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CA gubernatorial race, Bartees Strange’s ‘Horror’ album

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“That's what the record became — a way for me to start a longer process of facing things that I still deal with to this day,” Bartees Strange says of his album “Horror.” Photo by Elizabeth De La Piedra.

A group of government workers filed a lawsuit in federal court in California today, arguing that Elon Musk’s demands for federal employees to provide a bulleted list of everything they accomplished last week violates federal law.

Some Democrats and a few Republicans have announced they’re running in California’s 2026 gubernatorial race. Others are waiting to see if 2024 Democratic presidential hopeful Kamala Harris will enter. 

In his third album “Horror,” Bartees Strange channels terror and heartbreak into newfound confidence and wide-ranging sonic pastiche.

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