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Shira Stein

@shiramstein.bsky.social
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Future veterinarian. Former reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle, Bloomberg and the Washington Post. American University alum. Bay Area born and raised. She/her 🏳️‍🌈🐱 Banner pic by Doug Mills/NYT

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Shira Stein @shiramstein.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
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Shira Stein @shiramstein.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
My favorite thing about my announcement is all the dog jokes… is it not immediately apparent that I’m a cat person?? 🫤
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Shira Stein @shiramstein.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Some big life news: This is my last week at the San Francisco Chronicle and my last week in journalism. After spending nearly half my life as a reporter, I’m excited to pursue a new dream: becoming a veterinarian!
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Shira Stein @shiramstein.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Cool. Love being further financially penalized for being single 🙃
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Andrew S. Kelly @askellyphd.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
This is among the most thorough reporting I’ve seen on the health care impacts of the Republican budget bill, both on California and the nation. It’s all devastating, but this gets into the details.
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Shira Stein @shiramstein.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Legislation that would blow a hole in California’s health care spending, disproportionately tax Californians and neuter the states’ ability to regulate artificial intelligence passed the House early Thursday morning. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
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Trump tax bill details: Measure passed by House will have outsize impact for Californians
President Trump's tax bill passed by the House after a marathon session would blow a hole in California’s health care spending.
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Shira Stein @shiramstein.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
The Senate totaled California’s signature climate change policy — mandating new cars sold be electric by 2035 — in a 51 to 44 vote Thursday morning. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
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The Senate just gutted California’s signature climate change policy
The Republican-controlled Senate voted to revoke California’s ability to mandate the phasing-out of gas-powered cars
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Maureen Futtner @maureenfuttner.com · 22/05/2025
Thank you @shiramstein.bsky.social for this excellent (and devastating) reporting from the @sfchronicle.com Trump tax bill details: Measure passed by House will have outsize impact for Californians www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
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Trump tax bill details: Measure passed by House will have outsize impact for Californians
The Trump tax bill passed by the House after a marathon session would blow a hole in California’s health care spending.
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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Some of y’all noticed I’ve been uncharacteristically offline. This is why, and I remain on leave for a few weeks to handle a PTSD relapse. CJR was dogged in its pursuit of my story. Because of what I do and who I am, I felt that I had to answer their questions honestly. www.cjr.org/feature-2/we...
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Journalists Attest to Experiences of Sexual Misconduct with Wesley Lowery
Lowery rose to prominence as a reporter and media thinker. Women in the industry say he engaged in sexual harassment and assault.
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Shira Stein @shiramstein.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Congress' proposed ban on state AI regulation could interfere with California's ability to crack down on AI-generated child abuse images and deepfake scams targeting seniors, state officials said. @sophiabollag.bsky.social and I detail what's at stake: www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
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California state lawmakers ask Congress not to ban their AI laws
Lawmakers in Sacramento disagree with provision in Republican tax bill that would prohibit states, localities from enforcing their artificial intelligence laws
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Sophia Bollag @sophiabollag.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Congress' proposed AI regulation ban could interfere with the state's ability to crack down on AI-generated child abuse images and deepfake scams targeting seniors, state officials say. @shiramstein.bsky.social and I detail their concerns and what's at stake: www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
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California state lawmakers ask Congress not to ban their AI laws
Lawmakers in Sacramento disagree with provision in Republican tax bill that would prohibit states, localities from enforcing their artificial intelligence laws
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Shira Stein @shiramstein.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
I watched 27 hours of markup so you didn't have to. Here's how the Republican tax bill would rip a hole in California's budget. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
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California likely to pay for Republican budget cuts
House Republicans pass bill after marathon debate that would save $880 billion with big Medicaid cuts.
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Shira Stein @shiramstein.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Maine’s bitter dispute with the Trump administration over transgender girls' participation in girls’ sports teams could be a harbinger of California’s future. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
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Trump’s battle with Maine over trans athletes is a test case. California could be next
Attorney General Pam Bondi has said California and Minnesota could face lawsuits next.
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Shira Stein @shiramstein.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Spoke with @jaketapper.bsky.social yesterday about the attacks I've encountered for wearing a mask. I'm grateful for the opportunity to talk about how it is indicative of a larger trend in attacks on journalists and newsrooms, and how that affects trust in our institutions. youtu.be/CAFHKSJvfqM
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The Lead With Jake Tapper — Shira Stein on 4-24-25
YouTube video by Shira Stein
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Shira Stein @shiramstein.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
I'll be talking to @jaketapper.bsky.social on CNN at 5:40pm ET about Marjorie Taylor Greene attacking me for wearing a mask. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
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Marjorie Taylor Greene attacked me for wearing a mask. What she did next was even worse
In person, the congresswoman acknowledged my health issues and my right to wear a mask to protect myself.  That's not what she broadcast to her followers.
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Shira Stein @shiramstein.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
This is... wow.
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Dumb journalists think being a tough interviewer requires writing down gotcha questions in advance. Smart journalists know that the trick is just listening and sometimes going, ‘how so?’
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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
We are fixing the ozone hole. We can fix things. 🧪 earthobservatory.nasa.gov/world-of-cha...
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World of Change: Antarctic Ozone Hole
In the early 1980s, scientists began to realize that CFCs were creating a thin spot—a hole—in the ozone layer over Antarctica every spring. This series of satellite images shows the ozone hole on the ...
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Shira Stein @shiramstein.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
ICYMI Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene attacked me for wearing a mask. President Donald Trump singled me out. But there’s a far more sinister goal at work here than humiliating an individual reporter or racking up likes. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
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Nanette Asimov @nanetteasimov.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Marjorie Taylor Greene attacked SFChronicle reporter @shiramstein.bsky.social for wearing a mask. 'But there’s a far more sinister goal at work.' www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
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Marjorie Taylor Greene attacked me for wearing a mask. What she did next was even worse
In person, the congresswoman acknowledged my health issues and my right to wear a mask to protect myself.  That's not what she broadcast to her followers.
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Shira Stein @shiramstein.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
NEW: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene attacked me for wearing a mask. President Donald Trump singled me out. Their decisions to do so — and post the interactions online — were ultimately intended to sow distrust in news and control the narrative. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
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Marjorie Taylor Greene attacked me for wearing a mask. What she did next was even worse
In person, the congresswoman acknowledged my health issues and my right to wear a mask to protect myself.  That's not what she broadcast to her followers.
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Shira Stein @shiramstein.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
NEW: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene attacked me for wearing a mask. President Donald Trump singled me out. Their decisions to do so — and post the interactions online — were ultimately intended to sow distrust in news and control the narrative. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
sfchronicle.com
Marjorie Taylor Greene attacked me for wearing a mask. What she did next was even worse
In person, the congresswoman acknowledged my health issues and my right to wear a mask to protect myself.  That's not what she broadcast to her followers.
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San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle.com · 11/04/2025
From @shiramstein.bsky.social: Congressional Republicans say the benefits of local education control, their end goal with shuttering the U.S. Department of Education, outweighs the risk of states like California using federal money to fund programs with which they disagree.
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Here's how Republicans' are justifying Trump's plan to dismantle the Education Department
Trump and several of the lawmakers said they want to see the funding go directly to local governments, rather than passing through statehouses.
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Shira Stein @shiramstein.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
New: Congressional Republicans say the benefits of local education control, their end goal with shuttering the U.S. Department of Education, outweighs the risk of states like California using federal money to fund programs with which they disagree. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
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Here's how Republicans' are justifying Trump's plan to dismantle the Education Department
Trump and several of the lawmakers said they want to see the funding go directly to local governments, rather than passing through statehouses.
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Shira Stein @shiramstein.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
DOGE head Amy Gleason denied responsibility for mass federal worker firings in a private group chat message obtained by the Chronicle. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
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DOGE head denies responsibility for mass firings in private group chat message
The April 2 message was sent in a nearly 300-person group chat of health care innovators.
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San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle.com · 08/04/2025
Amy Gleason, acting administrator of the Department of Government Efficiency, denied responsibility for widespread government layoffs in a message to industry colleagues obtained by the Chronicle.
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DOGE head denies responsibility for mass firings in private group chat message
The April 2 message was sent in a nearly 300-person group chat of health care innovators.
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Shira Stein @shiramstein.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
… I am so tired
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
“I currently serve as acting administrator of the U.S. Doge Service…That’s separate from (1) the embedded agency Doge teams — who are hired directly into each agency — and (2) the broader Doge policy agenda that Elon Musk advises the President on,” Gleason said.”
The Jan. 20 executive order establishing DOGE directed federal agency leaders to form DOGE teams within their departments in consultation with the U.S. DOGE Service administrator and that
"Agency Heads shall ensure that DOGE Team Leads coordinate their work with (the U.S. DOGE Service)."
"I currently serve as acting administrator of the U.S. Doge Service (formerly U.S. Digital Service). That's separate from (1) the embedded agency Doge teams - who are hired directly into each agency — and (2) the broader Doge policy agenda that Elon Musk advises the President on," Gleason said in the post.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
"Nothing about my role has been hidden. It was publicly announced shortly after I became acting administrator," Gleason said. 🤔 One day after the WH revealed Gleason as the acting DOGE administrator, Karoline Leavitt said she’d been in the role for “quite some time…several weeks, maybe a month.”
The April 2 message, the first statement by Gleason made public since her role in DOGE was announced, was sent in a nearly 300-person group chat of health care innovators. She made the comment after members of the group fought over Gleason's role in the mass April 1 layoffs at the Health and Human Services Department.

"Nothing about my role has been hidden. It was publicly announced shortly after I became acting administrator," Gleason said. "I will always fight for patients, for better healthcare, and for good people and employees — just as I always have. I still believe I can accomplish good things in my role."Reporter: When exactly did Amy Gleason start her job as DOGE administrator?
WH Press Secretary: "Amy Gleason has been the DOGE administrator for quite some time, I believe several weeks, maybe a month, l'm not actually sure of the specific timeline...
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
WITAOD WATCH: “Amy Gleason, acting administrator of the Department of Government Efficiency, denied responsibility for widespread government layoffs in a message to industry colleagues obtained by the Chronicle.” www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
WASHINGTON - Amy Gleason, acting administrator of the Department of Government Efficiency, denied responsibility for widespread government layoffs in a message to industry colleagues obtained by the Chronicle.
The April 2 message, the first statement by Gleason made public since her role in DOGE was announced, was sent in a nearly 300-person group chat of health care innovators. She made the comment after members of the group fought over Gleason's role in the mass April 1 layoffs at the Health and Human Services Department.
"Nothing about my role has been hidden. It was publicly announced shortly after I became acting administrator," Gleason said. "I will always fight for patients, for better healthcare, and for good people and employees — just as I always have. I still believe I can accomplish good things in my role."
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Sara Libby @saralibby.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
In a group chat of health care innovators, acting DOGE head Amy Gleason denied responsibility for mass firings and cuts across the federal government, @shiramstein.bsky.social reports. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
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DOGE head denies responsibility for mass firings in private group chat message
The April 2 message was sent in a nearly 300-person group chat of health care innovators.
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Shira Stein @shiramstein.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Scoop: Acting DOGE Administrator Amy Gleason denied responsibility for widespread government layoffs in a message to industry colleagues obtained by the Chronicle. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
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DOGE head denies responsibility for mass firings in private group chat message
The April 2 message was sent in a nearly 300-person group chat of health care innovators.
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Shira Stein @shiramstein.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
The false information that President Donald Trump was considering a 90-day pause on tariffs might have come from Reuters... www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
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U.S. markets swing wildly after false rumor of 90-day pause on Trump tariffs
U.S. stock markets whipsawed after a false rumor spread that President Trump was considering a 90-day pause on his international tariff plan.
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Shira Stein @shiramstein.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
BREAKING: U.S. stock markets whipsawed wildly Monday morning after false information spread rapidly across social media and news outlets that President Donald Trump was considering a 90-day pause on his sweeping international tariffs. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
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U.S. markets swing wildly after false rumor of 90-day pause on Trump tariffs
U.S. stock markets whipsawed after a false rumor spread that President Trump was considering a 90-day pause on his international tariff plan.
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Shira Stein @shiramstein.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
President Donald Trump’s widespread tariffs could upend California agriculture and will likely lead to increased prices on cars, prescription drugs and even toilet paper, economists and industry experts said. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
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Here’s what could get more expensive in California under Trump’s sweeping tariffs
Trump’s widespread tariffs could upend California agriculture and will likely lead to increased prices on cars, prescription drugs and even toilet paper.
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Susie Neilson @susien.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
NEW INVESTIGATION: California is facing an underinsurance crisis, as wildfire survivors struggle to rebuild their homes. Insurers often blame homeowners for this crisis. But as @meganmunce.bsky.social & I found, the companies are largely responsible. Read more tinyurl.com/39pdydwj
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A broken system is keeping California homes underinsured. Millions are at risk
California's biggest insurance companies are using faulty algorithms and flawed processes to estimate rebuilding costs — leaving millions of homeowners unprotected from disaster.
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Shira Stein @shiramstein.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
This is the perfect intersection of my journalism career HHS reporter 🤝 DC correspondent for a California paper
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Shira Stein @shiramstein.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Xavier Becerra, who served as Health and Human Services secretary under President Joe Biden, will run for California governor in 2026, he announced Wednesday. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
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Former California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announces run for governor
Former Health and Human Secretary and California Attorney General Xavier Becerra says state needs a leader who rewards hard work.
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Alanna Vagianos @alannavagianos.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Trump -- the "fertilization president" who has promised via EO to make IVF more accessible -- just cut a highly specialized team that focuses on infertility & other assisted repro technology as part of the larger CDC cuts.
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Trump’s IVF Executive Order Isn’t ‘Promises Made, Promises Kept’
The president says the order would help lower costs and expand access to in vitro fertilization, but advocates caution that this is just a first step.
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Shira Stein @shiramstein.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
NEW: The U.S. Health and Human Services Department’s San Francisco regional office will be shuttered this spring amid a broad culling of jobs at federal health agencies. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
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Trump administration to shutter San Francisco HHS office amid sweeping health agency layoffs
Trump administration officials will shutter the regional Health and Human Services office in the Speaker Nancy Pelosi Federal Building.
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Shira Stein @shiramstein.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Hello from ”a reporter” lol
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Shira Stein @shiramstein.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
I know everyone's focused on Signalgate again, but I wrote a story about why Trump's attacks on law firms matter to everyone and not just lawyers! www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
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As Trump ramps up law firm attacks, S.F. lawyers are starting to push back
In the past month, Trump has targeted four major law firms for their roles in prosecuting him or representing his enemies.
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Shira Stein @shiramstein.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
I know everyone's focused on Signalgate again, but I wrote a story about why Trump's attacks on law firms matter to everyone and not just lawyers! www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
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As Trump ramps up law firm attacks, S.F. lawyers are starting to push back
In the past month, Trump has targeted four major law firms for their roles in prosecuting him or representing his enemies.
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Shira Stein @shiramstein.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
If successful in their races, Katie Porter and Barbara Lee would be taking on roles with little similarity to their time in Congress — and the likelihood that they will be blamed for anything that goes wrong, even if it isn’t directly their responsibility or fault www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
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Katie Porter and Barbara Lee are running for executive roles. Did Congress prepare them?
If successful in their races, Porter and Lee would be taking on roles with little similarity to their time in Congress.
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Shira Stein @shiramstein.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Nancy Pelosi's willingness to publicly speak out against Chuck Schumer is another example of how, since stepping down as House speaker, she has been unburdened by the confines of leadership and more willing to publicly disagree with her fellow Democrats. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
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What Nancy Pelosi’s digs at Chuck Schumer reveal about her post-leadership career
Since stepping down as House speaker, Nancy Pelosi has been more willing to publicly disagree with her fellow Democrats.
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Shira Stein @shiramstein.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
lol I wrote this in 2019... news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...
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Labeling Fentanyl as Mass Weapon May Further Curb Medical Uses
Illegally produced fentanyl is the deadliest opioid when abused but its medical counterpart is a lifeline for people with severe pain. Now a drug that’s been made harder to get may become close to imp...
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
"The White House Correspondents Association was formed in 1914 because of a rumor that a Congressional committee was going to select which journalists could attend Woodrow Wilson’s press conferences. Now it’s a president picking journalists." -April Ryan www.thedailybeast.com/a-free-white...
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A Free White House Press is In Peril. I Demand to Meet Trump
April Ryan is one of the White House press corp’s longest-serving members. Here she reveals the extraordinary battle over freedom being fought in the West Wing—and her part in it.
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Shira Stein @shiramstein.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
California Republicans in Congress said they needed more information to determine how much aid the state would receive, but expect attention to turn to the issue now that the federal government has been funded past the March 14 deadline. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
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Are Republicans cooling on attaching strings to California wildfire aid?
Two months after wildfires ravaged Los Angeles County, political tempers have cooled and the appetite for conditioning federal aid to California has waned too.
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Shira Stein @shiramstein.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
In a rare moment of public disagreement with members of her own party, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi called out Senate Democrats Friday for supporting Republicans' government funding extension www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
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In remarkable split, Nancy Pelosi slams Chuck Schumer over budget deal
At stake is preventing a shutdown, but many Democrats argue there are much bigger-picture issues at play.
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Shira Stein @shiramstein.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
President Trump threatened to impose a 200% tariff on all EU wine, Champagne and spirits — the latest episode in an ongoing trade war that has now thrown California winemakers, importers and restaurants into a state of disarray. Co-bylined with the SFC wine queen www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
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Trump’s 200% tariff threat throws California wine industry into chaos
Trump claimed the new tariff on European Union wines, Champagne and spirits would help U.S. businesses, but some winery owners rejected that premise.
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