Gavin Newsom stood in front of cameras last May and told Californians his administration secured a deal to provide free diapers to new parents through a "competitive bidding process." That sounded great. Transparency, fiscal responsibility, good government doing good things for families. Except there's one problem. It wasn't competitive at all. The state's own contract … [Read more...] about Gavin Newsom Got Caught in Another Lie About His Diaper Deal
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Jamie Metzl Breaks Ranks to Call Out the Radical Threat Consuming His Own Party
When a lifelong Democrat who served in the Clinton administration shows up on Fox & Friends to warn his own party about impending self-destruction, you'd think someone would listen. Jamie Metzl, former National Security Council staff member, didn't mince words Tuesday when he called out the Democratic Socialists of America for what they really are: a radical extremist movement … [Read more...] about Jamie Metzl Breaks Ranks to Call Out the Radical Threat Consuming His Own Party
Nancy Pelosi’s Silence Speaks Volumes as Husband Faces Hit-and-Run Charges
Nancy Pelosi walked to her car in silence. Not the comfortable kind of silence that comes from having nothing to hide, but the calculated quiet of someone who knows exactly what not to say. When reporters pressed her about Paul Pelosi's freshly filed misdemeanor hit-and-run charge, the former Speaker of the House suddenly had no comment. Strange, isn't it? This is a woman who's … [Read more...] about Nancy Pelosi’s Silence Speaks Volumes as Husband Faces Hit-and-Run Charges
Abbott Just Made Birth Tourism Companies Sweat and Good Riddance
Governor Greg Abbott signed an executive order this week that finally puts teeth into something most Americans have been grumbling about for years. Birth tourism is a racket, plain and simple, and Texas just became the first state willing to treat it like one. Here's what's happening. Foreign nationals, some entering illegally and others exploiting tourist visas, are flying … [Read more...] about Abbott Just Made Birth Tourism Companies Sweat and Good Riddance
When Even CNN’s Van Jones Says Your Party’s Gone Too Far Left
There's a reason I refuse to call them progressives. The word itself is a con job, plain and simple. It suggests forward movement, improvement, some kind of evolution toward something better. But you can't claim to be moving forward when you're sprinting toward ideas that have failed everywhere they've been tried. The Democratic Party isn't progressive. It's regressive, and now … [Read more...] about When Even CNN’s Van Jones Says Your Party’s Gone Too Far Left