Author of "Kamala's Way, An American Life." Working on a second book. Ex-Sac Bee editorial page editor, ex-L.A Times. @danmorain.bsky.social Threads: @DanMorain
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Jun 14
Getty Museum, free for all, funded by one who once was the world’s richest man.
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Jun 13
Start the Presses: Musk’s trillion-dollar moment puts California’s local news crisis in stark relief napavalleyregister.com/opini… via @NapaRegister
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Jun 12
Times changed: President Reagan hosted the Special Olympics on the South Lawn in June 1983. The big controversy: the Beach Boys performed—after his interior secretary banned the band from July 4 festivities because the Boys attracted an unsavory element. youtube.com/watch?v=whmnqRSy…
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Jun 9
Garry South has seen this movie:
Jun 9
My take in the LA Times on why Steyer and so many other rich candidates have failed. I’ve seen this movie before.
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What's the biggest threat to democracy? A veteran poll worker worries it's us.
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Jun 3
This is the sort of thing that matters.
Direct Relief recently delivered pediatric dolutegravir, donated by @ViiVHC, to Rwanda’s Ministry of Health to help address HIV treatment gaps for children affected by medication stock-outs and ongoing disruptions to global HIV funding.
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Last year, more people died in L.A. traffic than were killed in homicides. So why wasn't that part of the public safety discourse in the mayoral primary? Or does a preventable death not count when a car's involved?
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May 25
I’m in good company. When George Skelton struggles, it’s clearly a tough call. George’s column: My pick for California governor is ... I’m still working on it: latimes.com/california/newsl…
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May 19
You’re a great reason for Californians to tune into CNN. It’s wonderful to have someone who knows California have a voice.
May 18
My first ever promo campaign for @CNN!
Pretty surreal!
Thanks to everyone who has supported the first 6 months of @CNNTheStoryIs!
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May 15
We're having our "Spring Survival" drive. Help us out!
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May 6
CalMatters, Abridged/KVIE with the Steinberg Institute asked candidates for governor what they'd do about homelessness and untreated mental illness. Villaraigosa, Mahan, Hilton & Bianco gave their takes. Becerra, Steyer, Porter ducked. calmatters.org/politics/2026…
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If you're in media, politics, government or just a political junkie, the @CATargetBook's data guru @RPyers is your guy to follow. His Target Book "Hot Sheets" are the insiders' cheat sheets to CA elections...👇
DoorDash sends out a priority delivery of $250,000 to the independent expenditure committee backing San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan in the California governor's race.
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Apr 12
Look at the bylines. Lotta all stars. It was a privilege to be part of such a great teams.
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When we started Golden State, we bet that readers would stand up for fearless nonprofit opinion journalism for California. Your support keeps that going. Click the link in our profile to see how you can sustain Golden State on #LocalNewsDay.
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Mar 20
Severe weather from a Kona storm continues to impact Hawai‘i, with flooding, outages, and ongoing disruptions. Direct Relief is expediting essential supplies & supporting partners statewide to reach affected communities, including displaced residents. directrelief.org/2026/03/med…
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If you're not following the @CATargetBook's amazing campaign data/finance guru @RPyers -- one of the nation's best -- you should be
caveat: California voters not exactly laser-focused on the governor's race yet and the real money doesn't start going out until a couple of weeks before the ballots start arriving in voters' mailboxes.
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WTF??!!
Records show that convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein funded a student’s UC Berkeley School of Law degree in return for referring female “assistants.” Jeffrey Epstein paid Berkeley Law a $1,000 deposit in 2016
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With outbreaks occurring in Florida and other states, health providers are urging the public to take the risks of this once-obscure disease seriously.
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Feb 28
After receiving multiple email invitations for amazing parties in the last few weeks, only to discover they're phishing attempts, I will never open an online invitation. If anyone receives an online invitation from me, please know I would never send an online invitation.
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When civil war began in Sudan, Direct Relief expanded its work to supply providers with wartime support to manage cancer, diabetes, and more.
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