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Oakland Turned a Tree Ordinance Into a Revenue Machine

July 6, 2026 6:15 amJuly 6, 2026 6:16 am

A city council has decided that if you cut down trees without a permit, they can hand you a fine that is bigger than the land itself. That happened in Oakland, California, this year, and it’s exactly why the Eighth...

Ro Khanna’s New ‘Social Contract’: Wealth Confiscation Masquerading as Moral Philanthropy

July 3, 2026 1:55 pmJuly 3, 2026 2:19 pm

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) used his Substack platform on July 2 to lay out what he described as the “philosophical case for tax fairness and taxing billionaire wealth,” framing the proposal as a voluntary-sounding “new social contract” between society and...

Gavin Newsom Ally Wore FBI Wire in Corruption Probe Targeting Former Chief of Staff

July 3, 2026 9:13 amJuly 3, 2026 9:13 am

A longtime Gavin Newsom appointee and Democratic power broker secretly wore an FBI wire and recorded conversations as part of a federal public corruption investigation that began with the governor’s inner circle and has since expanded Newsom and his wife,...

The Scott Wiener Paradox: Champion on Paper, Disappointment on Pavement

July 3, 2026 6:00 amJuly 3, 2026 6:01 am

Scott Wiener has long positioned himself as San Francisco’s indefatigable champion of housing abundance, gleaming transit, restored public safety, and uncompromising LGBTQ+ advocacy. He wears the crown well in press releases. The results, however, tell a different story, one of...

Report: Las Vegas Ranked 7th Best City in America

July 2, 2026 3:56 pmJuly 2, 2026 3:56 pm

Las Vegas has climbed to the No. 7 spot in Resonance Consultancy’s 2026 America’s Best Cities ranking, up from ninth the previous year, according to a new report highlighted by Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo. The city outperformed larger metros including...

US Marines Reinforcing Border Wall In Southern Arizona’s Tucson Sector

July 2, 2026 12:52 pmJuly 2, 2026 12:55 pm

Approximately 400 U.S. Marines are working along the southern border in Arizona’s Tucson Sector, adding wire and structural supports to existing border wall infrastructure near communities including Douglas and Nogales. The deployment is larger than a standard Marine company but...

LVMPD Thwarts Alleged Mass Shooting Terror Plot by Transgender Suspect at Sunset Station Casino

July 2, 2026 10:05 amJuly 2, 2026 11:15 am

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department officers, working with Henderson police and the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force, prevented what authorities described as a potential mass shooting or terror act when they arrested 36-year-old Allison Howlett in the parking garage of...