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Feinstein Slams 'Unilateral' Obama for Bergdahl Deal

Feinstein Slams 'Unilateral' Obama for Bergdahl Deal

Sen Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), who chairs the Senate Intelligence Committee, offered sharp criticism of the Obama administration Tuesday, saying that it was “very disappointing” that the White House had not consulted with Congress 30 days prior to trading five Taliban

Waxman Race: Anti-Cellphone Candidate Robo-calls Cell Phones

Waxman Race: Anti-Cellphone Candidate Robo-calls Cell Phones

BRENTWOOD — Republican Kevin Mottus is one of eighteen candidates, and three Republicans, listed on the ballot for the June 3 primary to replace retiring Democrat Rep. Henry Waxman in California’s 33rd congressional district. Mottus’s focus throughout the campaign has

Candidates for Waxman's Seat, in 100 Characters

Candidates for Waxman's Seat, in 100 Characters

Early in the primary race, Breitbart California issued a challenge to each of the 18 contenders for the 33rd congressional district seat currently held by retiring Democrat Rep. Henry Waxman: summarize your candidacy in 100 tweetable characters or less. The

LA Weekly Cover: Republican as Klansman

LA Weekly Cover: Republican as Klansman

L.A. Weekly, the ubiquitous guide to popular culture and urban style in Los Angeles, features a Republican wearing a Ku Klux Klan outfit as part of the illustration to its cover story this week on the GOP’s candidates for governor

Decomposed Body Found in L.A. Shopping Mall

Decomposed Body Found in L.A. Shopping Mall

A decomposing body was found in a parked car at a Los Angeles shopping mall after “several days,” according to the Los Angeles Police Department and the local CBS News affiliate.  A local resident, noting the smell, called police, and

Bipartisan Consensus Emerging for New Dams?

Bipartisan Consensus Emerging for New Dams?

A Sunday feature in the Sacramento Bee suggests–indirectly–that a bipartisan consensus may be emerging in the California State Assembly on the need for additional dams to increase the state’s water storage and fight future droughts. Currently, California is suffering one of

Poll: Kashkari Catches Donnelly, Brown Ahead

Poll: Kashkari Catches Donnelly, Brown Ahead

A new USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll released on Sunday morning shows that Republican moderate Neel Kashkari has finally caught up to his GOP rival, Tim Donnelly, though incumbent Democrat Gov. Jerry Brown remains far ahead of both. Voters head to

Another Left-Wing Mag Heaps Praise on Jerry Brown

Another Left-Wing Mag Heaps Praise on Jerry Brown

In the wake of Tim Dickinson’s article in Rolling Stone last year pronouncing Gov. Jerry Brown’s “miracle” in California comes John Nichols’s paean in The Nation, entitled: “How Jerry Brown Got Californians to Raise Their Taxes and Save Their State.” While

Eureka!: Top Graduates Choosing San Fran over New York

Eureka!: Top Graduates Choosing San Fran over New York

Gov. Jerry Brown raised eyebrows recently when he dismissed concerns about California’s tough economic environment, which has chased companies like Toyota away: “[S]mart people figure out how to make it,” he said. An increasing number of elite graduates from across

Blue State Blues: Michael Bloomberg Still Doesn't Get It

Blue State Blues: Michael Bloomberg Still Doesn't Get It

It was refreshing to see former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg speak out for academic freedom–and for conservatives in particular–in his commencement address to Harvard Unversity on Thursday. Calling liberal political correctness “a modern-day form of McCarthyism,” Bloomberg added: “There was more

Sacramento to Cab Drivers: Speak English

Sacramento to Cab Drivers: Speak English

Sacramento is known as a Democratic Party stronghold, both locally and in state politics. Yet the River City has adopted adopted a rather conservative measure” requiring all taxi drivers in the city to speak English on the job. In a

Obama Attacks His Own Foreign Policy at West Point

Obama Attacks His Own Foreign Policy at West Point

President Barack Obama outlined a “new” foreign policy in an address to the graduating cadets at West Point. As with a previous address at West Point, in which Obama unwisely announced a deadline for withdrawal from Afghanistan, effectively handing victory

CA-33: Candidates Mum on Poll Numbers in Waxman Race

CA-33: Candidates Mum on Poll Numbers in Waxman Race

Several candidates in the race to replace retiring Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) in California’s 33rd congressional district are currently polling voters, but none are willing to release their results–at least not on the record. Sources in several campaigns said that

Obama, Kerry Committed to Weak Posture on Ukraine

Obama, Kerry Committed to Weak Posture on Ukraine

On Monday Secretary of State John Kerry congratulated Ukrainians on their weekend presidential election, in which chocolate tycoon Petro Poroshenko won an overwhelming victory. Though he offered general statements of support for the Ukraine, and reiterated U.S. opposition to Russian claims

Environmentalists are Weakening America

Environmentalists are Weakening America

Last week’s announcement that China and Russia had signed a 30-year, $400 billion gas deal posed a striking contrast to the Obama administration’s dithering on the Keystone XL pipeline. If two rival, backward powers are able to agree to share