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Judicial Overreach: Judge Forces Huntington Beach into Ranked-Choice Voting Experiment

August 19, 2026 5:00 pmAugust 19, 2026 5:07 pm

Orange County Superior Court Judge Craig L. Griffin has single-handedly upended the entire City Council election system of Huntington Beach. With one ruling, he has ordered the city to abandon its long standing at-large elections, impose ranked-choice voting, and consolidate...

Teachers Union-Backed Effort To Restrict Arizona School Choice Falls Short After Supreme Court Ruling

August 19, 2026 3:51 pmAugust 19, 2026 3:51 pm

A multimillion-dollar campaign backed by state and national teachers unions to restrict Arizona’s universal school-choice program has effectively failed to qualify for the November ballot after the Arizona Supreme Court upheld the method used to count disputed petition signatures. The...

El Cajon Mayor Bill Wells Accuses AG Bonta of Protecting Child Traffickers, Ties Crisis to Becerra’s HHS Failures

August 19, 2026 3:02 pmAugust 19, 2026 3:09 pm

In a viral video posted Wednesday, El Cajon Mayor Bill Wells detailed how California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office instructed local police not to conduct welfare checks on approximately 50 children in his city flagged as possible sex trafficking victims—because...

Lombardo Blasts Nevada Democrats for Delaying Election Results and Blocking Integrity Reforms

August 19, 2026 9:41 amAugust 19, 2026 9:41 am

Florida delivers election results on Election Night. Nevada? Days, or even weeks, later. That’s the blunt reality Governor Joe Lombardo highlighted in a pointed X post Wednesday, declaring the delay “unacceptable” and pinning the blame squarely on Democrats who...

Mayor Bass’s One-Day Pothole PR Stunt Leaves Ordinary Angelenos in the Dust

August 18, 2026 3:45 pmAugust 18, 2026 3:45 pm

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass finally found a pothole worth her time. After Emmy-nominated journalist and comedy creator Simone Boyce posted an Instagram reel spotting a crater at Melrose and Gardner Street—one that “totally tore up my suspension”—and challenged the...

Federal Judge Denies Tohono O’odham Bid To Halt 62-Mile Arizona Border Wall

August 18, 2026 12:41 pmAugust 18, 2026 12:41 pm

A federal judge has denied the Tohono O’odham Nation’s request to temporarily block construction of a planned 62-mile border wall along its southern Arizona reservation, finding the Nation has not shown it is likely to prevail on claims that the...

California Universities Face Deadline to Sever Ties With Foreign Adversaries or Lose Federal Funding

August 18, 2026 10:36 amAugust 19, 2026 11:20 am

The Department of War has directed 30 U.S. academic institutions—including four prominent California universities—to conduct immediate and comprehensive audits of their academic, financial, and research collaborations with foreign entities of concern. The formal notifications, issued Monday by the Office of...