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Erika D. Smith

Erika D. Smith

@Erika_D_Smith

Columnist, Bloomberg @Opinion. Past @latimes 🦅, @sacbee_news, @indystar, @beaconjournal. Ohioan by birth. Proud Californian by choice. ✊🏾🏳️‍🌈 DMs open.

Los Angeles, CA Katılım Ekim 2008
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The Associated Press
The Associated Press@AP·
The Arizona desert community of Martinez Lake hit 110 degrees Fahrenheit, breaking the record for the highest March temperature ever recorded in the U.S. apnews.com/article/heat-w…
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Julia Wick
Julia Wick@sherlyholmes·
My first story for L.A. Material is a behind-the-scenes account of the week that remade the L.A. mayoral race — how the city’s political class scrambled to marshal an alternative to Mayor Karen Bass, and ended up w a challenger no one saw coming. lamaterial.com/p/five-days-th…
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Eric Michael Garcia
Eric Michael Garcia@EricMGarcia·
Gift Link: really a stunning investigation about Cesar Chavez, detailing his molesting underage girls. He is an icon in California. This is going to reverberate nytimes.com/2026/03/18/us/…
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The Daily Show
The Daily Show@TheDailyShow·
TONIGHT: Mayor of San José @MattMahanSJ sits down with Jon Stewart to discuss joining the race for governor of California
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Erika D. Smith@Erika_D_Smith·
A “quad endorsement.” Sigh.
Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher@LorenaSGonzalez

The @CaliforniaLabor just made a quad endorsement in the Governor’s race just now. We have a spoil of riches when it comes to candidates who have a long history with our individual unions. Tom Steyer, Eric Swalwell, Antonio Villaraigosa and Katie Porter all earned… 1/2

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Eliyahu Kamisher
Eliyahu Kamisher@eli_kamisher·
SCOOP: Tech billionaires are weighing a $500M war chest to counter labor unions and reshape California politics. The proposed endowment, would use investment profits for politics, and work to cement tech’s influence in Sacramento for decades. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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David Dayen
David Dayen@ddayen·
New poll from UC Berkeley shows 64-28 support for California billionaire tax (via email).
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Julia Wick
Julia Wick@sherlyholmes·
A little scooplet: Some L.A. DSA members are pushing to reopen the group’s mayoral endorsement process — potentially putting a Nithya Raman or Rae Huang endorsement in play. There will be a vote at their 3/21 mtg to decide whether to reopen the process.
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POLITICO
POLITICO@politico·
Poll: Hilton’s rise could spare Dems from disaster in California gov’s race dlvr.it/TRQYSW
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Elex Michaelson
Elex Michaelson@Elex_Michaelson·
California Governor's race gets personal between Democrats
Eric Swalwell@ericswalwell

I receive hundreds of death threats every year.  My children are not allowed in the yard.  That’s why my address is private.  And now Tom Steyer has not only put my life at risk but also my family’s by releasing my address.   And the California Post and Daily Mail took his bait and are harassing my neighbors.   Tom, you can try to buy this election all you want, but this is low, even for you.

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Erika D. Smith@Erika_D_Smith·
I mean, sure. “Incumbent Mayor Bass is entering her re-election campaign with just 19.5% of the support. Following Bass is reality television star Spencer Pratt with 10.2% of the support, followed by councilwoman Nithya Raman with 9.3%.” ktla.com/news/politics/…
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Aaron Rupar
Aaron Rupar@atrupar·
RALSTON: Are you still a fan of President Trump? GOV. JOE LOMBARDO: Yeah, I think he's doing, he's doing a good job. I think he's -- there's a lot of nuanc-- and presentation styles that people don't agree with, that I don't agree with sometimes. But I think as our leader, I, I respect the office of the president, and I think especially in our foreign space and homeland security space he's doing a, he's doing a fantastic job.
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POLITICO
POLITICO@politico·
Wealth tax leads in California poll — but faces major headwinds dlvr.it/TRPQd8
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Mike Baker
Mike Baker@ByMikeBaker·
NEW: We just published a deep dive into just how much billionaires are now dominating U.S. politics. We found 300 billionaire families accounted for 19% of federal donations in 2024. The deluge was even larger in many state and local races. 1/7 nytimes.com/2026/03/09/us/…
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ProPublica
ProPublica@propublica·
Last year, we documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a “minimum amount of force.” You can judge for yourself. projects.propublica.org/trump-ice-smas…
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