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Mask Off: Ro Khanna Goes Full Commie

June 24, 2026 10:57 amJune 24, 2026 10:57 am

In a move that should surprise exactly no one paying attention, Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Silicon Valley) took to X to celebrate the primary victory of Darializa Avila Chevalier, a Democratic Socialists of America-backed candidate in New York’s 13th District. Khanna...

The Pride of Benicia: The 57-Year Legacy of a Refinery and Its People

June 23, 2026 4:26 pmJune 23, 2026 4:27 pm

When people discuss the closure of the Valero Benicia Refinery, the conversation usually centers on fuel production, energy policy, and economics. But what we lost was more than a refinery. For 57 years, the Benicia Refinery was a source of...

Las Vegas Middle School Teacher Admits Breaking District Policy to Affirm Pronouns, Coach Students on ‘Coming Out’ as Queer

June 23, 2026 2:01 pmJune 23, 2026 2:01 pm

An undercover investigation by O’Keefe Media Group (OMG) has exposed a Clark County School District middle school teacher who openly admitted to violating district policy on student pronouns, coaching children as young as 11 on coming out as queer, promoting...

$906M Medicare Fraud: Nevada Nurse Indicted for Bilking Taxpayers with Fake Grafts on Hospice Patients

June 23, 2026 9:35 amJune 23, 2026 9:35 am

A Las Vegas-based nurse practitioner has been federally indicted in one of the largest Medicare fraud schemes in recent years, accused of billing taxpayers nearly a billion dollars for medically unnecessary wound grafts, including on terminally ill hospice patients who...

LA Councilman Wants To Tax LA’s Private Country Clubs, Protected Under Prop 13

June 23, 2026 7:00 amJune 23, 2026 7:01 am

Six of Los Angeles’s highest-end private golf and country clubs are facing a property tax battle with local LA City Councilman and former Democrat Assemblyman Adrin Nazarian, who wants to drastically raise their taxes after learning that they “have a...

California’s Electoral Sewer

June 23, 2026 6:00 amJune 23, 2026 6:01 am

On the night of June 3rd, Spencer Pratt was running a solid second in the Los Angeles mayoral primary, comfortably ahead of socialist councilwoman Nithya Raman and headed for a November runoff against incumbent mayor Karen Bass. Raman herself apparently...

Pattern Emerges Of Gallego Campaign-Funded Family Perks— Disney, Super Bowl Trips, Child Care

June 22, 2026 3:33 pmJune 22, 2026 3:34 pm

U.S. Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) is facing renewed scrutiny over campaign spending after Politico reported that his political committees paid for family travel, child care reimbursements, Disney trips, and Super Bowl-related expenses. The report follows previous California Globe coverage of...