COVID cases are on the rise, and Gavin Newsom has identified the culprit: You. “Don’t be selfish,” he tweeted, as his own winery remains open for business. Lashing out at the people of California not only betrays a misanthropic bent, but ignores the heroic sacrifices Californians made for weeks on end to successfully “flatten the […]
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*Sign up at the bottom for updates on our case against Gov. Newsom In a fit of spite, Gov. Newsom is trying to remove the Judge who issued the Restraining Order against him in our case, claiming “prejudice against his interest.” Attorney General Xavier Becerra, on behalf of his client Gavin Newsom, filed a section
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The arguments driving the school closure debate have one thing in common with our usual education politics. It’s not about the kids. The CTA, which spent millions electing Gov. Newsom, is demanding a new tax on billionaires as a condition for re-opening schools. Its Los Angeles affiliate, UTLA, has listed a dozen political demands, including:
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Gavin Newsom is shutting down California again, which means even more Californians in the clutches of his Orwellian unemployment office: the EDD. What’s transpired at that agency is the worst bureaucratic failure in our history. Many of the 1 in 4 Californians who’ve filed claims are waiting over 120 days for benefits. Many have received
By California Legislator Kevin Kiley The State Assembly was set to reconvene on Monday after indulging in a three-week Summer Recess, but our return was called off after a few people at the Capitol tested positive. Apparently, the ability of 80 individual lawmakers to comfortably quarantine (while getting paid) is more important than the right
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*Sign up at the bottom for updates on our case against Gov. Newsom. By California Legislator Kevin Kiley Gavin Newsom is seizing on the Legislature’s absence to claim even more power. Yesterday, he told the Court of Appeals to overturn our Restraining Order against him “because the Assembly has delayed its return from recess,” claiming
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*Sign up at the bottom for my latest updates from inside the State Capitol By California Legislator Kevin Kiley Last week, Gov. Newsom rankled Capitol reporters by thanking them “for staying on message.” Dan Walters, a respected reporter of 60 years, said the comment “implies that our job is to help Newsom peddle his message.”
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By California Legislator Kevin Kiley An Illinois Court has ruled: the State of Emergency expired, the Governor’s emergency powers lapsed, and his Executive Orders are void. The Court further declared the Governor had “no constitutional authority to restrict a citizen’s movements or activities and/or forcibly close business premises.” The plaintiff says “this ruling means there
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By California Legislator Kevin Kiley Yesterday the State Assembly announced it was getting rid of public testimony on bills, abandoning the most basic requirement of democracy: the right of the people to participate in their government. Just when you thought the Capitol couldn’t get any more insular, the Speaker’s Office announced there will no longer
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By California Legislator Kevin Kiley Few things at the Capitol surprise me anymore. But what happened last week was a nuclear event. Gov. Newsom has routinely put special interests before kids, so I expected he’d use the COVID crisis to advance their agenda. But no one expected anything as vicious as the attack on students,
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