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Kevin Rector
@kevrector.bsky.social
State and national politics reporter @latimes.com.
I talked to @scottwiener.bsky.social, who is running for
@pelosi.house.gov's seat, about her not seeking reelection.

He praised her as an icon who has long delivered for San Francisco, and recalled what her early AIDS advocacy meant to him as a gay teen in the 80s.

latimes.com/politics/sto...
November 6, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Before a federal judge in California blocked the Trump administration from using the shutdown to slash federal jobs, she repeatedly questioned why the government's attorney was unprepared to defend the merits of those actions.

Read more here: www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
October 16, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Trump accuses Schiff of mortgage fraud, which Schiff calls false ‘political retaliation’

A Fannie Mae memo reviewed by @latimes outlines what it calls “a sustained pattern of possible occupancy misrepresentation.”

Story w/ @laurajnelson.bsky.social here:

www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
July 15, 2025 at 10:48 PM
My husband bought me a book of big @latimes.com front pages from 1881-1981.

Much as now, the world has always been swirling madly.

This one from Sept. 25, 1957 — of another U.S. president deploying troops to an American city — stood out to me as I flipped through this afternoon.
June 17, 2025 at 1:20 AM
“I’m bilingual, but that doesn’t mean that I have to be picked out, like ‘This guys seems Latino; this guy seems a little bit dirty.’ I’m working, guys. I’m an American. We work.”

Strong story on detained U.S. citizen from @brittnymejia.bsky.social:

www.latimes.com/california/l...
June 14, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Troops in plainclothes practice for Trump’s big military parade tomorrow in swampy DC heat.

Anyone from California in DC like me and want to chat about what brought you here? DM me.
June 13, 2025 at 2:09 PM
In a different world six long months ago, I wrote the below about the wild six months preceding.

What a year it's been.
May 1, 2025 at 12:14 AM
More signs:
March 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Signs at today’s Tesla Takedown protest in San Francisco.
March 29, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Right now: Hundreds of protestors are outside a Tesla location in San Francisco protesting Musk and Trump.
March 29, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Proud that “Our Queerest Century” has been nominated for a @glaad.bsky.social award! #GLAADAwards

A “special project” indeed, by a stellar @latimes.com team.

latimes.com/ourqueerestcentury
January 22, 2025 at 9:43 PM