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Trump Labor Department says Gavin Newsom OWES $22 BILLION to the American Taxpayer

August 31, 2026 10:08 amAugust 31, 2026 1:46 pm

California is the only state still carrying a large outstanding federal loan for its unemployment insurance program. The balance? $22 billion. California’s Employment Development Department May 2026 UI Fund Forecast put the year-end federal loan balance at $21.6 billion for...

Fauci Takes the Fifth as Marni von Wilpert’s COVID Record Resurfaces

July 30, 2026 12:24 pmJuly 30, 2026 12:24 pm

Dr. Anthony Fauci appeared before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday in a contentious hearing that underscored the lasting fallout from his leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic. Subpoenaed by Chairman Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), the former...

CA Teachers Union Coordinating Strikes, While Student Learning Loss is Off the Charts

March 2, 2026 9:00 amMarch 2, 2026 1:23 pm

Nearly six years after the start of the COVID pandemic, student learning loss is still a major problem in California, the state with the longest, 3-year lockdown. And now we are seeing a wave of teachers strikes across California, which...

Covid Flashback: Remember Gov. Newsom’s 2020 Thanksgiving Stay-Home, No ‘Gatherings’, and Curfew Order

November 26, 2025 3:30 amNovember 26, 2025 3:31 am

Every Thanksgiving we like to remind Californians of our terrible, rotten, horrible 2020 Thanksgiving, courtesy of Governor Gavin Newsom during his unwarranted, cruel, evil covid statewide lockdowns. California residents were ordered in 2020 to “Stay home, no singing, no shouting,...

Shelter-in-Place! ‘Covid Rising Fast in California’ LA Times Warns

August 26, 2025 11:26 amAugust 26, 2025 4:08 pm

The Los Angeles Times warns that “COVID-19 is once again climbing to troubling levels in California.” Pray tell, is California Governor Gavin Newsom scheming on another lockdown? But this is the real story lede: “The rise in COVID comes as...

Small Businesses Still Paying for Sacramento’s Mistakes

August 6, 2025 3:00 amAugust 6, 2025 6:40 am

Imagine someone breaking your window, handing you the bill, and calling it even. That’s exactly what’s happening to small businesses in California. While every other state that borrowed federal money to cover unemployment costs during the pandemic has paid off...

Governor Newsom and the Mockery of Informed Consent

July 24, 2025 2:53 amJuly 24, 2025 2:54 am

About a week or two ago, Governor Gavin Newsom headed out of California politics and did a podcast about how he sees the future of the USA. He didn’t take his California politics with him, but rather “got down” with...