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California is One of the Terrible 10 Blue States on Taxes

February 5, 2026 7:49 amFebruary 5, 2026 9:48 am

Here’s the latest ranking from the Tax Foundation on economic competitiveness of their taxing system. Stephen Moore at Unleash Prosperity notes that taxes are headed up in 2026 in the three already-heaviest taxed states. The 10 best states in this...

Sacramento Mayor Kevin McCarty Proposes Property Tax on ‘High-Priced’ Homes to fund Homeless Housing

January 29, 2026 3:55 amJanuary 29, 2026 3:56 am

Sacramento Mayor Kevin McCarty wants to nearly quadruple a real estate transfer tax to fund homeless housing. McCarty says this tax could generate at least $9 million each year to help first-time homebuyers, renters and the homeless, and he claims...

Artificial Intelligence Has No Guardrails, and That Should Worry Us All

January 5, 2026 12:00 pmJanuary 5, 2026 12:03 pm

A Conversation That Changed the Way I Think About AI A couple of weeks ago, I was invited to a private home to hear Tim Estes speak. Estes is a longtime technology executive who has worked at the intersection of data,...

Sacramento Mayor Kevin McCarty Proposes Property Tax Hike to fund Homeless Housing

October 22, 2025 1:00 pmOctober 22, 2025 3:17 pm

Sacramento Mayor Kevin McCarty, a Democrat, announced at his first State of the City address Monday, that he is proposing a new tax plan to fund more tiny homes and junkie-homeless housing, after the state of California has already spent...

California Republican Lawmaker Attacked by Speaker and Colleagues, Gets Booted From Committee. Again.

June 3, 2024 3:20 pmJune 4, 2024 3:55 pm

Last Friday the Globe reported that Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas just removed Assemblyman Bill Essayli, a former federal prosecutor, from the Assembly Judiciary Committee Thursday following a vote in the Assembly to end sanctuary state protections for pedophiles. The Globe...

Democrats’ Payback to Republican Assemblyman Bill Essayli for Supporting Parental Rights

May 31, 2024 2:45 amMay 31, 2024 6:59 am

“California Democrats represent the antithesis of a constitutional republic. The biggest threat to democracy in America.” That statement is from California attorney Julie Hamill, reacting to Assemblyman Bill Essayli’s revelation that Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas just removed him from the...

The ‘Wrongful Conviction’ of Donald J. Trump

May 30, 2024 4:25 pmMay 30, 2024 7:26 pm

Today the Manhattan jury convicted former Pres. Donald J. Trump on all of the 34 charges brought by Alvin Bragg in what can only be described as a “miscarriage of justice.” As Federalist CEO and co-founder Sean Davis said, “Moscow...