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California’s Senate Democrats Reject Bill to Make Purchasing a Child for Sex a Felony

April 16, 2024 6:32 pmApril 16, 2024 6:42 pm

You read that headline right. California State Senator Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield) authored Senate Bill 1414 – a bipartisan measure to strengthen protections for minor victims by making the act of soliciting, agreeing to engage in or engaging in any form...

Actual Headline: ‘What Happens When Climate Change and the Mental-Health Crisis Collide?’

April 15, 2024 2:53 amApril 15, 2024 6:30 pm

“What happens when climate change and the mental-health crisis collide?” That actual headline in Nature.com triggered my BS meter. What does climate change have to do with mental health? “The warming planet is worsening mental illness and distress. Researchers need...

Google Announces Block to California-Based News Links From Searches in Protest of Impending Bill

April 12, 2024 5:19 pmApril 12, 2024 6:07 pm

Google announced on Friday that they would start blocking California-based news article links for a limited number of users in protest of a bill advancing in the Assembly that, if passed, would require big tech companies to pay a fee...

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra

HHS Secretary Xavier Baccaria for California Governor?

April 11, 2024 8:00 amApril 11, 2024 8:17 am

Biden Administration Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra let slip this week that he is considering leaving the administration to run for California Governor, Politico reported. “I miss California,” Becerra said at the start of a talk at Manny’s...

California State Auditor’s Scathing Homeless Report: Where Did the Money Go?

April 10, 2024 7:41 am

The California State Auditor yesterday issued a scathing report on how very broken are the state’s homeless programs. In the last five years, the state has spent about $24 billion dollars trying to eradicate – or at least lessen –...

SEIU and Wealthy Donors Trying to Kill California’s Retail Theft Reform Bills

April 7, 2024 11:31 amApril 7, 2024 12:15 pm

The SEIU has thrown down its cards and is now trying to kill retail theft reform bills – even the bills authored by Democrats. And they are joined by the wealthy spouses of real estate developers, tech billionaires and daughters...

California’s Bad April Fools Joke: $20 Minimum Wage For Flipping Burgers

April 5, 2024 10:57 amApril 5, 2024 11:05 am

California Governor Gavin Newsom didn’t learn anything from PaneraGate. When his long time friend billionaire Greg Flynn called him to complain that the $20 minimum wage would hurt his fast food franchises, instead of working to overturn the new minimum...