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Good morning, everyone. Anyone else out there have nightmares after the latest, most harrowing installment yet of “Breaking Bad,” surely one of the greatest television shows? It’s almost as if creator Vince Gilligan is out to maximize our suffering before the bitter end two episode hence. Or perhaps he simply wants us to look at our own lives and realize it could be worse. Or, in my case, realize whatever depredations I come across in the Nevada political world, at least there is no analogue to...
Should the U.S. intervene in Syria?
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Welcome to the Weekly Report.
This week:
1. The Democrats’ unprecedented cowardice
2. The Weekly Insiders on the margin tax, including chances of a deal with the teachers and predictions of a final margin
3. A quintet of premium nuggets: Who’s behind the new anti-union effort, a split GOP (again), Flores in or out, Labor’s challenge in ’14 and Lowden-McDonald love affair.
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I tasked my Weekly Insiders this week with looking at the margin tax as well as a telescopic gaze at what the...
Good morning, everyone. Triskaidekaphobics should be extra careful today as bad luck is everywhere. And I cannot guarantee that if a mishap befalls you that Mark Manendo will be able to fly to the rescue. I’m not sure how many heroic feats that guy has in him, so if you are worried about what might happen on Friday the 13th, best thing might be to stay home and watch reruns of “Ralston Reports.” Nothing bad ever happens there.
Speaking of the program, take note: On Monday, we will finally sync...
Good morning, everyone. It’s not every day you wake up to an op-ed in the country’s best-known newspaper by the leader of Russia. Dear Flashees, if you have not read this, it is one of the more striking pieces of propaganda you will ever read. But it’s also amazing to read what essentially is Vladimir Putin twisting the knife into an American president on the pages of the country’s iconic newspaper.
I’m not sure what the parochial analogue to this would be: The San Francisco city attorney...