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Hollywood’s Crew Unions Endorse Karen Bass in L.A. Mayor’s Race

May 21, 2026 11:26 amMay 21, 2026 11:26 am

Hollywood’s below-the-line “crew” unions just endorsed incumbent Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass for re-election in the June 2, 2026 primary. The Hollywood Reporter made the announcement Wednesday: The California IATSE Council, the political wing of the crew union IATSE in...

California Gets a Clean Audit – Now Comes the Hard Part

May 21, 2026 10:51 amMay 21, 2026 10:51 am

After years of embarrassing delays that left taxpayers and municipal bond investors flying blind, California has finally produced its audited financial statements before the state’s budget is finalized. On May 12, State Controller Malia Cohen released the Annual Comprehensive Financial...

Commentary: Liberal White Women Seek Masculinity in Gay Romance

May 21, 2026 8:00 amMay 21, 2026 8:01 am

Last Friday night I ducked into my usual spot in West Hollywood—a proper gay bar, the kind where the clientele is 95% dudes who actually like other dudes. No bachelorette parties, no hen-night shrieking, no rainbow-filtered Instagram tourists treating the...

Normalize Excellence: Neither Mediocrity Nor Decline is Destiny

May 21, 2026 7:00 amMay 21, 2026 7:01 am

The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) results show a grim picture of academic loss. Between January and March 2024, 19,300 12th graders from 1,500 schools across the country were tested on mathematics. Among them, only 22% achieved math proficiency....

California High-Speed Rail: A Textbook Case of Fiscal Failure Under Controller Malia Cohen

May 21, 2026 6:00 amMay 21, 2026 6:01 am

California’s long-troubled High-Speed Rail project stands as one of the most expensive and least accountable boondoggles in state history. What began as a 2008 voter-approved promise of an 800-mile network for roughly $33 billion has shrunk to a 171-mile Merced-to-Bakersfield...

Ringside: California’s Plans for Energy and Water Can be Misleading

May 20, 2026 4:53 pmMay 20, 2026 4:53 pm

When Governor Gavin Newsom’s water plan calls for nine million acre feet of new water supply, it turns out part of that total is increased storage capacity in reservoirs, which will not result in an equivalent amount of available water....

DOJ Announces Election Integrity Task Force and Prosecutions Unit in Nevada Ahead of June Primary

May 20, 2026 3:45 pmMay 20, 2026 4:06 pm

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Nevada announced Tuesday the formation of an Election Integrity Task Force and the creation of a dedicated Election Crimes and Prosecutions Unit within its Criminal Division, signaling a heightened federal commitment to...