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‘China-made KN95’ Masks Distributed to Congress, California Students, Required at Super Bowl

January 27, 2022 8:09 amJanuary 27, 2022 8:19 am

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently updated its guidance on masks for the public, now saying that cloth masks do not protect against COVID-19. Their updated guidance states “people can choose respirators such as N95s and KN95s,” because they...

House Antitrust Bills Have California’s $5+ Billion Tech Industry Concerned

January 21, 2022 2:26 amJanuary 20, 2022 3:46 pm

California’s tech industry supports two million jobs, and accounts for more than a quarter of America’s nearly $2 trillion Innovation Economy. That’s $2,000,000,000,000. California’s share is $500,000,000,000 There is a lot of talk throughout the country about reining in and...

Overreach in Technology Regulation Carries Multiple Risks

January 20, 2022 2:46 amJanuary 19, 2022 8:34 pm

Last year, former chair of the U.S. National Science Board Diane Souvaine, PhD, testified before the Congressional Committee on Science, Space, & Technology on U.S. competitiveness in critical technologies. After warning that other countries such as those in East and...

Senator Andreas Borgeas Announces He Will Not Run For Re-Election This Year

January 12, 2022 3:20 pmJanuary 12, 2022 4:19 pm

Senator Andreas Borgeas (R-Fresno) announced on Tuesday that he would not be running for state Senate again, less than a week after he had announced that he would also not be running for Congress. Borgeas, a graduate of Northern Arizona,...

‘Back to the Future’ California Recap and 2022 Political Predictions

January 2, 2022 2:15 amJanuary 3, 2022 4:19 am

While political pundits predict a red wave across the country in the 2022 midterm elections, many even anticipate a wave of change in the Golden State. How big the California wave is, and what form it will take, will be...

House Subcommittee Releases Report into SF-Based One Medical’s ‘Flawed Administration of Coronavirus Vaccines’

December 27, 2021 10:42 am

A Congressional report released last week found that membership-based primary care practice company One Medical only gave COVID-19 vaccine access to members and employees within the company rather than medical workers and other initial tiers early on in the vaccine...

Fascinating and Repulsive: Sen. Rand Paul’s Annual ‘Festivus’ Report of Wasteful Government Spending

December 23, 2021 7:46 amDecember 27, 2021 3:36 pm

U.S. Sen. Rand Paul’s just released his annual “Festivus Report” of wasteful government spending. The 2021 listing does not disappoint. Festivus is a holiday celebrated on December 23rd, created on the Jerry Seinfeld Show by Frank Costanza, George Costanza’s father,...