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How is Gavin Newsom’s $50M Legal Slush Fund to ‘Trump-Proof’ the State Faring?

August 14, 2025 11:50 amAugust 14, 2025 11:50 am

Back in early February, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation authorizing a $50 million legal slush fund to “Trump-proof” the state against the President. However, Gov. Newsom claimed the funding was not to be used for “immigration related legal services,”...

California Sues Trump Administration Over Restrictions to Transgender Surgeries for Minors

August 10, 2025 2:45 amAugust 10, 2025 2:46 am

Eliciting disgust from conservatives, California Attorney General Rob Bonta last week joined a multi-state coalition suing the Trump Administration over its efforts to restrict so-called gender affirming care for minors. The lawsuit, filed in the United States District Court for...

Newsom & Bass Claim ‘Win’ Over Pentagon with Deactivation of 1,350 National Guard Troops From L.A.

July 31, 2025 5:17 pmJuly 31, 2025 5:24 pm

Despite troops being scheduled to leave within a week anyway, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass tried to claim victory after the Pentagon’s announcement of National Guard troop removal, saying that their departure was a “victory” for Los Angeles. The Pentagon...

Trump Administration Names Bill Essayli ‘Acting’ L.A. U.S. Attorney

July 29, 2025 5:01 pmJuly 29, 2025 5:10 pm

The Trump administration moved on Bill Essayli’s appointment ahead of the ending of his 120-day interim period this evening, by appointing him “acting” U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California. Matt Finn with Fox News reported on X Tuesday...

A Long List of Undesirables; Elected, Blind, and Otherwise!

July 29, 2025 3:30 amJuly 29, 2025 3:31 am

Do you remember in the 1977 film “Star Wars” when Obi-Wan Kenobi described the infamous saloon as a “wretched hive of scum and villainy”? Is that not an apt description of the former convicts arrested at the Glass House pot...

Tijuana Sewage Crisis: EPA and Mexican Government Sign Agreement to End

July 28, 2025 8:00 amJuly 28, 2025 8:01 am

For many years, untreated raw sewage has flowed into Southern California from Mexico and polluted the Tijuana River Valley, causing beaches to close, rendering them unusable. Even with beaches closed, and dangerous pollution issues, the federal government never managed to...

CA Democrats Call for Removal of National Guard Troops in Los Angeles

July 21, 2025 4:33 pmJuly 21, 2025 4:33 pm

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas (D-Hollister), Senate Pro Tem Mike McGuire (D-Healdsburg), and other Democrat lawmakers from across California all called for the removal of the remaining National Guard troops and Marines from Los Angeles on...