California

Mayor Zohran Mamdani made a hospital visit to comfort the victim of a knife attack on a police officer, who was forced to fire his weapon to defend himself. Of course, the bed Mamdani visited was that of the schizophrenic man, Jabez Chakraborty, who charged at police and was shot as a result. It almost goes without saying that New York’s new mayor did not check in on the officer. Face and voice full of strained emotion, Mamdani said after the visit: “No family should have to endure this kind of pain,” referring to the family of the knife-wielder. He made no remarks about the strains on families of police

Newsom likes to present himself as a member of the hustling classes and yet, in truth, he has destroyed them

Redistricting efforts to shore up Republican prospects in 2026 could inadvertently undermine them

For anyone who’s followed the career of the California Congresswoman, this exchange isn’t really a surprise

It would override the independent redistricting commission voters approved to end exactly this kind of political manipulation

California’s failed experiment should serve as a national warning

A political power grab dressed up as righteous urgency

A deregulatory agenda designed to revive the Democratic Party is already floundering

What do young men like? Guns, sports, cursing, podcasts. Great – let’s make that the new Newsom

The deregulation bill is pretty good for California’s first recent attempt at being reasonable

‘People are afraid to come out,’ pharmacy owner Micheal Ramirez said

He had a golden opportunity this week to prove that he’s learned something in the time since the summer of George Floyd