by jpitney | Aug 15, 2021 | California Politics, Journalism
Something happened to me today that’s never happened in 30 yrs of reporting. In LA. @LAist I was shoved, kicked and my eyeglasses were ripped off of my face by a group of guys at a protest – outside City Hall during an anti-vax Recall @GavinNewsom Pro Trump...
by jpitney | Aug 14, 2021 | Asian American, California Politics, Census, Demographics, Hispanic
Adam Beam at AP: California’s Asian population grew by 25% in the past decade, making it the fastest growing ethnic group in the nation’s most populous state, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau released Thursday. California’s white population...
by jpitney | Aug 13, 2021 | Congress, Staff
Katherine Tully-McManus and Heather Caygle at Politico: House staffers are abuzz with the news that the chamber is lifting a salary cap for top employees that forced high-ranking and expert aides to accept salaries below those of members, which have been frozen for...
by jpitney | Aug 12, 2021 | California Politics, Writing
I re-read this. Cox vows to eliminate both homelessness and public safety. #grammarmatters https://t.co/AYrrp2FiFb — Jon Fleischman (@FlashReport) August 11, 2021 The tweet would have made sense if only he had added the word “protecting” before...
by jpitney | Aug 11, 2021 | Biden, Democracy, Foreign Policy
From the White House: The President has said that the challenge of our time is to demonstrate that democracies can deliver by improving the lives of their own people and by addressing the greatest problems facing the wider world… In keeping this commitment,...
