by Isaac Cubillos | Aug 5, 2025 | Journal
Back in the early ’90s, I was chasing California politics the way a hungry dog chases a meat truck—press pass in one pocket, notebook in the other, and always with a half-empty tank of gas and a deadline that didn’t care about traffic on the 5. One particular night in...
by Isaac Cubillos | Aug 1, 2025 | Journal
Well, hell. Here we go again—dancing on the nuclear tripwire with the grace of a rhinoceros in a tutu. Today, Donald Trump—commander of all that he surveys, including apparently basic naval doctrine—announced with great fanfare that he’s sending two nuclear submarines...
by Isaac Cubillos | Jul 19, 2025 | Journal
You’re being distracted. Again. Today’s headlines? More Epstein documents and the cancellation of Colbert’s late-night show. That’s your “news.” A dead man’s secrets that will never be fully revealed, and a television host who once poked power before being absorbed by...
by Isaac Cubillos | Jul 18, 2025 | Brown Eyes, Clear Truth
California just got kneecapped by a jobs crash so sharp it made the Great Recession look like a fender-bender. And no, it wasn’t a stock market crash or a wildfire or even another tech bubble popping. It was good ol’ fashioned jackboot immigration enforcement. Yep....
by Isaac Cubillos | Jul 2, 2025 | Brown Eyes, Clear Truth, Journal
Well, here we go again. Another round of red-faced shouting over “Sanctuary Cities,” as if your local sheriff were secretly running a coyote ring out of the jail basement and giving undocumented immigrants a free pass to Disneyland. You’ve heard the chorus. “They’re...
