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Ex-Sheriff Gore Serving on the Ethics Board is Like Having a Fox Guarding the Hen House
On Friday Mayor Todd Gloria announced his appointment of former County Sheriff William Gore to the city’s mostly dormant ethics board. This nomination…
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Six Dollar a Gallon Gas Is a Breath of Fresh Air
We need to start driving less. Soon. For our children. For the planet. If the price of gas is a cause, so be it.
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Doug Porter
Voter Guide: 2023 District Four County Supervisor Special Election
Montgomery-Steppe vs Reichert
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Doug Porter
Trump Losing Empire, Biden Wins on Many Fronts
Tuesday was a banner day for good causes and good people around the country. It wasn’t perfect, but if you’re a Republican political consultant, you’ve…
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Doug Porter
The Republican AntiVaxxer Coalition
More Shock Troops for Dear Leader
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Doug Porter
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Rising Waters Always Find an Opening
Part Two: Who Will Be Naming San Diego’s Homeless Concentration Camps?
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Doug Porter
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My Dark Night(s) of the Soul: Notes on the Long Road to Recovery
A Follow-Up to Doug Porter’s Update on My Health
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Jim Miller
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Rising Waters Will Always Find an Opening
Part One: The Border Isn’t ‘Open’
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Doug Porter
"Efficiency" Left the Big Three Vulnerable to Smart UAW Tactics
By Cory Doctorow / Pluralistic.net / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ It's been 143 days since the WGA went on strike against the Hollywood…
Presidential Primaries Are Now Irrelevant: Focus on the Important Stuff
"Representatives have marinated in conspiracy theories and far-right media nonsense so extensively that they’ve virtually severed ties with actual…
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Oklahoma - A Taste of What It’s Like to Live in MAGA's Promised Land
The right’s ideas of paradise are on display in states where they control the various branches of government. It’s not pretty. Unless you're rich and…
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Doug Porter
Democracy is not a state; it is an act -John Lewis
National Voter Registration Day is a non-starter in San Diego and most of California. Nearly five million people statewide who could vote don’t…
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