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Adam Laxalt Event Draws National Attention, Including from California Bigs

August 10, 2021 3:15 pmMarch 29, 2022 6:44 am

It’s in the blood. But is it in the cards? Adam Laxalt is the grandson of former US Senator Paul Laxalt (R-NV). And he’s actually the son of former US Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM). Though Adam was raised by his...

Housing Advocates Protest Outside Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco Home

August 2, 2021 3:32 pmAugust 2, 2021 3:53 pm

Housing advocates and protesters gathered outside of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) house in San Francisco during the weekend, protesting against her failing to extend the national eviction moratorium. Over 40 activists chanted and protested outside Pelosi’s Pacific...

Democratic Socialist candidate Shahid Buttar is running against Pelosi again. (photo by Chris

Congressional Candidate, Pelosi Rival Shahid Buttar Files Defamation Lawsuit Against SF Chronicle

July 21, 2021 1:11 pm

Two-time Congressional candidate and Electronic Frontier Foundation civil rights lawyer Shahid Buttar filed a defamation lawsuit against the San Francisco Chronicle on Tuesday over an article that had falsely accused Buttar of sexual harassment. Buttar has been House Speaker Nancy...

California Labor Secretary Julie Su Confirmed By Senate As Next U.S. Deputy Labor Secretary

July 13, 2021 2:28 pm

California Labor Secretary Julie Su was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the next Deputy Secretary for the Department of Labor in a narrow 50-47 vote, becoming one of the last Deputy cabinet members, as well as one of the...

U.S. Supreme Court Overrules 9th Circuit on Ballot Harvesting

July 6, 2021 7:48 am

California Has 1.8M More Registered Voters Than it Should, the Globe reported recently. California’s November 3, 2020 election was marred by significant voting and registration irregularities, the Election Integrity Project® California, Inc. reported to California’s Secretary of State Shirley Weber...

Earmarks: A Monumentally Bad Idea

July 1, 2021 10:45 amJuly 2, 2021 3:50 pm

Ever since the Magna Carta, it has been a settled principle of good governance that the power that appropriates public funds should not be the same power that spends them. This principle is at the heart of our Constitution: the...

Senate Passes Joint Resolution Urging Congress to Fix Social Security Payment Formula

June 18, 2021 2:14 amJune 24, 2021 6:39 am

A joint resolution that would urge the United States Congress to change the way that Social Security payments are formulated to prevent a decrease in benefits was passed unanimously in the California state Senate on Thursday. Senate Joint Resolution 5,...