LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Anders Hagstrom Californians voted seven months ago to keep the death penalty and speed the appeals process for executions, but a lawsuit being considered by the California Supreme Court is holding up the entire process. California’s November referendums approved both the death penalty and Proposition 66, which put a…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jack Crowe California’s new universal health care passed the Senate in a Thursday vote, and drew criticism from the unlikeliest of places: Democrats. One in particular dropped this bomb, “We are not debating single payer today because we are not debating a funding source.” Democratic Sen. Ben Hueso told the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Chris White California lawmakers are stepping up their climate campaign ahead of President Donald Trump’s decision Thursday on whether to leave the Paris climate accord. Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown is pushing state leaders across the country to demonstrate support for the nearly 200-nation agreement if Trump pulls out of…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jack Crowe California may be able to pay for a proposed $400 billion universal health care system through an increased sales tax and a new tax on corporate revenue, according to a report released Wednesday. The report, which was put together by economists at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, projects the state…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield A California Democratic Congresswoman, and self-asserted leader of the “Resistance” to President Donald Trump, evidently believes that she is impervious to impeachment, unlike the President. The hypocritical comments were drawn out of Rep. Maxine Waters during a recorded exchange with a constituent who was very upset with the Congresswoman’s constant…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jack Crowe The California Senate Appropriations Committee passed a $400 billion universal health care bill Thursday with no plan to pay for it. The committee passed the bill in a 5-2 vote, sending it to be taken up on the senate floor next week. The bill, known as the Healthy California…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Phillip Stucky Democrats in California hope to channel rage against President Donald Trump into control of the House of Representatives in the 2018 midterm elections by taking the heavily conservative Orange County. Democrats in traditionally red congressional districts are getting more engaged than ever before as a result of…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Michael Bastasch Liberal billionaire Tom Steyer is testing the political waters in California, commissioning a poll to gauge how well he would fare against fellow Democrats in the 2018 gubernatorial election. Three sources familiar with the poll told The Hill that Steyer’s “political team is querying whether California voters know Steyer, and whether…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Chris White California Gov. Jerry Brown’s recent belligerent actions against the Trump administration’s climate policies have not been enough to satisfy natural gas opponents. Brown recently signed a bill that dramatically increases California’s gas taxes and declared earlier this year his intention to fight tooth-and-nail against President Donald Trump’s…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Will Racke A Silicon Valley man who provided logistical support and recruited for al-Qaida had his U.S. citizenship revoked by a federal judge Thursday. Egyptian-born Khaled Abu Dahab, 57, confessed to being a member of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, an al-Qaida affiliate, and said he had personal ties to Osama…