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It’s Not a ‘Republican Recall,’ Mr. Hastings

July 28, 2021 12:09 pmJuly 28, 2021 2:25 pm

Consumers of broadcast television were treated to a barrage of ads over the past week lambasting the “Republican Recall.” Revealed at the close of these ads was the source of major funding for the ads, Netflix founder and billionaire Reed Hastings. Compared...

Biden White House, Big Tech Stifle Free Speech, Elevating GETTR’s Appeal

July 21, 2021 7:36 amMarch 23, 2022 11:51 am

In February of 2021, a certain Big Tech social media platform announced an expansion of its content moderation to include blocking “false” and “debunked” claims surrounding COVID-19, including the theory that the virus leaked from a lab in Wuhan, China....

Why is the CA Unemployment Agency Using Third Party to Identify Claimants?

June 17, 2021 9:47 am

With the California Unemployment agency allowing more than $30 billion in fraudulent claims during the coronavirus lockdown, and months of ongoing overdue claims payments, the agency is apparently addressing a backlog of claims by reaching out to claimants out of...

Who Will Support California’s Populists?

May 26, 2021 6:45 amMay 26, 2021 6:14 am

A recent article published in the Kennedy School Review by American Affairs editor Julius Krein makes a strong case that conservatives have no future as a political force in America. The one flaw in this article, entitled “Can Conservatism Be More than a...

The Coalition That Will Realign California

December 29, 2020 6:22 amDecember 30, 2020 3:35 pm

Poor governance, beginning long before the bungled response to the COVID-19 pandemic, has led to a recall campaign that may very well put California Governor Newsom into a fight for his political life in the Spring of 2021. If a suitable challenger emerges to...

Government Unions, Tech Billionaires and California Ballot Propositions

December 16, 2020 2:12 amDecember 16, 2020 8:35 am

Californians voted on twelve state ballot propositions on November 3. On nine of these propositions, California’s government and private sector unions spent significant amounts of money, over a million in five cases, and over ten million in two cases. But of these...

Leaving California: Oracle Co-Founder Larry Ellison Announces Move To Hawaii

December 14, 2020 5:12 pmDecember 15, 2020 1:09 pm

On Monday, the 11th richest person in the world , Oracle co-Founder Larry Ellison, announced that he has moved out of California, becoming only the latest billionaire to leave Silicon Valley. In his Monday announcement to employee’s, Ellison confirmed that...