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Centrist Democrats are having their moment
Moderate Democrats are on a tear. Democrats are overperforming at the state level, with centrist candidates flipping one seat and coming close in another in special elections in deep red parts of Iowa. Rahm Emanuel, who once orchestrated a takeover of the House by recruiting Blue Dog Democrats, is eying a 2028 bid for president.…
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Trump Should Resist Another America-Last War in the Middle East
Foreign Affairs Trump Should Resist Another America-Last War in the Middle East Military involvement in Yemen or Iran is a losing proposition. In his inaugural address, President Donald Trump made clear that he wants history to remember him as a “peacemaker and a unifier.” In his telling, “we will measure our success not only by…
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Trump’s Personnel Pipeline Is Pumping
Politics Trump’s Personnel Pipeline Is Pumping Republicans have a handle on the DC machine. Credit: Evan El-Amin In December 2020, this magazine published what would become the rallying cry of the America First movement as it sought to regroup in the wake of the 2020 election. Rachel Bovard’s “Too Few of the President’s Men” laid…
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Racing in the Old Dominion
Culture Racing in the Old Dominion The Virginia Derby showcases the best of thoroughbred racing—both its horses and its people. Two thoroughbreds dance along a green ridge as I leave my home in King William County for the Virginia Derby on a gray Saturday morning in Central Virginia. Though Kentucky may be synonymous with thoroughbreds,…
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BPD asks for help finding missing 19-year-old
The Bakersfield Police Department is asking for the public’s help to find a missing woman last seen at 10:30 a.m. Monday in the 4100 block of Parker Avenue.
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Man convicted of lighting girlfriend’s lawn on fire
A local man was convicted Thursday of setting his girlfriend’s front lawn on fire after a night of drinking and making angry threats, the Kern County District Attorney’s Office reported Monday.
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Stabbing at Wasco prison kills Visalia man
A 34-year-old inmate was stabbed and killed Friday afternoon at Wasco State Prison, the Kern County coroner’s office reported Monday.
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Coroner’s office identifies pedestrian killed by train in Delano
A man who was hit by a train and died March 10 in Delano was identified Monday by the Kern County coroner’s office.
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Wonderful plans hundreds of nursery layoffs in Wasco
Local ag giant The Wonderful Co. says it plans to cut several hundred jobs from its nursery operation in Wasco because of hard times in California’s wine and table grape industries.
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Snowpack jumps to near average, but fire danger remains
A recent spate of storms across Central California has brought the state’s snowpack to near average levels, but that’s not likely to reduce the threat of wildfires as the temperature warms up.