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The Sacramento Bee Editorial Board @sacbeeeditboard.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
All of the Editorial Board’s endorsements for the primary are here ⬇️⬇️⬇️ www.sacbee.com/opinion/elec...
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Here are The Sacramento Bee Editorial Board’s endorsements for 2026 primary | Opinion
See endorsements for the 2026 primary, including statewide offices and local contests in Sacramento, Yolo and Placer counties.
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The Sacramento Bee Editorial Board @sacbeeeditboard.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
“Mai Vang embodies today’s Sacramento. Doris Matsui does not.” amp.sacbee.com/opinion/arti...
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The Bee endorses a historic candidate for California’s 7th Congressional District | Opinion
Mai Vang, 41 and Doris Matsui, 81, now face one another for California’s 7th Congressional District.
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The Sacramento Bee Editorial Board @sacbeeeditboard.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
NEW: Eric Swalwell must drop out of the governor’s race. From @byrobinepley.bsky.social www.sacbee.com/opinion/arti...
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The Sacramento Bee @sacbee.com · 07/04/2026
California’s 3rd Assembly District has a myriad of challenges. Whoever represents it must bring a levelheaded approach.
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In 3rd Assembly District election, voters need results, not partisan noise | Opinion
California’s 3rd Assembly District has a myriad of challenges. Whoever represents it must bring a levelheaded approach.
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The Sacramento Bee @sacbee.com · 08/04/2026
“The lesson of the social media era is that voluntary self-regulation does not work.”
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State leaders must actually hold social media, AI companies accountable | Opinion
“The lesson of the social media era is that voluntary self-regulation does not work.”
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The Sacramento Bee Editorial Board @sacbeeeditboard.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
“Young people feel increasingly abandoned by the adults in charge.” www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...
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Young people in Sacramento: Why aren’t our city leaders fighting ICE? | Opinion
“Our city council has a responsibility to live up to the legacy we proclaim as one of the first sanctuary cities in the country.”
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The Sacramento Bee Editorial Board @sacbeeeditboard.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
“A member of Congress for 20 years should be able to walk into any room, meet with anyone and answer any and all questions.” amp.sacbee.com/opinion/arti...
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Why The Sacramento Bee won’t be endorsing veteran Democrat Doris Matsui | Opinion
A member of Congress for 20 years should be able to walk into any room, meet with anyone and answer any and all questions.
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Marcos Breton @marcosbreton.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
From @byrobinepley.bsky.social of @sacbeeeditboard.bsky.social Pelosi’s surprise endorsement jolts Sacramento race, deepening Democratic rift | Opinion www.sacbee.com/opinion/arti... Subscribe to the Sacramento Bee app here: www.sacbee.com/subscribe
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Pelosi’s surprise endorsement jolts Sacramento race, deepening Democratic rift | Opinion
A war of words at the California Democratic Party state convention hints at a bitter campaign and a generational rift between Democrats.
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The Sacramento Bee Editorial Board @sacbeeeditboard.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Fresno clergy visited the California City facility, witnessing Mass, confessions and pressing for humane treatment and care for detained immigrants. www.sacbee.com/opinion/arti...
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What California faith leaders saw inside a divisive immigration facility | Opinion
“Catholics believe in human dignity and accompanying those in need. After visiting the facility, those principles carry new weight for me.”
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The Sacramento Bee Editorial Board @sacbeeeditboard.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
From @tomfilp.bsky.social: “If a budget is an expression of an institution’s values, Sacramento State now prioritizes athletics over academics.” www.sacbee.com/opinion/arti...
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Numbers don’t lie: Sac State’s $15M football quest would short academics | Opinion
Reports have the university eyeing a conference whose closest team is in Michigan. Is that really worth a $15M price of admission?
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The Sacramento Bee Editorial Board @sacbeeeditboard.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
The decision to downgrade varsity equestrian at UC Davis threatens equine career pathways and campus identity, prompting calls for transparent answers. www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...
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What losing varsity equestrian means for UC Davis’ identity | Opinion
“UC Davis offered riders a rare chance to compete at the highest collegiate level while preparing for careers in animal-related fields.”
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The Sacramento Bee Editorial Board @sacbeeeditboard.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
New from @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social Dean Erwin Chemerinsky: “The California legislature should immediately revise the No Secret Police Act.” www.sacbee.com/opinion/arti...
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A simple fix to existing California law would unmask ICE agents | Opinion
”Never before had ICE agents or police in this country felt the need for masking, and it is unnecessary now.”
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The Sacramento Bee Editorial Board @sacbeeeditboard.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
“That any of the games this year will be geopolitically charged is a sign of how much the Western Alliance has unraveled just one year into the second Trump presidency.” www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...
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Why Olympic ice hockey will be a geopolitically charged tournament | Opinion
“The Winter Olympic Ice Hockey Tournaments will be the most geopolitically loaded hockey tournament since the end of the Cold War.”
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The Sacramento Bee Editorial Board @sacbeeeditboard.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
New from @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social Dean Erwin Chemerinsky: “No one is above the law.” www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...
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Holding ICE agents accountable for excessive force is imperative | Opinion
“No one is above the law,” writes UC Berkeley Law School Dean Erwin Chemerinsky.
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The Sacramento Bee Editorial Board @sacbeeeditboard.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
New from @byrobinepley.bsky.social: “Matsui’s habit of answering direct questions with word salads were unsatisfying to those hoping for direct answers.” www.sacbee.com/opinion/arti...
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Sacramento Rep. Doris Matsui draws cheers, boos in rare public meeting | Opinion
Matsui’s habit of answering direct questions with word salads instead of direct answers was part of the problem.
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The Sacramento Bee @sacbee.com · 24/10/2025
Matsui’s habit of answering direct questions with word salads instead of direct answers was part of the problem.
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Sacramento Rep. Doris Matsui draws cheers, boos in rare public meeting | Opinion
Matsui’s habit of answering direct questions with word salads instead of direct answers was part of the problem.
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The Sacramento Bee Editorial Board @sacbeeeditboard.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
New from @hannahrholzer.bsky.social: “The resolution strongly condemned political violence, political extremism and hatred. But it also praised Kirk, calling him a ‘devoted Christian, who boldly lived out his faith with conviction, courage and compassion.’” www.sacbee.com/opinion/arti...
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Sacramento congressman voted to praise Charlie Kirk. He says he regrets it | Opinion
“Democratic officials too often silence their own morals, preferring to stay quiet until popularity polls tell them how to feel.”
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The Sacramento Bee @sacbee.com · 07/10/2025
“Festivals are how Sacramento celebrates itself. Too often, however, our own systems make them harder to pull off than they should be.”
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Aftershock is great, but Sacramento must support small festivals, too | Opinion
“Festivals are how Sacramento celebrates itself. Too often, however, our own systems make them harder to pull off than they should be.”
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The Sacramento Bee Editorial Board @sacbeeeditboard.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
New from @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social Dean Erwin Chemerinsky: “No longer would we be a country under the rule of law. We would be a nation under the rule of Donald Trump.” www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...
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What happens to democracy if Trump ignores judge’s orders on National Guard? | Opinion
“If that happens, we will have a president who is no longer constrained by the Constitution or any law. There is a word for that: a dictator.”
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The Sacramento Bee @sacbee.com · 25/09/2025
Kamala Harris’ memoir ‘107 Days’ is the coming out party of a political outsider, writes columnist LeBron Hill.
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Who is Kamala Harris? Even in her new book, an answer remains elusive | Opinion
Kamala Harris’ memoir ‘107 Days’ is the coming out party of a political outsider, writes columnist LeBron Hill.
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Marcos Breton @marcosbreton.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
From @byrobinepley.bsky.social of @sacbeeeditboard.bsky.social The killing of Charlie Kirk makes America less safe and more hateful | Opinion www.sacbee.com/opinion/arti... Subscribe to the Sacramento Bee app here: www.sacbee.com/subscribe
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The killing of Charlie Kirk makes America less safe and more hateful | Opinion
Kirk was just days shy of his 32nd birthday when he was shot during an appearance at Utah Valley University.
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The Sacramento Bee Editorial Board @sacbeeeditboard.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
From @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social Dean Erwin Chemerinsky: “Trump’s cutoff of funds to universities, including UCLA, is blatantly illegal and unconstitutional.” www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...
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President Trump wants to punish universities and make them cower to his will | Opinion
“Billions of dollars of research money have been cut off throughout the United States. It has all been done illegally.”
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The Sacramento Bee Editorial Board @sacbeeeditboard.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
“Melanoma behaves aggressively and has the potential to spread to other parts of the body if not caught early.” www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...
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Melanoma awareness saves lives. As summer ends, its time to check your skin | Opinion
Do you have a neglected mole that needs checked or a new lesion that doesn’t seem right? Take your skin seriously and get it checked out.
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The Sacramento Bee Editorial Board @sacbeeeditboard.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
“Kiley’s weekly ‘Representative Reports’ are a shameful example of spin doctoring.” www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...
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Unpacking Rep. Kevin Kiley’s misleading claims on tax reform bill | Opinion
“It’s time for Kiley to come clean on the actual impact of this legislation he supports.”
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Marcos Breton @marcosbreton.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
From the @sacbeeeditboard.bsky.social Doris Matsui is ducking her district when it needs a public leader | Opinion www.sacbee.com/opinion/arti... Subscribe to the Sacramento Bee app here: www.sacbee.com/subscribe
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Doris Matsui is ducking her district when it needs a public leader | Opinion
The veteran’s behind-the-scenes style conflicts with today’s Sacramento that wants direct engagement with its leader in Congress.
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The Sacramento Bee Editorial Board @sacbeeeditboard.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
From @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social Dean Erwin Chemerinsky: “It is terrible that our government is doing this, but it is unconscionable that the Supreme Court stepped in to make sure it could happen.” www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...
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Supreme Court enables illegal Trump administration deportations | Opinion
“I cannot help but think of all the judges in Nazi Germany who facilitated sending people to their death in concentration camps.”
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The Sacramento Bee Editorial Board @sacbeeeditboard.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
New from Dolores Huerta: “California State Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas is delivering real results for working families, just as his grandfather did for farm workers generations ago.” www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...
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As Trump attacks California, Speaker Rivas leads with unity and action | Opinion
“I’m proud to stand with Rivas, who leads with heart, unity and action,” writes Dolores Huerta.
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The Sacramento Bee @sacbee.com · 05/07/2025
“The opportunities I had as an aspiring researcher are gone. The path to a better life for kids in Sacramento is slipping away.”
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I became a scientist, but I don’t know if my career will exist in five years | Opinion
“The opportunities I had as an aspiring researcher are gone. The path to a better life for kids in Sacramento is slipping away.”
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The Sacramento Bee Editorial Board @sacbeeeditboard.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
New: “So many families in Sacramento see STEM fields as a path toward a better future. My family was no exception.” www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...
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I became a scientist, but I don’t know if my career will exist in five years | Opinion
“The opportunities I had as an aspiring researcher are gone. The path to a better life for kids in Sacramento is slipping away.”
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The Sacramento Bee Editorial Board @sacbeeeditboard.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
New from @byrobinepley.bsky.social: “None of the other government leaders were stepping forward with a comprehensive idea. So Ashby is filling the gap.” www.sacbee.com/opinion/arti...
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Mother knows best: Sacramento County, cities must play together on homelessness | Opinion
Senator Angelique Ashby is trying to force Sacramento county and city officials to finally work together on homelessness and affordable housing.
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The Sacramento Bee Editorial Board @sacbeeeditboard.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
New: “Through commercial data brokers and partnerships with local law enforcement, ICE has amassed a vast and powerful collection of data that allows them to track individuals’ movements with unnerving precision.” www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...
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Recent ICE raids expose just how vulnerable our location data is | Opinion
“In 2019, the American Civil Liberties Union revealed that ICE had been using driver location data from local police to facilitate deportations.”
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Robin Epley @byrobinepley.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Juno’s new best friend is @tomfilp.bsky.social (he keeps treats for her in his desk)
A blonde dog at bottom left stares patiently at a man sitting at his computer desk.
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The Sacramento Bee Editorial Board @sacbeeeditboard.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
New: “When we look at the history of U.S. intervention in Latin America, we see that infringement on sovereignty is a classic imperialist strategy.” www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...
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What Americans can learn from the longtime playbook of U.S. imperialism abroad | Opinion
“U.S. imperialism is now being deployed at home. Look to Latin America for clues on what might come next and effective strategies to resist.”
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The Sacramento Bee Editorial Board @sacbeeeditboard.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
New from @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social Dean Erwin Chemerinsky: “We are entering a new, unprecedented era of the military on the streets of the United States. This is a characteristic of authoritarian nations, not American democracy.” www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...
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Under Trump, we are entering a new, troubling era of domestic militarization | Opinion
“It is stunning that the Ninth Circuit paid no attention to U.S. history and how rare it is for a president to federalize a state’s national guard.”
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The Sacramento Bee Editorial Board @sacbeeeditboard.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
New from Asm. Cecilia Aguiar-Curry: “If Congress moves forward with its plan to defund Planned Parenthood, almost a million Californians could have their access to providers put in jeopardy overnight.” www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...
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Planned Parenthood is at risk of being defunded. We must act now to save it | Opinion
"Almost a million Californians could have their access to providers put in jeopardy overnight," writes Assembly Majority Leader Cecilia Aguiar-Curry.
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Robin Epley @byrobinepley.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Yesterday I went to Sacramento’s Immigration Courts and saw a sobbing young man be assaulted and kidnapped without cause by plainclothes ICE agents. www.sacbee.com/opinion/arti...
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Masked men, sobbing immigrants: The terrible reality of ICE in Sacramento | Opinion
You needn’t look far for intimidation tactics or illicit disappearances by ICE — it’s happening in Sacramento right now, writes Robin Epley.
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Marcos Breton @marcosbreton.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Powerful column by @byrobinepley.bsky.social of @sacbeeeditboard.bsky.social Masked men, sobbing immigrants: The terrible reality of ICE in Sacramento | Opinion www.sacbee.com/opinion/arti... Subscribe to the Sacramento Bee app here: www.sacbee.com/subscribe
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Masked men, sobbing immigrants: The terrible reality of ICE in Sacramento | Opinion
You needn’t look far for intimidation tactics or illicit disappearances by ICE — it’s happening in Sacramento right now, writes Robin Epley.
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UC Berkeley Law @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
“No president in history has asserted the ability to control federal spending as Trump has done. The federal courts must stop this if we are to remain a democracy under the Constitution.” - Opinion by Dean Erwin Chemerinsky www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...
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Federal courts must stop Trump’s monarchy if we are to remain a democracy | Opinion
“President Donald Trump has arbitrarily cut off federal funding to myriad recipients. His actions are blatantly unconstitutional, illegal and unwise.”
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The Sacramento Bee Editorial Board @sacbeeeditboard.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
New from @hannahrholzer.bsky.social: “The protest was a gathering of neighbors: While waving their signs and throwing up peace signs, protesters mingled, they caught up and smiled.” www.sacbee.com/opinion/arti...
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Roseville’s ‘No Kings’ protest was a joyous display of community solidarity | Opinion
“The protest was a gathering of neighbors: While waving their signs and throwing up peace signs, protesters mingled, they caught up and smiled.”
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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
"This feels like nothing short of an attack on CA, the nation’s largest state and a global engine of innovation...How can any state succeed when its leader wants it to bend to his political will or fail?" @sacbeeeditboard.bsky.social h/t @simonwdc.bsky.social www.sacbee.com/opinion/arti...
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California under attack: A weak and failing Donald Trump seeks a punching bag | Opinion
California must brace for a historic period of distress as a president wages a war against his biggest state. Los Angeles needs help, not troops.
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The Sacramento Bee Editorial Board @sacbeeeditboard.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
New from The California McClatchy Editorial Board: “California — Los Angeles in particular — is in the president’s crosshairs today. But it will be Chicago, Minneapolis, Seattle or New York tomorrow.” www.sacbee.com/opinion/arti...
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California under attack: A weak and failing Donald Trump seeks a punching bag | Opinion
California must brace for a historic period of distress as a president wages a war against his biggest state. Los Angeles needs help, not troops.
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The Sacramento Bee Editorial Board @sacbeeeditboard.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
New: “At least in the short-term, Trump has won this contest.” www.sacbee.com/opinion/arti...
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Trump scores win over Newsom in Los Angeles’ made-for-TV protests | Opinion
“Trump is instinctual and calculating. If he sees an advantage to be had, he will take it.”
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The Sacramento Bee Editorial Board @sacbeeeditboard.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
New from @byrobinepley.bsky.social and @hannahrholzer.bsky.social: “It’s time to become the resistance leader you promised you would be.” www.sacbee.com/opinion/arti...
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‘Arrest me’: Newsom should join Los Angeles protesters on the front line | Opinion
“It’s time for Newsom to become the resistance leader he promised he would be,” writes columnists Robin Epley and Hannah Holzer.
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The Sacramento Bee @sacbee.com · 07/06/2025
“Obnoxious boors quickly leap to the superlative, perhaps aiming to be noticed. But this leads to absurdity and overkill.”
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‘Rhetorical excess’: Trumpian exaggeration and hyperbole leads to absurdity | Opinion
“Obnoxious boors quickly leap to the superlative, perhaps aiming to be noticed. But this leads to absurdity and overkill.”
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The Sacramento Bee @sacbee.com · 06/06/2025
A WWII story of Lt. Donald Johnson, the D-Day invasion and a touching reunion with a French orphan named Gilbert decades later in Normandy.
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Finding Gilbert: The touching WWII D-Day story that spans four generations | Opinion
A WWII story of Lt. Donald Johnson, the D-Day invasion and a touching reunion with a French orphan named Gilbert decades later in Normandy.
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Rep. John Garamendi @repgaramendi.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
California Republicans voted to slash Medicaid funding by $880 billion, which will remove health coverage from over 14 million Americans. If that’s not malpractice, I don’t know what is. ⬇️
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The Sacramento Bee Editorial Board @sacbeeeditboard.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
New from @repgaramendi.bsky.social: “If that’s not malpractice, I don’t know what is.” www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...
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Congressman blasts Kevin Kiley and David Valadao over Medicaid cuts | Opinion
Congressman John Garamendi calls Reps. Kevin Kiley and David Valadao’s votes in support of Medicaid cuts “unconscionable” and “malpractice.”
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The Maynard Institute for Journalism Education @maynardinstitute.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
"To truly rebuild California’s local news infrastructure, we must invest in the full ecosystem." Read more from Steve Glazer @Steve_Glazer and Maynard Institute Co-Executive Director Martin G. Reynolds at @sacbee.com. @sacbeeeditboard.bsky.social sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...:
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The Maynard Institute for Journalism Education @maynardinstitute.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
From Maynard Institute Co-Executive Director Martin G. Reynolds @reynoldspost.bsky.social and Former CA State Senator Steve Glazer: Could $15 million save local journalism in California?
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The Sacramento Bee Editorial Board @sacbeeeditboard.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
“This investment would support some 60 reporters in outlets statewide annually, add 10 editing fellowships to cultivate newsroom leaders and expand coaching, training and infrastructure support for nonprofit, for-profit and ethnic media outlets across the state.” www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...
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Could $15 million save local journalism in California? We think so | Opinion
“To truly rebuild California’s local news infrastructure, we must invest in the full ecosystem — from newsroom leadership to training and innovation.”
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