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California Insurance Commish Toadies For Industry Again

August 2, 2019 2:19 amAugust 2, 2019 6:06 pm

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is under fire for his secretive speech to a convention of industry executives where he expressed support for revamping consumer protection laws in their favor. The speech in San Francisco to the Western Regional General...

Gov. Newsom Signs ‘Unconstitutional’ Wildfire Legislation, Passing Costs to Ratepayers

July 31, 2019 6:29 amJuly 31, 2019 10:21 am

The lawsuit says that the utility companies basically bought off Gov. Newsom and most of the legislators who voted for the law. The wildfire legislation that Governor Gavin Newsom just signed into law is being challenged in court for allegedly...

Kamala Harris off to strong fundraising start

April 9, 2019 8:00 amApril 10, 2019 7:51 am

California Senator Kamala Harris announced last week that her presidential campaign raised $12 million for the first quarter of 2019. Presidential candidates are actually not required to file their quarterly fundraising reports with the Federal Election Committee until April 15....

Devin Nunes Files Fatuous Twitter Defamation Lawsuit

March 20, 2019 7:17 pmMarch 20, 2019 8:07 pm

California Congressman Devin Nunes earlier this week sued Twitter, two parody accounts and political consultant Liz Mair for defamation. The complaint, lodged in Henrico, Virginia Circuit Court, seeks a whopping $250 million due to the defendants’ alleged “Negligence, defamation per...

Sen. Harris Opposition to Death Penalty Represents Sudden Shift

March 19, 2019 5:18 pmMarch 20, 2019 8:21 am

Praising California Governor Gavin Newsom for his new statewide moratorium on executions Kamala Harris this week played fast and loose with the facts by pretending she has consistently opposed capitol punishment. In a statement, the Golden State’s junior senator and...

Kamala Harris Bags a String of Early Endorsers

February 19, 2019 6:15 amFebruary 19, 2019 11:32 am

California Senator Kamala Harris received endorsements for her presidential bid late last week from Governor Gavin Newsom and Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-Oakland), a former Congressional Black Caucus chair. Will these high-profile nods actually do her any good among primary voters?...

Barbara Boxer Says Trump Is Cruising For a Bruising on Wall

February 18, 2019 6:30 amFebruary 25, 2021 11:36 am

The overwhelming majority of Donald Trump critics are, regardless of their particular ideological orientation, utterly humorless. But Barbara Boxer, the liberal former California senator, was refreshingly mirthful when talking about the President on MSNBC Wednesday night with host Chris Hayes....