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Josh Gohlke
@gohlke.bsky.social
· May 22
I was an L.A. Times opinion editor. Here's why I'm not anymore
Owner Patrick Soon-Shiong is ingratiating himself with the Trump administration at the expense of the newspaper's independence and credibility.
gohlkeapparatus.substack.com
In case you missed it, I recently became one of the last journalists in America to start a Substack! My first post considers the unfortunate events that led me to these dire circumstances. gohlkeapparatus.substack.com/p/i-was-an-l...
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"Do you always watch for the longest day of the year and then miss it? I always watch for the longest day in the year and then miss it."
June 20, 2025 at 4:20 PM
"Do you always watch for the longest day of the year and then miss it? I always watch for the longest day in the year and then miss it."
Why opinion journalists are in the crosshairs – and how their disappearance from legacy media is already enabling the Trump administration’s worst excesses.
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Why opinion journalists are the first casualties of the war on the press
Donald Trump's media enablers and sycophants have used journalism's own confused conventions to suppress their most troublesome critics.
gohlkeapparatus.substack.com
June 11, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Why opinion journalists are in the crosshairs – and how their disappearance from legacy media is already enabling the Trump administration’s worst excesses.
gohlkeapparatus.substack.com/p/why-opinio...
gohlkeapparatus.substack.com/p/why-opinio...
It’s great to see Gavin Newsom acknowledge that it’s “time to get serious” about producing housing. But why now? gohlkeapparatus.substack.com/p/gavin-news...
Gavin Newsom wants to build housing and be president. Here's the problem
The California governor's latest push to produce homes and crack down on homeless people points to a broader difficulty for the Democratic Party.
gohlkeapparatus.substack.com
June 5, 2025 at 5:19 PM
It’s great to see Gavin Newsom acknowledge that it’s “time to get serious” about producing housing. But why now? gohlkeapparatus.substack.com/p/gavin-news...
Having covered my personal calamity last week, I got back to writing about our national ones. substack.com/home/post/p-...
With friends like this: How Trump is ushering in a golden age of animosity
What unites some of the president's most baffling policies is a general disdain for the notion of mutually beneficial relationships.
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May 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Having covered my personal calamity last week, I got back to writing about our national ones. substack.com/home/post/p-...
In case you missed it, I recently became one of the last journalists in America to start a Substack! My first post considers the unfortunate events that led me to these dire circumstances. gohlkeapparatus.substack.com/p/i-was-an-l...
I was an L.A. Times opinion editor. Here's why I'm not anymore
Owner Patrick Soon-Shiong is ingratiating himself with the Trump administration at the expense of the newspaper's independence and credibility.
gohlkeapparatus.substack.com
May 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
In case you missed it, I recently became one of the last journalists in America to start a Substack! My first post considers the unfortunate events that led me to these dire circumstances. gohlkeapparatus.substack.com/p/i-was-an-l...