Roaming around California and the West for @TheEconomist. Signal: abraun.99
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For many months I have been driving up and down California's Highway 1 to try to understand why this road is so wondrous—and so vulnerable. Here is the result:
economist.com/interactive/un…
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NEW: The Denver Post is endorsing Republican Michael Allen for Attorney General, citing Democrat Jena Griswold's repeated errors as Secretary of State and concerns about her leadership and management
Michael Allen -- a Republican running against Jena Griswold -- is a moderate Republican who has proven twice that he can stand up to the more extreme members of his political party, The Denver Post Editorial Board writes in its endorsement. denverpost.com/2026/10/16/co…
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This, from the Oregonian, is possibly the most heartbreaking thing I've ever read.
Las Vegas police have finally identified the body found in a barrel in Lake Mead years ago. I wrote about the case back in 2022
economist.com/christmas-spec…
#BREAKING: LVMPD and Clark County Coroner reveal new information about the body found in a barrel at Lake Mead in 2022. xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1yKAPwVNe…
I liked the setup during the LA mayoral debate tonight. Much more intimate and conversational to have candidates and moderators sitting at a table together, rather than standing on a big stage behind awkward podiums! Kudos @NBCLA @TELEMUNDO52
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This weekend I put pen to paper on the political question that’s gonna decide a dozen or more congressional and legislative campaigns…
Oddly, most Dems have been fairly quiet about it, while Reps @FlashReport and @spencerpratt keep talking about it
capitolweekly.net/is-the-und…
Lovely story from @ShawnHubler on the inimitable Canyon Country Store nytimes.com/2026/09/22/us/la…
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Our new investigation into 500+ U.S. citizens held by immigration agents also features a searchable database for incidents involving minors, tear gas & Americans held 24 hours +
My main takeaway? This is only the tip of the iceberg projects.propublica.org/amer…
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There were 16,292 refugees resettled in the U.S. in the fiscal year that just ended. The lowest number since the modern system started in 1980. Five from Afghanistan, all the rest from South Africa, mostly Afrikaners.
"Americans going about their regular lives were witnessing...neighbors and colleagues disappearing, and sometimes ICE agents grabbing, tackling, or even shooting people, forcing a thousand quiet reckonings with what the country has become."
theatlantic.com/politics/202…
The Fat Bear Week theory of everything
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Quick summary of the first 40 minutes of the CNN California governor debate, on almost every issue:
Steve Hilton: "Xavier Becerra is a Democrat, more of the same!!"
Xavier Becerra: "Steve Hilton is backed by and agrees with Donald Trump!!"
Back on the campaign trail in LA tonight. Lots of big events for the mayoral race in the next few days
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Kudos to The Oklahoman’s @alexiaaston for the only coverage of this visit by Mullin to his brother’s chamber of commerce meeting, where he made disparaging statements about migrants and got into a shouting match over whether ICE conduct is biblical
“A person who identified herself as a member of Mullin's staff approached a photographer during the event and said he was not allowed to publish anything from it, including the fact that Mullin attended.”
oklahoman.com/story/news/pol… #transparency
Great story from @CalMatters.
"Wherever the path from preliminary application to permit issued is so costly, tedious and unpredictable that developers and desperate homeowners are willing to pay someone else to endure the journey...expediters flourish" calmatters.org/housing/2026/…
"Los Angeles does not have a weak-mayor system. It has had weak mayors, and it may well have more, but that’s not usually because they lack power; it’s because they have failed to use the power they have." lamaterial.com/p/la-mayor-po…
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Incredible photos of the San Francisco mountain lion — now tranquilized and removed — by @manuelorbegozo
Story by @aidinvaziri and @stjbs sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti…
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I went to Haiti to talk to the people who are arriving on the deportation flights. A common theme emerged: many people said their their iphones, jewelry and other valuables were not returned to them.
nytimes.com/2026/09/06/world…
Donald Trump is finally building his border wall. What will it accomplish—besides irrevocably changing the landscape?
I went to Arizona to find out
economist.com/interactive/un…
This story only exists thanks to huuuge team effort from @futuraprime @BenThrosby @MatterofMatt and many others.
And, the best part of the story, imho, is the stunning photography from @caitlin_oh