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DEFUND THE CHAOS: Congress Finally Pulls the Pin on Sanctuary City Funding

April 6, 2026 1:00 pmApril 6, 2026 1:01 pm

Here is a civics lesson your senator apparently cannot grasp: if a city refuses to cooperate with federal immigration law, it should not receive federal money. Enter H.R. 7640, the Shut Down Sanctuary Policies Act, advanced 22-11 by the House...

California’s Bloated Bureaucracy: 518 Agencies, 25% More Employees & 48% Spending Surge as Population Growth Remains Flat

April 4, 2026 2:36 pmApril 4, 2026 2:36 pm

While California’s population has barely budged — growing a measly 0.4% over the last decade — the state’s government machine has exploded. The number of state employees has surged 24.5%, adding roughly 47,000 to 49,000 new workers and bringing the total...

Gavin Newsom Blows $20 Million on Insider Consultants to ‘Cut Waste’

April 3, 2026 12:09 pmApril 4, 2026 2:37 pm

In yet another masterclass in Sacramento-style “reform,” Governor Gavin Newsom has handed up to $20 million to the Boston Consulting Group — the same elite firm that now employs his former Cabinet Secretary and Department of Finance Director Ana J....

California’s $435 Billion Fraud Epidemic: The Feds Are Acting—Why Isn’t the State Controller?

April 3, 2026 8:00 amApril 3, 2026 9:38 am

California is once again making national headlines for all the wrong reasons. Just this week, federal authorities in Los Angeles executed “Operation Never Say Die,” arresting eight people—including hospice owners, nurses, and medical professionals—in a brazen scheme that allegedly bilked...

The No Kings Movement, Then and Now

April 3, 2026 5:00 amApril 3, 2026 7:01 am

The original No Kings movement happened a little over 2,000 years ago when some leaders of a mob shouted at Pontius Pilate, “We Have No King but Caesar!” Just a few days earlier, a multitude of people had welcomed Jesus...

UC Berkeley Study: Sacramento’s Regulations Create America’s Highest Poverty Rate, Triggering California Exodus

April 2, 2026 3:32 pmApril 2, 2026 3:37 pm

A new report from the California Policy Lab at UC Berkeley has exposed the harsh reality of life under one-party Democratic rule: California now suffers the highest cost-of-living-adjusted poverty rate in the entire United States, a crisis manufactured by Sacramento’s...

SacBee ‘Delusional’ on President Trump’s Speech

April 2, 2026 8:37 amApril 2, 2026 8:37 am

The mostly irrelevant Sacramento Bee weighed in on President Donald Trump’s 19-minute speech Wednesday evening, claiming they talked to California “leaders” who say the President is “totally delusional.” “California political leaders reacted with a mix of disbelief and outrage after...