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California Secretary Of State Rules Vince Fong Ineligible For House Race

December 18, 2023 11:33 amDecember 18, 2023 11:34 am

The California Secretary of State’s office ruled during the weekend that Assemblyman Vince Fong (R-Bakersfield) cannot run for Congressman Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) 20th District House seat because of him already running for his Assembly seat again. For the last few...

No Technology for Kill Switch…Yet – and Don’t Call it a Kill Switch

December 17, 2023 9:19 amDecember 17, 2023 9:19 am

Buried in the massive 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act were a few lines calling for the installation in all new cars starting in 2026 of a system that would detect whether or not the driver was drunk and, if...

New HUD Report Shows U.S. Homelessness Increases – As Do the Budgets of the Responsible Agencies

December 16, 2023 9:04 amDecember 18, 2023 9:10 am

Despite spending untold billions on the homeless, we now have 653,000 homeless people in the United States – 70,650 more than last year, a 12 percent increase, House and Urban Development (HUD) announced Friday in a new report. Homelessness would...

Garvey Overtakes Porter For Second Place In U.S. Senate Race

December 15, 2023 8:42 pmDecember 15, 2023 8:56 pm

According to a new SurveyUSA poll released this week, former baseball star Steve Garvey (R) moved ahead of Congresswoman Katie Porter (D-CA) in the U.S. Senate race, with Congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA) staying in the lead by 7 points. Total...

Free Speech is the Cure and Not the Cause of Antisemitism

December 15, 2023 9:41 amDecember 15, 2023 9:44 am

When the Presidents of MIT, Harvard and University of Pennsylvania were invited to denounce open race-hatred on their campuses, they wrapped themselves in the mantle of free speech. People have a right to say what they think as long as...

California Reps help House Pass Extension of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

December 14, 2023 8:32 pmDecember 15, 2023 9:13 am

Buried in the National Defense Authorization Act, which sets the policy agenda and authorizes funding for the Department of Defense annually, the House also passed an extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Instead of reforming FISA, the House authorized...

Israel-Hamas War Influences Change In Senate Race Endorsements

December 14, 2023 2:55 amDecember 14, 2023 2:56 am

Burbank Mayor Konstantine Anthony became the latest lawmaker to switch their endorsement away from Congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA) in the U.S. Senate race this week because of his stance in the Israeli-Gaza War. Since the beginning of the Israel-Hamas war...