The almighty Gavin Newsom has decreed that, 15 years from now, gas-powered cars shall be banned in California. pjmedia.com/news-and-polit…
Ironically, he claims that he must "phase out the internal combustion engine" by law, even though he expects electric cars to be cheaper by then.
Among other things, Newsom said he aimed to fight wildfires and asthma with this future ban. But the fires are the result of bad forest management, and: "Nothing that comes out of a tailpipe causes or triggers asthma," @JunkScience told PJ Media. Huh...
Also, this seems particularly foolish after California's rush to green energy has sparked rolling blackouts. Imagine losing not just A/C and heat, but the ability to drive, because the grid is overworked during the evenings when the sun doesn't shine...
As @HeartlandInst Prez James Taylor warned, electric cars would more heavily tax the grid, leading to "an environmental and ecological catastrophe" as wind and solar infrastructure intrude on "California’s pristine lands." Oops.
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Did you know the Dem nominee for Virginia governor was called as a witness in a defamation lawsuit?
Did you know she nearly got sued for defamation, and physically ran away from the guy who claimed she defamed him?
This case is wild.
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The case dates back to Nov. 3, 2022, when the Democratic Party of Virginia published a press release attacking @yestoyesli for spending time with Thomas Speciale, a retired Army intel officer and former U.S. Senate candidate.
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As you can see here on this archived version, the press release claimed Speciale "attacked the US Capitol" on Jan. 6 and suggested he "bloodied and beat law enforcement officers."
Speciale contests both claims, and says this press release defamed him.
Why did the Bureau of Labor Statistics get it so wrong?
Today, the BLS revised the jobs estimate—it was the largest downward jobs revision in BLS history.
President Trump has accused BLS of cooking the books to help Biden.
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Here's the breakdown.
911,000 fewer jobs than previously estimated in the year from April 2024 to March 2025😲
How does the BLS get it that wrong?!
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“This staggering 911,000 downward revision in jobs data marks the largest such correction in history, underscoring the urgent need for change and new leadership at the BLS," @Heritage's @RichAStern told me. "BLS must refine its data collection methods."
This week, Sen. Tim Kaine flipped the central principle of the Declaration of Independence on its head.
He got religious freedom exactly wrong.
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Key quote:
"The notion that rights don't come from laws and don't come from the government but come from the creator—that's what the Iranian government believes."😲
"The notion that our rights do not come from our laws or our government should make people very nervous."
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Kaine rightly noted that "people of any religious tradition or none are entitled to the equal protection of the laws under the 14th Amendment. It shouldn't matter what their religious background is."
On @NEWSMAX's The Right Squad last night, I hit on Chorus, a project of Sixteen Thirty Fund, a dark money Arabella Advisors nonprofit, which is paying leftist influencers.
Chorus says it's no strings attached, but count me skeptical.
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It sounds harmless when framed as desperate leftists trying to pay for friendship, but let's remember how much alternative media—specifically a long-form podcast strategy—bolstered Trump last year (as @bradleydevlin reported). The Left is jealous.
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Last week, @TaylorLorenz wrote an exposé in @WIRED focused on Chorus, which reportedly has offered as much as $8K per month for an influencer training program.
Lorenz said the contracts require secrecy and control over some political messaging.