Bill: California AB 1223 Author: Assembly Member Marc Levine (D-10) Position: Strongly Opposed Summary: Imposes an excise tax on guns and ammunition Marc Levine’s bill, AB 1223, will impose excise taxes on Californians for firearm and ammunition purchases, similar to the federal Pittman-Robertson Act, which already taxes ammunition sales at over 10%. Levine wants you to believe that he’s […]
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Gavin Newsom’s Idiotic Case Against the Recall: It Costs Too Much!
OPINION (REASON) – “Now is not the time,” a smirking California Gov. Gavin Newsom said at a campaign press conference with firefighter unions Tuesday, “to waste hundreds of millions of dollars on a recall effort that is nothing more than a partisan power grab.” Fortunately, that is not the governor’s call to make. The 1911 recall provision in the California […]
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Tom Del Beccaro: California’s Gavin Newsom recall — why the country needs to get behind it
(FOX NEWS) – The recall of California Gov. Gavin Newsom is headed to the ballot box this fall. While at first blush that may not seem like it matters if you live outside of California, the plain truth is that the Golden State’s far-left policies are damaging the entire nation and you have to pay […]
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How Apportionment Defrauds American Citizens
OPINION (THE DAILY SIGNAL) – The news that six states will gain seats in the House of Representatives and another seven will lose seats, thanks to new census numbers, was widely reported. What was missed, though, is that the inclusion of noncitizens, including illegal aliens, in the population used to determine apportionment means that many […]
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California’s Gubernatorial Candidates Need To Show True Grit
OPINION (CALIFORNIA GLOBE) – In a recent Facebook post, one of the many Republican candidates hoping to replace Governor Newsom had this to say: “Californians can’t afford to make ends meet because Gavin Newsom and his allies keep raising taxes. We need to make our state more affordable for our middle class. I spoke to @EvieFordham [Fox Digital […]
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The Liberals Who Can’t Quit Lockdown
(THE ATLANTIC) – Lurking among the jubilant americans venturing back out to bars and planning their summer-wedding travel is a different group: liberals who aren’t quite ready to let go of pandemic restrictions. For this subset, diligence against COVID-19 remains an expression of political identity—even when that means overestimating the disease’s risks or setting limits […]
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‘Amtrak Joe’ Biden’s moving story about conductor called into question
(NY POST) – President Biden appeared to go off the rails with a heartfelt story about reaching 1.5 million miles on Amtrak and being personally congratulated by a conductor — after it emerged the Amtrak worker actually retired some 20 years before his story took place. Read more
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AB 1316 Aims to Destroy Charter Schools
(CALIFORNIA GLOBE) – Back in 2019, facing a barrage of legislation that threatened to destroy their institutions, advocates for charter schools reached a “compromise” agreement with lawmakers. The results were sweeping changes, expressed in SB 126, AB 1505 and AB 1507, that mingled common sense reforms with measures that have made it harder than ever […]
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California ethnic studies program criticized as ‘hate for America’ by opponents, praised by supporters
(FOX NEWS) – A California school district is offering a new ethnic studies elective, and opponents of the coursework are criticizing the program as promoting “hate for America” in a letter to community members. The Los Alamitos Unified School District recently developed an elective ethnic studies course for high school students intended to engage students […]
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Washington Post caps presidential fact-checking database
(CONSERVATIVE FIRING LINE) – The Washington Post has shut down its presidential fact-checking database that was started under former President Donald Trump, but will not go past Joe Biden’s 100th day in office, drawing criticism from conservative corners, according to Fox News. Quoting the Post’s Glenn Kessler, editor and chief writer of the Fact Checker […]
