We can all tell because the attacks on him have begun in earnest. Pratt’s performance at last week’s debate really shook up the entire L.A. mayoral race. Not only was he considered the hands-down winner of the night, but he has spooked the other candidates in the race.
Topic: California
Socialism Knocks on Our Door
In the Los Angeles mayoral race, incumbent Karen Bass — a sympathizer of Cuban dictator Fidel Castro — faces a crowded field. And while it might seem difficult to out-socialize someone with Bass’ record, she is being challenged by opponents from her left.
California’s Diaper Giveaway Serves Fraudsters, Not Families
Yes, we should be skeptical of Newsom’s crony-run diaper giveaway.
Gavin Newsom Offers Diaper Service
California’s government can’t keep homeless off the streets, keep energy prices low, or do much of anything else well. But never fear, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s state diaper service is here. The California Governor said Friday that the state will soon begin providing every “newborn delivered in a participating California hospital” 400 diapers at no cost.
Newsom’s Diaper Program and California’s Incestuous Relationship with Nonprofits
Newsom announced that the California government is partnering with the nonprofit Baby2Baby to use taxpayer dollars to provide families with 400 “free” diapers for their newborns. This is the governor’s attempt to claim that he is making California more affordable for families, after years of his policies made the state far less affordable for families.
California Copies Europe’s Insane Energy Playbook and Now Residents Are Paying the Price
Even as U.S. gasoline prices rise again, American drivers are still paying less than half what many Europeans and Asians endure at the pump. The reason is simple: America chose lower taxes and genuine energy security. Europe and California chose the opposite — and are now reaping the painful consequences.
Swalwell’s Collapse Leaves California Dems Choosing Between a Socialist Democrat and an Angry Karen
The race is narrowing around existing figures, primarily Katie Porter and Tom Steyer.
Illegal Aliens Seek “Free” Sex Changes in California
Word has apparently traveled down the continent to the transgender communities in Mexico, Honduras, and elsewhere: If you make it all the way to California, the government will pay for your shelter, hormones, and surgeries — no questions asked.
Can California Thrive on Renewable Electricity?
California’s net-zero crusade is colliding with arithmetic: soaring costs, stubborn fossil-fuel dependence, and physics itself expose a 2045 target built more on aspiration than reality.
Why California Budgets Rise Even as Populations Fall
Creating social problems to spend money to steal money.
The California Exodus Grows
People don’t leave California for Texas for the better weather, they go because they can’t afford to stay in a state with high taxes (if you buy Gov. Gavin Newsom’s “low-tax state” spiel, you are a chump), an outrageous cost of living, and dysfunctional government to boot.
Gavin Newsom’s Empire of Fraud
California is a cash machine. The state collects some of the country’s highest income, business, and fuel taxes, and now spends more than $300 billion per year. And yet, everywhere you look, California seems to be falling apart.
California’s Unfinished Wildlife “Bridge to Nowhere” Tops $100 Million
What was supposed to be the world’s largest wildlife crossing has become a jobs program for environmentalists, with taxpayers on the hook.
California May Add Two Muslim State Holidays While Christians Only Have One
It’s not about tolerance, it’s about superiority.
Gavin Newsom Is Driving Up Gas Prices
Californians pay $5.48 a gallon on average—and military jet fuel is getting dangerously expensive.
California High School Where Most Students Don’t Graduate Offers Free Laundry
The Anaheim Union District has a 48% high school graduation rate. The math proficiency rate is 29%. Why aren’t most students graduating high school? Because they don’t have free laundry. And once every California school district adopts this program, next it’ll be free waffle irons and free WiFi routers.
Where Should Californians Relocate?
There are still more options for the multitudes who have understandably had it with the Harris-Newsom political class. Take Mississippi.
Sex Offender Runs for City Council on “Youth Safety” Platform
Of course it’s in California.
Election 2026: California Republicans Have a Chance
California Republicans, long shut out, could shock the state: two GOP candidates are leading the jungle primary as Democrats splinter and voters crave common sense.
California Is Teaching America How to Destroy Itself
People running for elected office to govern the state promise an unbroken flood of new spending, while people holding elected office and governing the state grimly slash budgets.
After Newsom, Can California Be Saved?
California went from being a land of endless opportunity to a state of bankrupt leftist ideology.
Spanberger’s Californification of Virginia
California has the highest energy and housing costs in the continental U.S., tand he nation’s highest unemployment and poverty rates. But Abigail Spanberger, who has just been sworn in as the new governor of Virginia, has apparently seen these results and has decided she wants to inflict on her state exactly what California has suffered under Democratic management.
Voting with Their Feet, Residents Flee California
Last week, California Gov. Gavin Newsom delivered his final State of the State address, declaring the Golden State a beacon of democracy, a U.S. economic engine and an emulation-worthy innovator.
If Fraud in Minnesota Looks Bad, Look at Newsom’s California
Newsom’s budget gimmicks ignore the core issue: expanding programs without safeguards, then begging for bailouts when the math implodes.