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Newsom Poised to Sign Online Censorship Bill With Penalties Up To $1 Million

California lawmakers have passed a sweeping online speech bill, Senate Bill 771, that would impose civil penalties of up to $1 million on social media platforms accused of algorithmically amplifying content deemed hateful. The measure now sits on Governor Gavin Newsom’s desk, awaiting his decision. The bill, formally titled Personal Rights Liability, Social Media Platforms, passed the Assembly on September…
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Nexstar Refuses To Air Kimmel’s Return To ABC Over Kirk Controversy

Nexstar Media Group announced on Tuesday that it will not broadcast “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on its ABC stations due to his inaccurate assertion that Charlie Kirk was murdered by a MAGA supporter. Just one day before the announcement, Sinclair Broadcast Group disclosed that it would preempt the late-night program, despite Disney’s reinstatement of Kimmel. This implies that the late-night host’s…
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Prosecutors Seek 30-Year Sentence for Suspect in Kavanaugh Assassination Plot

Prosecutors are asking a federal judge to sentence the person who admitted to trying to kill Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh to at least 30 years in prison, calling the plot “bone-chilling” and an attack on the U.S. system of government. In a filing, prosecutors said Sophie Roske methodically planned the assassination attempt in June 2022 at Kavanaugh’s Maryland home.…
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Trump, Republicans Could Make Dems Pay Dearly Over Govt. Shutdown

President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans could complicate matters for Democratic-led states if a government shutdown occurs. On Tuesday, Trump canceled a scheduled meeting with Democratic leaders on funding, saying he had reviewed “the details of the unserious and ridiculous demands.” Federal funding is set to expire at midnight on Oct. 1 unless lawmakers approve a seven-week continuing resolution to…
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Walz Pressed On Federal Probe Of State Fraud Allegations

A day after announcing his bid for a third term, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz faced scrutiny over his administration’s handling of a state housing program that was shut down amid widespread fraud allegations. Last month, Department of Human Services temporary commissioner Shireen Gandhi asked federal officials to help terminate the Housing Stabilization Services program, citing “credible allegations of fraud” and…
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Trump Demands Investigation After Escalator, Teleprompter Malfunctions at UN

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump experienced an unexpected mishap at the United Nations on Tuesday when an escalator carrying them suddenly stopped, forcing the couple to walk up the stalled machine before Trump’s scheduled address to world leaders. The incident, which occurred just before 10 a.m. at UN headquarters in New York City, prompted White House Press…
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Schumer Threatens To Shut Govt Down Amid Fury From Base

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York, will have to deal with a political test this fall when Congress meets again. Lawmakers will be debating a new funding bill to keep the government open. With President Donald Trump in his second term, Democratic voters across the country are getting more and more upset with what they see…
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Supreme Court Gives Trump Admin Major Immigration Win

President Donald Trump scored a massive victory at the Supreme Court, even getting traditionally liberal justices in his favor. The court lifted a lower court injunction that was preventing the president from stripping the protected legal status of hundreds of thousands of migrants currently residing in the United States. The decision was 8 – 1 in favor of what the…
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Newsom Smears ICE Day Before Another Attack On Detention Facility

California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, widely believed to be vying to run for his party’s presidential nomination in 2028, made more inflammatory and false statements Tuesday evening on a late-night show about Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, hours before another armed attack on an ICE facility. In a sit-down with host Stephen Colbert, whose show has been canceled and will…
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Trump Cancels Meeting With Schumer, Jeffries as Shutdown Deadline Nears

President Donald Trump canceled a planned meeting with top congressional Democrats this week as the deadline to keep the government funded quickly approaches. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., were set to meet with Trump on Thursday. But Trump said he saw no point in talking with them given what he called their…
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