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County Sheriffs to the Public: So What?
Once again, the County of San Diego’s law enforcement organization, otherwise known as the County Sheriffs, is getting some really bad publicity. Over…
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A Declining Twitterverse and A Few Other Things
It’s going to be a short column today. I’ve got three cancer related doctor visits and I can hardly wait. They’ll be taking blood, checking in on my…
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Cars Are No Longer THE Solution
Maybe You'll Even Pay a Road Use Tax
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Need Some Help Voting? Here's My Voter Guide!
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Citizens for a Better East County’s Election Scam
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YIMBY vs NIMBY Face Off in Hillcrest on Saturday, May 6
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Nathan Fletcher Steps Off the Political Stage
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Will Somebody Tell Target Giving in to Bullies Is a Losing Proposition?
Also: LBGTQ+ Hate in Africa: Made in the USA
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Lawbreaking in Their Sunday Best
Ideology without a moral center sows the seeds of its own ruin –Cory Doctorow
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On this Memorial Day, Remember the Over One Million Who Died in Our Lost “War” on Covid
...what this era will be remembered for is the rise of a retooled anti-modernism, conspiracy theories, and what might best be called rightwing nihilism.
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The ‘Right to Read’ is Horse Manure
Big money from billionaires is funding an effort to take control of primary education by selling the Science of Reading as a silver bullet
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Thomas Ultican
WATCHER ZINE: THE BORDER WALL IS A DYSTOPIAN NIGHTMARE
Across April and May, San Diego responded to the harm inflicted by the wall
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Summer Forecast: A Hatewave Aimed at Pride Events
The “Freedom” folks are on the march, hoping the seeds of hate they’ve sown will germinate in coming weeks toward reversing the civil rights gains of…
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DeSantis Fails to Impress in Twitter Debut
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis threw his hat into the GOP presidential ring yesterday, but the hat had ideas of its own. Not since then-candidate Jeb…
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