Democrats – California Globe

Gov. Newsom Wails About Assaults on the Free Press, then Signs ‘Stop Nick Shirley Act’ into Law

August 23, 2026 8:56 amAugust 23, 2026 9:22 am

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed the “Stop Nick Shirley Act,” Assembly Bill 2624, by Assemblywoman Mia Bonta (D-Oakland) into law Saturday August 22, 2026. Bonta claims her bill is about “privacy for immigration support services providers.” Gov. Newsom two days...

CA Assembly Chief of Staff Crashes Nick Shirley’s Video, Mocking Shirley’s Penis

August 20, 2026 1:00 pmAugust 20, 2026 1:17 pm

I wasn’t going to give the “small penis” story the time of day, except it’s blowing up. Citizen journalist Nick Shirley was in Sacramento at the Capitol Tuesday and Wednesday covering his own memorial bill, nicknamed the “Stop Nick Shirley...

The Broken Compass and the Centennial Catastrophe: A Polling Industry that Keeps Promising Outcomes it Cannot Deliver

August 15, 2026 9:00 amAugust 17, 2026 10:41 am

America just threw itself a 250th birthday party, and the polling that came with it reads like a physician’s chart for a patient in trouble. A PBS NewsHour/Marist survey released for the semiquincentennial found that 37 percent of Americans —...

Trump Executive Order Reducing Childhood Vaccine Recommendations Addresses State Laws That Conflict

August 14, 2026 6:00 amAugust 14, 2026 6:39 am

On August 10, 2026, President Donald Trump signed an executive order reducing the number of childhood vaccinations for all children. “Delivering Gold Standard Childhood Vaccine Recommendations for Americans,” establishes federal “Gold Standard” recommendations that reduced the number of childhood vaccines,...

California Democrats Claim Trans ‘Attacks Escalate Nationwide’ as it Celebrates Transgender History Month

August 11, 2026 6:30 amAugust 11, 2026 7:02 am

Assemblyman Matt Haney (D- San Francisco) led the California Legislature in celebrating Transgender History Month Monday, “as transgender people continue to face escalating attacks on their rights and freedoms across the country.” What attacks? What loss of rights and freedoms?...

The Polling Paradox of 2026

August 8, 2026 7:38 amAugust 9, 2026 7:39 am

Eighty-nine days before the midterms, the single most-watched number in American politics cannot agree with itself. CNN’s poll with SSRS puts Democrats ahead by eight points on the generic congressional ballot. Emerson College says eleven. The Washington Post-Ipsos survey says...

CA Congressmen Urge Gov. Newsom to Protect Wildfire Prevention Goat Herds

August 5, 2026 6:00 amAugust 5, 2026 6:01 am

Mid-July, the Globe reported that a business-killing labor bill in the California Legislature is coming for the state’s goat herders. As hard as that is to believe, the back story is important: After many failed attempts to unionize more agricultural...