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Mara Elliott Should Not Be Rewarded with a Promotion to the State Senate

August 29, 2026 6:00 amAugust 29, 2026 6:01 am

The candidacy of Mara Elliott for California State Senate District 40 should raise more than an eyebrow among voters familiar with her record as San Diego City Attorney. Her tenure is better remembered for a court-found ethics violation, the squandering...

SHOCKER: SF Dem Party Rejects Billionaire Tax

August 28, 2026 2:56 pmAugust 28, 2026 2:56 pm

Wednesday night was supposed to be another ritual of progressive piety at the SF DCCC Democrat Party central committee meeting. California’s state party had already bowed. All that remained was for the SF Dems to kiss the ring on Proposition...

Sac Bee and NY Times on the Wrong Side of the Nick Shirley Rally

August 27, 2026 4:00 pmAugust 27, 2026 4:56 pm

The Globe covered the Stop Nick Shirley Act rally at the California State Capitol Wednesday. It was huge, and well attended, including Antifa protestors, despite radio reports of “hundreds of people,” or a “sparse crowd.” There was not much mainstream...

The Oldest Consultant Reads the Crosstabs

August 25, 2026 3:30 amAugust 25, 2026 3:31 am

Imagine Satan not with horns but with a laptop and a topline. The number in front of him is brutal. Asked to choose between a candidate who wants to preserve America’s constitutional system of government and one who wants to...

Aaron Ford’s Sudden Data Center Outrage

August 20, 2026 2:26 pmAugust 20, 2026 2:36 pm

Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford unveiled his latest gubernatorial campaign pledge this week, vowing to pause new tax abatements for data centers if elected, audit existing ones, ban evaporative cooling, and force the industry to “bring their own water or...

When Seconds Matter, California Shouldn’t Tie the Hands of Law Enforcement

August 18, 2026 9:30 amAugust 18, 2026 9:31 am

Imagine your child has been abducted, and investigators learn they’ve already been taken across state lines. Or a human trafficking ring is operating in multiple counties. Or fentanyl pouring into our communities is traced back to an interstate criminal network....

Adam Gray Is Paying to Bring Bobby Pulido to Merced – He Owes the Valley an Answer

August 17, 2026 5:00 pmAugust 17, 2026 5:01 pm

On August 29, the Art Kamangar Center at the Merced Theatre will host a free concert headlined by singer Bobby Pulido. Congressman Adam Gray is billed as the special guest. And at the bottom of the flyer, in the fine...