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California’s Billionaire Tax Will Accelerate Its Own Demise

June 8, 2026 12:30 pmJune 8, 2026 12:31 pm

The proposed 2026 Billionaire Tax Act, officially Initiative No. 25-0024, would impose a one-time 5% excise tax on the net worth of anyone with assets over $1 billion who resided in California as of January 1, 2026. Organizers have collected...

Kathy Hilton Booted from WeHo Pride for the Deadly Sin of Supporting Spencer Pratt’s Common-Sense Mayoral Bid

June 5, 2026 1:00 pmJune 5, 2026 1:01 pm

Just days after West Hollywood anointed her Grand Marshal Icon for this weekend’s 2026 WeHo Pride Parade, Kathy Hilton has been bullied into stepping aside. The City of West Hollywood, the WeHo Pride production team, and Hilton herself released a...

Obama’s Library: A Modern Flak Tower

June 5, 2026 10:00 amJune 5, 2026 10:01 am

When I first saw photographs of the Obama Presidential Center, I immediately thought of Vienna, Austria. That may sound like an odd comparison until you understand that I spent a significant part of my education there and lived in the...

When ‘Defund the Police’ Backfires: Seattle Residents Erect Barriers Against Rampant Gang Violence

June 4, 2026 8:31 amJune 4, 2026 8:31 am

For the longest time, Seattle has held a terrible grudge against police. It all started back in 2020, when the whole “defund the police” campaign was in full swing following the death of George Floyd. The Seattle City Council acted...

California’s Third World Elections: Slow Count Looms as Officials Blame ‘So Many Candidates’ for Delayed Results

June 2, 2026 2:01 pmJune 3, 2026 7:19 am

Election Day is something of a misnomer in California. By state law, the process of voting and tabulating ballots stretches far beyond the traditional single day of in-person polling. With universal mail-in ballots sent out to every registered voter up...

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...