The Trump-is-a-lock conventional wisdom was due for a correction and this week brought it

My new column:

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NEW: Unemployment is down, inflation is tamed, but man the rent is too damn high!

As Biden and Trump face off again, the hope of owning a home is all but dead — or at least on life support — for many voters in NV and AZ.

Could that impact the election?latimes.com/politics/story…

California’s housing crisis is hitting Nevada hard. Could that help Trump win a crucial state? ⁦Benjamin Oreskes🦅⁩ explains what’s behind the economic angst. latimes.com/politics/story…

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Katie Porter is optimistic about the future of her congressional seat — and her career latimes.com/california/sto…

Winter wrens are lovely little birds, but they move really fast and often stay hidden. After several tries, I got a decent pic of this one at Ravine in Central Park Manhattan Bird Alert #birdphotography #birdcpp #birds

Winter wrens are lovely little birds, but they move really fast and often stay hidden. After several tries, I got a decent pic of this one at Ravine in Central Park.

Repairs on Big Sur's collapsed Highway 1 start this week. No telling when they will end latimes.com/california/sto…

It's spring, and the birds are showing off their fresh breeding plumage, like this double-crested cormorant and yellow-bellied sapsucker in Central Park. #birding #birdphotography #centralpark

Many of the nation’s richest people said after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol that they would never again back Trump.
Now, they’re changing their minds.
Why? Their taxes could go up if President Biden wins reelection.

By David Lauter
latimes.com/politics/newsl…

Mammon over country, or why billionaires who broke with Trump
are now crawling back

David Lauter

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Sometimes, every vote really does count.

The pandemic came and went, downtown L.A. is struggling... but skid row remains L.A.'s ugly truth. While homeless housing providers are pulling out, a high-end developer is moving in (and doing a little bit of wishful geography ) latimes.com/california/new… Liam Dillon

“All together, it’s likely that five years from now, Skid Row will look vastly different than it does today. But the neighborhood’s status as the last resort for the L.A.’s most vulnerable doesn’t appear to be changing,” ⁦Liam Dillon⁩ writes. latimes.com/california/new…

.David Lauter has this main takeaway from this weeks abortion hearing before the Supreme Court: The high court has moved sharply to the right already, but it could go a lot further if Trump gets another term.

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The share of US w/out health insurance is now below 8%, lowest ever recorded. Some analysts forecast House GOP plan would more than double share of uninsured, at least back to level before passage of #ACA . That prospect underscores key point from Larry Levitt

Robert Kennedy Jr. has used Cesar Chavez’s name and image in his independent campaign for president, eliciting outrage from Chavez family members. Several of them spoke out this week.

From Benjamin Oreskes🦅
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BREAKING: MS Senate passes a Medicaid expansion bill with a veto-proof majority, 37-15. While the Senate bill does not fully expand Medicaid we expect it to head to a conference committee so they can work with the House. This is BIG! 🥳🥳🥳

With chronic water shortages afflicting the Colorado River, discussions about how to cut usage have increasingly focused on a thirsty crop that consumes an especially large share of water: hay grown to feed cattle and produce beef and dairy products.
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'almost 1 in 4 of Medicaid beneficiaries are Republicans and/or lean Republican, a number which likely has grown since Trump came on the scene and built his populist base of non-college educated rural White adults and some minority Americans.' Drew Altman
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