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Another California Rail Disaster: Over $1 Billion Per Mile for LAX SkyLink, Contractor Sues City

July 15, 2026 12:44 pmJuly 15, 2026 12:44 pm

California taxpayers are once again footing the bill for another Democrat-led rail fiasco, this time at Los Angeles International Airport, where the long-delayed SkyLink Automated People Mover (APM)—just 2.25 miles of elevated track—has ballooned to over $3.3 billion in costs,...

Sacramento Bolsheviks Hire Recycling Police for ‘Curbside Trash Bin Inspections’

July 15, 2026 12:43 pmJuly 15, 2026 1:41 pm

Sacramento is conducting curbside trash bin inspections to enforce California’s organics recycling mandate. Really. Yet, as the Globe reported in January, California’s Recycling Agency doesn’t really recycle the items we as consumers are charged extra for and required to separate...

Leaving California: Tennessee is Romancing Paramount

July 15, 2026 10:28 amJuly 15, 2026 10:55 am

Tennessee is courting David Ellison’s Paramount, The Hollywood Reporter reported Tuesday. Amid California’s effort to block Paramount’s $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros., the state of Tennessee has invited the David Ellison-owned studio to relocate there. Tuesday, radio talk show...

Criminal Justice Legal Foundation Announces Lawsuit Seeking to Block New California Parole Regulations for Murderers Sentenced To Life

July 15, 2026 7:23 amJuly 15, 2026 7:25 am

Just about one year ago, Michael Rushford with the Criminal Justice Legal reported for the Globe that a unanimous panel of California’s Third District Court of Appeal rules that state law does not authorize the early release of murderers serving indeterminate...

Tone Deaf Gavin Newsom Avoiding ‘Uncomfortable Truths’ of His Own Making

July 15, 2026 6:30 amJuly 16, 2026 6:29 am

California Governor Gavin Newsom’s disconnect and lack of self-awareness is stunning. He just gave a little talk at the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials event, whining incessantly about “the concentration of wealth, the stagnation of wages for...

Former Arizona Democratic Party Vice Chair and DSA Transgender Activist Arrested Over Disputed Kink ‘Scene’ Involving Knife, Tape, and Gloves

July 15, 2026 6:12 amJuly 15, 2026 6:55 am

Democratic Socialists of America organizer, transgender activist, and former Arizona Democratic Party Vice Chair Brianna Westbrook was arrested July 10 following an alleged domestic incident at the Phoenix residence of a former partner, according to 12News. The former partner contacted...

California Needs a Controller Who Puts Classrooms and Cops Before Bureaucracy

July 15, 2026 6:00 amJuly 15, 2026 6:01 am

California’s budget is broken. We spend more, yet too often fail to deliver the results taxpayers expect. Classrooms struggle, public safety remains under pressure, and bureaucracy continues to grow. After nearly forty years in finance, managing billions of dollars and...