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Wondering why so many California Republican seats flipped, many in the last week or so? As heard on "November 30: Ballot Harvesting in California – VIDEO" via the KSFO Morning Show Blog. No real discussion, just a link to the video.

"Brett Kavanaugh’s high-stakes Supreme Court confirmation hearing offered voters an early preview of what a 2020 Democratic primary could look like, with Sens. Kamala Harris of California and Cory Booker of New Jersey vying dramatically to make the strongest case against the Trump nominee."

Yawkey Way is no more. On Thursday, Boston’s Public Improvement Commission unanimously approved Boston Red Sox owner John Henry’s request to change the name of Yawkey Way, according to the Boston Globe. The street will now be known as Jersey Street, its original name.

Khaled Altarkeet is so frustrated, he is “self-deporting.” After an immigration quagmire left his business visa in limbo, the owner of a popular cafe across from San Jose State University has closed his business, let go his half dozen employees, donated the leftover food to Catholic Charities and, on Wednesday, will board a plane with his wife and four children to fly back to his home country of Kuwait. “I’m shutting the business and forgetting the United States,” said Altarkeet, sitting for the last time in the empty cafe with the chairs stacked on the tables last week. “I will...

The Mexican national accused of shooting Pleasanton native Kate Steinle was sentenced today to three years in prison but will not serve any more time in state custody because of credit for time served.

Hugo Mejia grabbed the lunch his wife made for him early in the morning May 3 and took off for his job at a new construction project on the Travis Air Force base in Fairfield. But the 37-year-old father of three from San Rafael didn’t return home. Mejia and a coworker, Rodrigo Nuñez from Hayward — both undocumented immigrants from Jalisco, Mexico who have been in the United States for more than a decade — were detained on the base after a military official discovered they did not have valid social security numbers during a routine identification screening and reported...

So far, no ICE! There have been no immigration enforcement raids in the city of Brockton thus far on Wednesday as state Rep. Michelle DuBois warned about in a Facebook post that attracted widespread controversy the previous day...

Legislation signed this month by Gov. Jerry Brown requires California’s dairy industry to answer for its contribution to global warming by making a 40 percent cut in methane emissions in coming years. The gas, which heats the atmosphere 20 times faster than carbon dioxide, comes from the butts and burps of bovines. One U.N. report blames livestock, which has largely escaped climate regulation, for 14.5 percent of the planet’s heat-trapping gases, as much as planes, trains and automobiles combined.

HARTFORD, Conn. – A key developer of the device that came to be known as the teleprompter has died. Hubert "Hub" Schlafly was 91. . . . Herbert Hoover became the first politician to use the device in 1952.

Pictures from a tea party protest in near the Walnut Creek, CA BART station this afternoon: Spoke to the bald guy on the right for some time. He tells me that he's been going around on his own dime for quite some time now. He did note that he saw more birds than an Audubon Society member, typical of the Kool-Aid drinkers here in the Bay-Airhead area!

Question for the general FReeper nation: Is it just me, or is Obama/Biden trying to make the Dole/Kemp campaign of '96 look good? Seriously, gaffe after gaffe after gaffe. It seems that the only time these guys open their mouth is to change feet. Comments????

Got the following e-mail from the Daily Outrage: We're proud to present you with 17 cartoons specially commissioned for the Daily Outrage! Check them out at http://www.dailyoutrage.com/archive.php?story_id=56 Here are some sample titles. Send your favorites to a friend! · OBAMA LEADS NEW POLITBURO! · GUILTY WHITES ELECT OBAMA! · MCCAIN - ALWAYS PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN! · MICHELLE "ASHAMED TO BE AN AMERICAN" OBAMA! · OBAMA GOES TO MEETING WITH JACKSON! · OBAMA PRACTICES HIS FRENCH! · IF HE WASN'T BLACK, THIS CANDIDACY WOULD BE A JOKE · WE LOVE OBAMA - HE'S PRETTY AND YOUNG · WHO CARES...

Rockland veterans demand apology after teens arrested in egging incident on Memorial Day By Andrew Lightman, The Patriot Ledger ROCKLAND — Police want probation, community service and heartfelt apologies from the two 13-year-old boys who threw eggs at veterans during the Memorial Day parade. The two teenagers were arrested Monday, moments after they were spotted tossing eggs over a fence at a group of veterans. "They disrespected that whole ceremony," said Charles Eaton, a National Guard reservist who was deployed to Uzbekistan in 2002 to support the war in Afghanistan. "They disrespected every veteran in this whole country by doing...

Dr. Bob Gray(sp?) on the Schnitt Show out of Tampa. The man is really laying it on L. Ron Gore about his Glo-bull warming. Catch him on the internet on http://www.wiod.com, among others.

Lakeville, Mass. -- They may be separated by no more than a liquor store counter, a yard fence or a narrow road strewn with the withered oak leaves of autumn. The constant images of George W. Bush and John Kerry on their television screens have been replaced by scenes of fighting in Fallujah and the death of Yasser Arafat. But the rifts in this small Massachusetts town, almost two weeks after the presidential election, remain so deep and so persistent that friends and neighbors wonder whether they can ever be repaired. "We have to unite, or else we're going to...

As stunned Democrats scratch the dry earth for signs and glance heavenward for clues to the strange universe that re-elected George W. Bush, it seems unduly cruel to withhold what Ordinary Americans have known all along. Herewith a few hints: Michael Moore, Bruce Springsteen, P. Diddy, Paris Hilton, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston, Barbra Streisand, Jon Bon Jovi, Uma Thurman, Kirsten Dunst, Leonardo DiCaprio, Teresa Heinz Kerry, Ron Reagan, MoveOn.org, Dan Rather, the French -- and everyone else who would be speaking German today if not for the bravery and sacrifice of Ordinary Americans who are today...

"The Fuhrer plays with children. He's kind to animals. He charms the office secretaries. He even sheds a tear. The docu-drama was produced in Germany."

NEW YORK - Passing up road trips, beach vacations and barbecues, thousands of anti-Bush demonstrators are heading to summer school to learn how to stage successful sit-ins and what to do if pepper spray burns their eyes. Welcome to Convention Protesting 101. Before the GOP convention begins Aug. 30, veteran activists will train protesters in street tactics, legal issues, public relations and first aid. Their aim: creating a force of demonstrators to carry out safe and organized protests. "When you're protesting in New York City," said John Sellers, the director of a California-based group that trains activists, "you're definitely in...