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State and national politics reporter @latimes. Past: @baltimoresun. Member: @NLGJA. DM me.
Los Angeles, CA
Joined May 2011
RT @nytimes: Breaking News: The Supreme Court said schools must allow parents to opt children out of classes where LGBTQ storybooks are dis….
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RT @latimespolitics: Supreme Court rules for Trump, limits district judges' power to block his orders nationwide
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Previous story on the California outrage over this idea when it was first floated:
I am pleased to announce that the United States Navy is renaming the USNS Harvey Milk to the USNS Oscar V. Peterson. We are taking the politics out of ship naming.
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Also, @mawilner and I take a look at the last decade — from winning marriage equality to backsliding on transgender rights — and how we got here (w/ art from @jimcookeIII): .
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10 years ago, Jim Obergefell changed the world for LGBTQ+ people, helping win marriage equality. I recently spent a couple days with him, in and around his hometown — where he lives again — and witnessed how his legacy lives on. Read here:
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My husband bought me a book of big @latimes front pages from 1881-1981. Much as now, the world has always been swirling madly. This one from Sept. 25, 1957 — of another U.S. president deploying troops to an American city — stood out to me as I flipped through this afternoon.
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Crowds gather on the National Mall ahead of Trump military parade.
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“I’m bilingual, but that doesn’t mean that I have to be picked out, like ‘This guys seems Latino; this guy seems a little bit dirty.’ I’m working, guys. I’m an American. We work.”. Strong story on detained U.S. citizen from @brittny_mejia:.
Here are more details on the encounter. The Montebello mayor confirmed that immigration was on Olympic Boulevard yesterday. I interviewed Brian today, so clearly he was not taken into custody . ‘I'm American, bro!'
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Former LAPD chief Michel Moore writes an op-ed for NYT calling Trump’s deployment of military troops to L.A. a “tactically unsound” mistake.
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RT @TheAtlantic: "President George Washington offered a very different model of an American parade—one better suited for a moment that test….
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Troops in plainclothes practice for Trump’s big military parade tomorrow in swampy DC heat. Anyone from California in DC like me and want to chat about what brought you here? DM me.
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RT @latimes: A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to “return control” of the California National Guard to Gov. Gavi….
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RT @latimes: California Sen. Alex Padilla was detained and handcuffed Thursday morning by the U.S. Secret Service at Homeland Secretary Kri….
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RT @latimes: L.A. law enforcement's treatment of journalists during protests is once again under scrutiny
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Trump lawyers call California effort to block L.A. military deployment a dangerous ‘stunt’.
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Judge will hear arguments on this in open court Thursday. Updating story now.
Breaking: California asks court for restraining order to block Guard, Marine deployments in L.A. (w/ @laura_nelson): .
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California @AGRobBonta said Trump is "looking for any pretense to place military forces on American streets to intimidate and quiet those who disagree with him.". @GavinNewsom said the Trump admin is "turning the military against American citizens.".
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Breaking: California asks court for restraining order to block Guard, Marine deployments in L.A. (w/ @laura_nelson): .
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