build-baby-build crowd for coming to the aid of constituents outraged by a sleazy project that…
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Kinzinger: An Up Close and Personal Look at RFK Jr. - and What Makes Him a Literal Threat to Our Lives
Two nepo babies born to wealth and privilege, Trump and Kennedy want power to serve their own egos, not the public trust. Together they put the nation's…
John Burton 1932-2025: A California Political Legend
For half-a-century, Burton played a major role in our political life, a proud liberal who advocated for working people, the poor, and civil rights…
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Jerry Roberts
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RFK Jr. Spewed Endless Lies and Smears in Senate Testimony. The Worst Concerned Vaccines.
Sad but true, the public health of U.S. citizens lies in the hands of a dangerous conspiracist and quack who's trying to eradicate science from…
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Watch: State Street Stabbing Shocker; How Much Housing for Where? Political Gossip Aplenty - Plus: Horse People Pickled!
On this week's Newsmakers TV episode, the Indy's Callie Fausey and Christina McDermott join Noozhawk star Josh Molina and the genial host for a…
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Jerry Roberts
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Read: Resignation Letter of CDC's Top Vaccine Expert Makes Clear Why RFK Jr. Is a Deadly Menace to Public Health
The plain, fact-based words of an accomplished government scientist make a forceful contrast to Thursday's lies and histrionics by Trump's Health and…
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Jerry Roberts
The Bulwark: Sad Little Dictator Trump - "America as it Existed from WW II to 2016 is a Spent Force"
Trump is so weak that Xi Jinping doesn’t even feel the need to manipulate him anymore. Meanwhile the rest of the world is moving on from America too.
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The Three Key Elements of Trump's Bid to Hijack the Midterm Elections
The president is bringing unprecedented political, legal and military pressure to bear on Democrats, but he doesn’t need to win outright in 2026. Just…
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Jerry Roberts
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