California

Cloned canines, closed churches and Cosby's daughter + this day in history w/the raid of Steve Jackson Games and our song of the day w/Judas Priest on your Morning Monarchy for March 1, 2018.

If I was an editor of the Fresno Bee, I would have suggested not endorsing anyone in years of Nunes reelection races. But the Bee just kept on endorsing Nunes, over and over and over. Yecchhh! But I sense from their coverage that that's probably over. They seem to have figured out just how awful he is. Marek Warszawski does work at the Fresno Bee and Marek is totally over Nunes-- with a vengeance!

Katie Hill was endorsed by Judy Chu, one of the most fiercely progressive members of CongressCA-25 has gradually gone from a deep red district to a blue district. In 2016 everyone though a Democrat would finally take over the congressional seat from a weak and extremist Republican incumbent, Steve Knight.

There was mixed news out of the California Democratic Convention in San Diego yesterday. On the one hand, the bell was loudly tolling for the Ancien Régime as a majority of state party delegates clearly told neoliberal incumbent Dianne Feinstein that it was time for her to retire. The progressive in the race, state Senate President, Kevin de León, took 1,508 votes (54%) in the endorsement process to Feinstein's 1,023 (37%).

Bunker mentality, children's crusade and 'Telecommunication Breakdown' + this day in history w/the Baltimore Plot and your song of the day w/Muse on your Morning Monarchy for February 23, 2018.

As it had for cycle after cycle, in 2016 the DCCC ignored CA-39 entirely. But as Hillary beat Trump there-- 51.5% to 42.9%-- Brett Murdock, the un-funded Democrat who ran (spending $76,014 to incumbent Ed Royce's $3,640,434), managed to win 42.3% of the vote. This cycle the DCCC decided to use the 39th-- a district in the northeast corner of Orange County that spills into L.A. and San Bernardino counties-- as a dumping ground for multimillionaire self-funders from other districts. They hadn't counted on an actual grassroots, policy-driven local, Sam Jammal, running.

The President's preacher, Hogg wild theories and manipulating a murderer + This Day In History w/the Miracle On Cold War Ice and your song of the day w/The Drums on your Morning Monarchy for February 22, 2018.

Bad Baltimore cops will have to pay back their victims themselves - instead of taxpayers; Kansas libraries are giving thousands of records to the Great 78 Project; Colorado wildlife are using crosswalks to save lives.

Bad Baltimore cops will have to pay back their victims themselves - instead of taxpayers; Kansas libraries are giving thousands of records to the Great 78 Project; Colorado wildlife are using crosswalks to save lives.

If CA-39 is any indication, the perennial losers at the DCCC appear ready to give up on the House.