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Judge first knocked down CA’s “No Secret Police Act,” but gave the go-ahead to the “No Vigilantes Act.” Then things changed

February 10, 2026
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Dying In LA County’s Jails: Now there are 7 deaths in 2026

January 31, 2026
#NoKings

The No Kings Act & the fatal shootings by ICE of Alex Pretti & Renee Good

January 27, 2026
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Dying in LA County’s jails: One more death today

January 22, 2026
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A new deadly year begins in LA County’s Jails

January 14, 2026
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CDCR • Prison Policy • State Government • State Politics

California Prison Health Care: The Bill Comes Due at a Bad Time

October 7, 2008
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Yesterday U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson made it clear to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and...

Economy • Elections '08 • Presidential Race

UNAMERICAN: The Politics of Any Means to An End

October 6, 2008
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name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> “We are looking forward to turning a page on this...

Bailout • Economy • Edmund G. Brown, Jr. (Jerry) • State Government

THE GREAT CALIFORNIA BAILOUT? (Jerry Gets Bucks Back)

October 6, 2008
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So far, the Bush Administration has mostly been giving gobs of money to those who had a significant...

Bailout • Economy

SUNDAY/MONDAY MUST READ: It’s the Criminals, Stupid

October 6, 2008
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At the top of the list of this weekend’s MUST READS, is a actually a MUST VIEW and a MUST...

Life and Life Only

Vicious Conspiracies and Rovian Plots

October 4, 2008
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As a consequence of a nefarious and undoubtedly politically-motivated conspiracy (either that or a...

Elections '08 • Presidential Race

VP DEBATE: THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON BIDEN-PALIN

October 3, 2008
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There was a big crowd in the Landmark Theater in West LA last night. One could assume that it was...

Elections '08 • Presidential Race

Blogging the SARAH & JOE SHOW…& Helen Gahagan Douglas

October 2, 2008
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I’ll be watching and blogging the debate from the Landmark Theater in West Los Angeles, at an...

Bailout • Economy

Understanding the Financial Crisis in 2 Easy Lessons

October 2, 2008
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Okay, the Senate passed the damned thing. Are we happy or sad? (Lovely to know that the...

Bailout • Economy

APOCALYPSE DAY 3: Truth and Truthiness

October 1, 2008
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Okay, today the Senate has (incredibly) added tax cuts to the Bailout plan, raised the FDIC...

Charter Schools • Education • LAUSD

A New South LA “Education Corridor”

October 1, 2008
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A successful charter school organization named ICEF Public Schools announced an intriguing plan...

Education • LAUSD

The Cost of Revealing LAUSD’s Bloated Bureaucracy

September 30, 2008
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With all the drama yesterday around the Wall Street bailout (or lack thereof), I didn’t post...

Bailout • Economy

Okay, What Now?

September 30, 2008
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These are scary days. Nobody liked the bailout bill. But a lot believed it was better than...

Bailout • Economy

Yes, It’s Scary…But the NO Vote Was Probably Right. Here’s Why

September 29, 2008
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Defeating the bailout package was a BIG gamble. But passing it was, I think, a bigger gamble. ...

Bailout • Economy

The House Kills the Bailout Package – Dow Plummets 777 – UPDATED

September 29, 2008
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Not even close: 207 to 228 Here’s the breakdown: 141 Democrats voting yes; 94 no; 66...

Economy • Elections '08 • International Issues • Presidential Race

MONDAY MUST READS – 3 a.m. Bailouts and the Supremes

September 29, 2008
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SO MANY MUST READS, SO LITTLE TIME…. The first, longest, most impenetrable and the most...

Bears and Alligators • Environment

Blood Lust

September 29, 2008
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Last week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service began the process needed to put wolves back on the...

American Artists

Rest In Peace, Paul. We Will Really, Really Miss You

September 27, 2008
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name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> Thinking of Joanne Woodward today. By the way, the LA Times...

Elections '08 • Presidential Race

You Just Don’t Understand

September 27, 2008
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I realize I said I’d live blog the debate (and I will the next one, the V.P. debate) but...

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