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Freddy Brewster

Freddy is a reporter and has been published in the Los Angeles Times, NBC News, CalMatters, the Lost Coast Outpost, and more. Send tips via Signal: freddy_brewster.64

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California

Big Tech Is Trying To Kill A Major California Antitrust Bill

Luke Goldstein, Freddy Brewster

National Politics

Uber Wants Immunity. Survivors Want Justice.

Freddy Brewster

In a composite image, Elon Musk emerges from a cloud of smoke from a SpaceX rocket launch.

Business

Regulators Waived Investor Protections For SpaceX’s Wall Street Moonshot

Freddy Brewster

A composite image shows a phone with Lyft open on it in front of a shattered Capitol Building

Tech

Congress Just Snuck In Uber Immunity

Luke Goldstein, Freddy Brewster

A self-driving Uber robotaxi is seen in an edited image.

Transportation

Uber’s Secret Hawaiian Slush Fund

Freddy Brewster

Finance

Big Firetruck Is Jacking Up The Price Of Fighting Fires

Freddy Brewster

Climate Change

The Pension Chief Betting On Oil While California Burns

Freddy Brewster

Transportation

Congress Wants To Steamroll State Robotruck Laws

Luke Goldstein, Katya Schwenk, Freddy Brewster

National Security

Top Democrat Opposed Surveillance Bill — While Whipping Votes For It

Freddy Brewster, Veronica Riccobene

In a composite image, and old-time schoolhouse is being smashed by a sledgehammer with money in the background.

Education

How A Tax Loophole Drained Schools And Enriched A Trump Megadonor

Freddy Brewster

Freddy Brewster

Big Tech Is Trying To Kill A Major California Antitrust Bill

Uber Wants Immunity. Survivors Want Justice.

Regulators Waived Investor Protections For SpaceX’s Wall Street Moonshot

Congress Just Snuck In Uber Immunity

Uber’s Secret Hawaiian Slush Fund

Big Firetruck Is Jacking Up The Price Of Fighting Fires

The Pension Chief Betting On Oil While California Burns

Congress Wants To Steamroll State Robotruck Laws

Top Democrat Opposed Surveillance Bill — While Whipping Votes For It

How A Tax Loophole Drained Schools And Enriched A Trump Megadonor

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Forcing A Fundamental Reckoning At Boeing

Revealing A Historic Dark Money Transfer

Exposing Corrupt Trump Nominees

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