In some states that elected Democrats, voters also approved measures to restrict transgender athletes, require voter identification and toughen prison sentences.
Nobody could have seen this coming, except all the conservatives who said it would happen.
Every two years, Washington’s pundit class rushes to declare what an election “really meant” before the ink on the ballots is even dry. This time, the partisan spin is already in overdrive. Democrats are claiming a sweeping ideological mandate, while Republicans are hunting for scapegoats. Both sides are missing the bigger picture. If you actually […]
The Justice Department has filed lawsuits against 30 states and the District of Columbia in an effort to force them to hand over their unredacted voter rolls containing voters' sensitive information.
Some short excerpts from the long decision Thursday in Social Media Cases (San Diego Unified School Dist. v. Meta Platforms,… The post School Districts' Negligence and Nuisance Claims Against Social Media Companies Rejected by California Court of Appeal appeared first on Reason Magazine.
Friday’s jobs report was a rout. Employers added 165,000 jobs in October, 100,000 more than economists expected, and the unemployment rate fell to 4.1%. Third-quarter GDP grew at a 3.4% annual rate in the first estimate. By any scoreboard, the economy is producing. Yet here in California, gas topped $6 a gallon in late September, […]
Republican Rep. Ken Calvert defeated Rep. Young Kim in a rare GOP vs. GOP battle forced by California Gov. Gavin Newsom's redistricting in the midterms.
A Northern California judge on Monday permanently barred Shasta County from implementing a voter-approved initiative that sought to dramatically reshape voting in the conservative stronghold.
California’s attack on Eastman is indefensible: the Supreme Court must correct this injustice and prevent a potentially disastrous precedent.
America’s oligarchs fared badly overall on Election Day, but they dodged a bullet in California, and perhaps then some. California’s Prop. 40, the Billionaire Tax initiative, would have been the nation’s first-ever tax on excessive wealth, a concept Americans have supported in poll after poll. Despite its flaws, the measure would have broken the glass. […]
Two economists debate what California's vote on Prop 40 means for the wealth tax movement.
Gov. Gavin Newsom's decision to commute every California death sentence involved a mafia murder, warm socks and an unexpected meeting in a San Quentin prison cell.
Lame-duck House Speaker Mike Johnson blasted voters for making the “wrong choice” in this month’s midterms -- while also predicting a circus will run wild on Capitol Hill during President Trump's final two years in office.
A punitive one-time tax on California billionaires via Proposition 40 is heading for defeat, multiple news organizations forecast Monday. The post California Voters Reject Punitive One-Time Tax on Billionaire Wealth appeared first on Breitbart .
California voters rejected a proposal backed by socialist Senator Bernie Sanders that would have imposed a wealth tax on billionaires’ net worth, dealing a rare blow to the Left in the Golden State. The Associated Press called the race Monday night. The results showed 53% voting against the wealth tax (known as Proposition 40) while ...
Democrats ran on a promise to make life more affordable for voters, but one of their top priorities after the election would drive energy prices higher. Moreover, their first opportunity to act on this priority will come well before the new Congress is sworn in. “The war must end,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) […]
Voters handed Democrats the keys to power across the country and expect them to drive in a different direction. Party leaders are now trying to figure out which way to go.
We hear from voters NPR has been following since before last week's midterm elections about what they want to see happen now.
Canada will seek to ease trade frictions with the US after tariff-weary voters rebuked Donald Trump in midterm elections, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said.
One week after Election Day, Mississippi is still counting votes as Democrat challenger Scott Colom clings to a narrow lead over incumbent Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith. Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson said Monday evening that there were still thousands of outstanding absentee mail ballots that could still be accepted by election officials by the ...
Republican Ken Calvert wins reelection to U.S. House in California's 40th Congressional District
Republican Ken Calvert won election Monday to the U.S. House of Representatives representing California's 40th Congressional District, defeating Republican incumbent Young Kim
Humans First's Amy Kremer warns data centers are driving voters away from Republicans as local control and property rights fuel community backlash.
California voters have rejected a tax on the net worth of billionaires following a contentious and expensive ballot fight
California voters have passed Proposition 38, authorizing the state to issue $8.4 billion in bonds to fund immunology and immunotherapy research aimed at curing and preventing certain chronic diseases.
California will bar retailers from selling weight-loss and muscle-building supplements to anyone under 18 beginning Jan. 1, 2027, and will require them to card any shopper they cannot plainly tell is an adult. The post California Law Requires ID to Buy Muscle-Building Supplements in January appeared first on Breitbart .
Despite promises of billions in healthcare funding, voters rejected a tax that critics warned would drive wealthy residents and investment out of California.
California voters have officially torpedoed a controversial, would-be historic wealth tax on billionaires. Proposition 40 –– a measure that would have imposed a first-in-the-nation one time 5% tax on billionaires –– was rejected by Californians by 52.8% to 47.2% when the race was called by the Associated Press on Monday. Keith Anthony Sakura joins supporters...
The novel proposal would have charged billionaires a one-time 5% tax on most of their overall wealth, including their ownership in companies.
See the latest California Prop 40 election results as voters decide whether to impose a one-time wealth tax on billionaires in the state.
California voters rejected a measure that would have taxed the wealth of the state’s billionaires, a provision that some on the Left saw as a trial balloon for a nationwide wealth tax. Proposition 40 failed with 53.8% voting against it and just 47.2% in favor as of Monday evening, according to the Associated Press, which […]
Voters in California have rejected a tax on the state's wealthiest residents, CBS News projects, following a campaign that has split traditional allies and shattered spending records for a tax-related measure in California.
Longtime Rep. Ken Calvert has survived a fierce reelection battle against fellow Republican Rep. Young Kim to represent a newly drawn Southern California congressional district.
Supporters of Proposition 40, a proposal to tax California billionaires to mostly fund healthcare, faced opposition from politicians, a teachers union and other powerful groups before residents cast their votes.
After redistricting, Mr. Calvert ended up running against and defeating Representative Young Kim.
The states’ wealthy elite spent heavily and successfully defeated an effort to tax their wealth to raise healthcare funding.
California voters have rejected a ballot measure that sought to impose a one-time tax on the state’s billionaires, NBC News projects, dealing a blow to progressives who championed the proposal.
The former Democratic state Senate leader says Newsom’s move to spare all 548 condemned inmates was a “political ploy” intended to fuel his 2028 ambitions.
Marc Short, former Chief of Staff to former Vice President Mike Pence, says President Donald Trump is “terrific at changing headlines” and says announcing Stephen Miller as White House Chief of Staff helped turn the page from Republicans’ midterm losses. Short says politics on both sides will make bipartisan deals difficult even where the Trump administration’s economic policies overlap with positions held by Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren. Short calls Vice President JD Vance’s post-election analysis “foolish” and says it “diminishes his role,” arguing the administration should instead focus on how it will address voters’ concerns. Short calls the revelations involving Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang “shocking” and says China was successful in getting the administration to change its position on export controls, adding that he expects congressional investigations. He speaks with Kailey Leinz on Bloomberg’s "Balance of Power." (Source: Bloomberg)
Monday on Fox News Channel’s “Americas Newsroom,” Marc Klaas, father of 12-year-old murder victim Polly Klaas, reacted to California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) announcement to commute all 548 death sentences in the state to life without parole is “absolutely heartbreaking.” Klaas The post Father of Polly Klaas: Newsom Commuting All Death Sentences ‘Heartbreaking’ appeared first on Breitbart .
‘Glendale charges its residents approximately $54.17 per month to exercise a fundamental constitutional right’
A Republican in California's Central Valley fended off challengers for years. But his district had a lot of people on Medicaid, and he lost by a large margin this time.
These swing voters in swing states didn't all vote for Democrats, but they are all hoping for results and lower prices.
‘Young voters are inclined to support the 2024 agenda’
Xavier Becerra's recent election as California governor highlights the state's unique blend of Catholicism and progressive politics.
‘American voters have made their choice’
California Democrats have had a monopoly on state power for the past 16 years, with legislative margins so wide that they don’t have to worry about Republicans holding up their agenda. Despite this, they still insist they need to “take a moment” to come up with a plan for the state. That was how California […]
