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Is Big Brother’s Racial Equity Hurting Reality TV?

July 21, 2021 12:39 pmMarch 23, 2022 11:51 am

Twenty-One years ago, CBS launched its summer hit reality TV show Big Brother. This is a game in which 16 houseguests are put into a house and cut off from the outside world. There are no TVs, news, radio, internet...

Biden White House, Big Tech Stifle Free Speech, Elevating GETTR’s Appeal

July 21, 2021 7:36 amMarch 23, 2022 11:51 am

In February of 2021, a certain Big Tech social media platform announced an expansion of its content moderation to include blocking “false” and “debunked” claims surrounding COVID-19, including the theory that the virus leaked from a lab in Wuhan, China....

CAGOP Should Not Burn Up the Recall Jungle

July 21, 2021 2:20 amJuly 20, 2021 8:05 pm

The latest hot rumor, circulating among the disaffected rebels, the insiders, and the wanna-be insiders (guilty), is that the California State GOP is going to endorse Kevin Faulconer as the official Republican candidate in the upcoming Newsom recall election. Officials...

Former Chief Federal Prosecutor McGregor Scott Joins California Unemployment Fraud Investigation

July 20, 2021 5:46 pmJuly 22, 2021 8:00 am

Six months after the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency first announced that up to $31 billion had been stolen by unemployment fraudsters in 2020, state officials announced Tuesday that a former federal prosecutor had been selected so serve as...

California Community Colleges Chancellor Accepts Temporary Federal Position

July 20, 2021 3:50 pm

California Community Colleges Chancellor Eloy Ortiz Oakley announced on Monday that he will be temporarily leaving his position this week to accept a temporary position as a special adviser to U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona. Oakley, who also serves...

Update from the California Legislature

July 20, 2021 1:37 pmJuly 22, 2021 8:16 am

With the Legislature on its annual summer recess, it is a good opportunity to survey what has been happening with legislation between the two houses. State Budget First, the following is a summary of budget-related legislation so far this Session:...

Larry Elder Sues Sec. of State Shirley Weber Over Not Listing Him As Recall Candidate

July 20, 2021 12:59 pmJuly 21, 2021 3:04 pm

Talk radio host Larry Elder filed a lawsuit in the Sacramento County Superior Court Monday, challenging a decision by Secretary of State Shirley Weber and other officials who did not include him on the initial list of 41 recall candidates...