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Earmarks: A Monumentally Bad Idea

July 1, 2021 10:45 amJuly 2, 2021 3:50 pm

Ever since the Magna Carta, it has been a settled principle of good governance that the power that appropriates public funds should not be the same power that spends them. This principle is at the heart of our Constitution: the...

Senate Passes Joint Resolution Urging Congress to Fix Social Security Payment Formula

June 18, 2021 2:14 amJune 24, 2021 6:39 am

A joint resolution that would urge the United States Congress to change the way that Social Security payments are formulated to prevent a decrease in benefits was passed unanimously in the California state Senate on Thursday. Senate Joint Resolution 5,...

Woke Culture Breaking Point: Boys who Identify as Girls Allowed to Compete in Girls Sports

March 21, 2021 10:56 am

A woman on Twitter recently asked “What was your woke-culture breaking point?” It’s a really interesting question, and the answers she received were outstanding. My woke culture breaking point was being told that boys who identify as girls must be...

CA Republican Rep. David Valadeo Votes With Speaker Pelosi to Impeach President Trump

January 14, 2021 7:14 amJanuary 14, 2021 7:20 am

Two newly elected California Republican members of Congress have sided with House Democrats to impeach and censure President Donald Trump. Rep. David Valadeo (R-CA) voted with Speaker Nancy Pelosi to impeach President Trump Wednesday. Rep. Young Kim and five other...

Respecting an Imperfect System

January 3, 2021 5:58 pmJanuary 8, 2021 11:18 am

Many Americans still have serious concerns about the integrity of the vote in this election, and rightly so. In-person Election Day voting, with all the safeguards inherent in that system, has been replaced with mass mailing of ballots to every...

Covid Relief and Omnibus Spending Package: When Its Too Good To Be True…

December 22, 2020 3:37 pmDecember 23, 2020 7:53 am

The Covid relief provisions in this bill are immensely popular – they provide $600 direct cash payments to individuals earning up to $75,000, (plus $600 per child), a $1,200 per month bonus to unemployment benefits, and $325 billion in PPP...

The Only Relief from Lockdowns is to End Them

December 11, 2020 3:02 pmDecember 11, 2020 3:11 pm

Every American needs to see Angela Marsden’s tearful video as she pours out her frustrations as a small restaurant owner in Los Angeles. Forced to drastically curtail her business during California’s brutal shutdowns, she took out an $80,000 loan to meet...