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Sen. Harris Opposition to Death Penalty Represents Sudden Shift

March 19, 2019 5:18 pmMarch 20, 2019 8:21 am

Praising California Governor Gavin Newsom for his new statewide moratorium on executions Kamala Harris this week played fast and loose with the facts by pretending she has consistently opposed capitol punishment. In a statement, the Golden State’s junior senator and...

Kamala Harris Bags a String of Early Endorsers

February 19, 2019 6:15 amFebruary 19, 2019 11:32 am

California Senator Kamala Harris received endorsements for her presidential bid late last week from Governor Gavin Newsom and Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-Oakland), a former Congressional Black Caucus chair. Will these high-profile nods actually do her any good among primary voters?...

Barbara Boxer Says Trump Is Cruising For a Bruising on Wall

February 18, 2019 6:30 amFebruary 25, 2021 11:36 am

The overwhelming majority of Donald Trump critics are, regardless of their particular ideological orientation, utterly humorless. But Barbara Boxer, the liberal former California senator, was refreshingly mirthful when talking about the President on MSNBC Wednesday night with host Chris Hayes....

WaPo Busts Kamala Harris for Misrepresenting Trump Tax Cuts

February 15, 2019 8:43 amFebruary 15, 2019 8:50 am

California Senator Kamala Harris has received lustrous press coverage since announcing her presidential bid last month. But yesterday the Washington Post fact-checker zinged her for a mendacious tweet claiming the 2017 Trump tax cuts actually raised taxes on the middle...

Kamala Harris Calls for Legalization of Marijuana After Opposing as DA

February 13, 2019 9:23 amFebruary 13, 2019 12:28 pm

California Senator Kamala Harris yesterday again called for the legalization of marijuana and revealed that she has smoked the stuff herself. Harris hasn’t always been a fan of making pot legal. It’s worth wondering whether her relatively newfound enthusiasm is...

Kamala Harris Issues a Prebuke to Trump SOTU

February 6, 2019 6:34 pmFebruary 7, 2019 2:12 pm

California Senator Kamala Harris, the possibly front-running Democratic presidential contender, attacked Donald Trump for his State of the Union address Tuesday night about an hour before he even gave it. Apparently, Harris just assumed she knew whatever Trump said would...

Schiff Dings Trump Jr. but Won’t Say What He’s Done Wrong

January 28, 2019 12:19 pmJanuary 30, 2019 4:32 pm

California Representative Adam Schiff said on Sunday that Special Counsel Robert Mueller should investigate Donald Trump, Jr. for possibly lying to Congress about his June 2016 meeting with Russians peddling dirt on Hillary Clinton. But on ABC’s “This Week” Schiff...