Dems Scramble After California Governor's
Debate Implodes
Posted By: J. Arthur Brown, 3/25/2026 8:01:18 PM
Steve Hilton, the leading candidate for governor despite his status as an unapologetic Republican in blue California, called it a perfect metaphor for the state's spate of recent failures. (snip) the University of Southern California abruptly canceled its televised gubernatorial debate last Monday (snip) Those invited included (snip) Steve Hilton (snip), Chad Bianco (snip), Rep. Eric Swalwell, (snip) Katie Porter, (snip) Tom Steyer and (snip) Matt Mahan. (snip) Under California's "top two" primary system, only the two candidates with the most votes regardless of party, will advance to the general election. Democrats are deeply concerned that Hilton and Bianco are poised to do so (snip.)
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William Shakespeake's birthplace will be de-colonised over fears that portraying his success as the "greatest" playwright "benefits the ideology of white European supremacy." Shakespeare's Birthplace Trust owns buildings in the playwright's hometown of Stratford-on-Avon. (snip) The trust also said some of its items could be contain language or depictions that are racist, sexist, or homophobic. (snip) Some productions of his works have been slapped with trigger warnings for misogyny, racism and "problematic radicalised dynamics" that link whiteness to beauty. (snip) In 2022 (snip) Dr. Helen Hopkins (snip) postulated that the idea of Shakespeare's "universal" genius "benefits the ideology of white European supremacy."
Steve Hilton, the leading candidate for governor despite his status as an unapologetic Republican in blue California, called it a perfect metaphor for the state's spate of recent failures. (snip) the University of Southern California abruptly canceled its televised gubernatorial debate last Monday (snip) Those invited included (snip) Steve Hilton (snip), Chad Bianco (snip), Rep. Eric Swalwell, (snip) Katie Porter, (snip) Tom Steyer and (snip) Matt Mahan. (snip) Under California's "top two" primary system, only the two candidates with the most votes regardless of party, will advance to the general election. Democrats are deeply concerned that Hilton and Bianco are poised to do so (snip.)
Group Blocked From Seeing Full Enviro
Report On Solar Farm Drafts Its Own, Only
To Have It Rejected 7 replies
Report On Solar Farm Drafts Its Own, Only
To Have It Rejected 7 replies
The American Land Rescue Fund (ALRF) has been raising concerns about a solar project on critical bird habitat (snip). The group filed Freedom of Information requests (snip) hoping to get unredacted versions of the environmental assessment the developer had submitted (snip.) The company argued that the information was proprietary and could be legally withheld (snip.) Alex Fasulo, president of the ALRF, decided to hire independent ecologists to perform an assessment of the project's impact. The report the ecologists produced shocked her. (snip) The state and developer are now fighting to get the report excluded from the public record, arguing that it was filed past the period allowed for public input.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued new guidance concerning the detention and re-screening of resettled refugees who have filed to adjust to lawful permanent residence (LPR) status as required under U.S. immigration law. Refugees (snip) are legally required to apply for permanent residence one year after arrival. The adjustment process allows immigration authorities to conduct a second round of vetting before granting permanent residence status. (snip) Under the new policy, federal immigration officers may arrest refugees who have not applied for adjustment of status and detain them pending re-screening. This marks a significant shift from the practice followed for decades (snip.)
This week we learned that the probe into the Russian conspiracy theory in Florida is moving forward with the disclosure that former FBI Director James Comey has been subpoenaed. What is different in this probe is that it is pursuing the real Russia conspiracy -- the creation of a narrative to kneecap the first Trump administration. Headed by (snip) the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, the investigation is building on information uncovered by House and Senate committee that was buried by the Biden administration. That evidence appears to show a knowing effort to manufacture a Russian conspiracy hoax at the urging of Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign.
She's trippin'. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) spent nearly $19,000 in campaign cash last year on a shrink who specializes in controversial Ketamine therapy. (snip) The expenses were marked as "leadership training and consulting." It is unclear what the sessions consisted of or who participated. Ocasio-Cortez's campaign did not respond to requests for comment. (snip) "While she describes these expenditures as 'leadership training,' Dr. Boyle has no experience in that area, unlike several Democratic consultants," Kamenar added. "This looks like yet another example of misuse of campaign contributions."
Commuters in Los Angeles are going through hell. And there's statistics to prove it. Crime on Los Angeles Metro has risen a staggering 58% since 2019 -- despite bureaucrats pumping $192 million into safety measures. Crime has risen from 2,747 reported incidents in 2019 to 4,354 in September 2025, according to Metro data. The data during the Covid period and recovery is not included. Rider complaints logged through Metro's Transit Watch app also repeatedly flagged the same problems: open drug use, smoking, alcohol, graffiti, harassment and disorder. Over the course of a week, the Post confirmed what riders have been describing, witnessing homeless passengers unraveling (snip.)
Sheriff Chad Bianco Accuses AG Rob Bonta
of Intimidation In Prop 50 Discrepancy Investigation 9 replies
of Intimidation In Prop 50 Discrepancy Investigation 9 replies
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, a leading Republican gubernatorial candidate, held a press conference Friday morning to expose what he described as repeated attempts by Attorney General Rob Bonta to intimidate and derail his office's investigation into a massive 45,896-ballot discrepancy in the November 2025 Proposition 50 special election. Bianco detailed a stunning mismatch uncovered through an audit of handwritten logs maintained by the Riverside County Registrar of Voters: county records show just 611,428 ballots cast. Yet Secretary of State Shirley Weber certified 657,322 votes to the state -- a gap neither Bonta nor Weber ever publicly questioned or explained.
Tesla and Space X CEO Elon Musk offered on Saturday to pay the salaries of TSA employees during the shutdown. "I would like to offer to pay the salaries of TSA personnel during this funding impasse that is negatively affecting the lives of so many Americans at airports throughout the country," Musk wrote on X. By law, federal employees receive back pay after a government shutdown comes to an end. However, many TSA employees are reportedly calling out due to not receiving paychecks, resulting in long security lines.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday indicated that the Islamic regime would not be overthrown without a "ground component" to the current conflict. (snip) "It is often said that you can't (snip) do revolutions from the air. (snip) you can do a lot of things from the air (snip) but there has to be a ground component, as well. There are many possibilities for this ground component, and I take the liberty of not sharing with you all those possibilities."
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Would Criminalize The Disruption Of A
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Would Criminalize The Disruption Of A
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Democrats in the Minnesota House of Representatives blocked legislation that would make it a crime to disrupt a church service with the intent to interfere with the free exercise of religion. The vote came eight weeks after a St. Paul church was stormed by agitators. (snip) Minnesota law does not have a statute that criminalizes the disruption of a church service. (snip) During the committee meeting, Democrats repeatedly brought up Operation Metro Surge, the federal government's recent immigration enforcement effort in Minnesota. (snip) In the end, Democrats appeared to oppose Davis' legislation because their Operation Metro Surge-related bills were previously blocked.
Education Secretary Linda McMahon is sending a letter to 43 million Americans with student loans -- about 9 million of whom are in default -- to notify them that the Treasury Department is taking over debt collection, the Post has learned. (snip) There's currently $1.7 trillion in outstanding student debt -- roughly 25% of which, or $425 billion, was believed to be in default as of last year. (snip) The Treasury Department includes the IRS, which has the power to garnish up to 15% of a delinquent borrower's paycheck.
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Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said that a legal theory supported by the Republican National Committee in a case related to mail-in ballots “imperils a lot of different things.”[snip] “I mean, I think this is your original point that there were lots of different practices and so to the extent we're saying, ‘oh, you could only look at Election Day in the federal statute to mean exactly what the states were doing back at that time.’ This imperils a lot of different things, not just post-Election Day ballot deadlines.”
President Trump said Iran has agreed to his biggest demand in order to stop the war: no nuclear weapons.
“They’ve agreed,” he said. “They will never have a nuclear weapon. They’ve agreed to that.”
Tehran has not stated that publicly — and denied even talking to the US. But Trump has made clear that the no-nukes demand is necessary for the US to stop its military campaign. The president’s comments came as the US and Iran are preparing for another round of negotiations in an attempt to bring a ceasefire to the war — while also gearing for a major combat operation if talks fall apart. “We’re actually talking to the right
Developers and local officials canceled a proposal for a new Muslim-based city in rural Texas, according to Republican Rep. Lance Gooden, after a Daily Caller investigation reported on the plans and subsequent meetings.
Kaufman County, Texas, residents became aware in early February that a potential city was going to be built in their backyard and accused local officials of being very secretive about the deal. The Daily Caller report, and locals’ allegations that the project was an unlawful attempt to establish a “sharia city,” led Attorney General Ken Paxton to announce Feb. 9 that his office launched a formal investigation.
The proposed massive “sustainable city” development was set
Delta Air Lines is punishing Congress for failing to fund the Department of Homeland Security.
The airline company has temporarily yanked its special congressional desk service to lawmakers and staffers on Capitol Hill until Congress finally funds the DHS, which has been in a partial shutdown since Feb. 28.
“Due to the impact on resources from the longstanding government shutdown, Delta will temporarily suspend specialty services to members of Congress flying Delta,” the company said in a statement first reported by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
“Next to safety, Delta’s No. 1 priority is taking care of our people and customers, which has become increasingly difficult in the current environment.”
President Donald Trump’s tariffs on imported goods suffered a Supreme Court legal rebuke in late February, but they’re not doing much better in the court of public opinion. As the latest I&I/TIPP shows, a plurality of voters don’t believe the economy will get a boost from tariffs, which win strong majority support only from Republicans.
It was once the case that most conservatives and many moderates rejected tariffs on imported goods as an unwanted distortion of free trade. Meanwhile, liberals embraced tariffs as a welcome tool of government “industrial policy.”
But President Trump has flipped the script.
Saudi Arabia’s crown prince pushing
Trump to keep fighting Iran, put boots
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Trump to keep fighting Iran, put boots
on the ground – report 20 replies
Saudi Arabia’s de facto leader Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has been urging US President Donald Trump to continue the war against Iran, The New York Times reports, citing people briefed by American officials.
Bin Salman has spoken to Trump several times over the past week, pushing the president to keep fighting until the regime in Iran is toppled, according to the report. The Saudi prince sees Iran as a long-term threat that will persist as long as the Islamic Republic exists. He also believes that Iran could continue to target Saudi Arabia and threaten shipping after the war, the newspaper says.
According to the Times, bin Salman fears
Viral video of a woman being nabbed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers at San Francisco International Airport sparked mass online fear-mongering about Trump’s deployment of immigration agents to help ease the TSA security crisis.
Video captured the moment ICE agents began handcuffing a crying woman on Sunday at around 10 p.m. inside the airport’s Terminal 3.
The officers were met with backlash from multiple passengers who filmed the scene and yelled at them, as the woman continued to cry with a young girl standing beside her, also sobbing.
“This is un-American,” one passenger is heard yelling.
“What is your badge number? What is your name?”
On Sunday, I wrote about how Code Pink and a bunch of other worthless commies went to Cuba after they put together the "Nuestra América Convoy," which describes itself as a humanitarian group but is really just some sort of anti-Trump, pro-Cuban regime operation. Cuba's "president," Miguel Díaz-Canel, rolled out the red carpet at a convention center, and then the group stayed in a five-star well-lit hotel. I say "well-lit' because no one else on the island has power, yet oddly this hotel and convention center do. The convoy also threw themselves a little concert — again, with plenty of electricity to go around — but this
Democrats who want to defund ICE aren’t getting away with the political hostage-taking they’re using to do it.
They’re trying to hold the Transportation Security Administration’s funding hostage until their demands for weakening Immigration and Customs Enforcement are met.
That means they’re also subjecting millions of air travelers to added anxiety, and worse, as security-line wait times stretch into hours.
A Maryland man who is a quadruple amputee cornhole champion is facing murder charges for allegedly shooting and killing someone in his vehicle, authorities said.
Dayton James Webber, 27, is accused of fatally shooting the front seat passenger of his vehicle during an argument in La Plata, Maryland, on Sunday and then fleeing to Virginia, according to the Charles County Sheriff's Office.
The victim -- identified as 27-year-old Bradrick Michael Wells -- was found dead in a yard in Charlotte Hall, Maryland, according to the sheriff's office. Two people who were in the back seat of the vehicle witnessed the deadly shooting, the sheriff's office said. Webber allegedly asked them
BLM Activist Named ‘Bostonian of the
Year’ Ordered to Pay Back over $200,000
in Stolen Funds 16 replies
Year’ Ordered to Pay Back over $200,000
in Stolen Funds 16 replies
Monica Cannon-Grant, a Black Lives Matter activist who was named “Bostonian of the Year” by the Boston Globe, was ordered to pay back every dime she stole from her nonprofit, unemployment benefits, and other fraudulent practices, amounting to almost $225,000.
U.S. District Court Judge Angel Kelley sentenced Cannon-Grant to four years’ probation, six months of home detention, and 100 hours of community service. Federal prosecutors, however, recommended 18 months in prison. Although Cannon-Grant dodged time behind bars, she must return all of the money she managed to bilk from her nonprofit.
MANCHESTER, N.H. — A poll from the Saint Anselm College Survey Center shows that Secretary of State Marco Rubio is gaining support among New Hampshire voters in the 2028 race for the White House. The last time Rubio saw this kind of movement in New Hampshire, he was on the campaign trail. (Snip) On the Democratic side, former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg is carving out his own space at the top. Last year, Saint Anselm had him tied with California Gov. Gavin Newsom, but now, Buttigieg is ahead, 29% to 15%. The poll of Democratic voters has a margin of
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The real issue here is the Democrat establishment's desire to prematurely narrow the field of Democrat candidates so that neither Republican (Hilton or Bianco) appears on the November ballot. Most Californians have yet to focus on the June 2 primary election, yet USC proposed to anoint four Democrats and exclude three candidates largely on the basis of notoriety purchased with large amounts of campaign cash. (Mahan, the establishment's "great 'moderate' hope", like the excluded candidates polls only in the single digits but was included solely based on his large campaign war-chest.) The whole purpose of debates is to even the playing field between well and poorly funded candidates and give merit a chance to shine. Significantly, the three excluded candidates include a former mayor of California's largest city (Villagairosa) and the only two candidates in the race who have won and held significant statewide elective offices (Yee and Thurmond). The real culprit is California's Jungle Primary, a hangover from Schwarzenegger era.