Category: This Weeks News
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SNAP out of it: Fraud hits California’s food stamp program
By Jon Coupal – June 27, 2023 And you thought California’s $32 billion in Employment Development Department (EDD) fraud was bad. A small group of criminals in Detroit has managed to pilfer the SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits of nearly 8,000 impoverished California families who were shocked when they discovered their EBT cards had…
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Abuses and Accountability
By Kevin Kiley – June 27, 2023 wanted to be on the House Judiciary Committee for a simple reason: I sensed it would be the center of the action in this Congress. Alongside Chair Jim Jordan, it’s where we could do everything possible to hold the Biden Administration accountable. So far, that’s turned out to…
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Update on Elected Property Tax Board
By Jon Coupal – June 23, 2023 Congratulations, you did it! HJTA members called and ACA 11 was pulled from the agenda for Monday’s committee hearing We’re pleased to tell you that we were notified Friday afternoon that ACA 11, the proposed constitutional amendment that aims to kill off California’s elected tax board and put…
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WASTED TAX DOLLARS: HOWARD JARVIS TAX ASSOCIATION FOLLOWS THE MONEY
June 24, 2023 Albert Einstein famously said the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. Although it includes numerous examples where our government has failed, “Follow the Money” is not a report that is intended simply to criticize or find fault. The purpose is to…
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CalPERS Takes Action in Response to Third-Party Breach of Retiree Information
SACRAMENTO – June 21, 2023 CalPERS is alerting its retired members and their families that some of their personal information was involved in a worldwide data security incident that impacted one of its contracted third-party vendors, PBI Research Services/Berwyn Group (“PBI”). PBI provides services to CalPERS to identify member deaths. These services ensure that proper…
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REP. LAUREN BOEBERT LEADS AS FIRST HOUSE REPUBLICAN IN 24 YEARS TO INITIATE IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS
June 22, 2023 Today, Congresswoman Lauren Boebert initiated historic impeachment proceedings against President Joe Biden, with all House Republicans voting for Rep. Boebert’s bill to proceed through the traditional, institutional process. Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (CO-03) stated, “Joe Biden’s unconstitutional dereliction of his Article II duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed warrants impeachment.…
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The 4-0 Club without Supervisor Starkey
Commentary and Opinion By Samuel Strait – June 23, 2023 I apologize for the lengthy delay in reporting on last Tuesday’s Boardof Supervisors meeting, as, while I was out of town and had to view theproceedings on video, it some how has become a continuous and steadyspectacle of gross mismanagement and indifference to the public…
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NASA Ames Research Center at Mountain View, California
Commentary by Samuel Strait – June 23, 2023 While this article seems a bit out of the ordinary for this reporter, itis something that has occupied my time for the last couple of weeks andhas some interest to all that occupy this place we call “Earth”. Sincethe 1960’s the Federal government has been experimenting with…
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Action Alert: Call the Capitol now to stop Sacramento’s takeover of your elected property tax board
By Jon Coupal – June 22, 2023 Some Sacramento politicians are trying to kill off California’s elected tax board, which oversees property tax administration and answers to the voters. These politicians have introduced ACA 11, a constitutional amendment that would abolish the elected Board of Equalization and transfer its responsibilities to unelected bureaucrats in the California…
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The Collusion Farce
By Kevin Kiley – June 21, 2023 Today, for only the third time in the last 40 years, the House of Representatives censured one of its Members. The Schiff Censure Resolution passed by a vote of 213-209. I voted yes. I am truly blessed to have the best supporters in America. This last week, you…