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RecallAfter initial returns showed the recall failing by a nearly 70% to 30% margin, the Associated Press and TV networks called the race for Newsom.
An unusual indictment, an unusual memo
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War is a multi-trillion-dollar racket and the Pentagon knows it
PoliticsAndrew Cockburn brilliantly documents the motivations behind the U.S. military’s war lust in his new book, “Spoils of War.”
The British-American lie that started 30 years of carnage in the Middle East
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Biden has 99 problems and the ports back logs are just one
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LA mayoral race: Action’s already begun, here’s what voters are looking for
PoliticsPolitical leaders in LA are now turning to the race for LA’s next mayor and the candidates so far include Kevin de León, Joe Buscaino, Mike Feuer, and Jessica Lall.