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Newsom Makes a Big About-Face with Big Oil

October 31, 2025 3:30 amOctober 31, 2025 3:31 am

As he considers a run for the White House, California Governor Gavin Newsom may finally be realizing that he has created a major problem for himself and his party. It’s an issue others acknowledge could become a massive political liability...

Californians Choosing Between Gas or Groceries, Utility Bills or Rent

August 11, 2025 7:53 amAugust 12, 2025 6:26 am

How is it possible that in California, hard-working families must choose between gas or groceries, utility bills or rent? The average cost for a gallon of regular gas in the U.S. today is $3.138. California’s cost for that same gallon...

Americans for Tax Fairness’s Hyperbolic Report on ‘BIG OIL’ CEOs Tax Savings Under Trump

June 10, 2025 8:24 amJune 12, 2025 2:58 pm

A near hysterical press statement Tuesday from a group claiming to support tax fairness, says that “Big Oil’s” “Top 6 CEOs Could Save $15M+ from Trump’s Billionaire Tax Giveaway Bill,” deliberately omitting that nearly all Americans could save a lot...

California Bills to hold ‘Big Oil’ Responsible for Disasters Sponsored by Notorious Leftist Groups

June 7, 2025 2:55 amJune 9, 2025 9:01 pm

California Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) introduced a bill in February to hold “Big Oil” responsible for natural disasters in California. Senator Wiener is blaming the oil and gas industry for natural disasters – disasters that should have been mitigated...

After Battering Oil/Gas Industry, Gavin Newsom Wants California Oil Refineries to Stay Open

April 26, 2025 2:55 amApril 28, 2025 6:22 am

In 1988, the state of California only imported about 4.5% of all the oil that we consumed in our state. By 2020 we were importing over 70%. California Democrats’ war on the oil and gas industry is working, but not...

Valero Announces it Will Shut Down Benicia Refinery April 2026

April 16, 2025 12:39 pmApril 17, 2025 12:05 pm

California Democrats’ war on the oil and gas industry is working, but not for the people. In another blow to California’s oil and gas industry, and the state’s fuel; supply, Valero Energy Corporation announced Wednesday it will shut down its...

President Trump Targets California’s Overreaching Cap and Trade Program

April 10, 2025 11:35 amApril 10, 2025 12:12 pm

President Donald Trump has issued an executive order that targets California’s climate change laws and policies, specifically naming California’s sketchy Cap and Trade program, which ostensibly facilitates greenhouse gas emission reductions. Trump is promoting “all of the above” energy policy,...