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Drowning in Sewage and Dumping Money into a Climate Rathole

May 20, 2024 6:38 amMay 20, 2024 6:38 am

We humans dream of colonizing Mars, building flying cars, and achieving immortality. Yet, amidst this fervent pursuit of futures that sometimes drift into fantasy, we’re neglecting critical problems of the present. An example is rampant pollution of our waters. This...

Mindless Enforcers: From the Battlefield to the Board Room

May 20, 2024 2:45 amMay 20, 2024 2:46 am

In World War I, there were officers and others behind the trenches who “took care of” soldiers who decided that maybe going over the top to a certain grisly death was not in their best interest. In World War...

Bill to Make Kindergarten Mandatory Fails To Move Past Senate Appropriations Committee

May 18, 2024 5:30 pmMay 19, 2024 8:24 am

A bill that would have required that all children complete one year of kindergarten education prior to entering the first grade beginning in the 2026-2027 school year failed to move past the Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday, with the bill...

Reparations Bills Have A Mixed Reception From Lawmakers As Many Are Held Back Over Cost

May 17, 2024 1:12 pmMay 17, 2024 1:13 pm

Multiple reparations bills based on the California Reparations Task Force’s final report were held back in the Senate and Assembly on Thursday over concerns of cost amidst California’s $73 billion budget deficit. For several years, one of the major issues...

50 Arrested At UC Irvine As Police Break Up Encampment, Retake Building From Protestors

May 16, 2024 7:07 pmMay 16, 2024 7:09 pm

Police at University of California at Irvine arrested 50 Pro-Palestinian protestors on Wednesday following the University declaring that the protest has gone “violent”, with law enforcement also breaking up the encampment on campus and retaking as building that protestors had...

California’s War Against Donald Trump – Part II

May 16, 2024 5:43 pmMay 16, 2024 5:45 pm

In 2016, Donald Trump shocked Democrats when he beat Hillary Clinton in the Presidential Election. Simultaneously, California’s new Democrat supermajority Legislature used the usually congenial legislative swearing-in ceremonies to rush through Assembly and Senate resolutions insisting President-elect Donald Trump abandon...

Sonoma State University President Mike Lee Placed On Leave For Agreeing To Academic Boycott Of Israel

May 16, 2024 12:59 pmMay 16, 2024 12:59 pm

Sonoma State University President Mike Lee was placed on leave on Wednesday less than 24 hours after becoming the first University administrator in the country to agree to an academic boycott of Israel in exchange for Pro-Palestinian protestors to remove...