California

The DCCC has mostly stayed out of the California Democratic primaries... but that changed this week. So far they've just been getting some of their puppet organizations to weigh in on the side of their corrupt conservative recruits.

California's 8th congressional district is the state's newest and most remote district-- and it's largest.

Blue America's letter today was written by Digby on behalf of Ricardo Franco, the progressive Democrat running for the Central Valley seat (FL-22) occupied by Devin Nunes. The district starts north of Clovis and includes the suburbs north and east of the Fresno airport and winds down through Dinuba, Visalia and Tulare, a very productive agricultural area with more Latinos and Asians than Anglos.

Might likely California Republican to lose his seat in NovemberAs we saw, the DCCC is re-running Jon Ossoff in the PA-18.

(ANTIMEDIA) Sacramento, CA — Three anti-racist activists are accusing California police and prosecutors of a “cover-up and collusion” with white supremacists during their investigation of a rally that turned violent back in 2016, the Guardian reported Friday. The activists, who attended the Sacramento rally to counter-protest the message of the Traditionalist Workers Party (TWP), the neo-Nazi group that organized the original event, were arrested and charged […]

(ANTIMEDIA) San Bernardino, CA — A California family is suing Starbucks after being served drinks they say were contaminated with a barista’s blood. In February of 2016, Amanda and Louis Vice, along with Louis’ mother Rhonda Agles, ordered a trio of beverages from the drive-thru of a San Bernardino Starbucks. With them was Louis and Amanda’s daughter, two-year-old Payton. After drinking […]

What water rationing looks like, minus the anger (source).by Gaius PubliusEarlier we wrote about the extreme water shortage in Cape Town, South Africa.

Bread price fixing, Twinkie bonuses and toxic places + this day in history w/the Great Baltimore Fire and our song of the day by Lord Huron on your Morning Monarchy for February 7, 2018.

A California cop was arrested over super bowl weekend for sexual crimes involving a minor.
The Sacremento Bee reports that on Saturday, Officer Matthew Huff of the Stockton Police Department was booked into the San Joaquin County Jail on charges, including contacting a minor to commit a felony, sending harmful matter to seduce a minor and annoying or molesting a child under 18.

A California cop was arrested over super bowl weekend for sexual crimes involving a minor.
The Sacremento Bee reports that on Saturday, Officer Matthew Huff of the Stockton Police Department was booked into the San Joaquin County Jail on charges, including contacting a minor to commit a felony, sending harmful matter to seduce a minor and annoying or molesting a child under 18.