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Senior California politics+policy reporter for POLITICO. Friend to cats; lover of words, Nationals, and @JanelleBitker . Chisme: Jwhite @politico .com

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Joined January 2010
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7 years
Teddy Roosevelt said it best
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BREAKING: Confirmed @DevinNunes retiring, per source familiar. Huge, major California politics news
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BREAKING: FCC votes to eliminate media ownership rules, paving way for one company to own multiple TV stations or both TV station/newspaper in one market
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BREAKING: All-mail California. California will mail every voter a ballot for all future elections as @GavinNewsom signs bill
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“I’m asking myself, what the hell is going on? We look like a third-world country," @GavinNewsom says at site of L.A. train theft
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Back from NYC where the absolute highlight was meeting @Bodegacats_ buddy Habib while repping his brand
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NEW: San Francisco Judge GRANTS motion to release SFPD body cam footage of Paul Pelosi attack, other evidence sought by press coalition
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BREAKING: Holding defendants solely because they can't afford bail is unconstitutional, California Supreme Court rules:
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NEW: A whopping two-thirds of California voters think @GavinNewsom is doing a poor job on homelessness and a majority say he’s doing badly on crime, per @BerkeleyIGS . Numbers trending downwards
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Ah yes the ol' rigging an election so you'll lose trick: classic
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Limbaugh: "Hillary Clinton colluded with Russia. Hillary Clinton rigged that election." Now chants of "Lock her up!"
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3 years
NEW: @GeorgeGascon says he will immediately stop seeking death penalty, stop prosecuting children as adults
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A @AdamSchiff source tells me not to expect a Senate announcement today: "you don’t announce a campaign in the middle of a natural disaster"
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BREAKING: @GavinNewsom WILL NOT have a (D) next to his name on recall ballots as judge DENIES Team Newsom's request to let them correct their failure to ask for party ID back in 2020. Story TK
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Interesting @NALEO poll finding on Los Angeles Latino/x/Hispanic voters' preferred terminology
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BREAKING: @GavinNewsom SIGNS #SB9 and #SB10 to allow duplex/lot splits on single-family lots and streamline up to 10 units
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Good morning from under a Berkeley freeway underpass, where Gov. ⁦ @GavinNewsom ⁩ is cleaning up some trash
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NEW: California's population shrunk by 173K from July 2020-21, per Dept Finance
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NEW: California bill banning corporate campaign donations STALLS in its first committee as no one seconds
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. @GavinNewsom has still not publicly addressed a judge enjoining him from overstepping his authority with executive orders that change California law. Maybe next time!
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BREAKING: Nearly all of California going to most restrictive #coronavirus tier as @GavinNewsom hits "emergency brake" 94% of CA will live in purple tier now, including Alameda, Contra Costa, Orange, Santa Clara, Santa Barbara counties
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PS, if you deadname @Caitlyn_Jenner I will block you. Political opinions are fine, no need to be a bigot
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BREAKING: confirmed -- @GavinNewsom signs #AB2183 . A major victory for farmworkers/organized labor that follows Democratic pressure on the governor
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BREAKING: @GavinNewsom signs fast food labor bill #AB257 , which creates an industry workplace standards council
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Wowza: Hospitals are going to the LA garment district and asking seamstresses to sew masks, @GavinNewsom says
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NEW: The powerful California Medical Association reps doctors trying to preserve public health during #coronavirus Guess what? CMA brass were at the French Laundry dinner w @GavinNewsom and @jasonkinney
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BREAKING: @GavinNewsom issues statewide California curfew. In effect from 10pm to 5am in counties in toughest, purple tier -- where virtually all of Californians (95%) live
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French Laundry dinner with governor and top lobbyist/advisor. Trip to Maui joining lawmakers and lobbyists. As California re-locks down, elected officials are still getting out there...
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BREAKING: @GavinNewsom BLOCKS parole of Sirhan Sirhan, who 54 years ago assassinated Robert F. Kennedy -- Newsom's political hero -- in Los Angeles
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NEW: Former presidential candidate @TomSteyer will lead @GavinNewsom new California econ recovery panel along with Newsom Chief of Staff @Ann_OLeary also: Apple CEO @Tim_Cook , Disney head @RobertIger , former Fed head @JanetYellenBlog
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@GavinNewsom “This is not one-off. This is organized theft. These are organized gangs of people,” Newsom says, then apologizes for saying “gangs,” says wasn’t “pejorative”
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Morning-after San Francisco school board recall analysis: Margins of 72% to 78% are a mandate from voters. That's not even remotely close. Voters have spoken, and they overwhelmingly believe the board failed to do its job (1)
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“My frustration with this in particular is the images look like a third-world country,” repeats @GavinNewsom , clearly concerned about how California is perceived
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NEW: Californians overwhelmingly don’t want @JoeBiden to run for president again — and @GavinNewsom is tied with @BernieSanders as their first choice to replace him, @BerkeleyIGS finds
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NEW: Arizona, Indiana, Utah, and Louisiana added to California's prohibited travel list. State-funded travel now banned to 22 states containing about 125 million residents
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BREAKING: They're number two! California Republicans @CAGOP have overtaken no-party-preference as CA's second-largest voter bloc
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BREAKING: California will *fully reopen* economy on June 15 if vaccine supply is sufficient and hospitalizations remain low, @GavinNewsom announces. Hard to imagine a better recall defense than months of normalcy before voters weigh in
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. @Schwarzenegger on Republicans seeking to reject Electoral College votes: "Our grandchildren will know your names only as the villains who fought against the great American experiment and the will of the voters. You will live in infamy.”
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“There’s a burden of responsibility and all of us share that, and that’s why I’m here," Newsom says. "I don’t think anyone particularly cares about who to blame*, I think they care about what we’re going to do." *campaign managers will disagree with this one
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BREAKING: @GeorgeGascon recall does NOT qualify, LA registrar says. The progressive DA will not face voters early
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BREAKING: California #SinglePayer bill folds without a floor vote as @Ash_Kalra doesn't put up #AB1400 on last possible day. Major defeat for progressives. Also: #CALeg Dems avoid taking a public stance after @CA_Dem progressives threatened to block endorsements of non-backers
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Coming out of UCLA — a premier school in an incredibly diverse city — makes this all the more stunning
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WHOA! Netflix CEO @reedhastings gives @GavinNewsom recall defense a cool $3 million
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BREAKING: @GavinNewsom signs #AB701 pushing Amazon and other warehouse-reliant companies to publish quotas and barring them from penalizing workers for taking bathroom breaks
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NEW: Dr. Ghaly confirms Los Angeles area and Central Valley staying under stay-at-home order
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California now bans state-funded travel to states comprising about a third of America's total population, around 105 million residents
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Florida, Arkansas, Montana, North Dakota and West Virginia join the travel ban list due to anti-transgender laws.
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WRITE 👏🏻 IN 👏🏻 VOTES 👏🏻 FOR 👏🏻 NEWSOM👏🏻 WON'T COUNT👏🏻 IN👏🏻 THE👏🏻 RECALL
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Cats do not respect you even if you’re president: see Biden, Willow
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Head-spinning to see California go from a nearly $100 billion surplus to a $68 billion deficit in just two years
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California’s budget deficit balloons to $68B. Free to read below: via @politico
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You guys astrophysicists are just like us
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No. I have pretty good balance for my body size. But I have fallen over while attempting to quickly take off my pants.
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NEW: Bay Area extending shelter-in-place until at least May 1
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MEANWHILE, Republican @DarrellIssa returning to House after winning former Duncan Hunter seat in San Diego
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NEW: Missed this but Republican @RosilicieBogh finally officially won, keeping vacant #SD23 GOP
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BREAKING: California losing a House seat
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BREAKING: @GavinNewsom orders home isolation of all California seniors -- more than 5 million people
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BREAKING: @GavinNewsom ordering EVERY COUNTY to shut down indoor activities including dining etc
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Being a reporter is HARD. No matter how many times I ask my cat who is the cat, are you the cat etc. he never responds
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Another single-pooler @GavinNewsom presser today. Opportunities for reporters to question the governor have declined seemingly in parallel with recall effort intensifying
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You 👏 can 👏 be 👏 Latino 👏 or Black 👏 and 👏 also 👏 qualified
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The Big Sur road collapse video is even crazier than the pic -->
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Washed out. Highway 1, south of Big Sur, shutdown to thru traffic after the road crumbled into the Pacific Ocean. This is at Mile Marker 30 near Big Creek Bridge. The Central Coast took the biggest beating from this week's storm. @nbcbayarea
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Chilling scene from the collapsed, failed state of California. Happy New Year everyone!
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Hopefully @GavinNewsom emerges to explain stay-at-home lift soon. But for now, the abrupt reversal seems to be cementing a common criticism of Newsom's #coronavirus management: a complaint that restrictions are arbitrary and dictated by politics
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"It's not by accident that you have the lowest death rate of any major state," former Biden #Covid adviser @ASlavitt tells @GavinNewsom , giving some nationally-focused cred to California's approacg
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I suspect we'll be hearing more about this one: Exclusive: Suspect in Sacramento mass shooting was out of prison despite 10-year term
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Aspiring young journalists: work hard and you too can one day interview a governor next to an abandoned port-a-potty. Don’t stop dreaming!
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BREAKING: Californians will vote in November on enshrining abortion rights in their state's constitution as #CALeg moves #SCA10 to the ballot. Broad support for abortion rights in California's deep-blue electorate makes it likely this direct response to #SCOTUS becomes law
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BREAKING: @GavinNewsom VETOES #AB316 requiring human drivers onboard self-driving trucks, a blow to @CalTeamsters and other labor backers
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BREAKING: It's Bonta. @GavinNewsom picks Filipino-Am Asm @RobBontaCA to be CA Attorney General. Big for API's who pushed Asian-Am. Bonta also backed by criminal justice reformers. Bills banned private prisons/cash bail (tho voters blocked) And: $2.4 mil in the bank for 2022
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NEW: Psychedelic drug decriminalization bill PASSES California Senate. On next to Assembly
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BREAKING: Senate Republicans have a new leader. @ScottWilkCA replaces @ShannonGroveCA , who got in hot water for asserting Trump won/Antifa was behind Capitol riot. Sen. Wilk just defended a swing seat & is sorta moderate (votes with Dems sometimes, has gotten labor endorsements)
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BREAKING: California eviction relief bill heads to @GavinNewsom , who is expected to sign, 36 hours before statewide eviction halt ends. Measure would let tenants avoid eviction thru end of year if they can pay at least 25% of rent, but they will still owe it if landlords sue.
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San Francisco remains an irredeemable dystopian hellhole plz don’t come
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Dope new threads — thanks ⁦ @Bodegacats_ ⁩!
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NEW: @POTUS Biden versus ... @GavinNewsom ? We were used to seeing Newsom clash with Trump. But Biden's endorsement of a farmworker unionization bill Newsom has opposed opened a rift -- and, @alexdrnieves reports, the governor is "seething"
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BREAKING: @AGRobBonta says CADOJ will investigate redistricting process after recordings in which LA City Council Members Martinez/De Leon/Cedillo discussed using redistricting to consolidate "assets" and power/undercut rivals.
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BREAKING: California school vaccine mandate stalls as @DrPanMD holds his bill. 0-2 now on major #CALeg vax mandates (schools/businesses) even getting votes
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Very Serious Press Conference for @GavinNewsom today
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🚨 Barbara Lee significantly changes this race -- a progressive Democrat and, perhaps more importantly, a Bay Area candidate whereas Porter and Schiff are both SoCal
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NEW - Rep. Barbara Lee just told Black Caucus members in their lunch today that she’s running for Senate, per two people familiar More TK
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"We're so proud of DoorDash and their IPO," @GavinNewsom says in remark that may raise some eyebrows in organized labor
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BREAKING: @SpeakerPelosi backs removing Trump via 25th amendment -- or barring that impeachment. "That is the overwhelming sentiment of my caucus"
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. @GavinNewsom asked if homelessness $ could be a "magnet" for the unhoused: “To the extent that new people want to come here from all income levels, that’s part of the California dream”
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How it's going
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Important update on Biden’s LA visit
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@ByRosenberg I look forward to this girl being my boss in 10 years
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L.A. Mayor @ericgarcetti solicited $5 million in behests last year from...the The Consulate General of the State of Qatar
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Here we go again
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Down in #AD24 , progressive incumbent @alex_lee currently way ahead of Dem opponents after realtors spent $1mil-ish to try and push more centrist Dems past Lee
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NEW: Rep. Adam Schiff declared interest and met with her. Reps Katie Porter and Ro Khanna are being urged to run. Rep. Barbara Lee is huddling with family Sen. Dianne Feinstein hasn’t said if she’s running in 2024. But the the succession race is starting:
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Progress: @GavinNewsom says #coronavirus positivity rate has plummeted from 11.4% to 3.5% in last month
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NEW: Democratic Assemblyman @KenCooley has conceded to Republican @joshua_hoover in #AD07 . A big @CAGOP flip in one of the most expensive #CALeg races this cycle
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Un-effing-believable. San Francisco Mayor @LondonBreed ALSO attended a fancy French Laundry dinner -- one night after @GavinNewsom .
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SCOOP! My latest: Gavin Newsom wasn't the only one to attend a fancy birthday dinner at the French Laundry last month. San Francisco Mayor London Breed joined a socialite's dinner there the next night -- and banned indoor dining in SF three days later.
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NEW: @GavinNewsom says he should not have attended 12-person French Laundry celebration for top advisor @jasonkinney , as first reported by @akoseff “I should have modeled better behavior and not joined the dinner," Newsom says
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Top issues for California voters, per @BerkeleyIGS : 1. Housing costs (31%) 2. Homelessness (29%) 3. Crime/public safety (23%) 4. Gas prices (21%) 5. Climate change (17%)
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NEW: California no longer requiring Covid testing for unvaccinated employees in high-risk settings like schools
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NEW: California's universal mail elections could become permanent. @AsmMarcBerman says he will intro a bill to mail ballots to all active, registered voters. @GavinNewsom has said he is open to the idea
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NEW: @GavinNewsom sides w UC Berkeley on court case that could force enrollment cut: “We can’t let a lawsuit get in the way of the education and dreams of thousands of students who are our future leaders and innovators"
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Trump mused today he could send federal troops to Oakland. @GavinNewsom response? "We would reject it."
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NEW: LA Mayor @ericgarcetti makes it official, renounces incumbent DA Jackie Lacey and backs challenger @GeorgeGascon The most significant LA elected Dem yet to swerve from the incumbent to the challenger in #LADA race
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Should note here that the gun control measures @SenFeinstein is proposing here -- background checks, bans on high-capacity magazines and assault weapons -- are already law in the state where this tragic shooting occurred
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The shooting in Sacramento this weekend isn’t an isolated event. It’s the latest in an epidemic of gun violence that continues to plague our country. Enough is enough. Congress knows what steps must be taken to stop these mass shootings, we just have to act.
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I don't know how many times I have to say this, but California was never planning to mail ballots to dead voters
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