The year opened with President Trump declaring that "the fraud investigation of California has begun," a move that quickly set off a barrage of allegations from his administration and Republican allies questioning the integrity of state programs and the leadership of Gov. Gavin Newsom. The accusations, amplified across social media and conservative outlets, have pushed California and its Democratic leadership to the center of a broader national political fight over waste, fraud and abuse.
Ever since Emil Bove came back into government following Donald Trump's return to office, he's found himself mired in controversy. As the deputy attorney general at the start of Trump's term, Bove was accused of corruptly dismissing a high-profile criminal indictment over the objections of line prosecutors and a U.S. attorney. Around that time, he also allegedly told members of the Justice Department that they should tell the courts " fuck you"
Lepore assesses Article V, providing for amending the Constitution, in her new book, We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution. She will be discussing the book, in one of the highlight events of this year's Portland Book Festival, with OPB's Geoff Norcross at 3:15 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, in the Newmark Theatre. Festival tickets provide admission but purchase of the book at $35 secures entry.
There's no question that the proponents of Proposition 50 have a partisan goal. By seeking to adopt a map to put more Democrats in power in areas currently represented by Republicans, they are asking voters to temporarily bypass the state's independent, nonpartisan redistricting commission, which for the past two decades has prioritized maps that keep similar communities together and provide more electoral opportunities for communities of color.
Weiss was appointed to run CBS's news division after the network's parent company, Paramount Skydance, acquired Weiss' right leaning media outlet, The Free Press, earlier this month. Skydance CEO David Ellison purchased the company for $150 million as part of his family's $8 billion purchase of Paramount Global in August. The move sparked fear and outrage from many on the left, who pointed to Weiss' lack of experience and legacy media's shift towards a more right-leaning stance,
She expressed her fealty to Donald Trump, calling him "the most transparent president in American history" and saying that she'd "loved" seeing a photo of herself having dinner with the president. The almost-five-hour hearing was a portrait of an attorney general as the president's loyalist rather than as a constitutional officer with the appropriate respect for a coordinate branch of government.
With the backing of a legislature his party dominated, Republican governor Doug Ducey created Arizona State University's School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership in 2016. Both SCETL and its founding director, Paul Carrese, are now understood as key leaders in a movement for civic schools and centers.
For a moment, the fatal shooting of conservative activist and influencer Charlie Kirk last week pushed an already divided nation to its brink. Members of Congress screamed at each other on the House floor: Democrats blamed Republicans for fostering gun culture and mass shootings, while Republicans blamed Democrats for branding them "Nazis" and "fascists." MAGA influencers posted calls to rain retribution and vengeance on the left, citing dubious reports that the bullets had been carved with "pro-trans" messages.
The assassination of Charlie Kirk should have been a moment of pause. However one felt about the brash conservative provocateur and free speech advocate, his killing was shocking and sobering. The instinct in a healthy civic culture would be to stop, to grieve, to allow space for shock before the machinery of politics whirred back to life. That instinct has all but vanished. Instead, Kirk's death became instant fodder for partisanship.
"Essayli is a very specific and terrible threat," Daruvala said during a recent town hall for the "Stop Essayli" campaign, which is working to block the top prosecutor's permanent appointment. "He has already shown multiple times that he is willing to use the office in a partisan manner."
Trump dismissed the idea of reaching out to Governor Walz after recent shootings targeting Democratic lawmakers, highlighting his refusal to bridge partisan divides in tragic times.
Heinrich expressed skepticism about Jean-Pierre's use of 'Broken' in her book title, implying it contradicted her previous claims during her time as press secretary.
"I was one of the Democrats that, for years, just saw Fox News as a mechanism of the Republican Party. Little did I know that MSNBC is exactly the same, probably, frankly, even more directly tied."
"We're not the resistance. We are nobody's opposition. We're also nobody's cheerleader. Our loyalty is to the truth." - New York Times Publisher A.G. Sulzberger
There's some irony here that he complains about the nasty partisan attacks. I'm not sure he's read his own Twitter feed or his X feed because he's also engaged in a lot of nasty attacks.
