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De León Picks Up Another Backer While He Chases Feinstein

September 27, 2018 2:14 pmSeptember 28, 2018 4:14 pm

Today California State Senator Kevin De León (D-Los Angeles) picked up another endorsement while he rides on the heels of Dianne Feinstein. The Sunrise Movement “is thrilled to endorse Kevin De León for U.S. Senate. Kevin is the kind of...

McCarthy Pushes House To Denounce Illegal Immigrant Voting

September 24, 2018 3:11 pmSeptember 25, 2018 2:23 pm

This week the house will vote on a resolution from California Congressman Kevin McCarthy (R-23) who says letting illegal immigrants vote “devalues” votes cast by United States citizens. McCarthy, who is the current frontrunner to be the next Speaker of the...

New Poll Shows Tight Battle in California 39

September 18, 2018 9:26 amSeptember 20, 2018 1:31 pm

A new survey from a leading pollster reveals a tight contest in the race to replace retiring Republican Ed Royce to represent California 39, which encompasses parts of Los Angeles, Orange and San Bernardino counties. Republican Young Kim, a former...

California 50 Pits Indicted Republican Against Palestinian-Mexican

September 17, 2018 6:15 amSeptember 18, 2018 9:19 am

With 50-plus Congressional races in the state, a few of them are bound to be strange. In the mountains and desert just east of San Diego, a close race is brewing and it’s shaping up to be one of the...

McCarthy Calls Out Google Over Claims of Bias

September 13, 2018 7:00 amSeptember 13, 2018 9:14 pm

In a very sharply aimed tweet late yesterday evening U.S. House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy called out Google for giving a “silent donation” to a left-wing group to stop President Donald Trump, and for allegedly working with China and Russia...

GOP Congressional Candidate Avoids Stabbing by Trump Hater

September 12, 2018 7:20 pmSeptember 13, 2018 12:26 pm

A California Republican congressional candidate was nearly stabbed earlier this week after a man armed with a switchblade attacked him. Rudy Peters, a Republican who is challenging Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell for the state’s 15th District seat, was attending a...

Kamala Harris Slammed for ‘False’ Video About Kavanaugh

September 12, 2018 2:40 pmSeptember 13, 2018 12:21 pm

California Junior Senator Kamala Harris has made a name for herself—and attracted some preliminary presidential buzz—by leading the fight against President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Like a lot of Democratic Senators, Harris charges that Judge Kavanagh has not...