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“There’s more that needs to be done, certainly, but I feel [Biden’s Climate Team are] the people to do it. […] Q: What are the most important personal rules that you live by? A: Take a good long walk and a long sip of good tequila.” www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...
HE SADLY HAS PASSED: Robert Redford, star actor and champion of independent film, dies aged 89 www.reuters.com/business/med...
POD: Santa Ana Police Called Out For Tactics Used During Protest - KQED The California Report open.spotify.com/episode/4BeX... POD: Take the Monica and Run - LA Podcast open.spotify.com/episode/6Ooj...
Fresno State lecturer on leave after caustic comments on Charlie Kirk shooting amp.fresnobee.com/news/local/a... A dire housing shortage crushed People’s Park, and the ideals it represented www.latimes.com/california/n...
PAPER: ELECTROLINK: Modern Passenger Rail Service for Southern California - Californians for Electric Rail calelectricrail.org/electrolink-... Veteran politician to challenge Kenneth Mejia for L.A. city controller www.latimes.com/california/s...
VIDEO: One question with Rudolph “Butch” Ware on where he thinks Newsom has fallen short - CBS Sacramento youtu.be/BBlin4HTbfM HE’S STILL ALIVE: Arnold Schwarzenegger talks redistricting, Charlie Kirk, political violence at USC event [VIDEO] www.latimes.com/wyjj7tqm-fu-...
“State Sen. Ben Allen will run for state insurance commissioner, he announced in an interview with Playbook, challenging former Sen. Steven Bradford...” ONE UC: It’s not just UCLA. UC president warns of Trump push into all campuses and hospitals www.latimes.com/california/s...
“The Progressive Era Issues Committee, a year-old committee whose funders include Dem[…] donor Quinn Delaney, has entered the conflict over Proposition 50 by working to mobilize lower-propensity left-leaning voters who they say are inclined to tune out Newsom…” www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
CPH Daily Bulletin 9/16/2025 California’s insurer of last resort would face more scrutiny under bill heading to Newsom’s desk calmatters.org/economy/2025... California says it can no longer trust Washington on COVID vaccines. A major battle is looming www.latimes.com/california/s...
Like Clockwork: An Orange Wall Exposes Yet Another Active Club ‘Fight Night’ www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/09... Hundreds of Google AI Workers Were Fired Amid Fight Over Working Conditions www.wired.com/story/hundre...
Judith Butler: Jewish Prof. Among 160 Named in UC Berkeley “Antisemitism” Files Handed to Trump Admin www.democracynow.org/2025/9/15/ju... UCLA race and equity official sounded off after Charlie Kirk’s slaying. Now he’s on leave www.latimes.com/california/s...
Engardio recall: Chinese voters flex their political muscle, again missionlocal.org/2025/09/sf-s... -A car-free stretch of highway in San Francisco leads to recall vote and warning to politicians apnews.com/article/san-...
See the $600M in UCLA research Trump canceled lapublicpress.org/2025/09/ucla... Caruso Defends Attending Event With Right Wing Figures By Falsely Claiming Gabby Giffords Was There, Too lataco.com/rick-caruso-...
Gavin Newsom transformed himself into an internet meme. It’s running for president. missionlocal.org/2025/09/gavi... As RFK pushes MAHA, federal cuts shut down California health and nutrition programs calmatters.org/health/2025/...
CPH Daily Bulletin 9/15/2025 How California reached the unthinkable: A union deal with tech giants www.politico.com/news/2025/09... Home Prices Drop as Sellers Back Down-Here's Why www.sfgate.com/realestate/a...
Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...
is it good
TIME MACHINE to 8/6/24: "Brian Lewin, Special Agent in Charge of the Los Angeles Field Office of the Secret Service shared a few words at the recent [zionist rent-a-cop] graduation www.instagram.com/reel/C-Vg8nj... BLOG: The Israeli Firms Running Mega-Event Security nolympicsla.com/2025/09/02/t...
UCLA fires coach DeShaun Foster after 0-3 start to his second season apnews.com/article/ucla...
First hydrogen-powered passenger train in US now in service in San Bernardino abc7.com/post/zemu-fi... Hunger strikers in SF and London are calling for an end to AI. We Facetimed two of them sfstandard.com/2025/09/14/h...
Death of SFPD recruit ruled an accident as family demands more answers sfstandard.com/2025/09/12/s... San Bernardino County prioritizing outreach as anti-camping rules go into effect www.sbsun.com/2025/09/14/s...
How can you mobilize for immigrant rights in S.F.? A resource guide. missionlocal.org/2025/09/how-... UC Berkeley sends 160 names to feds during antisemitism investigation www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
REDISTRICTING SAGA: After [TX, CA, and] Missouri, what state is next? A redistricting race started by Trump continues www.npr.org/2025/09/14/n... INTERNET SPECIFICITY: Widespread availability of graphic Charlie Kirk shooting video shows content moderation challenges apnews.com/article/char...
DELICATE PHRASING: Cal State system seeks a delicate balance on diversity under Trump edsource.org/2025/csu-web... The dwindling Colorado River can’t wait for states to cut water use, experts say www.latimes.com/environment/...
POD: What’s in the Last Minute Climate and Energy Package? - Political Background open.spotify.com/episode/4ZPC... POD: Carwash Workers Are Organizing Patrols To Watch for Immigration Sweeps - KQED’s The California Report open.spotify.com/episode/19ej...
California lawmakers pass measures to expand oil production in Central Valley, restrict offshore drilling www.latimes.com/california/s... Gavin Newsom just tried to fix one of his biggest Achilles' heels www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
Transit funding bill passes California Senate, heads to Gov. Newsom oaklandside.org/2025/09/12/t... Gavin Newsom gets his big energy deal www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
California lawmakers pass bill to grant priority college admission for descendants of slavery www.latimes.com/california/s... California age verification bill backed by Google, Meta, OpenAI heads to Newsom www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
END OF SESH: California lawmakers deliver major Democratic climate, housing and labor wins to Newsom calmatters.org/politics/202... EDU BILL ROUNDUP: These bills could change your child’s school experience. They are not without controversy www.latimes.com/california/s...
CPH Daily Bulletin 9/14/2025 "Lawyers and advocates fear about 1,000 Central American children, including dozens in California, are at risk of being deported to dangerous situations in their home countries" www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Mainstream media today
“There is no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign, and refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins ‘Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.’” Fucking wonderful piece.
LA ppl! Join me on 2 Fast 2 Quest and come to movie night RSVP here forms.gle/cc1Pdrr5NHcz...
These sites help communities avoid ICE—and now they’re under attack lapublicpress.org/2025/09/dhs-... New Paramount owner already has his sights on next target: Warner Bros. Discovery www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Mayor’s upzoning plan passes S.F. Planning Commission missionlocal.org/2025/09/sf-u... TORCHED: What LA's tourism unions just did www.torched.la/what-las-tou... Oakland official loses restraining order case against activist oaklandside.org/2025/09/12/o...
Altadena homeowners unite to preserve neighborhood’s cottages and character after Eaton Fire afrolanews.org/2025/09/alta... Redistricting could put Darrell Issa’s seat in Congress in play. A primary fight among Democrats is already brewing. www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/09/12/r...
California Trucking Firms Go Under, Fueling Wider Industry Fears www.wsj.com/articles/cal... "California’s poverty rate remains among the highest in the nation (17.7%)" calbudgetcenter.org/resources/ca...
California's sex abuse law caused a ‘feeding frenzy.’ Lawmakers can't find a fix. www.politico.com/news/2025/09... Opinion: California schools must not enshrine Trump’s weaponization of antisemitism www.mercurynews.com/2025/09/10/o...
California Legislature passes bill to protect medical data of transgender people www.latimes.com/california/s... Gavin Newsom to decide on bill fining tech giants for promoting violent content www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
‘Worse than doing nothing’: Online safety advocates slam changes to AI chatbot bill www.sacbee.com/news/politic... How environmental groups lost Newsom to Big Oil www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
High-speed rail project slated to receive billions in state funding www.latimes.com/california/s... California’s incarcerated firefighters, who earn about $1 per hour, may soon get a hefty raise www.latimes.com/california/s...
California lawmakers pass bill banning law enforcement officers from covering their faces www.latimes.com/california/s... Controversial bill that adds dense housing to transit stops passed by Assembly www.latimes.com/california/s...
CPH Daily Bulletin 9/12/2025 Police secrecy bill would shield undercover California officers in misconduct cases www.latimes.com/california/s... California passes ICE mask ban in closing days of legislative session boyleheightsbeat.com/california-p...
Missed a lot of news over the last 48 hours? I got some of it here:
POD: Abundance, Or How To Sell Tech Fascism To Liberals - It Could Happen Here open.spotify.com/episode/7d2N... What Were Tucker Carlson, Tulsi Gabbard, and Kevin McCarthy Doing at Damian On Monday Night? lataco.com/tucker-carls...
TIME MACHINE to 9/8: We Paid Some Etsy Witches to Curse Charlie Kirk (oop, article has been removed??) www.jezebel.com/we-paid-some... -to 4/7/23: Charlie Kirk Says Gun Deaths ‘Unfortunately’ Worth it to Keep 2nd Amendment www.newsweek.com/charlie-kirk...
Charlie Kirk’s spiritual advice came from a Ventura County pastor www.latimes.com/california/n... -Gavin Newsom calls fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk ‘disgusting’ www.sacbee.com/news/politic... -Charlie Kirk Was Not Practicing Politics the Right Way www.404media.co/charlie-kirk...
Found this from @micahflee.com helpful... BLOG: Unfortunately, the ICEBlock app is activism theater micahflee.com/unfortunatel...
“More Americans favor than oppose removing homeless encampments in U.S. cities, the poll found. About 43% U.S. adults favor their removal, while about 25% oppose it. Roughly 3 in 10 Americans don’t have an opinion, saying they neither favor nor oppose removing..." apnews.com/article/home...
Eagle advocates vow to fight gated community planned near Jackie and Shadow’s nest www.latimes.com/environment/... Fed up with drug users, street vigilantes are wielding Narcan ‘like a weapon’ sfstandard.com/2025/09/11/s...
Pomona Unified to pay $25 million to settle 2 final sex abuse lawsuits against former coaches www.sbsun.com/2025/09/11/p... No decision — yet — on controversial homeless camp proposal for Oakland oaklandside.org/2025/09/11/h...
YIMBY rally gets testy ahead of vote on upzoning plan missionlocal.org/2025/09/sf-u... -State gives crucial OK to SF’s plan to juice home building sfstandard.com/2025/09/11/n...
Shout the hell out to @calelectricrail.org for this VIDEO: Debunking Metrolink’s Anti-Electrification Video - Californians for Electric Rail youtube.com/shorts/cn_2s...
OPD’s decision to encrypt its radio feeds caught city officials by surprise oaklandside.org/2025/09/11/o... New UCLA study highlights large disparities in L.A.’s Latinx labor force www.latimes.com/delos/story/...
‘I am not the same person.’ Pasadena man recounts 13 days in ICE’s ‘basement’ www.latimes.com/california/s... 2,123 lives: Inside the stats and stories of those arrested by ICE from the S.F. area missionlocal.org/2025/07/ice-...
In abrupt turnabout, Mayor Karen Bass withdraws her bill to overhaul L.A.’s mansion tax www.latimes.com/california/s... What happens to street vendor carts during ICE detentions? Advocates say more support is needed boyleheightsbeat.com/street-vendo...
California may help solar bloom where water runs dry calmatters.org/environment/... An oil spill, a sprained ankle and a damaged boat: What we know about the Long Beach cargo ship mishap www.latimes.com/california/s...
How Google organized opposition to a California privacy proposal calmatters.org/politics/202... California moves to close overdose protection loophole that deters students from seeking emergency help www.latimes.com/science/stor...
California Uber and Lyft drivers closer to being able to unionize after crucial vote calmatters.org/economy/2025... Newsom’s push to fast-track Delta water tunnel stalls in the California Legislature www.latimes.com/environment/...
Trump administration to end grant funding for campuses with many Latino students, affecting California colleges boyleheightsbeat.com/grant-progra... High-speed train from California to Las Vegas tries to slow rising costs www.npr.org/2025/09/11/n...
Judge pauses Trump policy cutting off schools, shelters to certain immigrants calmatters.org/education/20... Newsom escalates clash with Trump in State of the State, declares California under siege www.latimes.com/california/s...
DHS cannot assault journalists and protesters during immigration enforcement actions, federal judge orders boyleheightsbeat.com/dhs-ruling-a... -Judge keeps limits on use of ‘less-lethal’ weapons by police at L.A. protests www.latimes.com/california/s...
CPH Daily Bulletin 9/11/2025 Newsom strikes climate deal extending California cap and trade, boosting oil production calmatters.org/politics/202... -California Environmental Groups Decry Worst Legislative Year in Memory davisvanguard.org/2025/09/cali...
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WIRES UP ⚡️⚡️
We made a YouTube Short picking apart Metrolink’s incorrect and misleading claims regarding electrification of its system. youtube.com/shorts/cn_2s...
"What is impressive to one who [learns] about American violence is its extraordinary frequency, its sheer commonplaceness in our history, its persistence into very recent and contemporary times, and its rather abrupt contrast with our pretensions to singular national virtue." — Richard Hofstadter
This is all the TMZ guy said he was literally saying “when I was a kid… the 60s… this country… Bobby Kennedy… Martin Luther King!” What’s really shocking (for some) about KirKK’s death is a white guy face long-delayed consequences for running his mouth, and profiting off of hate and violence.
Gavin’s Nazi son must be heartbroken.
"political violence is never acceptable," is a phrase you don't hear politicians say after cops beat the shit out of peaceful demonstrators
If the far-right misogynist with a bad haircut wants to villainize independent women, Jezebel is more than happy to be the hag of his nightmares. www.jezebel.com/we-paid-some...
"What has this country come to?!" Said country was literally founded by gun violence and much worse.
Founder of a California-based porn empire sentenced to 27 years in federal prison apnews.com/article/porn...
A tour of the sound and heat hellscape that is L.A. www.latimes.com/environment/... Children’s Hospital LA laying off 439 healthcare workers by late October www.dailynews.com/2025/09/08/c...
SFPD let Georgia, Texas cops illegally search city surveillance data on behalf of ICE sfstandard.com/2025/09/08/s... Voters promised domestic violence survivors free lawyers. SF didn’t follow through. sfstandard.com/2025/09/09/s...
Allegations of mismanagement, overspending in California fire cleanups raised in whistleblower trial www.latimes.com/california/s... Amid AI boom, San Francisco rents are up. So are eviction notices. missionlocal.org/2025/09/sf-e...
Bonta ‘disappointed’ by Supreme Court ruling on L.A. immigration raids www.latimes.com/california/s... CA Governor Candidates: [SPI] Tony Thurmond youtu.be/ExXfw4AiYFs
Mayor Bass endorses Antonio Villaraigosa for governor www.latimes.com/california/s... Immigrant advocates denounce Supreme Court ruling as ‘declaration of war’ — but they’re ready to fight back boyleheightsbeat.com/supreme-cour...
California sues Los Angeles County over ‘inhumane’ conditions in its jail system calmatters.org/justice/2025... Lurie, Sen. Wiener: $750M state loan to save Bay Area transit, nixed by Newsom, is back in play missionlocal.org/2025/09/sf-7...
‘Something can be done about this’: New plan aims to stop sex abuse in California schools calmatters.org/education/k-... ‘I will do it again’. Mom of California overdose victim pledges to keep fighting in Capitol calmatters.org/health/menta...
CPH Daily Bulletin 9/9/2025 GOV FORUM TODAY: Candidates for California governor in 2026 speak at Sacramento forum www.cbsnews.com/amp/sacramen... Will California extend cap and trade? Legislative negotiations go down to the wire calmatters.org/politics/202...
POD: 82 Degrees and Rising - LA Podcast, “LA TACO’s Memo Torres [breaks] down three months of ICE raids…” open.spotify.com/episode/6g44... POD: The Origins of Harm Reduction with Tracey Helton Mitchell - Sad Francisco open.spotify.com/episode/0sWw...
Opinion | ‘He yelled because he cared’: A former staffer reflects on John Burton’s death www.newsbreak.com/politico-560... Anaheim Exploring Aerial Gondolas to Disneyland www.disneytouristblog.com/anaheim-expl...
California lawmaker files claim against Sacramento for defamation, unlawful arrest www.cbsnews.com/amp/losangel... John Burton, Architect of California Democratic Machine, Dies at 92 www.kqed.org/news/1205488...
Japanese American elders in Little Tokyo want to stop gentrification. So they’re buying buildings lapublicpress.org/2025/09/la-j... Why California's political class is begging Alex Padilla to run for governor www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
Juggling Congress and Life, [Rep. Sara Jacobs ()]Opted to Freeze Her Eggs www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/u... Santa Monica poised to declare fiscal emergency; payouts to sex abuse victims cited www.latimes.com/california/s...
How California legislators got more than $820,000 in travel in 2024 calmatters.org/digital-demo... Anthropic backs California bill that could test Newsom on AI www.politico.com/news/2025/09... L.A. Labor Unions Call For Arms Embargo on Israel at City Hall Protest lataco.com/arms-embargo...
CPH Daily Bulletin 9/8/2025 Supreme Court ‘Effectively Greenlights Racial Profiling,’ Permits Feds to Target Latinos lataco.com/racial-profi... -Supreme Court allows immigration agents to resume ‘roving patrols’ in LA, siding with Trump calmatters.org/justice/2025...
Wait are we not supposed to like this song? open.spotify.com/track/0p75iZ...
It'd be an improvement but I think it's also like trying to vote an attacking grizzly bear into being a sea otter
well, what's the solution?! What could capitalism possibly develop into??
More than 18,000 children have been murdered by Israel since the start of the siege. 28 a day, every day, for 23 months.