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Solano County’s ‘California Forever’ Project Loses $3.2 Billion Shipyard to Texas

July 17, 2026 7:52 amJuly 17, 2026 9:42 pm

California Forever, a “walkable city” project in Solano County with strong ties to 15-minute city principles, backed by tech investors Marc Andreessen, Reid Hoffman, and Laurene Powell Jobs, just lost a proposed $3.2 billion shipyard that backers and supporters hoped...

Sen Ruben Gallego’s Pattern of Poor Judgment Exposed with New Revelations of Sexual Relationships with House Staffers

July 16, 2026 1:23 pmJuly 16, 2026 1:23 pm

In a bombshell exclusive published Thursday by the New York Post, sources revealed that Arizona Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego engaged in sexual relationships with at least two House staffers while serving as a congressman. The relationships occurred during his decade...

West Hollywood Declares War on Home Depot Over Imaginary ICE Ties

July 16, 2026 12:50 pmJuly 16, 2026 12:50 pm

West Hollywood, that glittering enclave of progressive virtue where common sense goes to die, has once again proven that ideology trumps practicality. In a move that would be comical if it weren’t so expensive for local taxpayers, the West Hollywood...

New Poll Shows Socialist Challenger Within Eight Points Of Stanton In Arizona, Raising Stakes For Republican Jasser

July 16, 2026 11:57 amJuly 17, 2026 10:47 am

A new poll commissioned by a progressive organization backing Kai Newkirk places the self-described democratic socialist within eight percentage points of Rep. Greg Stanton in Arizona’s Fourth Congressional District Democratic primary, drawing attention to a potentially different general-election contest for...

Congressional Candidate, Navy Veteran, Airline Pilot, Engineer Jim Desmond Tackles SoCal’s High Cost Of Living

July 16, 2026 6:00 amJuly 16, 2026 6:01 am

San Diego County Supervisor Jim Desmond is the Republican nominee for California’s 48th Congressional District in the November 2026 general election. He is running in a newly redrawn district courtesy of Proposition 50 gerrymandering, redrawn to lean more Democrat. The...

Another California Rail Disaster: Over $1 Billion Per Mile for LAX SkyLink, Contractor Sues City

July 15, 2026 12:44 pmJuly 15, 2026 12:44 pm

California taxpayers are once again footing the bill for another Democrat-led rail fiasco, this time at Los Angeles International Airport, where the long-delayed SkyLink Automated People Mover (APM)—just 2.25 miles of elevated track—has ballooned to over $3.3 billion in costs,...

Sacramento Bolsheviks Hire Recycling Police for ‘Curbside Trash Bin Inspections’

July 15, 2026 12:43 pmJuly 15, 2026 1:41 pm

Sacramento is conducting curbside trash bin inspections to enforce California’s organics recycling mandate. Really. Yet, as the Globe reported in January, California’s Recycling Agency doesn’t really recycle the items we as consumers are charged extra for and required to separate...