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Covers:  White House, Congress, Campaigns, Elections, Public Policy, International Relations, Long Covid
fact check reporter & national correspondent @tnd, former @kob4, White House @business, @cnn, poet TILT, @usc alum, Long Covid advocate
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Democrats slam Trump for bailing on pledge to lower grocery prices

Democrats slam Trump for bailing on pledge to lower grocery prices

Daily Kos — Congressional Democrats are calling out President Donald Trump's inaction on food prices, even though he campaigned on lowering them. On Monday, 19 of them sent a letter to his desk demanding that ...
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GOP immigration bill passes the House-with bipartisan support

GOP immigration bill passes the House-with bipartisan support

Daily Kos — When President Joe Biden said he wanted Democrats to reach across the aisle, is this what he meant? On Tuesday, the House passed the Laken Riley Act, a GOP-led bill requiring the detention of undocumented immigrants charged with certain crimes. Of the...
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Americans now understand tariffs-and realize they'll only raise costs

Americans now understand tariffs-and realize they'll only raise costs

Daily Kos — Many of President-elect Donald Trump's supporters, who believed his promise to "Make America Great Again," are about to face an inconvenient truth: tariffs will hurt them more than they ...
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Opinion: Eight months of long Covid brought me to the brink

Opinion: Eight months of long Covid brought me to the brink

CNN — Morgan Stephens shares an in-depth look of what her life has been like with long-Covid and the ways in which US institutions are not yet prepared for the influx of chronically ill patients suffering from these prolonged symptoms.
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For school shooting survivors, healing from trauma is a family affair

For school shooting survivors, healing from trauma is a family affair

USC Annenberg Media — He had been preparing for this moment practically his whole life. Even before he learned to read, Edwin Danahy was directed with military precision for a school shooter drill. The path of the drill went from his elementary school classroom into the hallway then outside to safety, his tiny hands raised in the air with an urgency he couldn't yet understand.
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Profiles from a Polarized America: He wanted to help his community. So, he joined a militia.

Profiles from a Polarized America: He wanted to help his community. So, he joined a militia.

USC Annenberg Media — Richard Chiavetta was used to having guns pointed at him before he joined a militia. His non-profit work with Los Angeles youth in gangs prepared him for teaching militia recruits how to handle firearms as they go through training.
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A New Normal: Inside the White House Press Corps In the Age of Coronavirus

A New Normal: Inside the White House Press Corps In the Age of Coronavirus

USC Annenberg Media — Fin Gomez hadn't given much thought to it when he picked up a small bottle of hand sanitizer and a mask at the airport in New Delhi. He saw other travelers wearing them and wanted to be cautious. Gomez was returning to Washington, D.C.
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It's Not Just A Homelessness Crisis. It's An Eviction Crisis, Too.

It's Not Just A Homelessness Crisis. It's An Eviction Crisis, Too.

HuffPost — Drills and hammers pounded away as Robert Evans stood in front of the apartment building he had called home for 15 years. Tools were scattered across the dead grass, left behind as workers made improvements meant to lure new, higher-paying tenants.
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Bernie Sanders ascends from 2016 underdog to 2020 front-runner

Bernie Sanders ascends from 2016 underdog to 2020 front-runner

USC Annenberg Media — Bernie Sanders has come a long way from where he started three years ago. The thousands of supporters who attended his rally in Downtown Los Angeles on Saturday are proof of the movement he has built. Sanders was in LA as the second stop on a weekend tour across California that also took him to San Diego and San Francisco.
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LA Mayor Garcetti says men should make gender equality a top issue

LA Mayor Garcetti says men should make gender equality a top issue

CNN Politics — Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti used the national spotlight in Washington on Thursday to urge his fellow mayors to make gender equity a top priority, highlighting his city's efforts to put more women in top jobs.
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A New Age in Alzheimer's Research

A New Age in Alzheimer's Research

Pasadena Magazine — With technological advances in medicine, researchers are testing modifiable lifestyle factors, groundbreaking vaccines, and preventative drugs for Alzheimer's disease-giving new hope for future generations. By Morgan Stephens Photos: Courtesy of Keck Medicine of USC Alzheimer's disease is the only top 10 cause of death in the United States that cannot be prevented, cured or even [...]
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Hell no, Ezra Klein, things were not 'good' under Trump

Hell no, Ezra Klein, things were not 'good' under Trump

Daily Kos — In his latest New York Times opinion piece, journalist and podcaster Ezra Klein poses a question: "If Donald Trump is so dangerous, then how come the consequences of his presidency weren't worse? There is this gap between the unfit, unsound, unworthy...
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No thanks: Many Americans bail on holidays with MAGA relatives

No thanks: Many Americans bail on holidays with MAGA relatives

Daily Kos — Many Americans are making it clear that they're cutting ties with family and friends who voted for President-elect Donald Trump-and don't count them in for this year's holiday gatherings either. In the days following Nov. 5, videos on social media,...
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How this blue state is fortifying itself against Trump's second term

How this blue state is fortifying itself against Trump's second term

Daily Kos — California is gearing up for a high-stakes clash with President-elect Donald Trump over environmental policy and immigration-and it's happening before Trump is even sworn into office.� On Monday,
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Kamala Harris plots her next political move

Kamala Harris plots her next political move

Daily Kos — What's next for Kamala Harris? She is reportedly keeping her options open, deliberating whether to mount a second presidential run in 2028 or a bid for governor in her home state of California, according to Politico. Yet her loss to Trump has left...
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The House is broken. These Democrats have a plan to fix it

The House is broken. These Democrats have a plan to fix it

Daily Kos — Most Americans have a negative view of Congress and see it as stagnant, and that's got some Democratic lawmakers wanting to change America's winner-takes-all electoral system to one based on ...
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Women are stockpiling birth control as second Trump term looms

Women are stockpiling birth control as second Trump term looms

Daily Kos — Donald Trump's second term is looming large over women who have had their rights steadily stripped away since he first took office in 2016, and they are preparing accordingly.� Reproductive ...
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Inside the growing '4B' movement empowering women after Trump's win

Inside the growing '4B' movement empowering women after Trump's win

Daily Kos — A feminist crusade has emerged online in a bold response to Donald Trump's election and the rollback of reproductive rights in the U.S-and it's taking inspiration from South Korea's radical " 4B��
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How Trump's tax cuts could have devastating impacts on health care

How Trump's tax cuts could have devastating impacts on health care

Daily Kos — To pay for Donald Trump's tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans and big corporations, the GOP has outlined a sweeping $5 trillion in cuts from Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act.� ...
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Trump's inauguration is a ratings bust

Trump's inauguration is a ratings bust

Daily Kos — The ratings are in, and let's just say they don't look too good after Donald Trump's second inauguration. In fact, his ratings are downright underwhelming compared to both his own 2017 ...
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What migration to red states could mean for the Democratic Party

What migration to red states could mean for the Democratic Party

Daily Kos — Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, a significant population shift has been underway, led chiefly by millennials and Gen Z Americans who are moving from urban to rural areas. This could spell trouble for the Democratic Party, which has...
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23 Democratic attorneys general sue Trump over chaotic funding shutdown

23 Democratic attorneys general sue Trump over chaotic funding shutdown

Daily Kos — The Trump administration's unprecedented, sweeping freeze on $3 trillion in federal grants and aid sent shockwaves through vulnerable communities and every level of government on Tuesday, but ...
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Police charge city bus driver after deadly stabbing

Police charge city bus driver after deadly stabbing

KOB-TV (Albuquerque, NM) — Police say they detained the driver of an Albuquerque city bus after a deadly stabbing near the bus Wednesday morning.
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Santa Fe claims top spot in ranking of U.S. cities

Santa Fe claims top spot in ranking of U.S. cities

KOB-TV (Albuquerque, NM) — Travel and Leisure magazine readers name New Mexico's state capital the best of the best for the entire country.
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