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I respect Rachel Maddow MSNBC but her $25 million annual salary (to usually appear one night per week) would pay 100 new NBC News reporters $250k per year to reside in and cover all parts of America, not just the Coasts, as the networks still do. apnews.com/article/networ…

Spending Thanksgiving week at Big Sur has made me grateful, once again, for being a Californian for most of my adult life. (I'm also grateful that the resort's policy is no tipping and no children). AlilaVentanaBigSur is a cross between The White Lotus and Restoration Hardware.

With my Palm Springs neighbor matt sorum from Guns N' Roses last night (that’s a sentence I never expected to type). A terrific guy who looks especially cool driving through the ‘hood in his white ‘62 T’bird convertible.

R.I.P. to this great, decent man. I was honored to have interviewed him a few times and to be able to take my parents into his Oval Office. All Presidents should have his integrity.

From the LA Times: "The National Weather Service began warning of potentially strong winds — amid “extreme fire conditions” — on Thursday, two days before Bass left for Ghana." latimes.com/california/sto…

She lived long enough to have to declare bankruptcy and to see her granddaughter come out as a lesbian. Time wounds all heels.

I like Rachel Maddow MSNBC but for her $30 million salary NBC News could hire 100 reporters and place them all over America in towns that don't get covered -- reporting on the kinds of viewers who have been ignored.

There are only 158 homes available for long-term renters in Palm Springs on Zillow. The rest (about 3,000) are being used as short-term vacation rentals which sit empty most of the time. This is the same situation Maui was in after its fires. thepalmspringspost.com/palm-springs-b…

Sen. Gary Peters from my home state of Michigan just announce he's not running for re-election next year. Can we finally get the great Michigan resident Pete Buttigieg to run for the job?!!!

California State Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara might be the single most incompetent politician I’ve ever seen. I fear his action today will mean cancellation for those who still have State Farm coverage. #californiafires

I've always been proud to have started my career The The Washington Post so it's heartbreaking for me to see the paper's reputation die so the owner can protect his other business interests. Ben Bradlee and Mrs. Graham would be apoplectic.

Trump should realize that taking #Canada would add 10 new states and 20 new mostly Democratic senators. #CanadaUSTradeWar

A welcome addition to the book shelf: the Cannes Film Festival "Grand Prix" (the Cannes "Lions Award"). We won it for the documentary "5B," about S.F. General's Ward 5B, the first AIDS ward in the nation, which I covered as a reporter. The film is available to watch on Amazon.

Proud of my city of Palm Springs for putting up these banners around town. #tariffs #TariffsAreTAXES #Canada

GM plant shuts down in Canada cbc.ca/news/canada/lo…

Requiring REAL IDs and passports and birth certificates to vote?!? Imagine if these were required to buy a gun.

If you're dismayed about the national scene there is often hope locally. Cities like Palm Springs are a real respite. Here's my weekend column. desertsun.com/story/opinion/…

📷 The Festival de Cannes begins today. In 2019 our documentary film "5B," about the first AIDS ward in the nation at S.F. General, premiered here to a standing ovation. We won the Grand Prix Award out of 830 entries. So proud of this team.