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California’s Energy Loophole is Funding Russia’s War

September 29, 2025 2:55 amSeptember 29, 2025 2:56 am

Did you know that each time you fill up your gas tank, some of that money flows straight to Russia, helping finance Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine? In 2021, the year before Russia attacked Ukraine, California bought 18.3 million barrels...

Sen. Rand Paul’s Annual ‘Festivus’ Report: a Whopping $1,008,313,329,626.12 of Government Waste

December 25, 2024 2:30 amDecember 26, 2024 7:41 am

U.S. Sen. Rand Paul just released his annual “Festivus Report” of wasteful government spending. The 2024 listing does not disappoint – until you remember that all of us are paying for this abuse of taxpayers’ funds by electing the congressional...

The Shadow of Justice: When International Justice Fails the People of Kosovo

December 16, 2024 2:45 amDecember 16, 2024 7:18 am

In a world that proclaims justice as the bedrock of human rights and international order, the selective application of that justice casts long, damning shadows. As conflicts rage on—from Ukraine to Gaza, Yemen to Somalia—the machinery of international law, embodied...

David Sacks Shares What It Was Like To Trash ‘Forever Wars’ At The RNC

July 23, 2024 4:23 pmJuly 24, 2024 8:25 am

Last week on the “All-In” podcast, billionaire tech mogul David Sacks gave a behind-the-scenes look at admonishing the “forever wars” with a speech to the Republican National Convention (RNC). “They sent me some ideas for remarks and then I completely...

Why Tech Giant David Sacks is Endorsing Donald Trump

June 11, 2024 2:45 amJune 11, 2024 2:46 am

Last Thursday evening tech giant David Sacks and his wife held a fundraiser in San Francisco for the 45th President Donald Trump. They raised $12 million dollars towards the election of Trump as the 47th President, as RNC member Harmeet...

Adding Insult to Injury: Biden White House Does NOT Ask the Globe to be Anti-Impeachment

September 13, 2023 1:51 pm

Neither the California Globe, its estimable editor Katy Grimes, nor its brilliant correspondent (yours truly) received a letter from Joe Biden’s White House telling us how to cover his upcoming impeachment inquiry. We – both the plural and the royal...

The Woes of Vladimir Putin: From the BRICS Summit to PMC Wagner

August 28, 2023 2:30 amAugust 28, 2023 2:31 am

Despite his physical absence, Russian President Vladimir Putin was in many ways present at the BRICS summit in Johannesburg, South Africa. Unable to travel there because of an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court in March, over alleged...