Will McCarthy
@wrmccart
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California ballot measures reporter @politico. as seen in @texasmonthly, @latimes, @nytimes, @natgeo, @smithsonianmag, @snapjudgment, @longreads
Joined October 2019
I got to write about my weird obsession with google reviews thanks to @cherilucas and @Longreads . plz read!.
“I have lived, these reviews say, I have fought and struggled and cried in the face of beauty. I have felt pain, and I have been to Taco Bell and it was only average.” @wrmccart .
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RT @politico: Schwarzenegger ready to fight Newsom on redistricting
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The Republican who helped pass California’s independent line-drawing commission wants to defend his legacy.
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RT @politico: The man behind the movement to make California its own country claims to be a business tycoon. But he's broke. Meet the CEO….
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The man behind the Calexit movement claims to be a baller. But he's broke.
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RT @ccadelago: What happens when a Republican with no power in Sacramento suddenly finds it on the streets of Los Angeles?. @wrmccart on….
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Bill Essayli had no power in Sacramento. Now he's flexing it on the streets of Los Angeles.
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RT @Longreads: "After a period in which Musk was seen as a shadow president, he will now become the de-facto mayor of his own small town."….
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Elon Musk gave it a shot in Washington. Now he’s aiming to be the de-facto mayor of a small Texas town.
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RT @alexanderburns: In which @wrmccart travels to Cameron County, where on the sand a shattered visage lies . and Elon Musk is building….
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Elon Musk gave it a shot in Washington. Now he’s aiming to be the de-facto mayor of a small Texas town.
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RT @politico: Man behind country's costliest ballot initiatives is at a crossroads
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Two items on the California ballot serve as a referendum on Michael Weinstein’s place in state politics.
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RT @politico: Is there still any pop left in California’s fight against soda?
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Santa Cruz voters face ballot initiative that could reignite legal challenge to tax ban.
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RT @ggreschler: SF nonprofit spent thousands on pricey steakhouse dinners, cognac and 1st-class flights. “I don’t need to answer any quest….
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Exclusive: The Standard found that a city-funded nonprofit, part of Mayor London Breed’s Dream Keeper Initiative, submitted invoices for expensive steakhouse dinners, cognac, and luxury travel.
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RT @politico: Can an election save the crown jewel of this tiny California town?
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A longtime Hayfork resident has launched a last-ditch effort to save the public pool through a special tax ballot initiative.
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RT @politico: This California city’s $550 million deal with Chevron could be a national model for environmentalists
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California environmentalists have a new playbook for beating Big Oil.
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RT @Longreads: Great to see @wrmccart's @Longreads essay, "The Strangely Beautiful Experience of Google Reviews," win a 2024 @ASJAhq Award….
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Glimpses of humanity in an unlikely corner of the internet.
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RT @politico: A new California rallying cry: “Fund the Police Forever”
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San Bernardino County jumps into the public safety debate with a belated rejoinder to calls for defunding law enforcement.
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RT @politico: LA Council member Kevin de Leon’s ballot measure shell game
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The LA City Council member is counting on progressive issue campaigns to save his reelection.
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RT @politico: Big Tech-backed plan for new California city gets pulled from local ballot
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Organizers say they will keep working on the project while local opposition groups rejoice.
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RT @maxwhenderson: Today we announced an agreement with CA Gov Newsom to create a first-in-the-nation effort to invest in developing techno….
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RT @politico: The scrappy resistance looking to block Big Tech's urbanist utopia
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Residents of Solano County have lots of reasons to dislike California Forever's plans. Can they come together on a campaign to defeat it?
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RT @politico: In South Lake Tahoe, California, residents battle over empty second homes
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Although urban areas like San Francisco, Oakland, and Berkeley have passed vacancy taxes on unoccupied homes, that political will has not yet manifested in vacation destinations.
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