California Democrats just voted to continue the State of Emergency even as we host the Super Bowl. Here is the vote tally. Right before I called for the vote I was given a useful prop: a mask with a picture of Newsom and Magic Johnson maskless. Here’s the video of me wearing it as I addressed the Assembly. Gavin […]
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It’s hard to get one’s mind around the absurd reality: California is about to host the Super Bowl during a State of Emergency. Tomorrow, we’re making one last attempt to stop this descent into Bizarro World. We will finally take a vote on ending the emergency. The Assembly has never allowed a vote in the 21 months since
It’s hard to get one’s mind around the absurd reality: California is about to host the Super Bowl during a State of Emergency. Tomorrow, we’re making one last attempt to stop this descent into Bizarro World. We will finally take a vote on ending the emergency. The Assembly has never allowed a vote in the 21 months since
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I just got this letter from the Assembly Rules Committee. It reads: Dear Assemblymember Kiley: You received the following per diem amounts during the 2021 calendar year from the California State Assembly: 2021 Total: $0.00 I’ve received that letter each year in the Legislature, saving taxpayers over $200,000 in per diem declined. The Majority, however, is
On Monday, Gavin Newsom told us about his “judicious” mask-wearing at the 49ers game. The next day, Eric Garcetti did him one better. LA’s Mayor assured the public that in his own maskless photo with Magic Johnson, he was holding his breath. Yes, his defense is he didn’t exhale. The line between parody and reality has
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On Monday, Gavin Newsom told us about his “judicious” mask-wearing at the 49ers game. The next day, Eric Garcetti did him one better. LA’s Mayor assured the public that in his own maskless photo with Magic Johnson, he was holding his breath. Yes, his defense is he didn’t exhale. The line between parody and reality has
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Something extraordinary happened on Monday. At the very last possible moment the Single Payer Healthcare bill was withdrawn because it “didn’t have the votes.” For one day sanity prevailed. We were all sitting at our desks on the Assembly Floor around 5 PM, waiting for the debate to begin. Then, suddenly, the session was adjourned
Something extraordinary happened on Monday. At the very last possible moment the Single Payer Healthcare bill was withdrawn because it “didn’t have the votes.” For one day sanity prevailed. We were all sitting at our desks on the Assembly Floor around 5 PM, waiting for the debate to begin. Then, suddenly, the session was adjourned
Wow. At the very last possible moment the Single Payer Healthcare bill was withdrawn because it “didn’t have the votes.” For one day sanity prevails. We were all sitting at our desks waiting for the debate to begin, when suddenly it was cancelled. You can read here the opposition speech I was about to give.
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