WEATHER VANES TURN AROUND LESS OFTEN: After brief moderation, California’s Newsom swings back to left with ICE protests.

When Newsom ran for governor in 2018 and for re-election in 2022, his platform included progressive causes like universal healthcare, climate change policy, criminal justice reform, and expansion of social welfare programs.

While presumably well-meaning, Newsom’s tenure as governor has exacerbated many of the state’s challenges like prolific homelessness and rising crime. As of 2023, California is home to over 180,000 homeless people, including over 10,000 veterans. Public safety has taken a demonstrable hit since California’s passage of Proposition 47, which, in addition to making drug possession no longer a felony, also classifies five property offenses for which the dollar value is less than $950 as misdemeanors: 1) theft, 2) receiving stolen property, 3) shoplifting, 4) check forgery, and 5) writing bad checks. Before the passage of the proposition, these offenses could be charged as either felonies or misdemeanors.

Prior to his term as California’s governor, in San Francisco, where Newsom was mayor from 2004 to 2011, shoplifting and property crimes spiked, with police reporting a 15% increase in theft-related incidents from 2022 to 2024.

Additionally, it is increasingly harder for residents of the Golden State to purchase a home. California’s median home price has surged to over $900,000, pricing out many middle-class families. Newsom’s policies have also increased taxes and regulatory burdens on businesses.

“Presumably” is doing an awful lot of work in that second graf.

WHY WAS THE NONPROFIT DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE PARTICIPATING IN THE ANTI-TRUMP “NO KINGS” MARCH IN BOSTON?

YOU CAN’T TAKE YOUR EYE OFF THEM FOR A MINUTE:

THE ARMY OF DAVIDS COMES THROUGH:

UPDATE: Don Surber: Trump 53, Media 31. This weekend’s reporting shows why the media is not trusted.

SPREAD THE WORD. THE WIDER THE SPREAD THE MORE LIKELY IRANIANS WILL SEE IT:  Starlink For Iran.

ANNALS OF LEFTIST AUTOPHAGY: “AFT President Randi Weingarten is leaving the DNC. In a letter to DNC Chair Ken Martin, she wrote, ‘I appear to be out of step with the leadership you are forging, and I do not want to be the one who keeps questioning why we are not enlarging our tent.’”

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IRAN IS NOW IN THE FO STAGE OF FAFO:

Earlier this evening, IDF reported Iranian preparations for another wave of ballistic missile launches at Israel, but nothing seems to have come from it. Indications are that the IAF can now go after the mobile launchers in real time — including at least one disguised as a semi.

Update: Looks like Tehran had better luck with a second wave tonight.

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