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Federal Judge Blocks Gov. Newsom’s ‘Deepfakes’ Law Making Political Humor Illegal in California

October 2, 2024 5:25 pmOctober 2, 2024 8:49 pm

A federal judge on Wednesday blocked a new California law restricting the use of digitally altered political “deepfakes” just two weeks after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the bill into law, Politico reported. “I just signed a bill to make this...

Chart of Bill Signing Messages

October 2, 2024 4:34 pmOctober 2, 2024 8:49 pm

In reviewing gubernatorial signing messages over the past two decades, I compiled the following chart of bills that have signing messages. The chart includes the session year, the Governor, the bill number and author, and the subject of the bill....

Summary of California Bills Per Session and Actions Taken

October 2, 2024 2:34 pmOctober 2, 2024 8:50 pm

The following research was updated in October 2024 in order to examine the major actions involving bills in the California Legislature over the past eighteen years. I examined the following five categories of information for each year, as set forth...

Advantage, Vance

October 2, 2024 10:56 amOctober 2, 2024 10:56 am

“I’m a knucklehead at times.” That’s gonna stick. Going into last night’s vice presidential debate, Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance had been portrayed as “weird,” a policy shifting xenomorph who would be just as comfortable evicting your grandmother to make three...

Own Your Home? You are Evil

October 2, 2024 9:00 amOctober 2, 2024 9:01 am

So you want to mow the lawn. And have a place for you and your spouse and your kids and maybe enough room to have the occasional backyard grillstravangaza during which one your neighbors – predictably – gets a bit...

VP Debate Moderators Showed their ‘Smug and Arrogant Bias’

October 2, 2024 8:03 amOctober 2, 2024 4:03 pm

Tuesdays’ Vice Presidential debate was disappointing but expected, only because my expectations were so low already. CBS “hairdos” Norah O’Donnell and Margaret Brennan did provide one surprise – I did not expect them to be so bitchy. Someone after the...

Bill to Bring Transparency to What Collegiate Student Athletes Make Vetoed by Gov. Newsom

October 2, 2024 2:45 amOctober 2, 2024 2:46 am

A bill that would have made all name, image, and likeness deals by collegiate student athletes worth more than $5,000 more transparent, was vetoed by Governor Gavin Newsom on Monday, resulting in the last veto made this session. Senate Bill...