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Ringside: Chad Bianco Could Hand the U.S. Congress to Democrats

June 1, 2026 1:20 pmJune 1, 2026 5:03 pm

As we ponder the results of the election in progress, wondering which races will have known outcomes by the end of the evening and which shall end up so close that it will take a month before we have final...

Another Really Dumb Idea in Green Virtue Signaling

June 1, 2026 12:54 pmJune 1, 2026 3:32 pm

By Andy Caldwell and Roy Reed In my 35 years of serving as a county government watchdog, I have seen the Gaviota coast and prime agricultural lands throughout the county preserved at all cost by county supervisors, even when it...

Paramount’s Antitrust All-Star Team: Big Names vs. Vague Laws

May 31, 2026 7:35 pmMay 31, 2026 7:35 pm

Leave it to Hollywood to turn a $110 billion merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery into the legal event of the decade. While the rest of America was busy with actual news, Paramount just bulked up its defense team...

How Tax-Free Gas and Casino Exemptions Built a Political Powerhouse

May 30, 2026 5:02 amMay 30, 2026 5:02 am

In California, filling up your gas tank has gotten more expensive than usual, with prices topping $6 per gallon. While many people are tightening their budgets, tribal nations are benefiting – leveraging a regulatory double standard that is unavailable to other...

Taxpayer-Funded Gang Murderer Hired as ‘Peace Ambassador’ in DSA-Run MacArthur Park

May 29, 2026 2:06 pmMay 29, 2026 2:18 pm

Los Angeles taxpayers are once again footing the bill for a convicted gang murderer’s lifestyle, this time as a city-hired “Peace Ambassador” embedded in the very neighborhood his gang has turned into an open-air drug market. This morning, FBI agents...

Sacramento Democrats Push Bill to Gut Prop 36, Advance ‘Criminals-First Agenda’

May 28, 2026 2:22 pmMay 28, 2026 2:23 pm

Just months after voters approved Proposition 36 to restore felony penalties for repeat theft and drug crimes, Democrats in the Assembly passed AB 2108, a bill authored by Assemblymember LaShae Sharp-Collins (D-La Mesa) that creates a pretrial diversion program for...

Newsom Signs SB 73 to Block Ballot Seizures and Election Oversight

May 28, 2026 11:59 amMay 28, 2026 12:12 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 73 into law on Wednesday, just days before the June 2 statewide primary. The legislation, authored by Sen. Sabrina Cervantes (D-Riverside) with co-author Sen. Tom Umberg (D-Orange County) and Assemblymember Gail Pellerin (D-Santa Cruz),...