California’s unfinished wildlife ‘bridge
to nowhere’ tops $100M
Posted By: ConservativeYankee, 3/18/2026 9:39:09 PM
In 2022, California Gov. Gavin Newsom broke ground on the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing (WAWC), a project featuring an overpass for animals atop ten lanes of the 101 Freeway in Southern California. At the ceremony, Newsom boasted that the state had committed $54 million. He promised to “complete the job within another $10 million,” before seeming to hedge on whether that final sum would do the trick. Officials projected a 2025 completion date for the overpass, and estimated that the entire project — which includes the bridge and other ancillary developments — would cost $92 million, some of it coming from private philanthropists.
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Islam’s Classroom Takeover in Philly
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In 2017, the Pennsylvania Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) conned its way into the Philadelphia school system in the name of “student safety and inclusion.”
CAIR then went into action and orchestrated a series of lesson plans, training sessions and workshops for students and educators that advocated the elimination of certain terms like “jihadists,” “Islamic terrorists,” or even “radical Islamic terrorists” when it came to teaching about September 11, 2001.
The plan was brilliant, and the Philadelphia School District bought it lock, stock, and barrel. The teaching mantra was this: A Muslim attack in the name of Allah was not to be named Muslim or Islamic.
In 2022, a state audit of California hospice licensure and oversight found that there were “numerous indicators” that “large-scale hospice fraud” was happening in Los Angeles County. The fix was for the legislature to set up a fraud and abuse task force. Renewed reporting from independent journalist Nick Shirley shows that the fraud is "frauding" at unprecedented levels. I have my gripes with blue-ribbon commissions and special task forces in the effort to look busy, but according to my MetaCrawler AI source, Perplexity, no commission was ever established to investigate and stop the fraud.
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At the ceremony, Newsom boasted that the state had committed $54 million. He promised to “complete the job within another $10 million,” before seeming to hedge on whether that final sum would do the trick.
Officials projected a 2025 completion date for the overpass, and estimated that the entire project — which includes the bridge and other ancillary developments — would cost $92 million, some of it coming from private philanthropists.
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College Education Flunks Out — By More
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It: I&I/TIPP Poll 19 replies
Than 2-To-1, Voters Say It’s Not Worth
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'troubling' sexual allegations against
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As cancellations grew, the United Farm Workers (UFW), an organization co-founded by Chavez, released a statement on Tuesday confirming allegations were being made, including ones involving abuse of young women or minors. In response, the UFW announced it would no longer take part in any Cesar Chavez Day activities.
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In an alarming report about a Calgary school in Canada, parents received notices that their children were relegated to “No Food” zones, as they were banned from the cafeteria and lunch room during the Islamic month of Ramadan. “Woke Canadian school bans children from eating in its cafeteria and lunch room to avoid offending Muslim students during Ramadan,” by Anna Wright, Daily Mail, March 16, 2026:
A Canadian school has sparked outrage after it designated ‘No Food’ zones at certain times inside its cafeteria in order to be inclusive to Muslim children who are fasting for Ramadan.
Lunch areas at Fairview School in Calgary have been named ‘food free’ to support students
Good question. And a surprising source for it, to boot. Did Paramount buy Comcast when we weren't looking?
Poll after poll has shown for years that the vast majority of American voters want requirements to show identification at the polling booth. That support crosses every major demographic, including political affiliations, and has for decades. As requirements for identification apply to more and more activities in public life, including for New York City's snow shoveling in Zohran Mamdani's socialist gulag, the arguments against voter-ID requirements become more and more inexplicable.
Even NBC News has begun to wonder whether the only organized opposition to it is on Capitol Hill:
Newsom Tries to Shame Nick Shirley for
Investigating CA Fraud; Shirley Smokes
Him With Brutal Reply 8 replies
Investigating CA Fraud; Shirley Smokes
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You remember Nick Shirley, the brave young investigative journalist who reported on the Minneapolis Quality “Learing” Center and exposed widespread fraud in Gov. Tim Walz’s Gopher State. His revelations didn't just go viral on social media; they caused real-world consequences: a federal probe, a freeze on childcare payments, and Shirley testifying before Congress. Less than 24 hours after a heated online exchange between the investigative reporter and Walz, the already-embattled governor stunned observers by announcing he was not running for reelection.
"I ENDED TIM WALZ," Shirley wrote on X in early January.
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