Category: Covid 19
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It’s Over
By Congressman Kevin Kiley – February 28, 2023 Today Gavin Newsom’s COVID-19 State of Emergency ends after 1,091 days. Rarely in our history has a single person caused so much harm to so many. It’s been quite a journey leading to this day: Yet Newsom has learned nothing. On the very same day that his…
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And The Wall Came Tumbling Down
By Samuel Strait – January 14, 2023 It hasn’t been that long ago when walking through our local Home Depotthat I saw the cutest elderly couple also perusing Home Depot’s wareswearing matching powder blue face masks. I am not one to point out thefutility of wearing the face coverings, particularly to what is soobviously a…
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Mandates are on the Ballot
By Assemblyman Kevin Kiley – October 25, 2022 Last week, the CDC added COVID-19 vaccines to the “recommended immunization schedules” for children. The stakes in the midterm elections are now even higher.\ Importantly, CDC Board Members emphasized their decision is not itself a mandate: “The decision around school entrance for vaccines rests where it did before, which…
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Emergency Terminated
By Assemblyman Kevin Kiley – October 18, 2022 esterday, Newsom announced he’s finally doing what we’ve been trying to get him to do for 800 days. He is ending the COVID-19 State of Emergency. But of course, there’s a catch: he isn’t ending it today. He’s ending it on February 28, 2023. That will be…
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The “Progressive” Sledgehammer
By Assemblyman Kevin Kiley – October 4, 2022 On Friday night, just hours before the deadline, California’s Governor took a sledgehammer to the First Amendment. Newsom signed AB 2098, the COVID medical censorship bill. I’m confident the courts will strike the new law down in short order. In fact, another law signed by Newsom was…
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Comeuppance
By Assemblyman Kevin Kiley – September 21, 2022 Gas prices in California are now $1.75 above the national average. The refusal by Newsom and the Supermajority to pass my gas tax suspension bill is more dumbfounding than ever. Earlier this year we forced several votes on the bill. This led on one occasion to unprecedented chaos on…
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Wins for Sanity
By Assemblyman Kevin Kiley – September 15, 2022 Today we’re adding 60 more names to the Champions for Kids directory, bringing the total to 140 school board candidates I’ve endorsed statewide. You can search by district or zip code here. This comes as we’ve gotten another win in the battle for sanity. We forced Newsom to finally back…
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The Biggest Loser
By Assemblyman Kevin Kiley – September 6, 2022 Over the weekend, the San Francisco Chronicle’s California politics reporter was asked to name the “biggest loser” at the Capitol this year. His answer: the Vaccine Work Group. When the group’s radical bills were first released, insiders said they would all sail through. Here is the final…
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Mandates, Are We Tired Of Them Yet?
Commentary by Samuel Strait – September 2, 2022 As I have been out and about lately, and witnessed first hand that atleast in some parts of California, many people still are of the mindsetthat masking makes some sort of difference in protecting one’s personalhealth from a virus. No doubt, the government, public health and…
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The Ghastly Remnants
By Assemblyman Kevin Kiley – August 25, 2022 Next Tuesday at midnight is the year’s legislative deadline. Any bill that hasn’t passed by then is dead, so the next few days are make-or-break for the ghastly “Vaccine Work Group” package. For months we’ve spoken out and fought back. We’ve rallied and organized. We’ve marshalled evidence…