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DOJ Sues Arizona Over Voter-Approved In-State Tuition For Illegal Immigrants

August 29, 2026 2:08 pmAugust 29, 2026 2:08 pm

The Trump administration sued the State of Arizona and the Arizona Board of Regents on Thursday, asking a federal judge to strike down the state’s voter-approved law allowing students without lawful immigration status to qualify for in-state tuition and state-funded...

Mara Elliott Should Not Be Rewarded with a Promotion to the State Senate

August 29, 2026 6:00 amAugust 29, 2026 6:01 am

The candidacy of Mara Elliott for California State Senate District 40 should raise more than an eyebrow among voters familiar with her record as San Diego City Attorney. Her tenure is better remembered for a court-found ethics violation, the squandering...

SHOCKER: SF Dem Party Rejects Billionaire Tax

August 28, 2026 2:56 pmAugust 28, 2026 2:56 pm

Wednesday night was supposed to be another ritual of progressive piety at the SF DCCC Democrat Party central committee meeting. California’s state party had already bowed. All that remained was for the SF Dems to kiss the ring on Proposition...

Ninth Circuit Sides With Nevada, Rules Kalshi Sports Contracts Are Gambling — Not Federal ‘Swaps’

August 28, 2026 2:52 pmAugust 28, 2026 2:52 pm

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Friday handed Nevada’s gaming regulators a major victory over prediction-market giant Kalshi, ruling that the company’s sports event contracts are sports bets—not federally regulated “swaps”—and that...

Honduran National Charged With Fraudulently Registering to Vote in California

August 28, 2026 11:40 amAugust 29, 2026 2:18 pm

What Democrats have been telling us never happens, keeps happening. Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles announced Friday the arrest of a Honduran national charged with fraudulently registering to vote in California — the latest concrete case after years of Democratic...

Last-Minute Sacramento Ban on Shock Gloves Hits Federal Wall

August 27, 2026 4:03 pmAugust 28, 2026 7:32 am

With four days left in the legislative session, Assemblymember LaShae Sharp-Collins (D-San Diego) stood with fellow Democrats on Thursday and sold Assembly Bill 2760 as a moral emergency: ban local, state and federal law enforcement from buying or using electronic...

A Cultural Anthropologist Ran LAHSA’s Finances While a ‘High-Risk’ Vendor Cashed In

August 27, 2026 1:06 pmAugust 27, 2026 1:06 pm

Los Angeles officials approved millions of dollars in taxpayer contracts to a now-defunct homelessness nonprofit, Abundant Blessings, after their own compliance team labeled it “High-Risk” and delinquent, and they kept writing checks even after obtaining evidence of possible crimes. Alex...