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Aaron Ford’s Role in Paramount Blockade Raises Netflix Influence Questions

August 17, 2026 10:13 amAugust 17, 2026 10:13 am

Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford’s decision to join a 12-state coalition suing to block Paramount’s $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery looked, at first glance, like a routine antitrust action. Closer examination of the players, funding, and beneficiaries suggests...

Flock Off: Five Arizona Cities Drop Contracts, Pinal County Declines Renewal; Four More Restrict Use Or Investigate Misuse

August 14, 2026 1:57 pmAugust 14, 2026 1:57 pm

Arizona’s retreat from Flock Safety’s automated license plate reader network has spread to five cities and Pinal County, while four other municipal police departments have suspended the system, restricted data sharing, tightened search controls or opened investigations into alleged misuse....

REPORT: Xavier Becerra’s HHS Funneled Nearly $80 Million to CAIR and Terror-Linked Islamist Groups

August 14, 2026 1:38 pmAugust 15, 2026 9:02 am

A significant portion of nearly $80 million in U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) grants to organizations with documented ties to terrorism and extremism flowed to California, according to reporting from Just the News drawing on a Middle...

Nevada Judge Dismisses ‘Fake Electors’ Case a Second Time, Faults AG Ford’s Office for Withholding Evidence

August 14, 2026 8:33 amAugust 14, 2026 8:38 am

In a sharp rebuke of Democratic Attorney General Aaron Ford’s office, Clark County District Judge Mary Kay Holthus on Thursday dismissed felony charges against six Nevada Republicans accused of serving as “fake electors” for Donald Trump after the 2020 election....

Becerra Pitches Power Hour: Free Electricity For the Peasants

August 13, 2026 2:05 pmAugust 13, 2026 2:05 pm

Democratic gubernatorial frontrunner Xavier Becerra on Wednesday unveiled his latest campaign gimmick: “Power Hour,” promising up to two hours of “free” electricity each day for millions of California households. In a video posted to social media, Becerra declared, “Listen up:...

NV Democrats’ Abortion Initiative Puts New Massachusetts Late-Term Law to Shame

August 13, 2026 7:14 amAugust 13, 2026 4:22 pm

Nevada’s Question 6, the “Right to Abortion Initiative” returning to voters this November, goes far beyond constitutionalizing the state’s existing 24-week statute. In fact, it allows abortion through all nine months even on healthy moms with healthy babies. According to...

RFK Jr Accuses Former HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra of Gutting Fraud Oversight, Enabling Billions in Theft

August 12, 2026 3:07 pmAugust 13, 2026 7:16 am

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. delivered a blistering indictment of his predecessor, Xavier Becerra, on Tuesday, accusing the former Biden administration official of systematically dismantling the agency’s program integrity staff and opening the floodgates to massive...