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Gavin ‘Orchis Hairgelia’ Newsom in 2024?

July 24, 2022 2:30 amJuly 23, 2022 5:46 pm

So Gavin Newsom is running for President (well, kinda maybe, probably pinky swear if he has no other way to save the country from itself possibly). He doesn’t stand a chance, though oddly enough it may not be totally his...

Gov. Gavin Newsom – A Tinhorn Dictatorship

July 6, 2022 3:30 pmJuly 7, 2022 10:13 am

One of the most frightening things I ever saw occurred in April of 2020. Gavin Newsom had just declared a “public health emergency,” seized “emergency” powers, and bureaucrats were running through the city in which I lived in “red-tagging” small...

The Media and Twitter Care about January 6

June 29, 2022 9:10 amJanuary 27, 2023 9:08 am

The chief television critic for The New York Times, James Poniewozik, raved about Tuesday’s edition of the January 6th Committee: “The investigation played like the Watergate hearings as punched up by the writers’ room of 24.” Press play to hear...

California’s Right Turn Signal

May 24, 2022 7:30 amJanuary 27, 2023 9:08 am

Press play to hear a narrated version of this story, presented by AudioHopper. There’s something going on here For as long as California Globe has been chronicling the state’s politics, conservatives who have watched the state turn purple then blue...

Chesa Boudin Must Go

May 23, 2022 8:30 amJanuary 27, 2023 9:08 am

The California Globe has generally resisted endorsing candidates or initiatives. Our sense is that trust in the media is so low that declaring our opinion on one page and then covering the news straight on the next naturally gives rise...

OPINION: Wither Eric?

May 11, 2022 6:10 amMay 11, 2022 6:25 am

Now that Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s nomination to be the next ambassador to India has gone up in smoke… Oops – technically that hasn’t happened yet. Of course, the same thing can be said for the sun setting this...

OPINION: CAGOP State Party Endorsement May Not Get Candidates Past June 7th Primary

May 11, 2022 2:24 amMay 10, 2022 4:27 pm

As of the writing this op ed, the convention of the California Republican Party has been hosted. Endorsements were handed out, candidates pitched to the delegates why they should receive party support, and business has happened as usual. While to...