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What does DEI look like in the Trump era? Divisiveness, exclusion and inequality

What does DEI look like in the Trump era? Divisiveness, exclusion and inequality
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Jack Ohman

There have been 59 inaugural speeches in American history. Donald Trump has now given the two worst

There have been 59 inaugural speeches in American history. Donald Trump has now given the two worst
24.01.2025 5

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Jack Ohman

Water? Flame-retardant? What does Trump pour on L.A. fires? Gasoline

Water? Flame-retardant? What does Trump pour on L.A. fires? Gasoline
14.01.2025 20

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Here’s why you can’t count Newsom out of the 2028 Democratic sweepstakes

Here’s why you can’t count Newsom out of the 2028 Democratic sweepstakes
11.01.2025 9

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Jack Ohman

What if Carter had been reelected? No Reagan, no Reaganism, no Reaganites?

. While former President Jimmy Carter is now rightly lionized as the best ex-president in American history, what if he had gotten a couple of...

01.01.2025 7

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Here’s what Joe Biden can gift the nation this year: Its first female president

. President Joe Biden has had a rough few months, and he’s got about 27 days and 27 nights to go. Here’s how he can improve his legacy. He...

24.12.2024 20

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The discourse around Luigi Mangione shows how broken American society has become

Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, is taken into the Blair County Courthouse in...

11.12.2024 10

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Jack Ohman

Stuff the outrage over Hunter Biden’s pardon

. Spare me the outrage over the Hunter Biden pardon. Though Biden is no saint, he also has been clean and sober for 5½ years, paid his...

03.12.2024 6

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Jack Ohman

Blame ‘Glacial’ Garland, not special prosecutor, for withdrawing charges against Trump

. U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announces he will appoint a special counsel to oversee the Justice Department’s investigation into former...

28.11.2024 7

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Jack Ohman

Ranking Trump’s cabinet picks by their danger to the United States

21.11.2024 5

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Jack Ohman

California’s Trump resistance isn’t futile, but it might feel like it for awhile

Trump’s obsession with Gov. Gavin Newsom, Vice President Kamala Harris and Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi is expected to drive him to make...

15.11.2024 1

San Francisco Chronicle

Jack Ohman

What’s next for Kamala Harris? How does ‘Gov. Harris’ sound?

. Vice President Kamala Harris will be out of work on Jan. 20. Will she run for governor of California? Now that the 2024 election has ended...

09.11.2024 7

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Jack Ohman

Here’s Trump’s ‘closing’ argument — don’t you wish that were really so?

. As we reach the final hours of the presidential campaign (it feels like it started in 1860 in more ways than one), the time has come for the...

06.11.2024 20

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Trump’s 15-minute stunt at McDonald’s: ‘Want lies with that?’

One in 8 Americans has worked at a McDonald’s at some point in their life, including, for real, Vice President Kamala Harris, when she was a...

26.10.2024 3

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Jack Ohman

Leave it to Trump to get Adam Schiff back in the headlines

. Aside from lying about his golf game, Rep. Adam Schiff seems to be former President Donald Trump’s favorite hobby. Trump was speaking at yet...

22.10.2024 2

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Jack Ohman

How Ethel Kennedy personified dignity in American politics

11.10.2024 1

San Francisco Chronicle

Jack Ohman

Walz came to debate, Vance was just lying around

Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) and Democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz participate in...

02.10.2024 6

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Jack Ohman

Uff da! Face it: 49ers’ history in Minnesota is frustrating to the max

22.09.2024 3

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Jack Ohman

Harris comports herself like the president from a blockbuster movie. And it’s lighting Trump’s hair on fire

24.08.2024 3

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Jack Ohman

Harris selects Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as running mate

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz applauds as President Joe Biden speaks at Dutch Creek Farms in Northfield, Minn., on Nov. 1, 2023.  Vice President Kamala...

06.08.2024 3

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Jack Ohman

How Elon Musk and the 'very worst among us' are ruining the public square

. Elon Musk, meet Marc Murphy. I’m quite certain you’ve never met Marc Murphy. But you will now. You see, Murphy is an influential political...

02.08.2024 6

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Jack Ohman

All of Elon Musk's X’s are moving to Texas. Why that’s not bad for California

. Elon Musk is finally doing what he’s long threatened for years: He’ll be an X-San Franciscan and relocate his entire tech-bro shebang to...

18.07.2024 2

San Francisco Chronicle

Jack Ohman