Column: Trump return could be a growing California nightmare. But leave the U.S? No need
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Column: Trump return could be a growing California nightmare. But leave the U.S? No need

LA Times  

Inyo County, the solidly-red county in the Eastern Sierra which supported Trump by a double-digit percentage in 2016, flipped for Biden in 2020 by just 14 votes. Vice President Kamala Harris, a California native, lost to former President Trump, and it wasn’t even close. Not that Trump policies as president had much of an impact on those problems in California or any other state, and not that he’s come up with any new or ambitious plans since then. California said no to the candidate who has waged an assault on women’s reproductive rights and called his female opponent dumb as a rock. No to the candidate whose allies put together a second-term playbook called Project 2025, which would seek to wage war nationally on the very idea of California’s progressive policies on abortion, inclusion, gun control, immigration, LGBTQ+ rights and the environment.

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Trump gained support in California. What does that mean for the so-called resistance?
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Trump gained support in California. What does that mean for the so-called resistance?

LA Times  

Adam Gray, shown in 2023 at UC Merced, was elected to a House seat in the Central Valley by 187 votes. “We are thrilled to see Californians standing up against the Democrat machine and declaring, ‘enough is enough.’” A final blue-to-red flip in California Although Vice President Kamala Harris easily won the state with 58.5% of the vote, Trump, as …

California voters shifted toward Trump. Should the governor’s race be about fighting him?
3 weeks, 6 days ago

California voters shifted toward Trump. Should the governor’s race be about fighting him?

LA Times  

Rob Bonta speaks at a news conference in front of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco on Nov. 7. If Trump jeopardizes your safety and well-being: I’ll be there.” State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond, who entered the governor’s race last year, said the state would fight any efforts by the Trump administration to undo LGBTQ+ student protections …

News Analysis: If Democrats want to win back the American people, does California need to stand down?
1 month ago

News Analysis: If Democrats want to win back the American people, does California need to stand down?

LA Times  

After voters across the nation chose President-elect Donald Trump over Vice President Kamala Harris, California Gov. The party’s loss to a candidate they often liken to a fascist dictator “says something is broken with the vanguard of Democratic policies and Democratic messaging that starts in places like California,” sid Mike Gatto, a former Democratic state Assembly member, said in written …

The Trump presidency begins to take shape. Immigration is front and center
1 month, 1 week ago

The Trump presidency begins to take shape. Immigration is front and center

LA Times  

There are 69 days until President-elect Donald Trump is sworn in, and he’s starting to pick the team that will run his White House — giving insight into which campaign promises will be his priorities. Trump has made two key appointments on this issue: Stephen Miller, formerly of Santa Monica, is reportedly his pick for deputy chief of staff; and …

Gavin Newsom’s quest to ‘Trump-proof’ California enrages incoming president
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Gavin Newsom’s quest to ‘Trump-proof’ California enrages incoming president

Politico  

California is one of several blue states that have announced preemptive moves to defend against Trump’s policies. Kathy Hochul and Attorney General Letitia James have pledged to beef up coordination between their offices to “protect New Yorkers’ fundamental freedoms from any potential threats.” And state leaders in Illinois and Massachusetts have pledged to take action to protect undocumented immigrants, access …

With progressive ballot measures on track to fail, California’s political identity is questioned
1 month, 2 weeks ago

With progressive ballot measures on track to fail, California’s political identity is questioned

LA Times  

There was no surprise on election night when a solid majority of California voters selected Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris over former President Trump. “It’s a new day in California,” Assembly Republican leader James Gallagher of Yuba City said in a social media post about the election results. “The shift is beginning.” But longtime California election watchers were more tempered …

Trump’s reelection means Round 2 against California’s progressive agenda
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump’s reelection means Round 2 against California’s progressive agenda

LA Times  

Here’s what you need to know to start your day. “Trump in his early-Wednesday victory speech said the American people had given Republicans an ‘unprecedented and powerful mandate’ to usher in their conservative agenda,” my colleagues Kevin Rector and Angie Orellana Hernandez reported. The former and future POTUS has ratcheted up his rhetoric against Democrats this election cycle, calling name-brand …

California Playbook
1 month, 2 weeks ago

California Playbook

Politico  

California braces for war with Trump Presented by Donald Trump is headed back to the White House. Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas told our Melanie Mason that “California will do everything we can to protect America from Donald Trump.” And Attorney General Rob Bonta, like his predecessor Xavier Becerra did during Trump’s first term, pledged to turn to the courts to …

As with Trump’s last term, California will lead the liberal resistance
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

As with Trump’s last term, California will lead the liberal resistance

LA Times  

A woman reacts while waiting for results during an election watch party at Manny’s in San Francisco on Tuesday night. “We’ve been spending months, in some cases over a year,” Bonta added, “planning on potential attacks and our responses to them across all the different issues and areas — from attacking our environment to attacking reproductive freedom, our common sense …

With Harris down, Newsom’s political stock rises again in California and beyond
1 month, 2 weeks ago

With Harris down, Newsom’s political stock rises again in California and beyond

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom is expected to position himself as the leader of the Democratic resistance to President-elect Donald Trump. Gavin Newsom’s political starpower dimmed as Vice President Kamala Harris rose to the top of the Democratic party in the months before the 2024 election. “There’s a diagram of everything that these guys have talked about in relation to California, everything we’ve …

California braces for war with Trump
Trending News
1 month, 2 weeks ago

California braces for war with Trump

Politico  

California braces for war with Trump Presented by Donald Trump is headed back to the White House. Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas told our Melanie Mason that “California will do everything we can to protect America from Donald Trump.” And Attorney General Rob Bonta, like his predecessor Xavier Becerra did during Trump’s first term, pledged to turn to the courts to …

Editorial: Americans voted for Trump. Here’s what they chose — and the hope for all those who didn’t
Trending News
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Editorial: Americans voted for Trump. Here’s what they chose — and the hope for all those who didn’t

LA Times  

Much will be studied, analyzed and written for years to come about why Americans voted an openly authoritarian leader back into power in apparently greater margins than they did eight years ago. Over the next four years, the world’s most powerful office will be inhabited by a twice-impeached convicted felon with a history of flouting laws and norms — a …

With new Trump presidency, California is in for the fight of our lives
Trending News
1 month, 2 weeks ago

With new Trump presidency, California is in for the fight of our lives

LA Times  

Donald Trump has soundly won another term as president and in perhaps the most stunning part of this election, it wasn’t even that close. As much as California is waking up to a new era of Trump power, we are also waking up to the fact that the majority of Americans do not share the values that this state holds …

California is a battleground state (if you know where to look)
2 months, 1 week ago

California is a battleground state (if you know where to look)

LA Times  

Former President Trump at a rally at Calhoun Ranch in Coachella on Saturday. Five of those races are in California, where Republican House members are fighting costly and acrimonious reelection battles.” Derek Tran, who is running against GOP Rep. Michelle Steel in the 45th Congressional District, with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries at an Anaheim campaign event Saturday. “California matters …

Trump’s California speech depicts Golden State as a ‘Paradise Lost’
2 months, 1 week ago

Trump’s California speech depicts Golden State as a ‘Paradise Lost’

Politico  

“Kamala Harris got you into this mess and only Trump is going to get you out of it,” he said. California once had the “best schools, safest communities and a booming middle class,” Trump said, then the state started its dystopian descent when Harris was the district attorney of San Francisco. Trump said he would get rid of California’s sanctuary …

Donald Trump Holds A Rally In California, A State He's Almost Certain To Lose
2 months, 1 week ago

Donald Trump Holds A Rally In California, A State He's Almost Certain To Lose

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING COACHELLA, Calif. — With the presidency on the line in battlegrounds like Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, Donald Trump spent Saturday night in solidly liberal California, seeking to link Vice President Kamala Harris to what he described as the failures of her home state. Trump is almost certain to lose California, and that won’t change after his Saturday stop …

Harris leads Trump in California, but Latino support softens, poll shows
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Harris leads Trump in California, but Latino support softens, poll shows

LA Times  

Vice President Kamala Harris maintains a commanding lead over former President Trump in California, but Trump’s gains among the state’s Latino voters highlight a troubling sign for Democrats at the national level, according to a new poll. Trump has benefited from frustration among several segments of the Latino population, including many second- and third-generation families, despite his history of employing …

Column: The allure of Trump among California Republicans remains despite his depravity
3 months, 1 week ago

Column: The allure of Trump among California Republicans remains despite his depravity

LA Times  

Former President Trump speaks during a presidential debate with Vice President Kamala Harris at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia on Tuesday. “I think the Bill Clinton era had a lot to do with it.” Politics On a night of fierce exchanges, Harris sets the tone Kamala Harris got an apparent boost when pop megastar Taylor Swift said she plans …

Column: Kamala Harris puts California at the center of politics. Will that help or hurt her?
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Column: Kamala Harris puts California at the center of politics. Will that help or hurt her?

LA Times  

If Kamala Harris wins in November, she’ll make history in yet another way, becoming the first California Democrat elected president. “California is having a moment,” said Don Sipple, a political strategist who helped elect several of the state’s governors, because of “the woman who opened the door and the woman who walked through it.” With heightened attention comes greater scrutiny, …

Column: Kamala Harris is still the underdog against Trump. These three things could change that
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Column: Kamala Harris is still the underdog against Trump. These three things could change that

LA Times  

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to Air Force Maj. Philippe Caraghiaur at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., on Wednesday. Almost everything has gone right for Vice President Kamala Harris in the initial days of her sudden presidential campaign — rapid consolidation of support from party officials, a massive surge in financial contributions and a burst of enthusiasm among party activists …

California, with Democrats’ largest delegation, unanimously pledges to support Harris
5 months ago

California, with Democrats’ largest delegation, unanimously pledges to support Harris

LA Times  

San Francisco Mayor London Breed speaks at a rally in support of Kamala Harris at City Hall on July 22, 2024, a day after President Biden announced that he is dropping out of the 2024 presidential race. The California delegation, the largest in the Democratic National Committee, unanimously voted to back Vice President Kamala Harris as the party’s presidential nominee …

California Republicans, long in the minority at home, get a Trump boost at RNC
5 months, 1 week ago

California Republicans, long in the minority at home, get a Trump boost at RNC

LA Times  

Eric Trump watches the roll call of states during the Republican National Convention on Monday night. California Republicans, long banished to the hinterlands of their home state’s politics, enjoyed being surrounded by like-minded conservatives at the Republican National Convention — and hearing some bashing of the blue state’s politicians and policies. “Every time I go out there I go, ‘Man, …

‘A symbol of our nation’s decline.’ Trump vows to remake California
9 months ago

‘A symbol of our nation’s decline.’ Trump vows to remake California

LA Times  

Former President Trump gestures to the crowd at a campaign rally March 16 in Vandalia, Ohio. McManus adds: He says he’ll close the U.S.-Mexico border on his first day in office — the day he has set aside to act as “a dictator” — and launch “the largest domestic deportation operation in American history.” His Santa Monica-born immigration advisor, Stephen …

Column: Trump has big plans for California if he wins a second term. Fasten your seatbelts
9 months ago

Column: Trump has big plans for California if he wins a second term. Fasten your seatbelts

LA Times  

“The place is failing,” former President Trump said of California at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Maryland last month. We’ll give you a mansion.” Under its current policies, Trump charged, the state can “take children away from their parents and sterilize them.” “He’s destroyed California,” Trump said of the governor, whom he recently gave a new and strikingly unattractive …

‘I must be better than Trump’: Why California’s elections chief is keeping the former president on the ballot
11 months, 3 weeks ago

‘I must be better than Trump’: Why California’s elections chief is keeping the former president on the ballot

LA Times  

California Secretary of State Shirley Weber is resisting pressure from within the Democratic Party to remove Donald Trump from the March statewide primary ballot due to his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol — arguing that, unlike the former Republican president, she feels obligated to follow the law. “And I must be better than Trump.” Weber …

California official seeks to boot Trump from ballot after landmark Colorado ruling
1 year ago

California official seeks to boot Trump from ballot after landmark Colorado ruling

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The dam has officially broken following the Colorado Supreme Court’s …

Letters to the Editor: Republicans, would you want your kids to emulate Donald Trump?
1 year, 2 months ago

Letters to the Editor: Republicans, would you want your kids to emulate Donald Trump?

LA Times  

Supporters of Donald Trump celebrate before the former president speaks at the California Republican Party convention in Anaheim on Sept. 29, 2023. To the editor: After I read about former President Trump’s speech to the Orange County “make America great again” faithful at the California Republican Party’s fall convention in Anaheim, I could not help but wonder what these admirers …

California, a liberal bastion, may give Donald Trump an unlikely boost in 2024
1 year, 2 months ago

California, a liberal bastion, may give Donald Trump an unlikely boost in 2024

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Few corners of the U.S. may be less hospitable to Donald Trump than California, where he lost by more than 5 million votes in the 2020 election. A state GOP rule change has opened the possibility that Trump could sweep each of the state’s 169 delegates on March 5, when California is among more than a dozen …

News Analysis: After primaries, California takes on crucial role in battle for control of Congress
2 years, 6 months ago

News Analysis: After primaries, California takes on crucial role in battle for control of Congress

LA Times  

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Bakersfield must defend several incumbent Republicans in tough districts in his home state. Tuesday’s election results elsewhere in the state — the recall of Chesa Boudin, San Francisco’s progressive top prosecutor, and a strong showing in the Los Angeles mayoral race by Rick Caruso, a mega-developer and onetime Republican — have some national Democrats …

How Trump-hating California got a slate of recall candidates who supported Trump
3 years, 4 months ago

How Trump-hating California got a slate of recall candidates who supported Trump

LA Times  

Candidates running to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom in the recall election include, clockwise from top left: Larry Elder, businessman John Cox, former San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer, Assemblyman Kevin Kiley and Caitlyn Jenner. California Republican recall hopefuls seek to differentiate themselves in San Francisco debate Former San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer, Rancho Santa Fe businessman John Cox and Assemblyman Kevin …

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