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Professor Bellantoni

@cbellantoni.bsky.social
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Journalism professor, Roll Call columnist, may not be employed as a reporter anymore but will always be one at heart.

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Professor Bellantoni @cbellantoni.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
What is going to happen to the largest delegation in Congress? How fiery will Newsom be in his final state of the state address today? Those and more predictions about California politics in my latest for Roll Call: rollcall.com/2026/01/08/e...
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Professor Bellantoni @cbellantoni.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Will the debate leading up to our redistricting election be one of substance or brute politics? Well, I have good news for partisan hacks and congressional nerds alike: On Nov. 4, there’s a little something for everyone. rollcall.com/2025/09/11/i...
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In California, Prop 50 campaign has something for everyone - Roll Call
OPINION: Will the debate leading up to California’s redistricting election be one of substance or brute politics?
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Professor Bellantoni @cbellantoni.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
On this, @rollcall.com’s 70th anniversary, I’m wondering how we can all be stewards of that community. It starts with attempting to reclaim the idea of a shared reality in politics. rollcall.com/2025/06/18/c...
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Congress might be dysfunctional, but it remains a community - Roll Call
Christina Bellantoni reflects on perception versus reality as Roll Call reaches its 70th year as the community newspaper of Capitol Hill.
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Professor Bellantoni @cbellantoni.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
[E]ven with all of that, I believe in D.C. And I think it’s best experienced in your 20s and 30s. If you can stick it out through your 30s, the possibilities in your 40s are broader and brighter. rollcall.com/2025/05/20/h...
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Hello, DC! Let’s show these 20-somethings our best this week - Roll Call
Hello, DC! Let’s show these 20-somethings our best this week - Washington D.C.
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Professor Bellantoni @cbellantoni.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Paging all historians! I need to know if this is first time urinals have been mentioned in an executive order.
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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 09/05/2025
🚨🚨🚨🚨 Video confirmation that the pope was at game one of the 2005 world series meaning I have officially watched a baseball game with THE POPE
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Professor Bellantoni @cbellantoni.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
In an alternate universe, Georgia Gov. @staceyabrams.com is reading to children at the LA Times Festival of Books today.
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Professor Bellantoni @cbellantoni.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
The real test of the Fighting Oligarchy show is what happens next in congressional districts across California this week, I write in my latest column for Roll Call. rollcall.com/2025/04/22/t...
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The Bernie Sanders tour puts California GOP on notice - Roll Call
Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez want to keep Democrats activated long enough to oust House Republicans from power.
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Orion Rummler @oriion.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Experts say this new rule will raise health care costs for transgender people and possibly encourage health insurance companies to deny claims involving gender-affirming care, since the Trump admin is taking so many actions to oppose it.
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Orion Rummler @oriion.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Up to 2 million people could lose their health care coverage in 2026, if a recently proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is finalized. I break down one part of this proposal here: how trans people, many of whom already live in poverty, could see higher health care costs
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Health care could get more expensive for transgender people under a new Trump rule
The proposed rule affects access to “essential health benefits” like hospitalization, mental health services and prescription drugs.
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Professor Bellantoni @cbellantoni.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
People roasting in the LA sun during free concert and “Fighting Oligarchy” rally downtown with @sanders.senate.gov @aoc.bsky.social
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Professor Bellantoni @cbellantoni.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Spotted tonight on Highway 5.
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Professor Bellantoni @cbellantoni.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Didn’t have the “Obama-Biden war on showers” on my bingo card today.
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Professor Bellantoni @cbellantoni.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
The state that once was a clear foil to President Donald Trump has mounted a muted defense and cautious offense, I write in my latest Roll Call column. rollcall.com/2025/04/08/c...
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California rising up against Trump again, with different approach - Roll Call
California leaders might be on pace to match the number of times the state sued the first Trump administration. But it sure doesn’t feel like it out here. Instead, the state that once was a clear foil...
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Professor Bellantoni @cbellantoni.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
And @nytimes.com echoes that call in “A playbook for standing up to President Trump” “Any institution that stands up to Mr. Trump should be prepared to make sacrifices. Universities may have to spend more of their endowments, as they do during economic downturns.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/o...
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Opinion | A Playbook for Law Firms and Colleges to Stand Up to President Trump
Law firms and universities do not need to capitulate. Here’s how they can fight back.
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Professor Bellantoni @cbellantoni.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Harvard’s @larrysummers.bsky.social writes in his column that there are reasons to dip into endowments. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...
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Opinion | If Powerful Places Like Harvard Don’t Stand Up to Trump, Who Can?
As with most confrontations, the merits in this clash are not one-sided. But the Trump administration is acting in bad faith.
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Professor Bellantoni @cbellantoni.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Glad @booker.senate.gov is getting people of all ages to tune in - this is how it’s done.
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 19/03/2025
For these young Palisades Charter High School journalists, it's the story of their lives, covering the aftermath of the wildfire that damaged their campus.
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Covering disaster from the inside: Pali High journalists face their own story
For these young Palisades Charter High School journalists, it's the story of their lives, covering the aftermath of the wildfire that damaged their campus.
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Professor Bellantoni @cbellantoni.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
This just in from the White House: I have determined that the following additional rescissions are necessary to advance the policy of the United States to restore common sense to the Federal Government and unleash the potential of American citizens.
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Professor Bellantoni @cbellantoni.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
This just in from my CSpan feed: both of California’s senators vote No on government funding bill.
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Professor Bellantoni @cbellantoni.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
@usc-585.bsky.social 👋
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Professor Bellantoni @cbellantoni.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
For Democrats, it’s time to get rude — my latest column for Roll Call. There’s a disconnect between how people are feeling and what they are hearing from the opposition party. rollcall.com/2025/03/04/f...
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Professor Bellantoni @cbellantoni.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Aha! Thanks
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Professor Bellantoni @cbellantoni.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Did anyone get the quake warning? Nothing here, 2 miles from epicenter.
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Professor Bellantoni @cbellantoni.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
So, please tell me there’s Earthquake BlueSky, I really don’t want to open X
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Professor Bellantoni @cbellantoni.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Spotted in Oceanside
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Professor Bellantoni @cbellantoni.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
This was the best piece of journalism I consumed this week: a clear-eyed examination of the idea of a constitutional crisis. Highly recommend. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/p...
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A Constitutional Crisis
Unpacking the debate around President Trump’s executive orders.
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Professor Bellantoni @cbellantoni.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
An important read from the week by phenomenal LAT reporter @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social, who notes, “I’ve been hit by tear gas and arrested for this paper, and what we’re going through now is demonstrably worse.” latguild.com/news/2025/2/...
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The Guild Eagle: What's really happening at the L.A. Times? — L.A. Times Guild - Los Angeles Times Guild
We need your help to keep delivering the best coverage of our city.
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Professor Bellantoni @cbellantoni.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Campus ROTC program ending its DEI curriculum. Students report on what that could lead to at USC and beyond. www.uscannenbergmedia.com/2025/02/14/u...
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USC Army Reserve Officer Training Corps is phasing out its DEI programs
USC ROTC restructures approach, eliminating DEI programs in favor of uniformity and tradition.
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Professor Bellantoni @cbellantoni.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
When the aliens are studying Earth 300 years from now I bet this one will be a head scratcher.
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Professor Bellantoni @cbellantoni.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
From the “what a difference 8 years and an owner with an agenda makes” files, here are the t-shirts the LA Times had custom printed after being banned from a briefing in 2017. “We will not shut up” in all the languages spoken by the newsroom.
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Professor Bellantoni @cbellantoni.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Turned on CSpan, caught this gem.
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Professor Bellantoni @cbellantoni.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Terrific, depressing @columjournreview.bsky.social piece on the LAT owner who fails to see the hard work and value of his paper at the time of the city’s greatest need. www.cjr.org/business_of_...
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City on Fire
The intrepid journalists of the Los Angeles Times continue to do invaluable work—in spite of a historically bad owner.
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Professor Bellantoni @cbellantoni.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
My column aims to focus on the view from the West, so I’d already been planning to write about California’s drop in clout at the start of this Congress. It seems all the more relevant now as my community is literally sifting through the rubble of two historic fires. rollcall.com/2025/01/28/d...
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Amanda Becker @amandabecker.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Trump’s words changed Springfield, Ohio. Its Haitian community is waiting to see whether the anti-immigration rhetoric imperils their status — and the city's economic resurgence. My first dateline from Springfield: 19thnews.org/2025/01/trum...
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Trump’s words changed Springfield, Ohio. Its Haitian community is bracing for what’s next.
A local podcaster is urging fellow Haitians to stay in Springfield as they wait to see whether anti-immigration rhetoric imperils their status — and the city's economic resurgence.
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Professor Bellantoni @cbellantoni.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Appreciate the clear communication @nytimes.com Still proud to be a subscriber and worth every penny.
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Professor Bellantoni @cbellantoni.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
AG "shall investigate the activities of the Federal Government over the last 4 years" inconsistent with this free speech exec. order and make "recommendations for appropriate remedial actions to be taken based on the findings of the report." www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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Restoring Freedom Of Speech And Ending Federal Censorship – The White House
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and section 301 of title 3, United
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Professor Bellantoni @cbellantoni.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
I remember feeling so devastated when we learned Jose was just a few months past the age cutoff for DACA. I’ve heard people tell him to get in line when there was no line to get in for people like him, brought to the U.S. as a child.
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Jose Antonio Vargas @joseiswriting.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
After 31 years, 4 months, and 28 days—11,473 days—I’m finally documented. To watch the full episode of this journey, head over to YouTube.com/defineamerican or wherever you listen to podcasts.
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Professor Bellantoni @cbellantoni.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Avocados ARE nice, Congressman Golden
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Professor Bellantoni @cbellantoni.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
This is without a doubt the coldest I have ever been in my life. We had to wait for hours and hours on this platform. Gotta admit I’m surprised by the move indoors.
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Amanda Becker @amandabecker.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
President Joe Biden said Friday that he believes the Equal Rights Amendment has met the requirements needed for ratification but he did not order the archivist to publish it. Without publication, the move is largely symbolic. 19thnews.org/2025/01/youn...
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'Protect us': Young people urge Biden to add women and LGBTQ+ people to the Constitution
Facing near-certain defeat, members of the Young Feminist Party are picketing outside the White House as part of a broader effort to get the Equal Rights Amendment published before Trump takes office.
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Professor Bellantoni @cbellantoni.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Important reminder to anyone mad enough at an owner to cancel a subscription: local news provides vital community information.
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Professor Bellantoni @cbellantoni.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Gas in Los Angeles was 77 cents a gallon when Die Hard was filmed. Merry Christmas!
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Professor Bellantoni @cbellantoni.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Still counting votes: Kamala Harris has now crossed the 75 million threshold.
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Professor Bellantoni @cbellantoni.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
My latest for Roll Call. The column aims to provide a window into the West, and out here, the idea of mass deportations goes far beyond the undocumented student population on a college campus. rollcall.com/2024/12/19/t...
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The many layers of Trump’s immigration policy - Roll Call
Students and immigrants are preparing for the new Trump administration's policy, which could take many forms.
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Professor Bellantoni @cbellantoni.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
When people learn that I teach journalism they ask me about AI. It's rapidly transforming our daily work, and remains misunderstood in many ways. I co-wrote an essay for the Center for PR’s annual Relevance Report. Read it by downloading a free copy of the report here: annenberg.usc.edu/relevance
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USC Annenberg Relevance Report
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Professor Bellantoni @cbellantoni.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
It’s not easy to report on your own news outlet. But @raineytime.bsky.social does it here with clear and direct writing - a true service to the second largest city in America which deserves a robust media. 👏 www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Patrick Soon-Shiong's controversial shakeup at the L.A. Times: 'Bias meter,' opinion upheaval and a call for growth
Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong on his plans to shake up the newspaper and build for the future.
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Professor Bellantoni @cbellantoni.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
While I am procrastinating, I will admit to this newish space that I wept a little when I saw the trailer for the new Dexter. One of best characters of all time. New Blood was terrific and this feels even more nostalgic. Christian Slater as Harry? Count. Me. In. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bw8Z...
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Dexter: Original Sin | Official Trailer | Paramount+ With SHOWTIME
YouTube video by Dexter on Paramount+ with Showtime
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Professor Bellantoni @cbellantoni.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Okay, this list came out in September and I should be grading, but I just found it and had to come here to rage that Westworld does not appear anywhere on it. www.esquire.com/entertainmen...
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The 40 Best HBO Series of All Time, Ranked
The gold standard in television.
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