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Newsom picks Laphonza Butler, political ally and power player, to replace Feinstein

  • Bias Rating

    40% Somewhat Conservative

  • Reliability

    70% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    -10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -39% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : She was for many years the head of SEIU Local 2015, a union representing California long-term caregivers, before becoming a partner in what was then known as SCRB Strategies, Newsom's political consulting firm, and later working in public policy for Airbnb.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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