Trump and Musk are upending a broken status quo • Under Trump, the imperial presidency reaches its apogee
Sunday, February 16, 2025 |
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| | If something is working, and the memory of the 1994 nightmare remains green, why take a chance on a risky change? |
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| In the coming months, we’ll probably learn a lot more about how so many people in government jobs were able to buy so many mansions. |
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| In an alternative world where a Harris or Gavin Newsom were president, would you be comfortable with this kind of imperial presidency? |
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| With the fuel load still looming, before rebuilding, Californians should insist that policymakers allow insurers to establish risk mitigation systems proven to prevent urban conflagrations. |
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| n a court filing Wednesday, lawyers for Elon Musk said that he would withdraw his consortium’s eye-popping bid of $94.7 billion for Sam Altman’s OpenAI if its board of directors would agree to retain its status as a charity, rather than go ahead with a planned, potentially lucrative conversion to for-profit status. |
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| California taxpayers will be watching to see if HSR’s special interest supporters try to repurpose other state funds to keep the high-speed rail project on life support. |
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| We’re taking away this incredibly valuable arrow in our quiver. |
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| California Policy Center will go to court to kill SB 399. |
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| America’s debt crisis is no longer a distant concern; it’s an immediate threat with immediate consequences. Some politicians — perhaps realizing that it’s become more difficult to ignore the problem and avoid repercussions — are turning to executive action. |
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| Not having enough workers may be one destiny of California’s demographic change. |
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