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Brian Jones: State of the state is not what we’re told, or what it should be

Read between the lines of your governor’s convenient narrative.

Elijah Biddle,27 sits in his tent at an encampment located in a tunnel under a freeway in San Diego. Biddle, who has been homeless for the past 11 years, says he has plans but loses the motivation from constant life setbacks. (Nelvin C. Cepeda / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

California Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas, left, along with fellow Democratic Assembly members Isaac Bryan, second from left, Marc Berman, third from left and Jesse Gabriel, right, during the Assembly session at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif.., Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

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Supporters of President Donald Trump rally outside the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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A view of the California State Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Aug. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Juliana Yamada, File)

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Brian Jones: State of the state is not what we’re told, or what it should be

Read between the lines of your governor’s convenient narrative.

Five years after January 6, we’re watching the same threats rise again
Liberation or Occupation? The illusion of U.S. regime change
Alexander Billy and Neel Sukhatme: Abundance beyond housing

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