Paul Thornton

So it’s “we have never been at war with…”

I didn’t often talk with Congressman Issa but each time I did, he was gratuitously rude. … Veteran Rep. Darrell Issa decides not to seek reelection in new Democratic-leaning district, sources say

California's bullet train isn't a fantasy -- it's actually getting built in the Central Valley. I think it's worth the wait and the cost.

Julie Marquis, as she always does, brings the 🔥🔥🔥

Of course Californians are pissed off. The largest and richest state has been kicked to the political curb But they don't have to take it. Here's how Golden Staters can use their collective influence to push for transformational reforms, some once unthinkable, before another would-be king crowns himself.

Californians don't have to take political marginalization lying down. Here's how they can use their collective influence to push for transformational reforms, some once unthinkable, before another would-be king crowns himself.

We’re in the no-pic, high-number innings of spring training.

One Adelanto detainee's decision to leave everything behind California will be the lesser for my friend's coerced decision to depart the United States, where he built a business, a family and a life.

This is a powerful and infuriating piec by David Freed. open.substack.com/pub/goldenst... h/t @marielgarza.bsky.social @paulthornton.bsky.social @goldenstateorg.bsky.social

Gut-wrenching.

He has a family in the U.S. A thriving business too. But more than a month locked away in Adelanto melted his resolve to fight deportation.

Conquering the godawful LAX "horseshoe" YouTube video by Golden State Report

For @goldenstateorg.bsky.social, I relied on a lifetime to pickups and dropoffs at LAX to suggest a personal hack for conquering the horseshoe of hell: Walk, if you are able.

Evidence of human civilization, the indispensable species, is everywhere.

The president just called out a minority group by name for scorn.

“We’re gonna do a good job in Los Angeles.”

Is that a threat?

Heh, I'm no fan of Wasserman or the financially rapacious Olympics.

My colleague @marielgarza.bsky.social's convincing pitch to the former VP.

U2 - The Tears Of Things (Lyric Video) YouTube video by U2

U2’s “The Tears of Things” is a soulful, aching tune. I am genuinely grateful for this song.

Is it indoctrination to teach my granddaughter to have empathy? If so, I’m fine with it. As a lifelong Californian, I’m acutely aware that my common-sense and compassionate life lessons could be viewed as wacko left-wing brainwashing by many.

Is it indoctrination to teach my granddaughter to have empathy?

Maybe a little of both, but so what? open.substack.com/pub/goldenst...

Norway leads the Olympic medal count, and by a lot. Even more impressive: You have to go all the way down to No. 15 in the rankings to find a country with a smaller population. The old country is a land of overachievers.

Only in today's America are the lessons once universally embraced in kindergarten classrooms deemed by some to be left-wing indoctrination.

This is a really touching piece on grandparenting by a great writer.

Did you notice our pathetic bike parking?

I gotta admit: When I gave this submission a first read, I thought advocating for thoughtful legislation after US citizens were killed in the street kids seemed naive. But in this piece, a local business owner makes a compelling case why this is exactly the right moment to pass immigration reform.

Whole mother’s side of the family is Norwegian, from Stamnes and Modalen. But I’m a free-born man of the USA.

The farm is called Mostraumen (after the strait next to it), and I last visited in 2024. Beautiful, but the scene of so much tragedy in WWII.

Fjordcruise Bergen - Mostraumen in winter YouTube video by Visit Bergen

Still kinda blows my mind that the old family farm is a tourist attraction.

Congestion pricing can save LAX -- and the rest of L.A. too Use the notoriously traffic-choked "horseshoe" at LAX as a proving ground for congestion pricing. If Angelenos like what they see (and they very likely will), perhaps they'll warm to it for other road...

Can the dreaded LAX horseshoe be improved with tolls? As a regular uses of SoCal's FasTrak flex lanes, I'd try it out for sure. www.golden-state.org/congestion-p...

With a direct light rail connection coming soon and an expensive road-building project underway, traffic through LAX's "horseshoe" will ... still be awful. I make the case for trying congestion pricing.

When @marielgarza.bsky.social writes a piece about trash, you *have* to read it.

This is a moving piece. Thanks to Dan Morain and Mary Lynne Vellinga for telling this story.

Me today. To me, this is a no-brainer: The U.S. has become a place where unaccountable brute squads kill dissidents in the street, where children are abducted on the way home from school.

Loud and clear.

Sounded like someone tossed a zippo onto a fireworks cache or something.

Anyone in LA (northeast of DTLA or thereabouts) know what those explosions were? I'm in Alhambra and my dogs are *furious*.