P eople are starting to realize where the energy future lies — as United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said last week, “The sun is rising on a clean energy age.” Sun, wind, and batteries made up 95 percent of new electric generation last year around the world. In May, China …
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This story is being published in partnership with the Center for Media and Democracy. Major retirement systems in blue states — where many governors and attorneys general are fighting hard to counter extreme and likely illegal actions by the Trump administration — have invested billions of dollars in some of …
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Last week, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers swarmed Southern California in concentrated raids of undocumented citizens that are still ongoing. Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in Los Angeles (and in solidarity nationwide), giving President Donald Trump an excuse to send National Guard troops last weekend and …
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Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) was dragged out of a Department of Homeland Security press conference, forced to the ground, and handcuffed by members of the FBI after attempting to ask DHS Secretary Kristi Noem a question on Thursday. “I’m Senator Alex Padilla, I have questions for the secretary,” the federal …
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As President Donald Trump mobilizes another 2,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles amid anti-Immigrations and Customs Enforcements (ICE) protests inLos Angeles, CaliforniaGov. Gavin Newsom called out Trump’s “theatrical display of toughness” and said the president has “crossed a red line in this country.” In a severe escalation of federal …
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California Governor Gavin Newsom has been publicly slamming President Donald Trump for taking control of the National Guard and deploying troops to Los Angeles amid anti-ICE protests. The Democrat dared the administration to arrest him on Sunday. Tom Homan, Trump’s border czar, said on Monday that there were currently “no …
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As protests over U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids and arrests in Los Angeles led Donald Trump to deploy 2,000 National Guard troops to the city over the weekend — a decision that California Gov. Gavin Newsom said would trigger a lawsuit from the state — images from the ground …
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The first chapter of the new book Tearing Down the Orange Curtain: How Punk Rock Brought Orange County to the World, like its unfurling title, leaves you a bit breathless. It starts with the history of the Cuckoo’s Nest, a ramshackle Costa Mesa club that became a haven for O.C. …
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After Democrats lost the White House, the Senate, and the House of Representatives in last year’s election, Saikat Chakrabarti waited for the party’s leaders to acknowledge — if not address — their mistakes. “I was sort of expecting the Democrats to have a big realization that, ‘Oh my Gosh. We …
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According to the rumor mill of TikTok, mom influencers and family vloggers are fleeing the state of California because of a recent change in child labor laws which requires them to pay their children. Videos expanding on the theory are going viral, with millions of views and commenters breathlessly speculating …
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