Column: Trump has big plans for California if he wins a second term. Fasten your seatbelts What makes Trump’s version more than mere blather is that he could be president next year, and he has big plans for California if he wins. 03/17/2024 - 9:59 pm | View Link
Winning $1.7 billion Powerball ticket claimed in California taking 36 drawings to find a winner and raising over $119 million in public funding for California.The largest jackpot ever won was $2.04 billion in 2022, which was also sold in California.If the ... 03/15/2024 - 12:58 pm | View Link
California's Biggest Reservoir Loses 265 Billion Gallons of Water Lake Shasta has lost over 265 billion gallons of water in one month. After years of drought, several reservoirs in California reached concerningly low water levels in the summer of 2022. 03/4/2024 - 3:42 am | View Link
The cost of Prop. 1: Newsom’s plan to transform California’s mental health system “What California needs to do is take a step back and figure out how can we spend this money effectively,” said Karen Vicari, director of public ... health system, including a $6.4-billion ... 02/29/2024 - 11:00 am | View Link
CALIFORNIA DESERT CONSERVATION AREA In March 2000, the Center, Sierra Club, and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility stepped ... monitoring, and conservation plans. The agency also agreed to protect the Peninsular bighorn ... 06/15/2012 - 10:22 am | View Link
Stephen Colbert's writers were having a field day with a ton of one liners as they picture all of Trump's legal problems being reported by sports announcers. The best part is that there are no personal fouls in these games, so they're free to take all the shots they want at him.
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A new Fox News poll finds 59% of Americans think abortion should be legal in all or most cases, up from the previous high of 57% in September 2022.\
Voters oppose a 15-week ban by 11 points (54% oppose vs. 43% favor), which is in direct contrast with results in 2023 when it was favored by 12 points (42% oppose vs.
Paul Kane: “In their pursuit of ideological purity, these conservatives have repeatedly forced Johnson’s hand to make deals with Democrats. For must-pass legislation, Johnson uses a legislative calendar that brings bills to the floor that cannot be amended, get very little debate and need a two-thirds majority — which usually requires anywhere from 180 to 200 Democrats and another 80 to 100 Republicans.”
“Thus, these far-right Republicans have assured an anti-conservative outcome, over and over, leading to bills approved by the Senate’s Democratic majority and a dozen to two dozen mainstream Republicans.”
“When conservative icon Matt Schlapp announced Tuesday that the sexual battery and defamation lawsuit against him was dropped, he and his allies were quick to note that the ordeal ended without him or the American Conservative Union—the right-wing organization he runs—paying his accuser a single dollar,” the Daily Beast reports.
“But what Schlapp didn’t disclose was that the Republican operative who sued him was, in fact, paid to drop the lawsuit, according to two people with knowledge of the payout.
“A super PAC supporting Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s independent presidential bid said it raised over $2 million following the candidate’s official announcement of his running mate,” The Hill reports.
“Facing a potentially devastating Democratic defection in the Senate, the White House is ramping up its fight to confirm an embattled judicial nominee who would be the first Muslim American to serve as a U. S. federal appeals court judge,” NBC News reports.
“The White House is touting a wave of new law enforcement endorsements for Adeel Mangi to the 3rd U.