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My favorite thing about my announcement is all the dog jokes… is it not immediately apparent that I’m a cat person?? 🫤

Some big life news: This is my last week at the San Francisco Chronicle and my last week in journalism. After spending nearly half my life as a reporter, I’m excited to pursue a new dream: becoming a veterinarian!

Cool. Love being further financially penalized for being single 🙃

This is among the most thorough reporting I’ve seen on the health care impacts of the Republican budget bill, both on California and the nation. It’s all devastating, but this gets into the details.

Legislation that would blow a hole in California’s health care spending, disproportionately tax Californians and neuter the states’ ability to regulate artificial intelligence passed the House early Thursday morning. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

The Senate totaled California’s signature climate change policy — mandating new cars sold be electric by 2035 — in a 51 to 44 vote Thursday morning. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

Thank you @shiramstein.bsky.social for this excellent (and devastating) reporting from the @sfchronicle.com Trump tax bill details: Measure passed by House will have outsize impact for Californians www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

Some of y’all noticed I’ve been uncharacteristically offline. This is why, and I remain on leave for a few weeks to handle a PTSD relapse. CJR was dogged in its pursuit of my story. Because of what I do and who I am, I felt that I had to answer their questions honestly. www.cjr.org/feature-2/we...

Congress' proposed ban on state AI regulation could interfere with California's ability to crack down on AI-generated child abuse images and deepfake scams targeting seniors, state officials said. @sophiabollag.bsky.social and I detail what's at stake: www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

Congress' proposed AI regulation ban could interfere with the state's ability to crack down on AI-generated child abuse images and deepfake scams targeting seniors, state officials say. @shiramstein.bsky.social and I detail their concerns and what's at stake: www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

I watched 27 hours of markup so you didn't have to. Here's how the Republican tax bill would rip a hole in California's budget. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

Maine’s bitter dispute with the Trump administration over transgender girls' participation in girls’ sports teams could be a harbinger of California’s future. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

Spoke with @jaketapper.bsky.social yesterday about the attacks I've encountered for wearing a mask. I'm grateful for the opportunity to talk about how it is indicative of a larger trend in attacks on journalists and newsrooms, and how that affects trust in our institutions. youtu.be/CAFHKSJvfqM

I'll be talking to @jaketapper.bsky.social on CNN at 5:40pm ET about Marjorie Taylor Greene attacking me for wearing a mask. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

This is... wow.

Dumb journalists think being a tough interviewer requires writing down gotcha questions in advance. Smart journalists know that the trick is just listening and sometimes going, ‘how so?’

We are fixing the ozone hole. We can fix things. 🧪 earthobservatory.nasa.gov/world-of-cha...

ICYMI Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene attacked me for wearing a mask. President Donald Trump singled me out. But there’s a far more sinister goal at work here than humiliating an individual reporter or racking up likes. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

Marjorie Taylor Greene attacked SFChronicle reporter @shiramstein.bsky.social for wearing a mask. 'But there’s a far more sinister goal at work.' www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

NEW: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene attacked me for wearing a mask. President Donald Trump singled me out. Their decisions to do so — and post the interactions online — were ultimately intended to sow distrust in news and control the narrative. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

NEW: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene attacked me for wearing a mask. President Donald Trump singled me out. Their decisions to do so — and post the interactions online — were ultimately intended to sow distrust in news and control the narrative. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

From @shiramstein.bsky.social: Congressional Republicans say the benefits of local education control, their end goal with shuttering the U.S. Department of Education, outweighs the risk of states like California using federal money to fund programs with which they disagree.

New: Congressional Republicans say the benefits of local education control, their end goal with shuttering the U.S. Department of Education, outweighs the risk of states like California using federal money to fund programs with which they disagree. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

DOGE head Amy Gleason denied responsibility for mass federal worker firings in a private group chat message obtained by the Chronicle. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

Amy Gleason, acting administrator of the Department of Government Efficiency, denied responsibility for widespread government layoffs in a message to industry colleagues obtained by the Chronicle.

… I am so tired

“I currently serve as acting administrator of the U.S. Doge Service…That’s separate from (1) the embedded agency Doge teams — who are hired directly into each agency — and (2) the broader Doge policy agenda that Elon Musk advises the President on,” Gleason said.”

"Nothing about my role has been hidden. It was publicly announced shortly after I became acting administrator," Gleason said. 🤔 One day after the WH revealed Gleason as the acting DOGE administrator, Karoline Leavitt said she’d been in the role for “quite some time…several weeks, maybe a month.”

WITAOD WATCH: “Amy Gleason, acting administrator of the Department of Government Efficiency, denied responsibility for widespread government layoffs in a message to industry colleagues obtained by the Chronicle.” www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

In a group chat of health care innovators, acting DOGE head Amy Gleason denied responsibility for mass firings and cuts across the federal government, @shiramstein.bsky.social reports. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

Scoop: Acting DOGE Administrator Amy Gleason denied responsibility for widespread government layoffs in a message to industry colleagues obtained by the Chronicle. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

The false information that President Donald Trump was considering a 90-day pause on tariffs might have come from Reuters... www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

BREAKING: U.S. stock markets whipsawed wildly Monday morning after false information spread rapidly across social media and news outlets that President Donald Trump was considering a 90-day pause on his sweeping international tariffs. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

President Donald Trump’s widespread tariffs could upend California agriculture and will likely lead to increased prices on cars, prescription drugs and even toilet paper, economists and industry experts said. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

NEW INVESTIGATION: California is facing an underinsurance crisis, as wildfire survivors struggle to rebuild their homes. Insurers often blame homeowners for this crisis. But as @meganmunce.bsky.social & I found, the companies are largely responsible. Read more tinyurl.com/39pdydwj

This is the perfect intersection of my journalism career HHS reporter 🤝 DC correspondent for a California paper

Xavier Becerra, who served as Health and Human Services secretary under President Joe Biden, will run for California governor in 2026, he announced Wednesday. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

Trump -- the "fertilization president" who has promised via EO to make IVF more accessible -- just cut a highly specialized team that focuses on infertility & other assisted repro technology as part of the larger CDC cuts.

NEW: The U.S. Health and Human Services Department’s San Francisco regional office will be shuttered this spring amid a broad culling of jobs at federal health agencies. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

Hello from ”a reporter” lol

I know everyone's focused on Signalgate again, but I wrote a story about why Trump's attacks on law firms matter to everyone and not just lawyers! www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

I know everyone's focused on Signalgate again, but I wrote a story about why Trump's attacks on law firms matter to everyone and not just lawyers! www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

If successful in their races, Katie Porter and Barbara Lee would be taking on roles with little similarity to their time in Congress — and the likelihood that they will be blamed for anything that goes wrong, even if it isn’t directly their responsibility or fault www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

Nancy Pelosi's willingness to publicly speak out against Chuck Schumer is another example of how, since stepping down as House speaker, she has been unburdened by the confines of leadership and more willing to publicly disagree with her fellow Democrats. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

lol I wrote this in 2019... news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...

"The White House Correspondents Association was formed in 1914 because of a rumor that a Congressional committee was going to select which journalists could attend Woodrow Wilson’s press conferences. Now it’s a president picking journalists." -April Ryan www.thedailybeast.com/a-free-white...

California Republicans in Congress said they needed more information to determine how much aid the state would receive, but expect attention to turn to the issue now that the federal government has been funded past the March 14 deadline. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

In a rare moment of public disagreement with members of her own party, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi called out Senate Democrats Friday for supporting Republicans' government funding extension www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

President Trump threatened to impose a 200% tariff on all EU wine, Champagne and spirits — the latest episode in an ongoing trade war that has now thrown California winemakers, importers and restaurants into a state of disarray. Co-bylined with the SFC wine queen www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...