Social welfare nonprofits, which can keep their donors secret, are a lot like Russian nesting dolls: Open one, and you’ll find a smaller version inside. That’s what courts in California discovered last year when they tried to figure out who...
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Cayman Islands
Nonprofits: Cayman Islands of Political Money
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Two of four 1,060-foot catwalks connect to the 525-foot main tower from the eastern end of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.
Jerry Brown Channels Forrest Gump
So dozens of over-sized bolts built into the soon-to-be-opened $6.4 billion San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge snapped when they were tightened earlier this year. What does California Gov. Jerry Brown have to say about it? “Look, s— happens,” Brown said when...
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry visits with fans prior to the start of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series NRA 500 on April 13, 2013 in Fort Worth, Texas.
Texas to Chicago: Send Us Your Overtaxed, Underemployed Masses
Texas Gov. Rick Perry has picked Chicago as his latest job-recruitment target, running print and Internet advertisements through a weekly business newspaper urging Illinois companies to move to the second-most populous state. In February, radio ads launched by Perry asked...
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President Barack Obama walks with California Attorney General Kamala Harris after arriving at San Francisco International Airport.
Obama’s Apology to Kamala Harris: Phone Call to an Old Friend
Kamala Harris, California’s attorney general, got an apologetic phone call last night from the president of the United States — for calling her good looking. Not only good looking — “the best-looking attorney general,” President Barack Obama called Harris, during...
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Kamala Harris, attorney general of California, waves before speaking during day two of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Sept. 5, 2012.
Obama: California’s AG ‘Best Looking’ — and Beau Biden?
President Barack Obama, in California for some party fundraising, caught his audience’s attention with his notice of the state attorney general: Obama just riffed in how hot Cali AG Kamela Harris is. “By far, the best looking attorney general…(audience: “oh’s”)…C’mon,...
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President Barack Obama delivers remarks from the wharf near the PortMiami tunnel project in Miami, Florida on March 29, 2013.
Obama’s Post-Election Fundraising: Replenishing a Party
With a quartet of California fundraisers, President Barack Obama will test his ability to replenish his party’s campaign accounts without the threat of his defeat to motivate Democratic donors. Obama leaves Washington today for a Western trip that is four...
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State Senator Tony Strickland, R-Thousand Oaks, second from left, discusses the newly formed Taxpayers Caucus during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., on Feb. 23, 2011.
California: Strickland Seeks Rematch with Brownley
California Republican Tony Strickland is seeking a rematch with Democratic Rep. Julia Brownley, who defeated him last November in a Ventura County-based district west of Los Angeles. Strickland, a former state legislator, filed a statement of candidacy and a statement...
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President Barack Obama participates in a naturalization ceremony in the East Room of the White House on March 25, 2013 in Washington DC.
DNC in Money Pit, Obama Heading West: Gold on That Bay
President Barack Obama will headline two San Francisco Bay-Area fundraisers next week for the Democratic National Committee, which is trying to dig itself out of a $22 million hole. Obama will make his DNC pitches on April 4; the day...
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Justin Kenny of Akron, Ohio holds a modified Stars and Stripes flag in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, on March 26, 2013 in Washington, DC.
Bloomberg by the Numbers: 52
That’s the percentage of Americans who have a favorable view of the Supreme Court, according to the Pew Research Center. That compares with 31 percent who have an unfavorable view of the high court, according to interviews conducted March 13-17....
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 24, 2013, to introduce legislation on assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition feeding devices.
Cruzing for a Lecture: Feinstein on Guns
Ted Cruz, the first-year Republican senator from Texas who has taken on some senior lawmakers in rhetorical fisticuffs during his debut on Capitol Hill, ran into one contender today who showed little patience for his brashness. Cruz put a question...
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