Category: This Weeks News
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Suspense on Trump Cabinet Picks
By Brigette Gabriel – November 29, 2024 Democrats are crowing about the supposedly anti-constitutional practice of recess appointments for Trump cabinet picks, but recess appointments go back to the beginning of our Republic. Established in Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution, recess appointments allow the President to fill vacancies temporarily when the Senate is…
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CRESCENT CITY HARBOR DISTRICT UPCOMING MEETING: Controversial Wave Energy Project And Lack of Transparency Under Scrutiny
By Linda Sutter – November 17, 2024 The Crescent city Harbor Districts upcoming meeting agenda has been released, set for Tuesday, November 19, 2:00 p.m. This meeting is poised to ignite some intense discussions as the community will become wary of the Harbor’s plans for the future. Two significant topics are on the agenda, and…
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Fluoride – Soon To Become Obsolete?
Opinion and Commentary By Donna Westfall – November 16, 2024 I received an email from my oldest daughter. She remembers the struggle we had in this community trying to get fluoride removed from our drinking water. It took two tries at the ballot box. We won the second time in 2012 and fluoride was turned…
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What Happened to Alex Jones?
Opinion and Commentary By Donna Westfall – November 15, 2024 Remember Infowars? How about do you remember the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting? Did you know that Alex Jones was sued by the families of the children who were killed for calling the massacre a hoax? And, did you know that judgments for over…
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Justice, Not Political Persecution: Protect Our President-Elect
By Brigette Gabriel – November 15, 2024 The recent decision by Judge Juan Merchan to stay proceedings and sentencing deadlines in President-elect Donald Trump’s New York case is a critical development in ongoing legal battles that many view as politically motivated. Facing 34 “trumped up” felony charges that could carry a prison sentence of up…
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Do You Hate Not Getting Something You Paid For? Think about the cost of educating our kids.
Opinion and Commentary By Donna Westfall – November 14, 2024 TAXES: You pay and pay and what do you get? Undereducated kids with poor reading, writing and math skills. For the last 150 years, public education in our state has been free. During the 1950’s and 1960’s, California education was one of the best funded…
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BREAKING NEWS: Republicans officially win control of the House
By Donna Westfall – November 14, 2024 It’s official. Republicans just won a TRIFECTA and delivered a stunning rebuke to the Radical Left Democrats. The coveted 218th seat was won . Where did the last of the winning candidates come from? Mostly the West Coast. Until Tuesday, November 12, there were eight crucial races where votes are…
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A New Day
By Kevin Kiley – November 12, 2024 Today, I am back in Washington, D.C. And the world has changed. The excitement in the air is palpable as we have within our grasp the power to restore some basic sanity to American life. Indeed, I believe we can unleash a golden age of American prosperity. Yet…
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PRESS ACT “S 2074”
Opinion and Commentary By Donna Westfall – November 11, 2024 Protect Reporters from Exploitative State Spying Act or the PRESS Act This bill prohibits the federal government from compelling journalist and providers of telecommunication services (e.g., phone and internet companies) to disclose certain protected information, except in limited circumstances such as to prevent terrorism or imminent violence. Specifically, the bill protects from disclosure any information…
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CALIFORNIA COMMENTARY: Tax revolt still alive as Prop 5 goes down to defeat
By Jon Coupal – November 11, 2024 Many election contests in California are not final as ballots are still being counted, but it appears that Proposition 5, which would have made it easier to raise property taxes, is going down in flames. This is great news for California homeowners. Here are some observations about this…