Mark Z. Barabak

@markzbarabak

LA Times columnist, covering politics from out West. Cat on a tin roof. Dogs in a pile. Over on Bluesky @markzbarabak.bsky.social

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Mark Z. Barabak@markzbarabak · Nov 5, 2020

Reporting facts is not bias. Pointing out lies is not partisanship. Calling out misstatements is not favoring one side over another.

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Mark Z. Barabak@markzbarabak · Jul 20

“To say that [Jim Jordan] knew nothing, that nothing ever happened, it’s a flat out lie.”

LLos Angeles Times@latimes · Jul 20

Abcarian: A new film about the Ohio State wrestling team sex abuse scandal indicts those who looked away (via @latimesopinion ) latimes.com/opinion/story/…

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Andrew Kaczynski@KFILE · 9 h

NEW: We uncovered multiple photos of Jeffrey Epstein at Donald Trump‘s wedding. Photos of the pair together earlier that year at an event. And video of Epstein and Trump at the 1999 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. cnn.com/2025/07/22/pol…

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Mark Z. Barabak@markzbarabak · 18 h

Deaf, mute and terrified: ICE arrests DACA recipient and ships him to Texas @brittny_mejia link.latimes.com/click/40796499…

markzbarabak's tweet card. Javier Diaz Santana, who is deaf and mute, was swept up in a federal immigration raid at his job in Temple City, unable to communicate in handcuffs. His attorney says U.S. agents "don’t care whether...

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Mark Z. Barabak@markzbarabak · Jul 21

Whack-A-Doodle Watch: How a California cloud-seeding company became the center of a Texas flood conspiracy @whereishayley latimes.com/environment/st…

markzbarabak's tweet card. Rainmaker, based in Los Angeles, was accused of triggering the deadly Fourth of July flood in Texas.

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Los Angeles Times@latimes · Jul 20

Barabak: Here's why Jeffrey Epstein's tangled web is conspiratorial catnip latimes.com/politics/story…

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Mark Z. Barabak@markzbarabak · Jul 20

‘Stay mad.’ Amid immigration raids, Epstein rumors, Trump team ramps up its trolling @haileybranson latimes.com/california/sto…

markzbarabak's tweet card. 'Trump administration's official social media accounts aim to provoke amid immigration raids

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Mark Z. Barabak@markzbarabak · Jul 20

A genuine, selfless hero Great read by @jackdolanLAT

LLos Angeles Times@latimes · Jul 20

Meet the man who searches for drowning victims latimes.com/california/sto…

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Kevin Rector@kevrector · Jul 20

6 months into Trump’s 2nd term, his predilection for picking on California has never been on fuller display, turning the state broadly and Los Angeles specifically into key battlegrounds for his right-wing agenda. My @latimes look at the stunning stretch: latimes.com/politics/story…

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Mark Z. Barabak@markzbarabak · Jul 20

NEW: From the blood libel of the Middle Ages to “Pizzagate,” the Epstein saga has deep roots. Add Trump and alleged cover-up and you’ve got conspiratorial catnip. “The number of threads you can pull from the fabric are many. And they’re going to be long.” latimes.com/politics/story…

markzbarabak's tweet card. Combining an ancient trope with modern cynicism, the sex-trafficking scandal has ingredients that keep it fresh long after other conspiracies faded. President Trump used it for political gain.

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Laurence Darmiento@ldarmiento · Jul 18

California Department of Insurance insiders told me regulators might send 400 insurer complaints filed by Los Angeles fire victims to mediation as the fight over restoring smoke-damaged homes heats up. Here's my exclusive story. latimes.com/business/story…

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Mark Z. Barabak@markzbarabak · Jul 18

Trump wants to hire 10,000 new ICE agents. Is that goal doable? Past hiring sprees by the Border Patrol have proved challenging. One recruitment push resulted in a wave of high-profile corruption cases. @andreamcastillo latimes.com/politics/story…

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Mark Z. Barabak@markzbarabak · Jul 17

.@GavinNewsom talks tough regarding Trump & Texas’ redistricting power grab, but it's not like he can huff, puff and blow CA congressional districts down. 🧵 latimes.com/politics/story…

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Mark Z. Barabak@markzbarabak · Jul 17

National Guard came to L.A. to fight unrest. Troops ended up fighting boredom @JennyJarvie @toohey, Christopher Buchanan latimes.com/california/sto…

markzbarabak's tweet card. More than a month after President Trump deployed the U.S. military to Los Angeles amid immigration sweeps, the troops have largely disappeared from public view.

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