Flawed fix for lack of court reporters • Immigration policy has divided my family. Congress should act now — before the situation gets worse.
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Wednesday, July 2, 2025

Newsom cooks the books for CCPOA, again

Gov. Gavin Newsom has long had a cozy relationship with the California prison guards union.

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Flawed fix for lack of court reporters

When it comes to Californians’ right to fairly access our justice system, few things are more maddening than learning that artificial impediments such as limits to government’s ability to use technology often deprive us of that right.

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Immigration policy has divided my family. Congress should act now — before the situation gets worse.

My prayer is that Rep. Kim and all members of Congress will act now, before other families are separated as mine has been.

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Trump should listen to California Republicans on immigration

A group of California Republican legislators have penned a letter to President Donald Trump encouraging him to pursue sensible immigration policies. If Trump really wants to Make America Great Again, he’d listen to them.

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The roots of today’s housing crisis lie in a 1926 Supreme Court ruling

This was not bigotry with an iron fist; it was more subtle bigotry that wore a velvet glove while writing and defending the pages of the nation’s zoning codes.

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Nationalizing politics benefits Gavin Newsom but hurts Senate Democrats

If voters take Newsom’s cue and nationalize all aspects of politics, including down ballot races, the Democrats can say goodbye to the U.S. Senate for good.

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Ron Paul: A Big Beautiful Bill for the military-industrial complex

A return to a noninterventionist foreign policy is the only way we will be able to begin to pay down the national debt and restore a government that adheres to the constitutional limits on its powers and respects all the people’s rights all the time.

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Five years later, the pandemic still weakens two California employee safety nets

The stage would seem to be set for another of the Capitol’s periodic work comp clashes.

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Attacking Iran makes peace in the Middle East more likely

Nevertheless, with Iran defanged, and the benefits of ties with Israel and the U.S. looking increasingly attractive to moderate Arab countries, peace and prosperity in the Middle East appears closer than at any point in recent years.

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Walking away from the high-speed rail project would be best for taxpayers and the state

The state may have to pay some contractors a termination fee, but that is a fraction of the costs of completing the line.

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