California politics expert and our Sacratmento bureau chief @johnmyers is discussing how we got here, what happens next and what it means for California and the nation with @pattmlatimes
@johnmyers@pattmlatimes As the coronavirus pandemic wanes slightly, and voters confidence that we'll get through the pandemic has improved, the recall has struggled, says @johnmyers
@johnmyers "The recall election doesn't end this fight, this battle... it's just the first round. We'll got back at this in 2022 with another election." - @johnmyers
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“In many ways, the recall election of 2003 was a battle between the state’s more moderate and conservative factions. Schwarzenegger, who was then a member of the Kennedy family, became the standard bearer for the moderates...”
“In 2003, Kevin McCarthy of Bakersfield was the Assembly Republican leader who attached himself to Schwarzenegger and helped lead the fight for the 'moderates' in the party.”
Just when you think you've seen it all, here's something that happened this week:
Dr. Anthony Fauci weighed in on that Nicki Minaj's cousin's friend's testicles vaccine story. latimes.com/entertainment-…
ICYMI: The “Super Bass” rapper took to Twitter earlier this week announcing that she would miss the Met Gala due to the event's COVID-19 vaccine mandate, and shared a very... intimate anecdote about how the vaccine allegedly affected a cousin's friend. latimes.com/entertainment-…
The tweets sparked swift response, including one from the leading U.S. coronavirus expert himself, who debunked the notion that the vaccine affects the reproductive system. latimes.com/entertainment-…
“After going weeks without speaking to each other because I yelled at my mom about not getting vaccinated, she finally calls me from her home in Texas. The news: She has just tested positive for COVID-19.”
“More bad news. I find out from my sister that four family members in Texas, including my 79-year-old grandmother, are unvaccinated and have all contracted the virus.”
“We wanted to celebrate these fans,” Gilligan said. “It just blew my mind when I really started to understand the depth of [their art.]”
Along with some other TV colleagues, Gilligan sifted through works from artists all over the world to produce “99.1% Pure: Breaking Bad Art.”
To many artists, the opportunity was one filled with gratitude.
“‘Breaking Bad’ [fan art] was such a launching platform for me. It was one of the first things that got me noticed online,” said Chicago-based artist @bethevansart. latimes.com/entertainment-…
Those same techniques may not work as well in a less Democratic state, and they hardly negate the problems that Democrats face, both in California and Washington, in turning their ideas into governing policy.
Spurred by the pandemic, Democrats are proposing a foundational shift in how the nation pays for childcare — placing responsibility largely on taxpayers rather than parents.
It’s a transition dozens of wealthy countries already have made.
Advocates and Democrats in Congress see this moment as a chance to reframe infant and toddler childcare as a duty of the entire society, similar to K-12 education.