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But finding two drifters using assumed names had been next to impossible, so the case has lain dormant for over a year.

Then, on March 10th, Herb Kane prints Michael's letter in the San Francisco Chronicle.

A couple of Karen's friends see it and alert Carl, who heads up to Santa Rosa to interview them.

When Carl comes to see him, Michael agrees to talk about the murder of Karen Barnes, but he has conditions.

And so that was another instance where CivicLink's name was coming up in something involving, you know, gas and fossil fuel rules.

And there was a similar story that came from our friends and colleagues at the San Francisco Chronicle about a campaign in the Bay Area using a different but similar platform called Speak For to weigh in on air district rules up there.

speak for also advertises its use of AI tools.

And in that instance as well, several people that they reached out to said they had not written the letters that were associated with them.

So there's definitely influence here.

And you did mention, and I want to get there too, you know, Talking about this being part of a greater playbook, I mean, we are seeing this happen up in San Francisco, too.

The San Francisco Chronicle was actually the first to break some of this news, but I know you referenced this in your reporting, too, that there has been this ongoing debate in the Bay Area Air District to replace old gas water heaters with electric heat pumps.

starting next year.

But basically, these killings stretched out over many, many years.

And the basic thing that puts the plot in motion is the fact that when the killings start, He, the killer, who is unknown for most of the film, starts sending letters to the San Francisco Chronicle.

And that's where Jake Gyllenhaal's character, Robert Graysmith, works as a cartoonist.

And Robert Downey Jr.'s character, he is a reporter at the San Francisco Chronicle.

Paul

Avery is his name,

Paul Avery.

And, um, basically these letters from the Zodiac tell the Chronicle that he wants to be published or he's going to continue to kill.

hosted the congressman there and in April said he threw him out for busting his trust and demanded the money back.

Swalwell resigned from Congress in the governor's race a month after a former staffer told the San Francisco Chronicle he sexually assaulted her twice while she was intoxicated.

The more than dozen women described misconduct to CNN.

He denies the assault allegation.

But once those accusations became public, Klubeck had to cut all public ties and told reporters he could no longer support him, said he had kicked Swalwell out of the property and distanced himself from the Democrat Party.

Just keep in mind, the two had a close enough relationship that Swalwell could just camp there literally could just hey you got an extra room for me tonight i need a place to crash now for me to try to understand why federal agents are executing warrants at airports homes and now a donor's mission or excuse me a donor's mansion go all the way back to april if you remember we covered this and again this is another reason to be listening to my show every day We know that reporting first by the San Francisco Chronicle and then CNN had allegations from multiple women.

And then a former staffer said Swalwell sexually assaulted her twice, once in 2019 while she worked for him, and then again in 2024 after she had left the office, claiming she was too intoxicated to consent.

Then there were other women who alleged he sent unsolicited explicit images or messages.

Tuesday's search is the latest escalation in the federal investigation of Swalwell, one of several pros began after a woman came forward with allegations that he sexually assaulted her twice, including when she worked for him.

The San Francisco Chronicle, followed by CNN, first reported the allegations.

CNN also reported that three other women alleged various kinds of sexual misconduct by Swalwell, including sending them unsolicited explicit messages or nude photos.

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We're seeing so little coverage on the net.

Even in some of the media outlets in California, the LA Times, San Francisco Chronicle, a lot of the locals, the networks, they're not even touching it.

Barely.

Barely touching it.