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GOP infighting in post-Trump era threatens California recall
Read full article: GOP infighting in post-Trump era threatens California recall(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)LOS ANGELES โ California Republicans eager to recall Democratic Gov. The head of the state Republican Party, Jessica Millan Patterson, is being challenged at a GOP convention this weekend by longtime conservative activist Steve Frank, who says the state party is attempting to silence conservative voices. AdโThis is Californiaโs version of the national battle for the soul and the future of the Republican Party,โ said Thad Kousser, a political science professor at the University of California, San Diego. But โjust when the Republican Party in California is showing signs of life, itโs deciding to cannibalize itself,โ Kousser added. For long-suffering California Republicans, party infighting could divide their ranks and make it more challenging to oust Newsom.
Hustler founder and First Amendment battler Larry Flynt dies
Read full article: Hustler founder and First Amendment battler Larry Flynt diesFILE - "Hustler" Magazine publisher Larry Flynt signs a copy of "The People Vs. Larry Flynt" in his downtown Cincinnati "Hustler" store on April 30, 1998. Flynt, who turned "Hustler" magazine into an adult entertainment empire while championing First Amendment rights, has died at age 78. His nephew, Jimmy Flynt Jr., told The Associated Press that Flynt died Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021, of heart failure at his Hollywood Hills home in Los Angeles. In an effort to drum up business, he published a newsletter that became Hustler magazine. He and his fourth wife, Althea, moved to Los Angeles and spent most of their time behind their mansionโs 5,000-pound steel door.
Hustler publisher Larry Flynt dies at 78
Read full article: Hustler publisher Larry Flynt dies at 78FILE - Larry Flynt Publications Inc. (LFP) Publisher Larry Flynt comments on the resignation of former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, during an interview with The Associated Press in his office in Beverly Hills, Calif. on March 14, 2008. Flynt, who turned "Hustler" magazine into an adult entertainment empire while championing First Amendment rights, has died at age 78. His nephew, Jimmy Flynt Jr., told The Associated Press that Flynt died Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021, of heart failure at his Hollywood Hills home in Los Angeles. โHe suffered decades of health issues and you can imagine it was pretty difficult,โ said his nephew Jimmy Flynt Jr. โHis doctors had said he should have passed away 30 years ago,โ Jimmy Flynt Jr. said Wednesday.