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Kamala Harris off to strong fundraising start

April 9, 2019 8:00 amApril 10, 2019 7:51 am

California Senator Kamala Harris announced last week that her presidential campaign raised $12 million for the first quarter of 2019. Presidential candidates are actually not required to file their quarterly fundraising reports with the Federal Election Committee until April 15....

Beto O’Rourke Addresses Enthusiastic But Smaller-Than-Expected Launch Crowd

March 31, 2019 3:12 pmApril 1, 2019 11:00 am

AUSTIN—Former congressman and current heartthrob Beto O’Rourke took the stage in front of the Capitol building over an hour and a half late. But if any of the several thousand people who endured an unexpectedly chilly early spring evening were...

Three Personal Interactions with the Media’s Darkest Two Years

March 26, 2019 12:20 pmMarch 16, 2022 12:26 pm

If you heard a primal scream emanating from 22nd Street yesterday, that was me reading the Vanity Fair headline “The Hard Truths and High Cost of the RussiaGate Scandal.” We have endured a ton of awful reporting over the last...

Kamala Harris: Pattern of Contempt for Voters and the Law

March 22, 2019 8:02 amMarch 25, 2019 12:33 pm

Sen. Kamala Devi Harris has declared herself unalterably opposed to the death penalty, but some critics, left and right, superficially declare her career as a prosecutor in San Francisco and California proves otherwise. False. Her actions disprove whatever words may...

McCarthy Wants CA High-Speed Rail Funding Repurposed For Water Storage Projects

March 20, 2019 6:15 amMarch 25, 2019 1:13 pm

Republican California Congressman Kevin McCarthy has fired the next volley in the war over the 3.5 billion in federal funds meant for the state’s troubled high speed rail project. McCarthy (R-CA), Congressional Representative for most of Kern, Tulare and Northeast...

Sen. Harris Opposition to Death Penalty Represents Sudden Shift

March 19, 2019 5:18 pmMarch 20, 2019 8:21 am

Praising California Governor Gavin Newsom for his new statewide moratorium on executions Kamala Harris this week played fast and loose with the facts by pretending she has consistently opposed capitol punishment. In a statement, the Golden State’s junior senator and...

Top Attorney Caught In Varsity Blues Scandal Gave to Calif Dem

March 14, 2019 1:11 pmMarch 18, 2019 7:56 am

Another person ensnared in the Varsity Blues college bribery scandal has a connection to California politics. California Globe reported this morning that key figure William McGlashan, who lives in Marin County has been a prolific donor to local and national...