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SPLC Indicted for Funding the Hate It Pretended to Fight

April 22, 2026 1:33 pmApril 22, 2026 1:46 pm

The Southern Poverty Law Center, long notorious as a partisan smear factory masquerading as a civil rights watchdog, was hit with an 11-count federal indictment Tuesday for wire fraud, false statements to banks, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. (see...

ASU Event Claiming Christian Right ‘Darkened America’s Political Soul’ Draws Fire

April 21, 2026 12:35 pmApril 21, 2026 12:37 pm

Arizona State University hosted a campus event this month built around the argument that the Christian right has fueled “political hate” in the United States, prompting criticism from one ASU professor who argued the event unfairly targeted Christians and conservative...

Newsom’s Green Dreams Meet Reality

April 20, 2026 1:30 pmApril 20, 2026 3:40 pm

I remember the day the lights went out. January 2001, middle of a trading session, and California’s rolling blackouts killed the power on the floor. We time-stamped tickets by hand and surrendered them to operations for manual reconciliation. My book...

DOJ Arrests Iranian National at LAX for Allegedly Brokering Iranian Arms Sales on Behalf of Tehran Regime

April 20, 2026 10:40 amApril 20, 2026 10:40 am

Federal agents arrested Shamim Mafi, a 44-year-old Iranian national and lawful permanent U.S. resident since 2016, at Los Angeles International Airport Saturday night on charges she brokered the sale of Iranian-manufactured drones, bombs, bomb fuses, assault weapons, and millions of...

The Left Pushing Ranked Choice Voting Scheme in Sacramento Political Races

April 20, 2026 5:30 amApril 20, 2026 12:05 pm

Better Ballot Sacramento, a recent initiative of the League of Women Voters, is campaigning to bring ranked-choice voting to Sacramento’s mayor and city council races. They are now gathering signatures to get a ranked choice voting measure on the ballot....

Court Orders Maricopa County Board of Supervisors to Return Unlawfully Seized Election Systems, Restore Early Voting Authority to County Recorder

April 17, 2026 4:10 pmApril 17, 2026 4:10 pm

In a sweeping ruling hailed as a major win for election integrity and the independence of elected officials, the Maricopa County Superior Court has declared that Recorder Justin Heap holds exclusive statutory authority over early voting under Arizona law —...

Newsom Boosts His Book Sales by Buying 67,000 copies of His Own Memoir

April 17, 2026 3:48 pmApril 17, 2026 4:25 pm

Straight from the You Can’t make this #@!* up file, California Governor Gavin Newsom’s political action committee, “Campaign for Democracy,” bought up $1.5 million of his books using campaign donor money, to distribute to his donors, friends, and acolytes. Specifically,...