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Did Republicans Just Snatch Defeat from the Jaws of Victory With Speaker McCarthy’s Ouster?

October 3, 2023 3:40 pmOctober 4, 2023 4:51 pm

Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (CA) has been voted out of the House leadership role in a move forwarded by Rep. Matt Gaetz (FL). The Globe wearily suggested on X (formerly known as Twitter): “Concerned that House Republicans snatched defeat...

Sacramento Homeless Crisis has Caused ‘Erosion of Every Day Life;’ City is ‘Collapsing into Chaos’

October 3, 2023 8:35 amOctober 4, 2023 6:58 am

Sacramento’s homeless drug-addicted, mentally-ill, criminal vagrant population have clearly shown they can’t govern or take care of themselves. They have been allowed to camp, squat and roam unrestrained in the Sacramento region. They are disrupting daily business life in Sacramento’s...

Seriously? The Choice of Laphonza Butler

October 3, 2023 6:55 amOctober 3, 2023 3:40 pm

The word of the day is “seriously.” That’s because soon-to-be-senator (sworn in today?) Laphonza Butler told The Los Angeles Times that until she received a call from Gavin Newsom late Saturday about filling Dianne Feinstein’s seat she was “unaware that...

Federal Student Loan Payments Resume for Millions after 3-year COVID Break

October 2, 2023 12:10 pmOctober 2, 2023 12:28 pm

The Biden Administration opened a can of worms when it suspended federal student loan payments during COVID. Now three years later, with the federal student loan payments resuming again after the pause for COVID, media and the left are already...

Laphonza Butler to Replace Feinstein

October 2, 2023 6:30 amOctober 2, 2023 6:30 am

Well, at least we got the initials right. Sunday, Gov. Gavin Newson tapped Laphonza Butler to fill Dianne Feinstein’s senate seat. Butler, 45, is currently a resident of Maryland but plans to register to vote in California – where she...

Reading on the California Assembly Floor

October 1, 2023 9:20 pm

On occasion, if you listen to the proceedings on the Floor of the California State Assembly, you may hear either a legislator seeking “permission to read on the Floor,” or you might hear a legislator raise a point of order...

Rescinding an Action in the California Legislature

October 1, 2023 3:00 pm

On occasion, you may hear a California legislator on the Assembly Floor or Senate Floor making a motion to “rescind an action.” That may or may not be followed by a motion to “expunge the vote.” What is the purpose...