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This Ain’t California Regulators First Rodeo!

June 22, 2026 10:30 amJune 22, 2026 11:36 am

Sometimes, it is hard to imagine just how stupid California legislators and regulators can be. If you recall, for 68 years there was an oil facility in Nipomo, known as the Santa Maria Refinery, that treated oil produced from the...

Billionaire Tax ‘Bait and Switch’

June 22, 2026 6:00 amJune 22, 2026 3:01 pm

Con artists have long used the “bait and switch” technique to sucker the gullible. That is the precise methodology of a couple of public employee unions that put forth the proposed California “Billionaire Tax,” to sucker a presumed gullible California...

How California Regulations Are Made

June 21, 2026 2:28 amJune 21, 2026 2:29 am

California has over 200 State agencies, departments, boards, and commissions that make public policy through their authority to adopt regulations. A list of State agencies that have adopted regulations can be found on the website of California’s Office of Administrative...

California’s Absurd ‘Gay Certification’ Process for Utility Contracts

June 20, 2026 12:00 pmJune 20, 2026 11:18 pm

Recent reporting has pulled back the curtain on yet another California scheme that prioritizes identity over merit in the distribution of public resources. Through the California Public Utilities Commission’s Supplier Diversity Program under General Order 156, large investor-owned utilities face...

Nevada Leads Nation in Job Growth Under Governor Joe Lombardo

June 20, 2026 11:40 amJune 20, 2026 11:40 am

Nevada has posted strong economic numbers over the past year, accounting for approximately 12% of all new jobs created nationwide, according to a CNBC report citing Bureau of Labor Statistics data. The Silver State, which represents roughly 1% of the...

AG Mayes Moves To Dismiss Arizona Alternate Elector Case Without Prejudice, Plans New Indictment

June 20, 2026 11:00 amJune 20, 2026 11:00 am

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has moved to dismiss the state’s 2020 Trump alternate-elector prosecution without prejudice, while telling the court that her office still intends to re-present the case to a state grand jury and seek a new indictment....

Political Malpractice: Reparations Were Designed to Keep Black Voters Loyal to a Party

June 20, 2026 7:45 amJune 20, 2026 7:45 am

Tom Steyer didn’t see it coming. In the late stages of the primary election campaign, the erstwhile billionaire candidate for governor was cornered outside his SUV in a Los Angeles parking lot by a protestor, demanding to know where he...