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Midnight Tax Hikes: Business Coalition, Assm Tangipa Blasts New Taxes in Record-Breaking California Budget

June 16, 2026 1:04 pmJune 16, 2026 1:06 pm

In the dead of night, California Democrats advanced a record $355 billion budget that includes significant new tax increases on digital software, insurance, and payroll-related costs, prompting sharp warnings from business groups and Republican Assemblyman David Tangipa. Tangipa took to...

City College of San Francisco Campus Union Leader Guilty of Discrimination and Harassment

June 16, 2026 1:00 pmJune 16, 2026 1:01 pm

In what the Brandeis Center and StandWithUs are hailing as a victory for Jewish students and professors, the City College of San Francisco recently determined that a campus union leader who called a Jewish professor a “colonizer” and mocked her...

Scripture is ‘Defacing’ the Giants Uniform Says SF Chronicle on Pride Night

June 16, 2026 10:57 amJune 16, 2026 11:09 am

The mainstream San Francisco Chronicle describes Bible verses written on ball caps as “defacing” the San Francisco Giants uniform. Three San Francisco Giants pitchers wrote Bible verses on their LGBT Pride Night caps, and one declined to wear the cap....

‘ESA Confidential’—Arizona Reporter Craig Harris Accused Of Coordinating With School Choice Opponents At State Capitol

June 16, 2026 10:27 amJune 16, 2026 10:31 am

Screenshots shared on social media appear to show 12News investigative reporter Craig Harris participating in a private group chat with opponents of Arizona’s Empowerment Scholarship Account program during late-session legislative activity at the Arizona Capitol. The screenshots were posted June...

Gov. Newsom FOIA: Personal Defense at Public Expense

June 16, 2026 7:00 amJune 16, 2026 7:00 am

Governor Gavin Newsom did it once again – demonstrated that rules are for little people. His office fired up the official state machinery, complete with taxpayer-funded staff, legal pit bull, and fancy letterhead, to file a Freedom of Information Act...

Gavin Newsom’s Pay-to-Play Politics: Is California FOR SALE?

June 16, 2026 6:27 amJune 16, 2026 9:01 am

In August 2025, the California Globe reported, “California is FOR SALE: Gavin Newsom’s Pay-to-Play Politics …and using his wife’s non-profits as a political slush fund.” On Monday, Newsom announced on X that the U.S. Department of Justice under President Trump...

Ag Secretary Rollins, Interior Sec Burgum Convene White House Meeting Between PG&E Regarding Future of Potter Valley Dam

June 15, 2026 4:34 pmJune 15, 2026 4:34 pm

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced on X Monday that she and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum convened a White House meeting with representatives from Pacific Gas & Electric and the Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District in Riverside County, to discuss the future...