Trump defeats Newsom in court

I'm still not sick of the winning:

Los Angeles "peaceful protests

ICE has a job to do.  California is a failed state, L.A. is a failed city; they need help. The media jumped in to defend the chaos, once again, as "peaceful protests" nominally against the deportation of illegal immigrants.

Gavin Newsom's "good people on both sides" moment?

Not to be overlooked

This likely won't amount to much but Gavin Newsom is facing a recall election over the L.A. wildfires. He is the worst in a prodigious string of horrible California governors and deserves to be recalled for countless issues. Even though it likely won't happen (successfully), it's worth noting how terrible he is, since he's likely planning a presidential run in 2028.

L.A.: Battling through it's worst mayor in history

Yeah, the fires are horrific, but here's the real problem; the mayor.

California's dreaming

Well at least the leaders are.  Instead of dealing with the L.A. fires, they're worried about what they perceive as the real threat to citizens of the state: Donald Trump.  I kid you not:

More on that confrontation with Newsom

The woman who confronted California governor Gavin Newsom talks about the interaction.

California: Waking up from woke?

Unafraid (to confront)? Unimpressed (by his title)? Maybe both. Regardless, people in California are clearly no long as uninformed as they used to be. Gavin Newsome is a fool. People in California are perhaps waking up from 'woke'.

California wildfires are a human-made mess

This reflects poorly on the governor (Gavin Newsome), the L.A. mayor and the Fire Chief. They are all the bigger disaster. Here's why:

Leftists leaving the left

 A California former DNC delegate, is supporting Trump.

Possible conservative senate seat...in California?

Former MLB first baseman Steve Garvey, could end up winning the senate seat for California vacated by Dianne Feinstein and upending the senatorial hopes of congenital liar Adam Schiff. But let's not get carried away here.  While he's likely to be on the ballot in November, he's less likely to win:

California failure

Peter Zeihan discusses the decline of California. Forget the stupidity of their voters and leaders, it might be beyond their control.

Conservatives, time to copy California

It's worthwhile to wonder when conservative leaning states will catch on to the California model and start imposing their own dictates upon corporations the way California does.  I get it, as conservatives we want to be business-friendly.  More government mandates and requirements are not good for businesses and that's not good for the free market or for consumers.  Hear me out on this though.

California is notorious for imposing it's own requirements on industry after industry. As an example, CAFE standards require certain levels of fuel efficiency in automobiles.  So in order to sell in California, auto manufacturers must meet those standards.  And since they have to achieve a certain fuel efficiency for California, they might as well do the same for all the other states rather than have a separate production run for one state, even if it is the most populous in the nation.  So as California goes, so goes the nation in many regards.

Now what if a state like Texas or Florida, mandates that a company like Twitter cannot ban, shadow ban, suspend or otherwise compromise targeted users for having opinions that its oversight board deems not liberal enough?  What if they required a level of transparency that would expose how their systems work with regard to free speech? Would Twitter stop allowing users in those states to be users of its platform?  Would it create special algorithms to manage the rules for those states?  Maybe, if they are truly agenda driven.  But maybe not.  Maybe they would change their rules for all states.  Or maybe they would fight it in court.  But if they become resistant to the legislated changes, or tried to isolate it to a specific state, then perhaps Tennessee can come up with an entirely different way they would have to comply.  Followed by Ohio.  You get the idea; legislate the industry into the ground.

It's not ideal because it goes against our principles.  But this is a culture war and we have to start getting our hands dirty instead of playing by Marquess of Queensbury rules while the left plays by Mob (as in mafia) rules.

More on the California fail

 This result is disheartening but frankly, not surprising: 

California fails, again.

If you are conservative, you have no reason to stay in California. The cheat is on now, always.  Move to a red state and help ensure that they cannot cheat there.  Pay lower taxes and live in a sane world. Tim Pool has the update but some of the wrong conclusions:

Are Republicans being blocked from voting in California recall?

 Are California Democrats cheating?

This is happening

Gavin Newsome sees the writing on the wall, Larry Elder is likely the next governor of California.  Joe Rogan even shows Larry Elder some love:

Larry Elder: California's Target #1

 Larry Elder would make California successful again.  Liberals won't have it:

Larry Elder would make a fantastic governor of California

 Larry Elder threw his hat in the ring for the California recall election.  Given the state of the state's electorate he seems like a longshot.  But given the state of the state, anything is possible and Larry Elder would make a fantastic governor of California.

The Sacramento Bee recently had a long form interview with the candidate:

Maine rule Georgia. Wait, what? Why?

This is wrong.  Georgia is bluer than it used to be but it is not a blue state.  It's a conservative state.  Applying the electoral method of Maine to Georgia is a defeatist idea.  I like Red Eagle Politics but this is reactionary, and not a well thought out idea.

Unless, you do it with California.  Then you are talking something I could get behind.  Think on offense, not defense.

9th Circuit - proven wrong again!

 The still liberal 9th Circuit Court of Appeal got scolded again on religious liberty by the Supreme Court: