SHOCKING: 25 - You Need To See This

Mark Z. Barabak: Katie Porter just forced the California Senate race into the open, where it belongs

By launching her bid for U.S. Senate — open, upfront, for all the world to plainly see — Rep. Katie Porter has placed the contest where it belongs: squarely before the voters of California.

Los Angeles Times · Jan 11, 2023

Unity is new tone for often-divided Democrats in Washington

Not so long ago, Democratic in-fighting doomed a sweeping social spending package despite the party controlling Congress

The Independent UK · Jan 11, 2023

Progressives warn Dems: No deal with GOP

Some Democratic lawmakers have floated the idea of backing a "moderate" Republican, if one exists

Salon · Jan 6, 2023

Rep. Khanna on Twitter, Free Speech, and the Hunter Biden Story

A Democratic member of Congress laments how Twitter handled the New York Post's reporting on Hunter Biden's laptop.

Reason · Dec 6, 2022

Elon Musk and Matt Taibbi Reveal Why Twitter Censored the Hunter Biden Laptop Story

The Twitter Files are interesting but contain few true surprises. A mix of incompetence and partisanship got the site in trouble.

Reason · Dec 3, 2022

Khanna counters Manchin with wage bill

Khanna takes page out of Manchin playbook, pushes to attach a $15 minimum wage to the annual military spending bill

Salon · Nov 30, 2022

As FTX burned, lawmakers said to be dithering over regulator

WASHINGTON — Congress opted to tread water on legislation that would clarify the agency in charge of the cryptocurrency industry, leaving lawmakers now without a regulator to blame for missing the signs of the FTX collapse this month and facing deep skepticism about some proposals.

Tribune News Service · Nov 29, 2022

As FTX burned, lawmakers said to be dithering over regulator - Roll Call

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s prominence on Capitol Hill is said to have tainted bills deemed too favorable to the cryptocurrency industry.

Roll Call · Nov 29, 2022

Nevada Democrats in tight races turn to a trusted ally, the ‘Reid machine’

LAS VEGAS — Nevada Democrats have found themselves in a bit of trouble.

Los Angeles Times · Nov 8, 2022

Doyle McManus: Bipartisanship on Ukraine was nice while it lasted

Over the eight months since Russia invaded Ukraine, public support for U.S. military aid to Kyiv has been remarkably solid and mostly bipartisan.

Los Angeles Times · Oct 31, 2022