Los Angeles Times22 hours agoA 'Locally hated/Dyslexic Hairstylist' battles the Christian right in a Texas townverified_publisherLos Angeles Times - Jeffrey FleishmanGRANBURY, Texas — One might wonder how Adrienne Quinn Martin, a hairdresser, former belly dancer, mother of two and long-ago brand girl for a liquor distributor, a woman who celebrated her husband’s birthday on TikTok by swaying against him while listening to Al Green, became the lone-elected …
Los Angeles Times22 hours agoOpinion: The GOP assault on election integrity has already begunverified_publisherLos Angeles Times - Jackie CalmesIf you needed just one fact to show that in the world’s greatest democracy one of the two major parties is perversely devoted to suppressing and even subverting the vote, you couldn’t do better than this: The senior counsel for the Republican National Committee’s “election integrity team” — …
Los Angeles Times22 hours agoDueling yard signs, shifting loyalties and the quest for Mormon votes in Arizonaverified_publisherLos Angeles Times - Faith E. PinhoMESA, Ariz. — Jeremy Spilsbury never suspected that anything was off. He attended services at his local Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ward, stayed for a meeting with the missionary committee and then bid them farewell — including his across-the-road neighbor. But as Spilsbury pulled …
Los Angeles Times22 hours agoColumn: Is there room for a non-MAGA Republican in Trump's GOP? This purple patch of Oregon will tellverified_publisherLos Angeles Times - Mark Z. BarabakTUALATIN, Ore. — For nearly a decade, Donald Trump has ruled the Republican Party with a power that rivals the moon and tides. Lori Chavez-DeRemer is trying to fight that gravitational pull. Two years ago, the former mayor of Happy Valley, a Portland suburb, scratched out a narrow victory in a …
Los Angeles Times22 hours agoIn campaign's final weeks, Trump airs anti-transgender ads during football gamesverified_publisherLos Angeles Times - Noah BiermanWASHINGTON — Anyone who watches football has probably seen one of the most arresting ads of the campaign season in recent weeks, showing images of Vice President Kamala Harris superimposed with transgender members of the Biden administration and a scene lifted from the television show “Orange Is the …
Los Angeles Times22 hours agoNational party leaders descend on California, where voters could determine control of Congressverified_publisherLos Angeles Times - Laura J. NelsonIn the Antelope Valley and Orange County this weekend, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is rallying Democrats who are volunteering and raising money for Congressional candidates George Whitesides and Derek Tran. And in Riverside County on Sunday, House Majority Leader Mike Johnson will appear …
