Senior news editor for California, Politico. Reach me at [email protected].
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David Siders retweeted
The town's worst-kept secret: Many people know that Paramount CEO David Ellison has been quietly working on a bipartisan bill to create a federal film tax incentive program. Coincidentally, while Rob Bonta was delivering his press conference today, Ellison was en route to D.C. with chief legal officer Makan Delrahim for a long-planned dinner with 13 members of the House Ways and Means Committee to discuss advancing the legislation. The dinner, I am told, is being hosted by committee chair Jason Smith as I type this.
In CA Playbook ...
-- Inside Steyer's fall
-- Why Hilton advancing (even if he loses) is a big win for the GOP
-- And a raft of race calls down ballot
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David Siders retweeted
SCOOP: Paramount has accused Netflix of launching a "scorched-earth campaign" against its Warner Bros. purchase in a letter to DOJ obtained by @politico. Paramount is claiming that Netflix is trying to "poison regulators" against the deal. My latest: politico.com/news/2026/06/09…
In CA Playbook ...
-- The online meltdown over LA’s vote count
-- CTA comes out against the wealth tax
-- Newsom's office pushes back on Mehmet Oz
-- And Becerra won the day
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David Siders retweeted
EXCLUSIVE: Aaron Schock traded congressional disgrace for what he said was his shot at a Venezuelan gold mine — and the chance to remake himself in Trump's Washington.
On his remarkable return as a jet-setting influence broker directing a transatlantic operation to keep the United States out of war.
W/ @ebazaileimil
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David Siders retweeted
Beginning in September, @POLITICO is modernizing how we deliver our energy and environmental policy journalism and launching a more focused, high-impact portfolio of daily news and intelligence products.
Read more:
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David Siders retweeted
EXCLUSIVE: A web of oil interests, a fallen congress member, a special envoy and a fleet of social-media influencers tried to pull the Trump administration toward a more accommodating posture on Venezuela.
It almost worked.
W/ @ebazaileimil
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David Siders retweeted
NEWS: The California Teachers Assn. voted today to oppose the billionaire's tax slated to be on the ballot in Nov. They follow other labor and liberal groups -- the state building trades, Planned Parenthood -- aligning w Gavin Newsom against the initiative subscriber.politicopro.com/a…
Read @DanielNMiller on the view of the World Cup from Tehrangeles ...
Iran plays its first World Cup game in L.A. in 10 days, but Tehrangeles won’t be tuning in or turning out — except perhaps to protest. My piece on the anguish of Iranian Americans who love soccer but loathe the Islamic Republic, featuring Reza Pahlavi: politico.com/news/2026/06/05…
Smartest run-down on the state of play in the gov's race in CA -- Read @katymurphy 's conversation this AM w/ @melmason , @JeremyBWhite , @dustingardiner & @jonesblakej ...
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Read @NoahBaustin on Becerra v. Steyer ...
Oil money is taking center stage in the California governor’s race politi.co/4o09KKj via @politico
In CA Playbook ...
-- Can TMZ make a mayor?
-- New polling in the gov's race
-- And in LA, Nithya Raman wins the day
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Read @DanielNMiller on the TMZ primary in LA ...
Harvey Levin’s latest project: Spencer Pratt for LA mayor politi.co/4uztZ3X via @politico
In CA Playbook ...
-- The normie-insider disconnect in the governor’s race
-- Newsom's bid to tax “anti-weaponization” fund payouts
-- And Becerra wins the day
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In CA Playbook ...
-- Pelosi becomes a target in SF’s bruising House race
-- A bill to help a battered corner of Hollywood clears the lower house
-- And Ammar Campa-Najjar wins the day
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Revealing look at shifting winds in Hollywood from @DanielNMiller and @JeremyBWhite …
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David Siders retweeted
New: Billionaire Chris Larsen says he will boost Gavin Newsom's likely 2028 presidential campaign "any way we can"
His support reflects an early rallying around the home-state governor by Democratic donors in Silicon Valley: politico.com/news/2026/05/15… w/ @MuiChristine @JeremyBWhite
In CA Playbook ...
-- Newsom's budget helps to ease vulnerabilities ahead 2028
-- Becerra's rough stretch (and, w/ an asterisk, winning day)
-- And Jerry Brown on why he's not endorsing
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In CA Playbook ...
-- Harris rips GOP redistricting as 'red-state cheating'
-- Newsom's budget plan and 2028
-- Dana Williamson's court date
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In CA Playbook ...
-- Becerra's Dana Williamson bind
-- Newsom's Rohit Chopra appointment
-- And why Tom Steyer won the day
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