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Rep. Michelle Steel Declares Huge Victory In 45th Congressional District Race

March 25, 2024 4:51 pmMarch 25, 2024 4:51 pm

Congresswoman Michelle Steel (R-CA) gave a statement on Monday, formally declaring victory in the primary and denouncing her opponents, despite the second place victor having yet to be selected. Since Steel flipped her district in 2020 and defeated then Congressman Harley...

Rogue Commander: Biden’s Dog Bit More People

March 25, 2024 2:39 pmMarch 25, 2024 2:39 pm

How many bites does it take to get to the center of a Secret Service agent? Like the kid in the Tootsie Pop ad, Commander Biden really wanted to know. The stories of President Biden’s German Shepherd Commander biting a...

Freelancer Freedom Bill Moves Forward

March 22, 2024 4:54 amMarch 22, 2024 4:54 am

The House Education and the Workforce Committee today approved and sent to the full House of Representatives a measure that would overturn the new anti-independent contractor rule put in place by Julie Su’s Department of Labor. The committee passed the...

Assemblyman Fong Advances In 20th House District Special Election

March 20, 2024 12:08 pmMarch 20, 2024 12:11 pm

Assemblyman Vince Fong (R-Bakersfield) advanced to the May 21st runoff election for the 2oth U.S. Congressional District on Tuesday in a special election to replace former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who retired from the House late last year. After a...

Congress Probing Berkeley Over Anti-Semitism

March 19, 2024 4:17 pmMarch 19, 2024 4:17 pm

You can now add the University of California, Berkeley to the list of high profile, high powered universities that are being investigated by Congress over how they have reacted to the wave of antisemitism that has roiled campuses since the...

Katie Porter Walks Back Claim that U.S. Senate Primary Was ‘Rigged’

March 19, 2024 12:10 pmMarch 19, 2024 12:10 pm

During a “Pod Save America” podcast released Tuesday, Congresswoman and former U.S. Senate candidate Katie Porter (D-CA) said that she regretted saying that the U.S. Senate primary election on March 5th was “rigged,” following major backlash from both Republican and...

The New Fed Contractor Rule is Great! …But Doesn’t Go Far Enough, Says the LA Times

March 18, 2024 2:50 pmMarch 18, 2024 2:50 pm

Sometimes alternate realities are fun. A good movie, an engrossing sci-fi book, thinking ever so briefly what you will do with all that money when the lottery ticket you just bought wins. Harmless escapism and, to be blunt, something...