Riding on the public’s pervasive economic anxiety and its substantial but not quite so widespread fury and fear of Trump’s trashing of American democracy, the Democrats won big from coast to coast yesterday.
Gavin Newsom
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California Democrats Win Redistricting Measure, Prove That Resistance Works
The win, combined with several mid-cycle surprises, has weakened Trump’s shield against accountability for his unpopular reign, although the Supreme Court really holds the key to whether we’ll have something approaching legitimate elections next year.
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Just Plain Everyday American Socialism
Socialist programs that come from non-socialists, like California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s low-cost insulin production program, don’t arouse the same level of right-wing hysteria. They also don’t arouse the same level of left-wing enthusiasm.
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The Shrapnel Presidency
Trump’s minions planned a firing of 60 howitzer shells over a freeway in L.A. to harass Gov. Newsom and local residents. Instead, friendly fire hit VP Vance’s entourage.
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Governors Plunged Into Constitutional Crisis
As members of Congress scanned the skies for signs of bipartisan intervention amid an imminent government shutdown, the governor of Illinois called for President Trump to be removed from office. Though invoking the 25th Amendment was a rhetorical flourish—no executive-branch Republican would ever entertain the idea—JB Pritzker wasn’t finished. Last Friday, at a fundraiser for […]
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Breaking: Amazon Actually Employs Its Delivery Drivers
Even as Republicans claim majority support from working-class voters, the pattern of their furloughs during the current government shutdown makes clear that this support is in no way reciprocated. While almost all the employees at the Treasury Department are still on the job (albeit working without pay), a bare 17 of the 1,270 employees in the Labor […]
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Half a Win for Uber and Lyft Drivers
Today on TAP: In California, the ride-hailing companies agree to unions—for a price.
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Proposed California Congressional Maps Maintain Several Battleground Races
While a half dozen Democratic incumbents were protected, a couple still face tough contests, and two of the five Republicans targeted in the map could still eke out victories.
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California Democrats Announce Special Election to Redraw Congressional Maps
The maps could net up to five seats and make swing seats easier to hold. Gavin Newsom pitched it as a defining moment for the party.
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Establishment Struggles to Maintain Control of California
The number one and number two choices of the big-money forces in next year’s governor’s race dropped out. What’s next?