Michael Hiltzik
Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and author. Read my new book Big Science and my blog at [email protected]
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Column: How China took Trump to the cleaners in their big trade deal
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China hasn't come close to meeting the commitments on trade it gave Trump in January
Why the Supreme Court has nine Justices | Opinion
Newsweek 129d 5 tweets
The possibility of increasing the number of justices to artificially give one president, and one party, greater influence over the Court came to be recognized as the ultimate violation of constitutional norms.
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Michael Hiltzik Weird: This supposedly learned article makes no mention of the Merrick Garland blockade, nor examines the rush to confirm Barrett. Those flaws make it worthless. 129d
Column: Answering Biden tax plan, conservatives absurdly claim $400,000 a year isn't 'rich'
Michael Hiltzik - Los Angeles Times 138d 1 tweets
Conservatives explain why you can barely survive on $400,000 a year.
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Michael Hiltzik Column: In response to Biden tax plan, conservatives absurdly claim $400,000 a year isn't 'rich' 138d
Column: Trump unleashes another unhinged rant about California water and wildfires
Michael Hiltzik - Los Angeles Times 141d 3 tweets
Fact-checking President Trump's rant about California water and wildfires.
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Michael Hiltzik Here's my considered take on this Hannity-Trump interview, with necessary background 141d
Column: Who's opposing Proposition 15? Land developers and Big Business
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Big business, country clubs and land developers have lined up against Proposition 15 --unsurprisingly.
Column: Caltech's effort to confront its racist past hits a snag
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A task force created to consider renaming campus buildings has been rattled by the resignation of one of its members, Sarah Sam.
Column: Will California have enough electricity for all its EVs? Yes — but it will take work
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California wants its new cars to be all-electric by 2035. Here's what it needs to do to produce enough electricity.
Why would Leon Panetta, Marc Morial join for-profit Corinthian?
Michael Hiltzik - Los Angeles Times 152d 1 tweets
Why would Leon Panetta, Marc Morial join for-profit Corinthian?
Column: Let's put Donald Trump's $750 annual tax payment in perspective
Michael Hiltzik - Los Angeles Times 152d 2 tweets
Trump's $750 annual tax payment was about what the average American household owed in federal income taxes per month.
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Michael Hiltzik Column: How dishonest is Trump's tax chicanery? Let us count the ways 152d
Column: Why I'm thankful for British political sitcoms — and why the U.S. versions always fall flat
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The demise of the American version of “House of Cards” due to the scandal swirling around its star Kevin Spacey caused nary a ripple of lamentation in our house.
Column: GAO finds the selling of junk health plans favored by Trump is rife with deception
Michael Hiltzik - Los Angeles Times 163d 1 tweets
Consumers seeking health plans exempt from Obamacare are regularly misled by sales reps, the GAO found.
Column: Conflict over wildfire causes isn't about politics, but science vs. science denial
Michael Hiltzik - Los Angeles Times 165d 2 tweets
The warming trend afflicting California and the West is indisputable, except to those with minds shut tight. That's President Trump in a nutshell.
Commentary: Did Oracle offer a TikTok deal to serve Trump?
Michael Hiltzik - Los Angeles Times 166d 2 tweets
One beneficiary of Oracle's strange deal for TikTok: President Trump.
Column: Uber and Lyft just made their campaign to pay workers less the costliest in history
Michael Hiltzik - Los Angeles Times 172d 2 tweets
The Proposition 22 ballot campaign by Uber and Lyft just became the most expensive such campaign ever.
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Michael Hiltzik Column: Uber and Lyft have made their campaign to keep exploiting workers the costliest in history 168d
Column: Seema Verma, our awful Medicare boss, spent lavishly to burnish her public image
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Seema Verma, who as Medicare and Medicaid director is a threat to public health, spent millions on her public image.
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Michael Hiltzik Question: what would be the percentage decline in op-Ed submissions if editors insisted on proof that the bylined author actually wrote the piece? 169d
Column: Trump's plotting for a pre-election vaccine carries real dangers for your health
Michael Hiltzik - Los Angeles Times 176d 5 tweets
The Trump administration is plainly counting on a vaccine for COVID-19 becoming approved by the Nov. 3 election, in the expectation that news of the discovery will inspire a tide of public optimism that will sweep Trump to reelection.
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Michael Hiltzik How Trump screwed his own October Surprise: He ensured that no vaccine approval that comes before the election will have any credibility whatsoever. My Sunday column 174d
Column: How millions from Uber and Lyft are funding the harassment of a critic
Michael Hiltzik - Los Angeles Times 178d 5 tweets
The ballot box campaign funded by Uber and Lyft is harassing a California law professor.
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Michael Hiltzik How millions from Uber and Lyft are funding the harassment of a critic 178d
Column: Trump hasn't done anything to bring down drug costs. You're paying the price
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Despite Trump's claims, prescription drug prices are still rising.
Column: DeJoy's appointment as postmaster general looks even more dishonest than you thought
Michael Hiltzik - Los Angeles Times 189d 1 tweets
DeJoy's name came out of nowhere in the search for a postmaster general
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Michael Hiltzik Reposting my column about DeJoy's suspect appointment as the House prepares to grill him Monday 189d
When Railroads Controlled the Country
Nytimes.com 200d 1 tweets
Michael Hiltzik’s “Iron Empires” describes how 19th-century robber barons created and destroyed wealth on an unprecedented scale.
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Michael Hiltzik A rave from the NYT for my "Iron Empires: Robber Barons, Railroads, and the Making of Modern America," from out today 200d