California s statewide LGBTQ advocacy organization is splitting its support between two female candidates — one queer, the other straight — in the special election for an East Bay Assembly race to represent part of Oakland, Alameda, and San Leandro.
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THE RIPPLE EFFECT: Tremors from the Jan. 6 attack and subsequent impeachment vote continue to reverberate in the Republican party, showing how a strong appetite for Donald Trump means little patience for vocal anti-Trumpers.
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Since the moment he entered the Senate, everything in front of Sen. Alex Padilla has appeared to be a crisis.
First it was getting President Biden’s COVID-19 bill approved. Now it’s the Democrats’ infrastructure plan, reforming immigration policy and addressing climate change.
“We have to act with urgency,” Padilla said, repeating that word frequently during a 30-minute interview. Because of “the magnitude of a lot of issues before us, but also the urgency of a lot of issues before us, I can’t help but try to work as hard as I can and as fast as I can.”
Joe Biden is no progressive, but progressives like him - so far
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Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., in San Francisco on Jan. 30, 2019.Lea Suzuki / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
Joe Biden is no progressive. Never has been. He wasn’t the favorite of California Democrats in last year’s Democratic primary, when Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders won the state.
But Rep. Pramila Jayapal, a Seattle Democrat who chairs the Congressional Progressive Caucus and backed Sanders, has warmed to the president. Her grade of Biden’s first 100 days in office: