Assemblyman Marc Berman (D-Menlo Park)

Federal Judge Blocks Gov. Newsom’s ‘Deepfakes’ Law Making Political Humor Illegal in California

October 2, 2024 5:25 pmOctober 2, 2024 8:49 pm

A federal judge on Wednesday blocked a new California law restricting the use of digitally altered political “deepfakes” just two weeks after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the bill into law, Politico reported. “I just signed a bill to make this...

Gov. Newsom Signs Unconstitutional ‘Deepfake’ Bill Making Humor in California Illegal

September 19, 2024 1:39 pmSeptember 19, 2024 1:48 pm

California Governor Gavin Newsom just prohibited making political parodies. Newsom signed three bills into law on Tuesday, putting severe limitations on the use of “deepfakes” and other digitally generated or altered content in political campaigns. “Screw the 1st Amendment” Newsom...

Woke Assemblyman Berman Savaged for Ludicrous Climate Change Tweet

December 8, 2023 7:49 am

Woke lawmakers in California’s Legislature are insufferable. The virtue signaling, the platitudes, the triteness, may make them appear as if they are doing something useful. But they are not. And posting their virtue on X/Twitter makes them look even more...

California Lawmakers Gut Good Bill, Replace with Horrible Bill

June 22, 2023 7:06 amJune 22, 2023 12:38 pm

Earlier this week, Assembly Bill 1352 by Assemblyman Marc Berman (D-Menlo Park) on individualized county childcare subsidy plans was gutted. Berman’s bill had already gone through a few committees, and was voted on by the full Assembly without a single...

Latest Media Literacy ‘Fake News’ Bill Passes Assembly Unanimously

June 5, 2023 2:26 pmJune 5, 2023 4:19 pm

Rather than making sure California’s K-12 public school students are graduating able to read and speak at grade level, do math at grade level, know who the President of the noted States is, where Uganda, Singapore and Nova Scotia are...