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GDP hits 5.5%! Productivity Growth Tripled, Wages are Growing, Layoffs are the Lowest

January 18, 2026 9:00 amJanuary 18, 2026 9:11 am

Back in December 2025, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said “We’ve had 4% GDP growth in a couple of quarters,” and many economists wondered if GDP would hit 5% in 2026. Well, this is really exciting! The AtlantaFed announced GDP...

The California Dream is Driving Small Business Away

December 17, 2025 2:30 pmDecember 17, 2025 2:31 pm

The California Legislature’s high tax, high cost of living, anti-business climate continues to drive businesses large and small and many of their employees out of the state. Shockingly, the Democrat-led supermajority of elected representatives double down on costly regulatory policies...

Top 50 Disasters Gov. Gavin Newsom Has Ushered into California: 2025 Edition

December 17, 2025 9:44 amDecember 29, 2025 9:15 am

This week the Globe reported on the newly released California State Auditor’s report which depicts a devastating state of the state: “The California State Auditor published a scalding report Friday that is an unvarnished indictment of Governor Gavin Newsom and...

Small Businesses Still Paying for Sacramento’s Mistakes

August 6, 2025 3:00 amAugust 6, 2025 6:40 am

Imagine someone breaking your window, handing you the bill, and calling it even. That’s exactly what’s happening to small businesses in California. While every other state that borrowed federal money to cover unemployment costs during the pandemic has paid off...

Gov. Newsom’s Climate Grift Spent $33 Billion in Cap-and-Trade to ‘Make Communities Cleaner and Healthier’

May 8, 2025 3:20 amMay 8, 2025 3:21 am

California Governor Gavin Newsom claims that greenhouse gas emissions are down in California – not just down but “down 20% since 2000.” “Pollution is down and the economy is up,” Newsom said. “Greenhouse gas emissions in California are down 20%...

President Trump Targets California’s Overreaching Cap and Trade Program

April 10, 2025 11:35 amApril 10, 2025 12:12 pm

President Donald Trump has issued an executive order that targets California’s climate change laws and policies, specifically naming California’s sketchy Cap and Trade program, which ostensibly facilitates greenhouse gas emission reductions. Trump is promoting “all of the above” energy policy,...

LA Times Angles for High-Speed Rail As ‘Jobs’ Program

December 26, 2024 9:40 amDecember 28, 2024 9:23 am

What a train wreck. The Los Angeles Times is touting how California’s high-speed rail project “trains workers and provides thousands of jobs in the Central Valley.” You read that right. They finally admit that it’s just a union jobs program....