Tag: Barack Obama
Federal Judge Proposes Letting ACLU Determine Who is a Journalist
U.S. District Judge Michael Simon is proposing to allow the American Civil Liberties Union to vet and provide journalists’ credentials in the form of an ACLU-blue vest to reporters, in order to avoid assault or arrest by federal agents. This...
Jury Rolls Expanded To Include Taxpayers Under Renewed Bill
A bill that would expand California county jury rolls to include those who paid Franchise Tax Board (FTB) state taxes received a new push this week following an Assembly Judiciary Committee hearing delay in early July. The expansion of jury...
Stem Cell Bond Measure To Be Placed On November Ballot
On Monday, California Secretary of State Alex Padilla announced that a ballot measure to refund California’s stem cell agency received enough signatures and would be placed on the November 2020 ballot. The measure, if passed, would refund the California Institute...
Death of DHS Whistleblower Philip Haney Not a Suicide, Say House Republicans
Philip Haney, the former Department of Homeland Security whistleblower, found dead in Amador County last month, was not a suicide but a murder, according to Reps. Louis Gohmert (R-Texas) and Steve King (R-Iowa), both friends of the deceased. “I don’t...
Obama Admin DHS Whistleblower Found Shot To Death In California
The whistleblower from the Department of Homeland Security during the Obama Administration was found dead near his vehicle outside of Sacramento Friday morning. Authorities found 66-year old Philip Haney dead by a single gunshot wound. Haney was known for exposing...
2020 March Primary Preview: 49th Congressional District
The 49th Congressional District: Much like how the long stretch of the 21st District sits between the major metro areas of Bakersfield and Fresno, the 49th Congressional District sits between the end of Orange County’s sprawl and the beginning of...