Retiring U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer of California is determined to be remembered as a defiant and dogmatic leftist, as she plans Friday to filibuster a bipartisan water bill that gives her state’s farmers more access to water after six years of drought.
President-elect Donald Trump pulled off a stunning upset victory on November 8. And now, right under the media’s noses, he is maneuvering for another surprise: he is making sure that conservatives, not Democrats, lead the congressional opposition. In meetings at
Democrats are vowing to oppose incoming President Donald Trump on everything — from his Cabinet nominees to his policy proposals, from his executive orders to his Supreme Court nominations.
Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes said Tuesday that the real threat to the First Amendment in the 2016 election had come from Democrats, not from Donald Trump — and that the media had largely missed the threat because of their own partisan bias.
Adam Johnson, the Bullseye Brief author and former Bloomberg Television anchor, says that Kellogg’s is making a grave mistake by “taking their eye off the ball” and picking a political fight with Breitbart News at the behest of left-wing groups.
Outgoing Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) is challenging fellow California Senator and liberal Democrat Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) over the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA), which emerged from bipartisan compromise in both houses.
On Monday, California State Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon rejected calls for national unity and urged Californians to “fight” — to resist the federal government and incoming President Donald Trump.
Kevin de Léon, the President Pro Tem of the California State Senate, used his address at the swearing-in of new members on Monday to attack President-elect Donald Trump — but also advised fellow Democrats against seceding from the Union.
Anthony Rendon, the Speaker of the California State Assembly, used the swearing-in ceremony of the California legislature on Monday to issue a call to arms against the federal government and President-elect Donald Trump.
Roughly 100 counter-demonstrators arrived in Danville, Virginia to show their opposition to a Ku Klux Klan rally on Saturday — but the rally never actually happened.
Kellogg’s, a company facing accusations of profiting from child labor practices at an Indonesian supplier, has also faced multiple food product recalls in recent years, some involving products marketed specifically to children in the United States.
Colin Kaepernick, the San Francisco 49ers quarterback who has taken a knee for the national anthem before each game this season, had one of the worst performances in the history of the National Football League Sunday against the Chicago Bears.
The Russian-made jeep carrying the ashes of the late Cuban dictator Fidel Castro broke down in the middle of his funeral procession on Saturday, forcing soldiers to push the vehicle until it could be repaired.
California Democrats are appealing to the ‘lame duck’ Obama administration to take measures that would protect its left-wing policies even in the face of changes under incoming President Donald Trump.
The massive Oakland fire that killed at least nine and perhaps dozens more people Friday night at a warehouse artists’ collective known as the “Ghost Ship” symbolizes the Bay Area’s internal struggle with its own success as a creative hub.
The Republican Jewish Coalition, the most powerful organization among politically conservative Jews, is formally backing the nomination of retired Marine Gen. James “Mad Dog” Mattis as Secretary of Defense.
Journalists seem to think the problem in 2016 was political, not professional — i.e. not that they were so wrong about what was happening, but that the wrong outcome took place despite their strenuous efforts.
Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA), who was nominated Thursday to be California’s new attorney general, issued a forceful challenge to President-elect Donald Trump over his pledge to enforce federal immigration law: “Come at us.”
President-elect Donald J. Trump’s reported choice (via the Washington Post) of retired Marine Gen. James Mattis as Secretary of Defense risks a fight with pro-Israel groups similar to the one that faced former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel in his confirmation fight in early 2013.
Gov. Jerry Brown has nominated Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA) to take Kamala Harris’s place as Attorney General of the State of California.
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) claims that it is the victim of an “organized” campaign to discredit it — after launching an organized campaign against President-elect Donald J. Trump on the basis of false and defamatory charges of antisemitism and racism against his newly-appointed Chief Strategist and Senior Counselor, Stephen K. Bannon of Breitbart News.
Yahoo! Finance weighed in on the “#DumpKelloggs” campaign on Wednesday, concluding that Kellogg’s had made a mistake by picking a fight with Breitbart News. “Cereal needs to be agnostic,” said Alexis Christoforous, the host of The Final Round.
My friend and former law professor Jedediah Purdy has published an attack at Politico, “The Anti-Democratic Worldview of Steve Bannon and Peter Thiel,” targeting President-elect Donald Trump’s chief adviser and major tech backer, respectively.
The University of California has released a set of “principles” in which it declares that it will protect illegal aliens affiliated with the UC system from efforts by the federal government to enforce immigration laws.
Kellogg’s shares (NYSE: K) tumbled over 2% on Wednesday, following accusations that the company benefits from child labor. The stock continued to fall after the launch of Breitbart News’ “#DumpKelloggs” campaign.
The international human rights organization Amnesty International is slamming Kellogg’s and other companies that it says are profiting from child labor and other exploitative practices.
Tablet magazine, an online magazine on Jewish affairs, was one of the leading “NeverTrump” websites — but has published an op-ed defending Donald Trump and denouncing Democrats for supporting Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) to lead the party.
The California Republican Party is considering taking legal action to force the State of California to adopt a more secure system for online voter registration, alleging that the current system is too lax and allows for potential voter fraud.
Harvard University has vowed that it will protect illegal aliens on campus, including who are enrolled as students, according to the Harvard Gazette. The effort is in anticipation of President-elect Donald Trump’s promise to enforce immigration laws.
A federal judge rebuked the State of California last week for destroying potentially exculpatory evidence in a case against an asphalt company accused of oil spills.
False “Nazi” accusations continue, unapologetically, from people who should know better. They are mainstreaming hatred, with potentially dangerous consequences.
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has written an op-ed in the New York Times, “America Must Recognize Palestine,” which is filled with outright lies and fails to condemn — or even address — Palestinian terror.
The FBI could not confirm that hateful letters sent to California mosques actually came from outside the community, or that they were not a prank. The LAPD said that the letters were being investigated as a “hate incident,” not a “hate crime.”
Christians United for Israel (CUFI), the largest pro-Israel organization in the United States, has launched a new effort to promote the Taylor Force Act, a bill that would make aid to the Palestinian Authority conditional on efforts to stop terror.
True the Vote, an organization founded to stop voter fraud, has backed President-elect Donald J. Trump’s statement Sunday that “millions of people” had voted illegally.
The State Bar of California may ban sex between attorneys and their clients, as part of an overhaul of the association to address ethical and administrative concerns.
California Secretary of State Alex Padilla is furious at allegations of voter fraud in the Golden State by President-elect Donald Trump.
Journalist Marisa Fox-Bevilacqua, writing for Israel’s left-wing Ha’aretz daily, called Ivanka Trump a “leggy glamazon, a ‘shiksa goddess’ trophy wife for the shy son of a disgraced macher” in a recent profile of her husband, Jared Kushner (emphasis added).
Cuban-Americans in Southern California were overjoyed at the news of Fidel Castro’s death on Friday, as the dictator who clung to power for decades and drove many to flee to the United States finally passed.
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA), who represents the East Bay in Congress, praised the late Cuban dictator Fidel Castro and his “revolution.”
