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9th Circuit Rules AZ SOS Fontes Cannot Criminalize Speech at Polling Places

September 17, 2025 12:39 pmSeptember 17, 2025 12:39 pm

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously ruled on Tuesday that Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes (D) cannot enforce his Election Procedures manual (EPM) provision that bans “offensive or insulting speech” at polling places, finding the language vague, broad,...

OPINION: A Spiritual Anchor in a Divided World – What Happens When the Church Takes Sides?

July 29, 2025 6:26 pmJuly 29, 2025 6:26 pm

In more than 25 years in politics, I’ve witnessed countless moments when churches welcomed political candidates to speak just before an election. It happens on both sides of the aisle. The subtle (or sometimes overt) implication is clear: this is...

America Deserves Our Love, Even When It’s Hard

July 22, 2025 8:00 amJuly 22, 2025 8:01 am

It should never be controversial to say you love your country. But today, that sentiment is increasingly filtered through party lines. A recent poll has sparked a wave of concern, and rightly so. According to newly released data, only 24%...

Encinitas Union School District Pushing Transgenderism on Students

May 21, 2025 6:46 amMay 21, 2025 6:46 am

Free speech is trumping coercive transgender orthodoxy in at least one California school district. The Encinitas Union School District in San Diego County was trying to force two fifth graders to take part in a class that glorified transgenderism with...

Gavin Newsom Talks and People Everywhere Cringe

March 31, 2025 2:55 amApril 3, 2025 11:50 am

What is the purpose of a podcast but to delve deeply into issues, expose problems and consider solutions? Or is it to entertain? Grok says: “it’s a way to share ideas, stories, or information through audio episodes that people can...

Big Sister: Kamala Harris’ Long War on Free Speech

September 7, 2024 10:48 amSeptember 7, 2024 10:48 am

Kamala Harris has a definite view of the concept of free speech. So definite, in fact, that she doesn’t even believe in it for herself. Her “pop-up” campaign has been mostly marked by the muzzle she has agreed to wear...

CA Governor and COVID ‘Experts’ Defeated Over Bill to Punish Doctors for ‘Covid Misinformation’

October 17, 2023 7:56 amOctober 18, 2023 10:28 am

In January 2023, California’s new law to punish doctors for spreading “Covid misinformation,” went into effect. Assembly Bill 2098 authored by Assemblyman Evan Low (D-Campbell) and co-authored by then-Sen. Richard Pan (D-Sacramento), and signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom,...