With Los Angeles reeling from immigration sweeps and unsettled by nightly clashes between protesters and police, Mayor Karen Bass was asked by a reporter: What did she have to say to President Trump?
Bass, standing before a bank of news …
On Thursday, Sen. Alex Padilla of California was forcibly removed from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s news conference in Los Angeles. The Democrat was pushed to the ground and handcuffed by federal agents. The scene was appalling. The thugification of …
Last week, when Pres. Donald Trump sent federal troops into Los Angeles and escalated ICE raids across Southern California, Assemblymember Tina McKinnor (D-Inglewood) didn’t stay silent. As chair of the Los Angeles County Legislative Delegation, she led more than 30 …
Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson’s Abundance made a splash after its March release, earning a spot on the New York Times’ best seller list, a rarity for a book steeped in political wonkery. As weeks passed, it earned its share …
𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲: 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 & 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 The Network State is not just a tech-libertarian concept. It’s linked to powerful political strategies and transnational influence campaigns. Our latest update to the Network State ER-Diagram shows …
Bronx-born Ludovic Blain once helped lead the democracy program at Demos, working on campaigns for Election Day registration and felon voting rights. And for nearly a decade, he’s been the executive director at California Donor Table, a statewide community of …
When Gov. Gavin Newsom launched his new podcast last month, he touted it as an opportunity to understand the MAGA movement’s motivations and figure out a path forward for Democrats after the party’s bruising losses in the 2024 election.
But …
Close the Gap California was launched in 2013 with a mission to achieve gender parity in the California Legislature by 2028. Just over ten years later, women hold just over 48% of seats in the legislature and achieved gender parity …
THE BUZZ: WON’T BACK DOWN — Rep. Lateefah Simon used one of the biggest speaking platforms of her career to argue that Democrats should embrace — not shy away — from progressive ideas in their quest to win back working-class …
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