California's Taxpayer Compact Is Being
Looted From Both Ends
Posted By: J. Arthur Brown, 3/13/2026 9:28:25 AM
There is a particular kind of irrationality that only single-party government can sustain with a straight face. Governor Gavin Newsom demonstrated it again on February 20, 2026 when his administration announced $35 million in new "humanitarian funding" to connect illegal immigrants facing federal deportation proceedings with attorneys, food assistance, and legal navigation services. (snip) While Sacramento was building its immigration defense infrastructure (snip) it reclassified theft of property valued below $950 from a felony to a misdemeanor (snip.) The two policies (snip) share a common architectural logic: the systematic transfer of risk and cost from those who violate the law onto those who follow it.
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There is a particular kind of irrationality that only single-party government can sustain with a straight face. Governor Gavin Newsom demonstrated it again on February 20, 2026 when his administration announced $35 million in new "humanitarian funding" to connect illegal immigrants facing federal deportation proceedings with attorneys, food assistance, and legal navigation services. (snip) While Sacramento was building its immigration defense infrastructure (snip) it reclassified theft of property valued below $950 from a felony to a misdemeanor (snip.) The two policies (snip) share a common architectural logic: the systematic transfer of risk and cost from those who violate the law onto those who follow it.
The Trump Administration is suing California over a de facto fuel economy rule that it believes the state is using to enact a pseudo electric vehicle mandate, the California Post has learned. The Department of Justice filed the lawsuit Tuesday on behalf of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), arguing that the Golden State is violating federal law by forcing state-specific mileage requirements on car manufacturers through the state's Advanced Clean Cars proposal. (snip) In response to Trump nixing California's emission regulations, Newsom signed an executive order doubling down -- ordering the California Air Resources Board to develop and propose Advanced Clean Cars III (snip.)
California Governor Gavin Newsom is destroying the state's oil and gas industry, and it appears to be deliberate. Newsom is presiding over the largest collapse of the oil industry, refinery operations and gasoline production in U.S. history. (snip) Marathon Petroleum, Chevron and PBF Energy sent a blistering warning (snip) that proposed amendments to the California Air Resources Board (CARB) Cap-and-invest program would destroy what is left of California oil refineries. (snip) The science behind these regulations is not only dubious, it is from China, which has a strong motive to see that the United States succumbs to the climate change movement (snip.)
Federal Appeals Court Hands Trump Win,
Overrules Judge Who Blocked Deportations
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Overrules Judge Who Blocked Deportations
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The First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals lifted a block Wednesday on a lower court ruling that prevented the Trump administration from deporting illegal aliens to "third countries" that are willing to accept them. (snip) The administration argued Murphy's order violated two previous Supreme Court rulings and (snip) threatened to derail negotiations with other countries (snip.) The ruling, which is still expected to be taken to the nation's highest court, was expected to take effect on Thursday.
Federal judges declined to extend Wisconsin interim U.S. Attorney Brad Schimmel's temporary term, which ends next week. A majority of the judges on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin on Tuesday declined to invoke their power to keep Schimmel in his post until the vacancy is permanently filled (snip.) "The Court awaits the nomination and confirmation of a full-time United States Attorney by the President and the United States Senate," according to a notice posted on the court's website.
A conservative watchdog group is pushing federal regulators to investigate the tax-exempt status of a major nonprofit that has been allegedly bankrolling violent protests for years. The Center to Advance Security In America (CASA) is requesting the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) investigate the Progress Unity Fund (PUF), a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit based in California (snip.) CASA argues that PUF is violating its ta-exempt status due to its financial support of the ANSWER Coalition, a group behind several high-profile violent protests and allegedly tied to extremist elements. (snip) ANSWER activists have assaulted law enforcement, destroyed federal property, and even had ties to pro-Hamas groups.
The pressure campaign is escalating as conservatives demand action on the SAVE America Act, and now President Trump's former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows is putting lawmakers on notice. Mark Meadows has dropped the hammer on X, revealing exactly which senators are ready for a "standing filibuster' for the SAVE America Act and which RINOs are still dragging their feet, potentially sabotaging President Trump's top priority to secure our elections from fraud and illegal alien interference.
President Donald Trump's declaration that he won't sign any new bills until the Senate passes voter ID threatens to derail his own legislative priorities and sideline confirmation of the newest addition to his cabinet. Trump wants Senate Republicans to ram the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act through the upper chamber with the talking filibuster, even at the cost of the Senate's most valuable commodity: floor time.
A federal judge in Tacoma is expected to issue a ruling no later than Tuesday in a closely watched case over press credentials for covering the Washington State Legislature. (snip) plaintiffs Brandi Kruse, Jonathan Choe and Ari Hoffman (snip) were denied press credentials in what the suit contends is a violation of the state and federal constitutions. U.S. Judge David Estudillo will decide whether the passes will be granted (snip.) an attorney (snip) argued for the defense that the plaintiffs are "opinion" journalists who are not entitled to credentials (snip) because all three have shown up at rallies (snip) for conservative issues (snip.)
The City of Seattle may have to "delay or defer" transportation projects or programs because of the expense of installing hundreds of signs warning that city property cannot be used by federal authorities for immigration enforcement actions. A fiscal note provided for Tuesday's (March 10) Public Safety Committee hearing states, "To the extent that appropriations made in the 2026 Adopted Budget support other activities, and for which SDOT cannot find efficiencies / savings (snip) SDOT may have to delay or defer projects or programs to free up funding for the signage costs (snip.) Cost for signage is indeterminate at this point (snip.)"
After Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhardt signed off on the Biden administration's illegal raid on Mar-a-Lago, conservatives flagged the former prosecutor's work for Jeffrey Epstein. Reinhardt had begun setting up hi legal practice while the Epstein plea deal was being negotiated and he went to work for Epstein the day after he left the U.S. Attorney's office and approximately half a year after the dubious federal plea deal had been handed to Epstein. (snip) The defenses used to cover for Reinhardt no longer hold up in the wake of the Epstein files. (snip) Members of Congress should be given the opportunity to question Judge Reinhardt and vote to remove him.
During last week's contentious hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, Delaware Sen. Chris Coons asked then-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, with great concern, "Will you rule out the deployment of ICE or CBP officers to polling places this November?" The Secretary's answer was sharp and to the point: "Do you plan on illegals voting in our elections?" Democrats are saying the quiet part out loud. The people who have told us for years that illegal aliens never vote, and that voter fraud doesn't exist, are terrified of anyone actually checking to see if that is true.
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Thursday on CNN’s “The Situation Room,” Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) said War Secretary Pete Hegseth should resign over a deadly strike on a girls’ elementary school in Iran.
Host Wolf Blitzer said, “I want to also turn while I have you, Senator, to that devastating bombing of a girls school in southern Iran. According to an ongoing military investigation, the U.S. was responsible and outdated information could be to blame. You’re a member of the Intelligence Committee. You’re briefed on all of this. What information are you receiving about this?”
Gillibrand said, “Well, I have very deep concerns about how this site was targeted. Obviously it was next to naval operations
Iran could use drones to make a deadly strike on California at any time, a top US Army expert says — and we’re nowhere near ready for what could happen.
Iranian forces have the technology, the ability and the motivation to launch withering drone attacks on targets in California, according to Brett Velicovich, a former US Army intelligence and special operations soldier who spent years using drones to hunt and kill the leaders of ISIS and other terrorist groups.
Velicovich said America’s enemy is almost certainly trying to launch an attack on Californian shores with the use of drones. The FBI’s warning to local law enforcement,
Former first lady Jill Biden announced she will publish a memoir this summer about her time in the White House, including reflections on the end of her husband Joe Biden’s presidency and his decision not to seek re-election.
In a video posted to Instagram, Biden stated:
I entered the role of first lady in a unique time in our nation’s history, in the midst of a pandemic and the shadow of an insurrection. Those days tested all of us—our resilience, our compassion, and our belief in one another—but we persevered. Serving in the historic East Wing was the honor of my life.
The first six days of war in Iran cost U.S. taxpayers at least $11.3 billion in munitions alone, according to Pentagon estimates reviewed by lawmakers, and experts say the final cost will only increase. That total does not include the cost of operating and maintaining the military force engaged in the war or battle damage sustained from Iran’s attacks.
The military used about $5.6 billion in munitions in the first two days of the conflict, according to a person with knowledge of the estimate. The munitions cost was first reported by The Washington Post.
The money spent on munitions, and the added expense of any damage done to U.S. military infrastructure
For years, the British £5 note has carried the face of Winston Churchill. The wartime prime minister who rallied Britain during its darkest hour has stared out from wallets and cash registers across the country, a constant reminder of the man who helped lead Britain through World War II.
Now the Bank of England is considering scrapping that tradition.
And what might replace one of Britain’s most consequential leaders says quite a lot about where parts of the country’s cultural establishment think Britain should be headed.
Animals. Plants. Landscapes.
Not the people who shaped the nation’s history. Wildlife.
The idea surfaced after the Bank of England asked the public what themes they
Japanese automaker Honda just cancelled the production of three planned made-in-the-U.S.A. electric cars, including the 0-Series SUV, the 0-Series Saloon, and the Acura RSX — and the company says it will write off massive losses as a result.
Still, better than building EVs nobody wants to buy. The company said the EVs had to go to avoid future losses, complaining about the “current business environment where the demand for EVs is declining significantly.”
I follow these things, and I'd somehow never even heard of Honda's 0-Series vehicles — assuredly for "zero emissions" — introduced at the 2024 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, and were
A routine family outing at Grain & Berry café in Orlando escalated into an ugly incident after a customer and her children, along with her veteran mother, asked whether the café offered a military discount.
The employee at the counter erupted into an angry tirade, screaming profanities at the family for the simple inquiry.
She told the family she “didn’t give a sh**” about military service and insisted no such discount existed at the company. While processing the family’s refund, she continued to shout profanities and threaten them.
She repeatedly told the family to “get the f*** out” and made threats of physical violence,
We’ve seen plenty of political battles before, but this one is getting downright dangerous for the American people.
Despite numerous terror attacks and absolute chaos at the airports as TSA agents quit in droves because they’re not getting paid, the Democrats once again voted Thursday to keep the partial government shutdown going and refused to restore funding for the Department of Homeland Security.
It's the fourth time since early February that extremist Democrats have voted to block DHS funding.
House Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and his minions are literally putting American lives in peril as they continue to throw temper tantrums over not getting their way regarding their preposterous demands
Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-MN) web of shady family ties goes even deeper than her alleged marriage to her brother — reportedly using her political offices to secure millions of dollars for a Minneapolis health clinic operated by her sister, who is married to a top Somali government official.
Omar’s elder sister, Sahra Noor, states on her LinkedIn profile that she was the CEO of People’s Center Clinics & Services from July 2014 to April 2018. In January 2017, Omar began her two-year term as a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives.
People’s Center is in the Minneapolis neighborhood of Cedar-Riverside, nicknamed “Little Mogadishu” for its high Somali
‘Experts’ Know Less than They Think
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Occasionally I hear credentialed professionals with prestigious titles whine about the so-called “war on expertise.” It really bothers people who see themselves as “experts” that a growing share of society ignores them. A psychologist might intuit something revealing from the lack of self-confidence plaguing our “expert” class. If all the fancy degrees, voluminous curricula vitae, and lofty career positions have failed to instill a resilient modicum of self-esteem, then perhaps all those things are not the true measures of a person’s worth.
“Experts” do not like to be challenged. They say things such as, “I have a PhD in this,”
They’re not on our side.
Millions of Republican voters are scratching their heads, wondering why they should send Republicans to Washington, D.C. when they refuse to represent their voters.
Voter ID has the approval of 84% of the American public — that’s Democrats and Republicans!
But John Thune refuses to pass the legislation with his Republican majority, knowing that the GOP will then lose the midterms. He really owes it to Republican voters to explain why he hates them so much. That’s the least he could do.
What a wicked man.
Thune was out bloviating about how he can’t pass the SAVE America Act again on Wednesday. This guy is the absolute worst.
Let me begin by putting all my cards face-up on the table. No one wishes the SAVE Act, requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote and a photo-ID in order to cast a ballot, to become law more than I.[snip] The argument against the SAVE Act is one of the more absurd cases to make, and it has not resonated at all with the American public, regardless of political party. [snip] President Trump said yesterday on the White House lawn that the SAVE Act is probably the most popular piece of legislation he's submitted to Congress, and he's correct.
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The new $35 million appropriation brings the total California will spend to defend immigration criminals this fiscal year to $160 million. When one considers that illegal immigrant patients are primarily responsible for California's multi-billion dollar Medicaid deficit, California is literally spending millions of dollars to continue losing billions of dollars.