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Kamala Is In!

January 21, 2019 1:15 pmJanuary 21, 2019 5:21 pm

Senator Kamala Harris, the much-hyped Democratic presidential candidate who announced her decision to run for President today, was just walloped from the left for her stints as San Francisco District Attorney and California Attorney General. But do these searing criticisms in...

Adam Schiff Is Blindly Credulous toward Website’s Debunked ‘Scoop’

January 21, 2019 11:21 amJanuary 23, 2019 6:06 am

News stories spark congressional investigations all the time. But whoever heard of a discredited news story sparking an investigation about charges that were already debunked by the person charged with investigating them? Probably nobody until the era of Donald Trump,...

Maxine Waters Dictates Policy to CBS News

January 17, 2019 9:13 amJanuary 17, 2019 1:03 pm

Is there a black way and a white way to cover political campaigns? California Representative Maxine Waters seems to think so. Waters yesterday conferred with top CBS News officials following tweeted complaints from her and other luminaries that CBS News...

Kevin McCarthy Leads GOP Condemnation of King

January 16, 2019 10:42 amJanuary 16, 2019 1:48 pm

California Representative Kevin McCarthy, the Republican minority leader, yesterday led Republicans in stripping Congressman Steve King (R-Iowa) of his Committee assignments because of King’s recent comments in favor of white supremacy and white nationalism. And today, he joined 423 other...

Joshua Tree Locals Pitch In When Government Shuts Down

January 8, 2019 8:00 amJanuary 9, 2019 7:15 pm

In the past few years Joshua Tree has become the belle of the hipster ball. With every travel article and celebrity selfie, the national park’s stock rises, bringing a flood of tourists with their much-needed dollars. So what happens when...

Sherman Re-Introduces Impeachment Measures Against Pres. Trump

January 6, 2019 8:30 amJanuary 9, 2019 7:18 pm

Bucking newly-installed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Congressman Brad Sherman (D-Northridge) on Thursday re-introduced his 2017 measure to impeach President Donald Trump for obstruction of justice. Pelosi has repeatedly said impeachment proceedings would be premature before Special Counsel Robert Mueller releases...

California Democrats All Vote for Pelosi

January 4, 2019 12:38 pmJanuary 7, 2019 10:27 pm

Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, received 46 votes from California’s Democratic Congressional delegation. She received a total of 220 votes. Despite some members of Congress voicing opposition to Pelosi for Speaker, all 46 California Democrats, including...