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CA High-Speed Rail Cost Explodes to $231 Billion, From Original $33 Billion

April 28, 2026 7:54 amApril 28, 2026 5:10 pm

California’s High-Speed Rail boondoggle is now estimated to cost taxpayers $231 billion, up from its original $33.5 billion price tag in 2008 when voters passed Proposition 1A. “Our country has never seen a fiscal disaster of this magnitude,” California Rep....

Department of Education Targets Ghost Students Plaguing California Colleges

April 27, 2026 3:35 pmApril 28, 2026 2:50 pm

Education Secretary Linda McMahon announced today that the Department of Education is embedding real-time fraud detection directly into every FAFSA application, screening applicants the moment they apply in a major crackdown on “ghost students,” hackers, and bots. The move, launched...

Newsom’s $315 Million ‘Rehabilitation’ Gift to California Prisoners: Free Android Tablets!

April 24, 2026 11:38 amApril 27, 2026 9:01 am

While California families struggle with skyrocketing housing costs, unchecked retail theft, and a homelessness crisis that Gov. Gavin Newsom has poured billions into with little to show, the state has been quietly rolling out free Android tablets to every one...

Dozens of Mexican Mafia Members Arrested in FBI’s Operation Gangster’s Paradise

April 23, 2026 1:17 pmApril 24, 2026 8:55 am

FBI Director Kash Patel announced Thursday that agents from the FBI’s Los Angeles field office executed 30 pre-dawn raids, arresting 43 alleged members and associates of the Mexican Mafia — the notorious prison gang known as “La Eme” or the...

California Gubernatorial Debate Shows Partisan Divide

April 23, 2026 8:10 amApril 23, 2026 3:31 pm

Wednesday’s California Gubernatorial Debate reinforced the race’s partisan divide and chaos, with no Democrat candidate standing out – other than to expose their Trump Derangement Syndrome, as they made the President their opponent. Republicans Steve Hilton (businessman and former Fox...

Progressive Economics Meets Reality: ‘Mansion Tax’ Backers Realize Higher Taxes Stunt Growth

April 20, 2026 4:26 pmApril 22, 2026 1:49 pm

In a plot twist worthy of satire — or a very late Economics 101 class — Democrat-aligned nonprofits, business groups, and even the carpenters’ union have suddenly realized that Los Angeles’ Measure ULA “mansion tax” is hurting housing production and...

The Left Pushing Ranked Choice Voting Scheme in Sacramento Political Races

April 20, 2026 5:30 amApril 20, 2026 12:05 pm

Better Ballot Sacramento, a recent initiative of the League of Women Voters, is campaigning to bring ranked-choice voting to Sacramento’s mayor and city council races. They are now gathering signatures to get a ranked choice voting measure on the ballot....