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Tweet We often say about Democrats, “All they had to do was not be crazy.” Even though the effort to recall California Governor Gavin Newsom has gained traction over the last month, organizers are still lacking about 500,000 signatures before a mid-March deadline, and Newsom still (publicly) enjoys decent job approval ratings. Why would California Democratic Party officials suddenly call a press conference labeled “Defend Against the California Coup,” complete with its own hashtag? Veteran Politico California writer Jeremy White says it best: This press conference does not happen un...

POLITICO Get the California Playbook Newsletter Email Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Presented by CVS Health THE BUZZ: The siege of Congress continued to ripple through California politics on Monday, with the House gearing up for impeachment and Sacramento taking sides. In D.C., Speaker Nancy Pelosi pressed ahead with a ...

California Republicans contributed to the disgraceful day by enabling Trump's election lies FacebookTwitterEmail House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy of Bakersfield on the steps of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 4.SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images Responsibility for the extremist mob that overran Congress belongs to every Republican officeholder who supported Donald Trump’s attempt to invalidate the results of a fair election — a list that includes a dismaying number of Republicans from California, where nearly two-thirds of voters opposed him. It wasn’t just House Repub...

By Ben Christopher CalMatters As California’s secretary of state prepares to take a new job as U.S. Senator, he’s not going to let a politically charged $35 million invoice get in the way of a smooth promotion. In a press conference Wednesday, Alex Padilla assured reporters that the multimillion-dol