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For Trump, the military is just another extra in his reality show presidency

yesterday 2

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Jack Ohman

Trump’s authoritarianism is the greatest thing that could have happened for Newsom’s career

yesterday 2

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Emily Hoeven

Irony dies: Trump goes to ‘Les Misérables’

yesterday 4

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Tony Bravo

Manny Yekutiel: When hate masquerades as protest, we all lose

yesterday 3

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Manny Yekutiel

Update: What WWII incarceration of Japanese Americans and Trump’s immigration crackdown have in common

Update: What WWII incarceration of Japanese Americans and Trump’s immigration crackdown have in common

The closed Federal Correctional Institution Dublin is seen in 2024. The Trump administration wants to reopen it as an Immigration and Customs...

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Harry Mok

Either L.A. is being targeted by partisan disinformation, or I am the world’s worst father

Either L.A. is being targeted by partisan disinformation, or I am the world’s worst father

A protester runs from a police line to escape arrest during protests on Wednesday in response to a series of Immigration and Customs Enforcement...

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Paul Thornton

I helped care for FCI Dublin victims. Trump’s plan to reopen the prison for ICE is horrifying

I helped care for FCI Dublin victims. Trump’s plan to reopen the prison for ICE is horrifying

Courtney Hanson rallies protesters from several advocacy groups on March 1 at a demonstration against the possible conversion of the former Dublin...

previous day 4

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Douglas Yoshida

The ironic way Trump’s DOGE cuts could actually help environmentalists in the West

The ironic way Trump’s DOGE cuts could actually help environmentalists in the West

The Trump administration wants to raise the height of the Shasta Dam, pictured in 2018. Concurrently, DOGE cuts to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation...

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Tom Zoellner

Yes, the rule of law is in danger from Trump. But there’s an even greater threat

Yes, the rule of law is in danger from Trump. But there’s an even greater threat

For 45 years as a law professor, the author has told each of his students, including these 2024 graduates of UC Berkeley Law School, that they have...

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Erwin Chemerinsky

I didn’t find ‘riots and looters’ at the L.A. protests, but I did stumble upon a quinceañera

I didn’t find ‘riots and looters’ at the L.A. protests, but I did stumble upon a quinceañera

A woman walks past a police line during a protest against Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in Los Angeles on Sunday. On Saturday, I went to...

09.06.2025 1

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Joe Mathews

She tried to warn California that its bar exam was a disaster. No one listened

She tried to warn California that its bar exam was a disaster. No one listened

California lawmakers are seeking an audit of February’s State Bar exam, which was beset with technical problems, leading to a wave of scrutiny and...

09.06.2025 5

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Sara Libby

Trump’s tactic to ‘flood the zone’ is now threatening Mark Twain’s legacy

Trump’s tactic to ‘flood the zone’ is now threatening Mark Twain’s legacy

The president is said to admire Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens, 1835-1910) but in April the Trump administration’s National Endowment for the...

07.06.2025 10

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Frances Dinkelspiel

Now that Musk has turned his chainsaw on Trump, what happens to all the government data he accessed?

Now that Musk has turned his chainsaw on Trump, what happens to all the government data he accessed?

Elon Musk attends President Donald Trump’s news conference in the Oval Office on May 30, when they were still allies. For anyone who’s seen the...

07.06.2025 20

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Brett Wagner

Can S.F. pick a new police chief without a knife fight? We’re about to get a preview

Can S.F. pick a new police chief without a knife fight? We’re about to get a preview

The future of public safety in San Francisco and the city’s international perception could depend on the next police chief. For all the heightened...

07.06.2025 3

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Emily Hoeven