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One week after voters made it clear they wanted corruption out and action in, Democrats made it clear they don’t care.
Proposition 50, the Democratic gerrymandering initiative, has drawn California Republicans into near-extinction in Congress. That’s unhealthy and unnecessary.
Voters across both parties were fed up with President Trump and showed it in the midterm elections.
In the wake of the midterm defeats, President Trump’s inner circle is crashing out.
Tuesday’s results weren’t just a repudiation of Trump or MAGA, but a rejection of the white nationalism that has crept from margins to mainstream over the last decade.
Xavier Becerra hasn’t even been elected yet — officially, anyway — and I am already bored.
Former President Obama made a joke about President Trump renovating the White House to look like a Cheesecake Factory. Trump took the bait and ran.
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Barabak: Your Nov. 3 election results right here. (Not really. But at least some perspective)
Democrats appear a cinch to win control of the House, but the Senate remains a toss-up. Save your sanity by ignoring the polls. And don’t put too much weight on Republicans’ big financial advantage.
Need help deciding how to vote on the California state propositions? Here are columnist George Skelton’s recommendations for each state ballot measure.
Two dueling lawsuits may decide how far President Trump can go in suppress the immigrant vote. But will election results go unchallenged?
The San Francisco lawmaker has dived into the intraparty fight to succeed her in Congress. Is it personal, or her prerogative to have a say in her replacement?
When does positive reform become negative regression?
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