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Abdul El-Sayed Beats GOP Soundly At Name Shame Game. Playing Chess vs. Checkers

  The GOP was playing checkers with the full name of Abdul El-Sayed, the Democrat’s Michigan US Senate nominee, but…

7 days ago

Port of LA Pipe Dream

MOU to Replace Vincent Thomas Bridge is Signed, But Why?   On a hot, sunny July 30 afternoon on the…

2 weeks ago

Trump EPA Moves To Destroy Clean Port Plans

The At Berth rule will save 230 lives, with total health benefits of $2.31 billion, while the Harbor Craft rule…

2 weeks ago

A Third of A Million People Flee European Wildfires Driven By Climate Change

  A third of a million people have been forced to flee their homes due to wildfires caused by global…

2 weeks ago

Ports Pretend All Is Normal In CAAP Stakeholder Meeting

  The ports of LA and Long Beach studiously ignored the chaos created by the Trump administration, most recently its…

2 weeks ago

2026 Assessment Roll: A Message from the Assessor

  By Jeff Prang, Los Angeles County Assessor Despite one of the most challenging years in recent memory, marked by…

2 weeks ago

A Network Unravelling Disclosures, Defiance, and the Ongoing Fight for Epstein Transparency

“I actually heard Trump may come tonight but he couldn’t make it,…He got caught in sex traffic.” Exclaimed comedian Whitney…

3 weeks ago

Whose AI? Whose Opposition?

Will reports of foreign influence campaigns be used to discredit valid criticisms of artificial intelligence? Published: July 23. Updated: July…

3 weeks ago

How Hakeem Jeffries and J Street Teamed Up for Arming Genocide

  By Norman Solomon  When House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries sent out a recent “dear colleague” letter, its second sentence…

3 weeks ago

Thom Hartmann, Detective

  By Greg Palast July 24 Here are two ways an American can make a citizen. 1.  Take your partner…

3 weeks ago