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Articles by Joel B. Pollak

Water-Starved Central Valley Says ‘Good Riddance’ to Boxer

Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) is retiring after 24 years in the U.S. Senate — and many in California’s Central Valley are glad to see her go. The liberal Democrat had a rocky relationship with the region over water issues, especially in the last few years.

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Santa Monica Synagogue Turns Darkness to Light on Chanukah

SANTA MONICA, California — A synagogue that was vandalized on the first night of Chanukah, with feces and food smeared across the front entrance near a menorah display, held a joyful public menorah lighting on Monday evening to celebrate unity and tolerance.

Santa Monica synagogue lights Chanukah menorah (Joel Pollak / Breitbart News)

Jerry Brown: California to Bypass Trump on Climate Change

California Gov. Jerry Brown has suggested that the State of California could bypass the administration of President Donald J. Trump and work directly with foreign governments in advancing the cause of climate change, the New York Times reports.

Jerry Brown California Flag (Reed Saxon / Associated Press)

Rabbi Uses National Menorah Lighting to Rebuke UN, Obama

Rabbi Levi Shemtov rebuked the United Nations — and, by implication, the Obama administration — at the National Menorah Lighting in front of the White House in Washington, D.C. on Sunday evening, criticizing them for an anti-Israel resolution that passed on Friday.

National Menorah Lighting (Wim McNamee / Getty)

History Suggests Left’s #CalExit Secession Movement is Doomed

The “CalExit” leftists who want California to secede from the Union now that President-elect Donald J. Trump is preparing to take office have a tough history to face: no effort to divide California, or to secede from the United States, has ever succeeded.

Calexit (Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press)

Ted Cruz: ‘No $ for UN’ Until Anti-Israel Resolution Reversed

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) tweeted on Saturday that he would oppose funding for the United Nations until the UN Security Council reversed an anti-Israel resolution that it approved on Friday, with the acquiescence of the Obama administration.

Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks at the 2016 American Isra

L.A. Proposal to Rename Freeway After Barack Obama

In the time-honored tradition of naming clogged urban thoroughfares after politicians, a group of Democrats in Los Angeles is proposing to rename a freeway after President Barack Obama.

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‘Legacy’: 10 Ways Barack Obama Broke the American System

What broke it? Both parties acquiesced in bank liberalization, in open-borders immigration, and in Wall Street bailouts. But the most acute challenge was Barack Obama’s direct attack on the constitutional framework itself. Obama sought to transform America, and believed that the ends would justify the means.

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California Electors Pass ‘Russian Hacking’ Resolution

The 55 members of the Electoral College from California cast their votes unanimously for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton — and passed a resolution calling for an investigation into Russian hacking and interference in the election.

Anti-Trump-Electoral-College-Sacramento-12-20-2016 (Juliet Williams / Associated Press)

Sources: Lame Duck Obama to Allow Anti-Israel UN Efforts

Sources inform Breitbart News that U.S. President Barack Obama may allow several anti-Israel resolutions to pass at the UN that would legitimize and strengthen the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) movement against the Jewish state.

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Radical J Street Tries to Raise Money off David Friedman Nomination

The radical left-wing group J Street is trying to raise money off President-elect Donald J. Trump’s nomination of David Friedman to be the next U.S. Ambassador to Israel. The complaint: Friedman once referred to J Street supporters as “far worse than kapos – Jews who turned in their fellow Jews in the Nazi death camps.” J Street is urgently soliciting donations “to fight [Friedman’s] nomination.”

J-Street-kapos-12-16-2016-website (Screenshot / J Street)

Silicon Valley Trump Supporters Fight Anti-Trump County Resolution

Supporters of President-elect Donald J. Trump are a minority in the Bay Area. But they decided to fight back in Santa Clara, which includes Silicon Valley, where the county board of supervisors passed a virulently anti-Trump resolution on Tuesday.

Trump supporter attacked (Noah Berger / Associated Press)

Study: California Worst State for Drivers

California is the worst state in the Union for drivers, according to a new study by Bankrate.com — and Iowa is the best. The study considered the following criteria, and scored states on a 50-point scale: To rank the best

405 Traffic (Kevork Djansezian / Getty)

Vice President Joe Biden is OK with Jeff Sessions for AG

Vice President Joe Biden, who led the fight against Jeff Sessions in the 1980s when he was nominated to be a federal judge, told CNN’s Jake Tapper that he would accept Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) as Attorney General under President Donald Trump.

US Vice President Joe Biden and his wife Dr. Jill Biden exit the stage following the Vice

California Hillary Elector Files Suit to Stop Donald Trump

A member of the Electoral College representing California filed a lawsuit on Friday against state officials, seeking to overturn a state law requiring all 55 electors from the state to support the winner of the statewide vote.

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Historic Water Bill Passes, Promising Relief to Central Valley

The Senate overcame a filibuster effort by Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) to pass the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) early Saturday morning, bringing relief to farmers in the Central Valley — and potential lawsuits by environmental groups.

Tulare Central Valley (Justin Sullivan / Getty)