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Aaron Ford’s Sudden Data Center Outrage

August 20, 2026 2:26 pmAugust 20, 2026 2:36 pm

Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford unveiled his latest gubernatorial campaign pledge this week, vowing to pause new tax abatements for data centers if elected, audit existing ones, ban evaporative cooling, and force the industry to “bring their own water or...

CA Assembly Chief of Staff Crashes Nick Shirley’s Video, Mocking Shirley’s Penis

August 20, 2026 1:00 pmAugust 20, 2026 1:17 pm

I wasn’t going to give the “small penis” story the time of day, except it’s blowing up. Citizen journalist Nick Shirley was in Sacramento at the Capitol Tuesday and Wednesday covering his own memorial bill, nicknamed the “Stop Nick Shirley...

FBI Seizes Eric Swalwell’s Electronic Devices at SFO, Raids DC Home in Expanding Sexual Misconduct Probe

August 20, 2026 12:43 pmAugust 20, 2026 12:44 pm

In a dramatic escalation of the federal investigation into multiple allegations of sexual misconduct and assault against disgraced former California Congressman Eric Swalwell, FBI agents confronted the one-time Democratic rising star at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday night, seized...

AZ Gov Hobbs Touts ‘Historic Bipartisan Ticket’ After Blocking GOP Legislature With Record-Setting Vetoes

August 20, 2026 11:49 amAugust 20, 2026 11:49 am

Arizona Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs is campaigning for reelection on what her campaign calls a “historic bipartisan ticket” with former Republican Mesa Mayor John Giles, even as her first term has included record-setting use of the veto against legislation passed...

$25 Federal Minimum Wage to Cost 5 Million Jobs, New Report Finds

August 20, 2026 11:28 amAugust 20, 2026 12:02 pm

The majority of research over three decades finds minimum wage increases reduce employment. Just look at California’s $20 per hour fast food minimum wage. In addition to the latest news that Kentucky Fried Chicken has permanently closed 44 restaurants across...

California’s Paramount Contradiction: Tax Credits for the Company It Is Suing

August 20, 2026 6:16 amAugust 20, 2026 6:17 am

California has a peculiar way of doing business. Even as Attorney General Rob Bonta and a coalition of Democratic state attorneys general wage legal war to block Paramount’s $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, the Golden State is handing...

Judicial Overreach: Judge Forces Huntington Beach into Ranked-Choice Voting Experiment

August 19, 2026 5:00 pmAugust 19, 2026 5:07 pm

Orange County Superior Court Judge Craig L. Griffin has single-handedly upended the entire City Council election system of Huntington Beach. With one ruling, he has ordered the city to abandon its long standing at-large elections, impose ranked-choice voting, and consolidate...