Extremism | The Sacto Politico

Kurinsky-Malos on managing hot CA-3 House race in momentous times

A 25-year-old Oregon native, Michaela Kurinsky-Malos has worked every election cycle since 2016 including in Oregon, Washington, Illinois...

How ‘voter apathy’ should inspire the news media

In the last week, a bit of digital ink was spilled about how registered voter turnout for California’s primaries this week would be far...

Roundup: Calif.’s Far Right flares up in U.S. Senate, House, Sacto Co. Sheriff races

Perhaps given how strongly blue California is, most media outlets give light, if any, coverage to how radicalized a large part of the...

H.S. journalist Justin Ha on asking Kevin Kiley about speaking at radical’s rally

Justin Ha is a 17-year-old news editor for the Granite Bay High School newspaper in Placer County, Calif. In February, he became the only...

Most Kiley endorsers as mum as he on ‘radical associations‘

As Kevin Kiley launched his Congressional campaign earlier this month, the Rocklin Republican was also busy contacting potential backers...

Year-in-Review: Our 10 best political articles of 2021

Foremost, 2021 will be remembered as the second year of the Covid-19 Pandemic, but it was also an extremely busy year in politics –...

Opioids, extremism & Sacramento Bee alligator arms

“Long-time” readers of the Sacto Politico (we are just 14 months old) know my brand of media criticism can seem sharpest toward the...

Has Jarvis Taxpayers Assn. returned to far-right roots?

Most California election cycles find the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association (HJTA) in the news opposing another statewide ballot effort...

Why did Sacto media cover extremist rally but not the extremism?

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Aug. 1 on the steps of the California’s state capitol, the state GOP-endorsed Congressional candidate Buzz Patterson...