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Fox News sees the power of Gavin Newsom’s trolling
Sophia Tesfaye, Salon
That’s why the network’s stars are fuming
Aug 24, 2025, 10:30 AM
We Must Grudgingly Admit That Gavin Newsom Did Something That Worked
Ben Mathis-Lilley, Slate Magazine
America’s most annoying Democrat may be on to something here.
Aug 23, 2025, 9:45 AM
10 Friday AM Reads
Barry Ritholtz, Ritholtz.com
My end-of-week morning train WFH reads: • The United States Is Southern Now: From booming metros to culture-defining exports, the South has quietly become a demographic powerhouse and a battleground for the country’s identity. (Businessweek) • The Trillion-Do…
Aug 22, 2025, 10:30 AM
US lawmakers embark on Democrat redistricting plan in California
Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English
Democrats aim to counter Texas GOP bill flipping five Democratic seats to Republican control in US Congress.
Aug 21, 2025, 8:06 PM
Fatal Florida crash fuels immigration fight between DeSantis and Newsom
KATE PAYNE, Yahoo Entertainment
Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis dispatched his top deputy to California to oversee the handover of a truck driver accused of making an illegal U-turn...
Aug 21, 2025, 6:25 PM
Democrats get police escorts to prevent a new redistricting walkout as California moves to retaliate
BILL BARROW, TRAN NGUYEN, FERNANDA FIGUEROA and JOHN HANNA, Yahoo Entertainment
Texas Democrats who ended a walkout found themselves shadowed by law enforcement officers to keep them from repeating the protest that stalled Republican...
Aug 19, 2025, 4:01 AM
Trump prompted a battle over voting maps. Here's how redistricting affects voters
Larry Kaplow, NPR
In a battle prompted by President Trump, Texas and California could redraw lines that change whose votes really matter in the 2026 congressional elections.
Aug 18, 2025, 9:42 AM
California’s top Democrats aren’t convinced a progressive can win
Russell Payne, Salon
Democrats think they can flip California's 22nd District and take back the House, but they can't agree on how
Aug 16, 2025, 10:45 AM
California governor boosts redistricting effort in growing feud with Trump
Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English
Amid Texas brouhaha, Gavin Newsom takes combative stance against Trump, urges other Democratic leaders to 'punch back'.
Aug 14, 2025, 9:16 PM
Gavin Newsom Out Trumps Trump With A 2028 POTUS Campaign Launch By Any Other Name To Fight GOP Gerrymandering
Dominic Patten, Deadline
“Today is Liberation Day in the state of California,” Gavin Newsom proclaimed today in downtown LA of the legislative effort to stop Donald Trump from “rigging the system” with gerrymandering and other on American democracy. “I know they say don’t mess with T…
Aug 14, 2025, 8:05 PM
Newsom says California's new congressional maps will take down Trump
Oren Oppenheim, ABC News
Newsom said the new maps will "END THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY."
Aug 13, 2025, 2:06 PM
California governor signs executive order to support boys and men and improve their mental health
SOPHIE AUSTIN, Yahoo Entertainment
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order Wednesday aimed at supporting men and boys and improving their mental health outcomes, in an effort to...
Jul 30, 2025, 9:21 PM
WATCH: Kamala Harris says she won't run for governor of California in 2026
ABC News
Former Vice President Kamala Harris announced Wednesday that she won’t run for California governor in 2026.
Jul 30, 2025, 8:05 PM
Two Michigan Men Hated Comcast. So They Built Their Own Broadband Alternative.
Karl Bode, Techdirt
We’ve noted repeatedly how the U.S. is dominated by regional telecom monopolies like AT&T and Comcast that have spent decades working tirelessly to crush regional broadband competition, and have also spent millions of dollars to crush state and federal regula…
Jul 29, 2025, 10:09 PM
WATCH: 21-year-old man charged with felony murder of Bay Area woman walking dogs
ABC News
Prosecutors have filed murder charges against a man accused of shooting and killing a woman who was walking her dogs in San Leandro, California, last week.
Jul 24, 2025, 11:11 AM
Tesla sales are nosediving in California, and it's dragging the state's entire EV market down
Tom Carter, Business Insider
Tesla's registrations in the West Coast state fell more than 20% in the second quarter compared to the previous year, according to new data.
Jul 23, 2025, 11:00 AM
Tech Billionaires Wanted to Build a New California City. They’re Settling for an Industrial Park, Instead
Lucas Ropek, Gizmodo.com
When you can't build the city of your dreams, maybe just settle for a new industrial park.
Jul 22, 2025, 8:00 PM
Trump Moves to Kill California’s Dreams of High-Speed Rail
Bruce Gil, Gizmodo.com
“Trump wants to hand China the future and abandon the Central Valley," Governor Newsom said.
Jul 17, 2025, 3:20 PM
Trump administration pulls $4bn in funds for high-speed rail in California
Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English
US president blasts long-delayed project to link Los Angeles and San Francisco as 'boondoggle' and 'train to nowhere'.
Jul 17, 2025, 5:53 AM
Gavin Newsom Calls Trump a ‘Son of a B-tch’
Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone
California Gov. Gavin Newsom slammed Donald Trump for deploying the deploying the U.S. military to Los Angeles.
Jul 15, 2025, 2:30 AM
California farmworker dies after chaotic federal immigration raid, family says
Matt Lavietes, NBC News
Jaime Alanis Garcia, a cannabis farmworker who was critically injured during a chaotic immigration raid by federal authorities in Southern California, died Saturday, according to his family.
Jul 13, 2025, 2:41 AM
California Governor Newsom sues Fox News over alleged defamation
Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English
Fox said the $7878m suit over its story about phone call with Trump ‘frivolous’ and a ‘publicity stunt’.
Jun 27, 2025, 9:58 PM
San Francisco May De-Wokify the Golden Gate Bridge to Appease Trump
Lucas Ropek, Gizmodo.com
The agency that operates the bridge is concerned about a federal crackdown.
Jun 25, 2025, 12:45 PM
Dodgers Donate $1 Million To L.A. Immigrant Families Impacted By ICE Raids
Glenn Garner, Deadline
After a federal judge confirmed Donald Trump‘s control of the California National Guard, the Los Angeles Dodgers are giving back to those in the community impacted by recent ICE raids. On Friday, the 8x World Series champs announced a $1 million donation in p…
Jun 21, 2025, 1:42 AM