Michael Hiltzik
@hiltzikm.bsky.social
Pulitzer-winning journalist, historian..."Golden State," my new history of California (the resistance state) came out on Feb. 18. Details at michaelhiltzik.com. And find my columns at www.latimes.com/hiltzik
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Michael Hiltzik
@hiltzikm.bsky.social
· Dec 1
Every day brings us one day closer to the pub date for "Golden State: The Making of California," my new history of California. Pre-order at michaelhiltzik.com
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Let’s be clear: Every year the retirement age is raised is a 7% benefit cut.
We can afford to INCREASE Social Security benefits if billionaires pay their fair share!
We can afford to INCREASE Social Security benefits if billionaires pay their fair share!
December 3, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Let’s be clear: Every year the retirement age is raised is a 7% benefit cut.
We can afford to INCREASE Social Security benefits if billionaires pay their fair share!
We can afford to INCREASE Social Security benefits if billionaires pay their fair share!
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1) If Hegseth ordered troops to "kill everybody" in that barbaric second strike, he should be arrested.
2) If Admiral Bradley followed what he damn well knew was an illegal order from Hegseth, he should be removed from duty, and court-martialed.
3) If Trump does nothing, he is a war criminal.
2) If Admiral Bradley followed what he damn well knew was an illegal order from Hegseth, he should be removed from duty, and court-martialed.
3) If Trump does nothing, he is a war criminal.
December 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
1) If Hegseth ordered troops to "kill everybody" in that barbaric second strike, he should be arrested.
2) If Admiral Bradley followed what he damn well knew was an illegal order from Hegseth, he should be removed from duty, and court-martialed.
3) If Trump does nothing, he is a war criminal.
2) If Admiral Bradley followed what he damn well knew was an illegal order from Hegseth, he should be removed from duty, and court-martialed.
3) If Trump does nothing, he is a war criminal.
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University general counsel and boards are crowding ERs with hamstring and Achilles injuries incurred while absolutely sprinting to the White House to surrender everything they’re supposed to stand for.
Northwestern University became the sixth the sixth school to reach a deal with the Trump administration, ending federal investigations into alleged discrimination, race-based admissions and a hostile environment for Jewish students.
Northwestern to pay $75 million to end Trump administration probes
Northwestern’s interim president said the university chose to negotiate an agreement because the “cost of a legal fight was too high and the risks too grave.”
wapo.st
November 29, 2025 at 7:21 PM
University general counsel and boards are crowding ERs with hamstring and Achilles injuries incurred while absolutely sprinting to the White House to surrender everything they’re supposed to stand for.
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republicans are going to have three more years to re-learn that trump's political capital can only be spent at the trump company store and that having him back you while he's in office can be worse than having him yell at you
November 28, 2025 at 9:35 PM
republicans are going to have three more years to re-learn that trump's political capital can only be spent at the trump company store and that having him back you while he's in office can be worse than having him yell at you
A reminder that Vanity Fair gave up on serious reporting long ago: www.latimes.com/business/sto...
Column: ProPublica and Vanity Fair are pushing the COVID lab-leak theory, but their exposé is a train wreck
A blockbuster investigation by ProPublica and Vanity Fair claims COVID originated in a lab. Here's where they went wrong.
www.latimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:40 AM
A reminder that Vanity Fair gave up on serious reporting long ago: www.latimes.com/business/sto...
Who are these nimrods dissing turkey? I love turkey, don’t only eat it on Thanksgiving, and prefer the white meat. You got a problem with that?
November 27, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Who are these nimrods dissing turkey? I love turkey, don’t only eat it on Thanksgiving, and prefer the white meat. You got a problem with that?
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I think people's interest in this DC-journo train wreck is understandable (and so is the desire to unsee it); I hope folks understand that it's not a soap opera and, in fact, the reason it's so grotesque is that the people involved are treating it like one.
November 26, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I think people's interest in this DC-journo train wreck is understandable (and so is the desire to unsee it); I hope folks understand that it's not a soap opera and, in fact, the reason it's so grotesque is that the people involved are treating it like one.
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worth noting that there have been no reported violent assaults w/a gun near 17th & I since 2018, and no homicides from 2008 on (the publicly available data only go back to 1/1/2008). This is not a dangerous area–there was no reason for them to be there. (data from crimecards.dc.gov/homicides:cr...)
one thing we *can* conclude at this point — those two national guards would not have been shot if trump had not abused his power to deploy them to DC
November 26, 2025 at 9:11 PM
worth noting that there have been no reported violent assaults w/a gun near 17th & I since 2018, and no homicides from 2008 on (the publicly available data only go back to 1/1/2008). This is not a dangerous area–there was no reason for them to be there. (data from crimecards.dc.gov/homicides:cr...)
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Who sacrificed their Guardsmen for this? Was it worth their lives so the Emperor could have manicured grass and dine at fancy restaurants?
November 26, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Who sacrificed their Guardsmen for this? Was it worth their lives so the Emperor could have manicured grass and dine at fancy restaurants?
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R.I.P. TrumpCare (2:12 pm, November 24, 2025 - 2:14 pm, November 24, 2025)
You will not be mourned.
You will not be mourned.
absolutely incredible -- CNN host introduces a segment about Trump's "new healthcare proposal," but less than two minutes later breaks into her script to announce "breaking news" that Trump's healthcare proposal is being postponed
November 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM
R.I.P. TrumpCare (2:12 pm, November 24, 2025 - 2:14 pm, November 24, 2025)
You will not be mourned.
You will not be mourned.
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And for too long they were treated as “reasonable doctors” who just had a different viewpoint and were often unfairly maligned.
That was always obviously absurd. And hope we can put that myth to rest and not make excuses for bad faith actors moving forward.
That was always obviously absurd. And hope we can put that myth to rest and not make excuses for bad faith actors moving forward.
November 23, 2025 at 12:26 AM
And for too long they were treated as “reasonable doctors” who just had a different viewpoint and were often unfairly maligned.
That was always obviously absurd. And hope we can put that myth to rest and not make excuses for bad faith actors moving forward.
That was always obviously absurd. And hope we can put that myth to rest and not make excuses for bad faith actors moving forward.
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I really did not have “Kathy Hochul understands this political moment better than almost anyone else in the Democratic Party” on my bingo card but here we are
Governor Hochul on Elise Stefanik doubling down on her claims that Mamdani is a “jihadist.”
Video: Kathy Hochul via X (@KathyHochul)
Video: Kathy Hochul via X (@KathyHochul)
November 23, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I really did not have “Kathy Hochul understands this political moment better than almost anyone else in the Democratic Party” on my bingo card but here we are
Let’s just admit it: Mamdani is a hell of a politician. Look at how he charmed the fuck out of Trump in just one meeting
November 22, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Let’s just admit it: Mamdani is a hell of a politician. Look at how he charmed the fuck out of Trump in just one meeting
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WATCH: Trump’s Transpo Secretary Duffy’s message to Americans struggling with high holiday prices thanks to his tariffs — “dress up” when you fly you slobs
November 20, 2025 at 6:07 PM
WATCH: Trump’s Transpo Secretary Duffy’s message to Americans struggling with high holiday prices thanks to his tariffs — “dress up” when you fly you slobs
Commentary: Can the Trump administration do math? The numbers say "no"! www.latimes.com/business/sto...
Commentary: The Trump administration's math on economic policy doesn't add up
On inflation, healthcare, mortgages and much more, the Trump administration offers bogus math.
www.latimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Commentary: Can the Trump administration do math? The numbers say "no"! www.latimes.com/business/sto...
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this tawdry Olivia Nuzzi stuff highlights why I’m turning into a small-c conservative with regards to “it is unseemly and shameful for people in positions of power and influence to subject the public to their messy-ass sex nonsense on a constant basis”
November 18, 2025 at 2:32 AM
this tawdry Olivia Nuzzi stuff highlights why I’m turning into a small-c conservative with regards to “it is unseemly and shameful for people in positions of power and influence to subject the public to their messy-ass sex nonsense on a constant basis”
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WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.
BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:01 AM
WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.
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Teenagers are “too young” to make decisions on gender affirming care.
They’re “too young to vote”.
They’re too young to drink.
But they’re not too young to be sex trafficked and raped by Epstein and all his rich pals?
Be serious please.
They’re “too young to vote”.
They’re too young to drink.
But they’re not too young to be sex trafficked and raped by Epstein and all his rich pals?
Be serious please.
November 14, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Teenagers are “too young” to make decisions on gender affirming care.
They’re “too young to vote”.
They’re too young to drink.
But they’re not too young to be sex trafficked and raped by Epstein and all his rich pals?
Be serious please.
They’re “too young to vote”.
They’re too young to drink.
But they’re not too young to be sex trafficked and raped by Epstein and all his rich pals?
Be serious please.
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Oh come on
FOX NEWS: Do you believe that the number of people who came into the country illegally is one of the major factors that drove up housing prices?
FED GOV STEPHAN MIRAN: I absolutely believe that's the case
FED GOV STEPHAN MIRAN: I absolutely believe that's the case
November 14, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Oh come on