Gavin Newsom

Everybody Wants To Know Who Gavin Newsom Will Appoint To Fill Kamala's Senate Seat

  I've been saying that Newsom's first choice is Secretary of State Alex Padilla... but I now hear from a reliable source that I've been wrong. The people around Newsom favor Padilla, but Newsom has a mind of his own. The Governor wants a Hispanic senator as part of his legacy-- and part of his own run for Dianne Feinstein's soon-to-be-former seat when she dies, retires or gets shipped off to a home for the criminally insane.

The End Of Civics Classes = The End Of American Democracy?

  Yesterday, the Washington Post reported that the Justice Department is preparing for civil unrest and violence at polling states in November. I don't think that ever happened before-- at least not since I was born. And you wouldn't be off base if you pointed out that that's a uniquely Trumpian thing. How Trump got into the White House, though, is something different. That's on the voters, our neighbors and fellow countrymen.

Ted Lieu For Senate

Ted Lieu by Nancy OhanianThere are a multitude of reasons why the up-and-coming Congressman representing California’s 33rd Congressional District would make an excellent choice to serve as the next junior Senator from California when Kamala Harris is elected vice president in November. Ted Lieu has an amazing life story, is insanely smart and hardworking, and understands the true meaning of public service.

“Honey, I Shrunk the People’s Constitutional Rights!”

Rosemary Frei Chris Weisdorf was penalized for parking improperly in December 2017 and he decided to fight the fine. But he slammed up against legal structures that give virtually unchecked power to untold numbers of administrators around the world who oversee and enforce everything from parking regulations to public-health edicts. The parking-ticket system in Toronto, …