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Gamblers Served a Crapo Tax Sandwich, Bipartisan Bill Seeks To Trash It

August 21, 2025 3:25 pmAugust 25, 2025 10:28 am

President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” contained a poison pill for gamblers and the gaming industry. The bill included an amendment that limits the tax deductibility of gambling losses to 90 percent of winnings, starting in 2026. This is a change...

Democrats In A ‘Death Cycle’ As Voter Registration Plunges to New Lows

August 21, 2025 12:25 pmAugust 22, 2025 2:09 am

A recent article in the NY Times summarized a study that found Democrats are hemorrhaging voters, so much so that in four short years during the Biden administration, Republicans erased registration advantages in all 30 states that track voter registration...

CA Supreme Court Denies Republicans’ Injunction Request to Halt Newsom’s Redistricting Scheme

August 21, 2025 7:34 amAugust 21, 2025 10:21 am

The California Supreme Court denied Republicans’ injunction request to halt Governor Gavin Newsom’s and Democrats’ redistricting scheme late Wednesday. The legislature is expected Thursday to pass the 3-measure package on Congressional redistricting: Senate Bill 280, Assembly Constitutional Amendment 8, and Assembly...

Ringside: Tips to Understand Our Convoluted Yet Obligatory Units of Water

August 21, 2025 2:55 amAugust 21, 2025 6:39 am

Those of us following water politics and the water industry have become familiar with the most common units of water volume and water flow. Professionals in the industry make constant use of terms, often reduced to acronyms, forgetting that the...

Rights and Duties of Witnesses in Civil Actions

August 21, 2025 2:30 amAugust 21, 2025 2:31 am

Part 4, Title 5 of the California Code of Civil Procedure deals with the rights and duties of witnesses. Section 2064 provides that a witness, served with a subpoena, must attend at the time appointed, with any papers under his...

Bed Bath & Beyond is Abandoning Failing California: High Taxes, High Fees, High Wages, ‘Endless Regulations’

August 20, 2025 6:35 pmAugust 21, 2025 6:41 am

Last month we were talking non-stop about In-N-Out President Lynsi Snyder relocating her family and company headquarters to Tennessee. This month we are talking about Bed Bath & Beyond announcing Wednesday that the company won’t open or operate retail stores...

REPORT: US Has Weaker Election Security Measures Than Rwanda, Nevada Ranks Dead Last

August 20, 2025 2:31 pmAugust 20, 2025 2:32 pm

According to a 37-nation study released today (see below) by Illinois-based The Meyers Report “The US has the worst voting system of the countries studied,” said Gary Meyers, one of the authors of the report. “In terms of written procedures,...