Of all the various issues plaguing the constituents of California’s Central Valley – from high gas prices to water shortages – perhaps a more personal issue will define the race for …
Emails reveal Google secretly influenced 2016 election for Clinton
An email chain among senior Google executives from the day after the 2016 presidential election reveals the company tried to influence the 2016 United States presidential election on behalf of one can…
Nunes states the obvious about 2018, media ignites firestorm
Rachel Maddow last week aired secret audio obtained at a Republican fundraiser that featured Nunes. He spoke about the importance of Republicans keeping the House if they want to keep doing oversight …
While we wait hours for new licenses, CA legislators have a secret DMV office
If you enter the Legislative Office Building in downtown Sacramento, pass through security and hook an immediate left, then walk to the end of the hallway and take another right, at the end of that ha…
America’s Newest Endangered Species: Purple States.
Earlier in the week, the New York Times produced a pretty amazing interactive map of the 2016 election at the voting precinct level. There are all kinds of nuggets of information that will amaze you…l…
FACT CHECK: Valley Farmer takes down Op-Ed on Devin Nunes’ water fight
A recent Fresno Bee Op-Ed by author Mark Arax recalls a Congressional field hearing at Fresno City Hall in 2014 about the drought. Two members of Families Protecting the Valley Board of Directors tes…
The hottest trend in California: Banning Plastic Straws
On second thought, let’s not go to California. Tis a silly place. Case in point, two cities are cracking down on plastic straws, so much so that giving them out may result in actually spending time in…
The “Abolish ICE” crowd really won’t like the alternative
There are few things more powerful in politics than a dumb idea whose time has come. This accounts for the seemingly inexorable momentum of the rallying cry “Abolish ICE,” which has rapidly gone from …
Trump administration approves Central Valley water storage project
Last Thursday, the US Army Corps of Engineers announced that they would fully fund a $74 million project to increase water storage at Lake Success. The project, which will raise and widen the dam̵…
Devin Nunes welcomes LeBron James to California, and it’s “King Tax“
LeBron’s move to Los Angeles sent the sports world into a tailspin, provoking a tepid welcome from the California Democratic Party. Devin Nunes made sure to remind King James whigh party created the k…