Dems Scramble After California Governor's
Debate Implodes
Posted By: J. Arthur Brown, 3/25/2026 8:01:18 PM
Steve Hilton, the leading candidate for governor despite his status as an unapologetic Republican in blue California, called it a perfect metaphor for the state's spate of recent failures. (snip) the University of Southern California abruptly canceled its televised gubernatorial debate last Monday (snip) Those invited included (snip) Steve Hilton (snip), Chad Bianco (snip), Rep. Eric Swalwell, (snip) Katie Porter, (snip) Tom Steyer and (snip) Matt Mahan. (snip) Under California's "top two" primary system, only the two candidates with the most votes regardless of party, will advance to the general election. Democrats are deeply concerned that Hilton and Bianco are poised to do so (snip.)
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Steve Hilton, the leading candidate for governor despite his status as an unapologetic Republican in blue California, called it a perfect metaphor for the state's spate of recent failures. (snip) the University of Southern California abruptly canceled its televised gubernatorial debate last Monday (snip) Those invited included (snip) Steve Hilton (snip), Chad Bianco (snip), Rep. Eric Swalwell, (snip) Katie Porter, (snip) Tom Steyer and (snip) Matt Mahan. (snip) Under California's "top two" primary system, only the two candidates with the most votes regardless of party, will advance to the general election. Democrats are deeply concerned that Hilton and Bianco are poised to do so (snip.)
Group Blocked From Seeing Full Enviro
Report On Solar Farm Drafts Its Own, Only
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Report On Solar Farm Drafts Its Own, Only
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The American Land Rescue Fund (ALRF) has been raising concerns about a solar project on critical bird habitat (snip). The group filed Freedom of Information requests (snip) hoping to get unredacted versions of the environmental assessment the developer had submitted (snip.) The company argued that the information was proprietary and could be legally withheld (snip.) Alex Fasulo, president of the ALRF, decided to hire independent ecologists to perform an assessment of the project's impact. The report the ecologists produced shocked her. (snip) The state and developer are now fighting to get the report excluded from the public record, arguing that it was filed past the period allowed for public input.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued new guidance concerning the detention and re-screening of resettled refugees who have filed to adjust to lawful permanent residence (LPR) status as required under U.S. immigration law. Refugees (snip) are legally required to apply for permanent residence one year after arrival. The adjustment process allows immigration authorities to conduct a second round of vetting before granting permanent residence status. (snip) Under the new policy, federal immigration officers may arrest refugees who have not applied for adjustment of status and detain them pending re-screening. This marks a significant shift from the practice followed for decades (snip.)
This week we learned that the probe into the Russian conspiracy theory in Florida is moving forward with the disclosure that former FBI Director James Comey has been subpoenaed. What is different in this probe is that it is pursuing the real Russia conspiracy -- the creation of a narrative to kneecap the first Trump administration. Headed by (snip) the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, the investigation is building on information uncovered by House and Senate committee that was buried by the Biden administration. That evidence appears to show a knowing effort to manufacture a Russian conspiracy hoax at the urging of Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign.
She's trippin'. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) spent nearly $19,000 in campaign cash last year on a shrink who specializes in controversial Ketamine therapy. (snip) The expenses were marked as "leadership training and consulting." It is unclear what the sessions consisted of or who participated. Ocasio-Cortez's campaign did not respond to requests for comment. (snip) "While she describes these expenditures as 'leadership training,' Dr. Boyle has no experience in that area, unlike several Democratic consultants," Kamenar added. "This looks like yet another example of misuse of campaign contributions."
Commuters in Los Angeles are going through hell. And there's statistics to prove it. Crime on Los Angeles Metro has risen a staggering 58% since 2019 -- despite bureaucrats pumping $192 million into safety measures. Crime has risen from 2,747 reported incidents in 2019 to 4,354 in September 2025, according to Metro data. The data during the Covid period and recovery is not included. Rider complaints logged through Metro's Transit Watch app also repeatedly flagged the same problems: open drug use, smoking, alcohol, graffiti, harassment and disorder. Over the course of a week, the Post confirmed what riders have been describing, witnessing homeless passengers unraveling (snip.)
Sheriff Chad Bianco Accuses AG Rob Bonta
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday indicated that the Islamic regime would not be overthrown without a "ground component" to the current conflict. (snip) "It is often said that you can't (snip) do revolutions from the air. (snip) you can do a lot of things from the air (snip) but there has to be a ground component, as well. There are many possibilities for this ground component, and I take the liberty of not sharing with you all those possibilities."
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Education Secretary Linda McMahon is sending a letter to 43 million Americans with student loans -- about 9 million of whom are in default -- to notify them that the Treasury Department is taking over debt collection, the Post has learned. (snip) There's currently $1.7 trillion in outstanding student debt -- roughly 25% of which, or $425 billion, was believed to be in default as of last year. (snip) The Treasury Department includes the IRS, which has the power to garnish up to 15% of a delinquent borrower's paycheck.
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The “tolerant” left is at it again, and this time, it’s coming from the “Golden Years” crowd.
Two elderly leftists in Arlington Heights, Illinois, have been arrested and charged after a months-long investigation into the disgusting vandalism of the Republicans of Wheeling Township headquarters.
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Orange man is sooooo bad that Foreign Policy Magazine's columnist and (of course) Columbia University Professor Howard French argues that America should lose the war to Iran.
No, I am not kidding. It's not that French is arguing that Iran is the good guy. He concedes that they are not. It's just that America under Trump is so, so horribly bad that his winning the war is unthinkable.
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"My in-laws also work for the agency. So even the people that we could have probably asked for some sort of money or some sort of help, they're also on the same position where they cannot help,"
Meta failed to protect kids from sexual predators and misled users about its platforms’ safety, violating New Mexico law, a jury found Tuesday in a landmark case.
The tech giant was ordered to pay $375 million in civil penalties.
The verdict came after six weeks of testimony from witnesses that included ex-Meta executives, teachers and online safety experts.
New Mexico prosecutors argued that Meta hid the extent of safety issues that kids faced on Facebook and Instagram and failed to enforce its claimed minimum age limit of 13 – even as its algorithms allegedly made it easier for creeps to target kids for online harassment and even sex trafficking.
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The real issue here is the Democrat establishment's desire to prematurely narrow the field of Democrat candidates so that neither Republican (Hilton or Bianco) appears on the November ballot. Most Californians have yet to focus on the June 2 primary election, yet USC proposed to anoint four Democrats and exclude three candidates largely on the basis of notoriety purchased with large amounts of campaign cash. (Mahan, the establishment's "great 'moderate' hope", like the excluded candidates polls only in the single digits but was included solely based on his large campaign war-chest.) The whole purpose of debates is to even the playing field between well and poorly funded candidates and give merit a chance to shine. Significantly, the three excluded candidates include a former mayor of California's largest city (Villagairosa) and the only two candidates in the race who have won and held significant statewide elective offices (Yee and Thurmond). The real culprit is California's Jungle Primary, a hangover from Schwarzenegger era.