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DiFi: Putin’s Manhood vs. Schweitzer’s Sick Fantasy

Gender bender: As a convent schoolgirl, Dianne Feinstein was a drama queen, invariably picked to play strong males leads in all-female casts because she was precociously statuesque. From Prince Rupert in “A Waltz Dream” and Peter Standish in “Berkeley Square,” to Bassanio in “The Merchant of Venice” and King Creon in “Antigone,” the teenage DiFi… »

Income Taxes Don’t Kill Jobs & Tyrion’s No AuH2O

You’ll recall that in the fall of 2012, as Jerry Brown campaigned for Prop. 30, his tax-hike plan to balance California’s budget and boost school funding, right-wingers argued vociferously that the measure would be a disaster. “It allows the politicians to take money currently earmarked… »

Why Bully Boy Perez Should Concede to Betty Yee

[Editors Note: Two days after this article was posted, John Perez called off his recount and threw his support behind Betty Yee's campaign for Controller.] Former Assembly Speaker John Perez is a bully. He was a bully as Speaker and he’s a bully now, using… »

Opinions About Obama’s Presidency Are Not Facts

As we recover from our schnockered weekend celebrations of the founding of our great nation 238 years ago, we can rejoice in our freedom to hold and express our… »

Field Poll: Gov. Gandalf Crushing Tyrion of Kashkari

Democrat Jerry Brown has little to fear from his GOP challenger, Neel Kashkari, according to the latest Field Poll that finds the governor leading by 20 points – 52-32%… »

Quick Take: Wingnuts and the 1%

One way Californ- ia’s top two primary has given at least a small boost to Republican candidates is in allowing GOP economic elitists to campaign free of the need… »

Op-Ed: How Brown Could Do Worse Than Expected

By Chuck McFadden Special to Calbuzz Gov. Jerry Brown has to be thinking about the stunning upset of Eric Cantor in Virginia. If he isn’t, he’s not as smart… »

Why Brown and Kashkari Will Not Meet in 10 Debates

Repub- lican Neel Kashkari has chal- lenged Demo- cratic Gov. Jerry Brown to 10 debates, which is what Brown did in 2010 when he was facing Meg Whitman. Then,… »

Why New Move On Rape Kit Backlog Is Needed

By Susan Rose, Special to Calbuzz: At a time when sexual assault is a growing national concern, legislation crucial to victims of rape has moved forward in Sacramento. The… »

Press Clips: Six Takeaways From No-Doze Election

Our Depart- ment of Post- Mortem Political Analysts and Bleached Bone Feasting Hyenas have gnawed the last crusts of Election Night Pizza and now turn to their task of… »

Post Primary: Brown’s Toughest Foe Still Jarvis

First-term Gov. Jerry Brown was 40 years old on a warm June morning nearly four decades ago, as he sat on the Assembly dais listening to Bob Hope crack… »

CA GOP On Knife Edge; USC Pollsters, LAT Weasel

California Repub- licans stand at a cross- roads: Will they join the ranks of voters in Kentucky, Georgia, Oregon and other states who have chosen Establishment conservatives over Tea… »

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