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Gov. Newsom Celebrates High Speed Rail Kern County Track Laying

January 7, 2025 1:52 pmJanuary 7, 2025 1:57 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom, California High Speed Rail Authority CEO Ian Choudri, Kern County Supervisor Leticia Perez, and other local dignitaries and Rail officials attended a track laying ceremony in the Kern County town of Shafter on Monday. The first high-speed...

Zuckerberg to Replace Facebook ‘Fact Checkers’ With Community Notes

January 7, 2025 7:19 amJanuary 7, 2025 7:20 am

Mark Zuckerberg announced Tuesday morning that his company Meta/Facebook will end its fact-checking program, and will instead adopt Elon Musk’s X/Twitter “Community Notes” system. Meta is the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, Threads and WhatsApp. Zuckerberg admits “fact checkers” on...

An Asterisk* for Soros’ Medal of Freedom

January 7, 2025 2:55 amJanuary 7, 2025 7:37 am

Reaction to outgoing President Joe Biden’s awarding a Presidential Medal of Freedom to George Soros was swift. Condemnation, ridicule and disbelief focused on both Biden himself and the radical recipient. This is yet another outrageous act in a string of...

Oakland Closing Two Fire Stations, Reducing Services at Four More

January 6, 2025 4:51 pmJanuary 6, 2025 4:51 pm

The City of Oakland moved forward with their plans over the weekend to temporarily close two Oakland Fire Department stations and brown out four more. Fire officials and residents alike are protesting against the actions of the city. For years,...

Why Incumbent Congressional Representatives Michelle Steel and John Duarte Should Have Won

January 6, 2025 4:06 pmJanuary 6, 2025 4:13 pm

In 2020, California’s Assembly Bill 860 fundamentally altered state election laws by requiring county elections officials to mail a vote-by-mail ballot to every registered voter for all elections. The bill allowed ballots postmarked on or before Election Day to be...

Newsom Postpones State Of The State Address To Attend Jimmy Carter’s Funeral In Washington

January 6, 2025 1:57 pmJanuary 6, 2025 1:57 pm

The office of Governor Gavin Newsom announced over the weekend that the much hyped duel State of the State address and state budget presentation would not be happening this week, with the address instead being planned for later this year....

When and Why: California’s ‘Compassionate Release’ Program Simply Doesn’t Work

January 6, 2025 6:34 amJanuary 6, 2025 6:34 am

The term “second chance” is usually good – except when it comes to some criminals. On one hand, you do have those that have learned their lessons from whatever action they’ve taken, and actually take the opportunity to make themselves...