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            @Davidlaz
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              Emmy-winning money guy for KTLA Channel 5. Former LA Times. I get my kicks above the waistline, sunshine. (Find me at @Davidlaz.bsky.social)
              
              Los Angeles, CA
            
            
              
              Joined February 2009
            
            
          
            #BREAKING: All of Pacific Palisades is currently under an evacuation order due to the fast-moving, wind-driven #PalisadesFire which has burned more than 200 acres. Evacuees are being urged to travel south toward Pacific Coast Highway. The latest:  https://t.co/SLLsFbvAaj 
          
          
                
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             Our new fosters are gradually acclimating to their surroundings. The shelter named this little girl Triathlete, which just won't do. So we're calling her Hime (pronounced 'Hee-may'), which is Japanese for 'princess.' Join us at Bluesky, @davidlaz.bsky.social 
          
                
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             Our country worked hard to bring down inflation from 9% to just over 2%. Trump says one of his first acts in office will be to raise prices on many goods (sorry, MAGA, that’s how tariffs work) 
          
                
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             MAGA's obsession with baseless conspiracy theories isn't new. It's been a defining characteristic of the American right for decades, as political scientist Richard Hofstadter showed in this famous essay 
          
            
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