Tom (T.J.) Wait

Political Reporter-CBS Los Angeles, Cal/NYU journo alum... I'm a tortured Cal fan... Instagram & TikTok tjwait... tips [email protected] (he/him)

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"You've got a fight on your hands and you don't want to pick Temecula..." @cityoftemecula residents and city leaders preparing to battle @SDGE over plans to build a network of massive transmission towers in and around the city @CBSLosAngeles

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"We've seen Trumpian tactics before..." @LindseyPHorvath responds to criticism from @kathrynbarger after announcing her run for what will become California's most powerful local elected office @CBSLosAngeles

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A lot of people from different parts of the city worked in the Palisades. Political analysts have said many Latino workers lost jobs because of the fire - so it had ripple effects across Los Angeles... the fire also had major economic consequences for the city - impacting Hollywood jobs - another source of employment for Latinos and other LA demographics

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LA Mayor-Elect Nithya Raman makes her first public appearance after race was called @CBSLosAngeles

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@ThatBoyyJacob1 @CBSLosAngeles Thanks Jacob!! You're the sweetest!

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Stunning results from Texas - Democrats are projected to topple the Republican governor - and are set to turn the state's open Senate seat blue

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CBS News now rating the Texas Senate race as likely for Dem James Talarico

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CBS News projects Democrats will take the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives... Dems appear in the driver seat to potentially take the majority in the U.S. Senate @CBSLosAngeles

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Breaking late Friday night: 9th Circuit rejects Trump Admin’s appeal - allowing a judge’s order to stay in place that blocks the Trump Admin from threatening local elections workers with criminal investigations @CBSLosAngeles

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UCLA Voting Rights Project says the Trump Administration handed over its list of alleged non-citizens whose ballots the administration wants set aside in CA. An attorney with the Voting Rights project says they’ve been instructed by the court to keep the list confidential @CBSLosAngeles

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@MattSeedorff Congrats Matt!! What a beautiful fam - and precious little angel!

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The Trump Administration sends criminal grand jury subpoenas to staffers in the LA County Registrar's office - ordering them to appear the day after the election in connection with a list of thousands of voters the DOJ claims are possible noncitizens... screen record of one of the subpoenas:

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Breaking: Another loss for President Trump's DOJ in elections cases... Federal judge rejects DOJ's demand that 20k alleged "likely non-citizen" ballots in LA County be sequestered...

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@Elex_Michaelson Congrats Elex! Love your show!

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Carter appears poised to deny an emergency motion that would immediately block California officials from counting about 20,000 ballots from voters whose citizenship the administration questions. He seems to want more time to consider.

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Billionaire developer Rick Caruso announces he's voting for his former rival - LA Mayor Karen Bass... But also tells us none of that changes what he said about Bass back in the 2022 mayoral campaign @CBSLosAngeles

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KCRA Sacramento speaks with one of the 28 people criminally charged by the Trump Administration with election fraud...

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A man charged in the DOJ’s federal voter-fraud investigation says he thought he was eligible to vote because he had a Real ID.

Kamlesh Shah, 68, tells KCRA 3 no one at the polling location told him he couldn’t vote. More info at the link in our bio.

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A high-stakes election in Inglewood... The city is set to host the Super Bowl and the 2028 Olympics... Candidates for mayor and city council say the city needs change... watch our Inglewood voters forum as the candidates sound off:

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A @CBSLosAngeles voter forum was held in Inglewood tonight and it’s been a long day but I had to show up to see @chels_hylton moderating alongside @jeffnguyen and @CBSLATom

They did a phenomenal job
Head to https://t.co/X4LlZ6NDY1 or @CBSLosAngeles YouTube page