Former U.S. Secretary of State, Senator, Democratic Presidential Nominee and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton spent some time in Humboldt County over the weekend, and even hit up a local food truck. Humboldt County Sheriff William Honsal confirmed that Clinton was in town for a couple of days and left Sunday, saying his department provided […]
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The Invisible Primary
Welcome to the invisible primary, the season leading up to official primaries and caucuses, in which candidates fight for media attention and pundits stupify the campaign into a horse race, dissecting who is “most likely to win” rather than reporting on political platforms. Four years ago, the television news media gave Donald Trump an inordinate […]
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Views: Why the RNC is Supporting Roy Moore
The Republican Party has no choice but to support Roy Moore for U.S. Senate in Alabama to keep the small majority it has. The whole purpose of a political party is to keep its members in the majority so it should come as no surprise that the GOP is supporting Moore. The accusations against Moore […]
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2nd UPDATE: Clinton Celebrates, Eureka Style, While Sanders Holds Strong in Humboldt
Whether you’re feeling the Bern, heading for the Hill or dying to see Trump make Humboldt great again, we realize there’s a lot of interest in the outcome of this presidential primary. And, we figure, you want to see how your neighbors feel about the whole thing. With that in mind, we’ll update this post […]
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Huffman Feels the Bern, But Endorses Clinton
North Coast Congressman Jared Huffman announced this morning that he “feels the Bern,” but is endorsing Hillary Clinton in her bid to become the country’s next president because he feels she has a better chance to beat the “terrible GOP candidates” and trigger a Democratic wave that wins back both the House and the Senate. […]