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Thursday, January 11, 2024

Barbara Lee: If we learned anything from the disastrous War on Terror, now’s the time to show it

Just over two years after finally leaving Afghanistan, the United States finds itself at the doorstep of another major conflict in the Middle East.

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Newsom taps federal government to help fill California’s budget hole

California policymakers should start looking for ways to rein in its costly Medi-Cal program.

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Endorsement: Orange Unified recall doesn’t pass the test. Vote No.

We try to answer a simple question for each one: Is this necessary to protect the public, or are the issues motivating the activists ones better left for the normal election cycle?

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Gavin Newsom defies the Supreme Court on the right to bear arms

California Gov. Gavin Newsom thinks the Constitution should be amended to accommodate the gun regulations he favors.

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Populist politicians aren’t so divided on economic issues, and that’s bad news

While many Americans and commentators are distracted by the apparent political polarization, a significant realignment of sorts is happening among populists.

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Larry Elder: The media-engineered lie that Donald Trump is guilty of ‘insurrection’

To repeat, the Jan. 6 rioters certainly deserve punishment. But was it “insurrection,” a coordinated attempt to overthrow government, let alone one inspired, orchestrated or led by Trump?

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Governor Newsom and the Navy need to step up and help out Tustin, now

There’s no excuse for the Navy not to have the funds available to reimburse Tustin immediately.

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Gov. Newsom’s proposed budget fails the moment

Salvaging the state’s fiscal soundness and encouraging economic prosperity requires a budget that is up to this challenge.

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California’s worker shortage has quickly become another existential issue

California already has too many existential issues, but a chronic shortage of workers must nevertheless be added to the list.

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New budget agreement: Letters

Re “Far right balks as Congress begins push to enact spending deal” (Jan. 9): The ridiculous, embarrassing bias of the mainstream national media was on full display in the Jan. 9 edition of the newspaper. In the article about the new budget deal agreement, writer Carl Hulse of The New York Times (that bastion of objective reporting) repeatedly utilized terms “far right,” “ultra-conservative” and “extreme right” in an blatantly obvious and unprofessional attempt to paint those who oppose the deal as illegitimate members of Congress who are on the fringe of sanity. Not once did he refer to a […]

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