Tag Archives: Californias

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday signed a bill to redraw the state’s congressional districts to be more friendly to Republicans, capping off a redistricting push that drew national attention. It also led to California’s Gov. Gavin Newsom’s own campaign to redraw the map to help Democrats. Missouri is following Texas and California’s lead, with the state’s Republican Gov. Mike …

California’s High Potency Cannabis is Fueling a ‘Cali Weed’ Trend in the UK  The New York Times Source link

The Trump administration is cancelling another $175m in funding for California’s high-speed rail, marking another setback for the state’s much-delayed project. The US transportation department said on Tuesday it was withdrawing funding the $175m for grade separation, over-crossing and design work and to build a high-speed rail station in Madera. The move follows the cancellation earlier this summer of $4bn …

If this Clickhole article is to be believed (it shouldn’t be), California’s governor is looking to get a job in comedy. The reality is a bit less appealing: Gavin Newsom wants to be president of the U S. His office has ramped up social media attacks on Donald Trump, his policies, and, predictably, his bugnuts tweeting. I have witnessed the …

Arnold Schwarzenegger brags in his X profile that “I killed the Predator”, but even he was shocked when, as the freshly elected governor of California more than 20 years ago, he saw how unfairly the state’s electoral boundaries were carved up. One district in the eastern part of the state had such a long, thin middle section it was nicknamed …

From President Trump’s first day back in office, he vowed to unravel California’s sway over the nation’s auto-emission standards by eliminating the state’s zero-emission mandates. He made good on that promise in the first several months of his second term. After a series of controversial congressional votes in May, Trump signed legislation that effectively nullified several of California’s auto-emission standards, …

On March 28, a devastating magnitude 7.7 earthquake rocked Myanmar, splitting the Sagaing Fault at speeds of over 3 miles (4.8 kilometers) per second. You know which other fault resembles the Sagaing one? The San Andreas Fault in California, where seismologists have been expecting “the big one” for years. In a study published on August 11 in the journal PNAS, …

Three innocent Americans are dead after an illegal alien semi-truck driver attempted an illegal U-turn on the Florida Turnpike and caused a minivan to violently crash into the truck’s trailer. The illegal alien is an Indian national who was granted a commercial driver’s license by the so-called “sanctuary state” of California, whose reckless policies put the lives of American citizens …

Oakland protestors cheer California’s efforts to counter GOP-led redistricting  San Francisco Chronicle Protesters Gather to Oppose Trump’s Push on Redistricting  The New York Times Thousands rally at Texas Capitol against Republican-backed congressional redistricting plan  KUT Northern California rallies protest district map changes, Trump administration  KCRA Over 300 protests held Saturday against Trump redistricting push  Reuters Source link

As California pushes to eclipse Texas’ gerrymandering effort to secure more Republican-held seats in the House of Representatives at midterm elections, the first draft of the newly drawn congressional maps became public Friday.  This came a day after Governor Gavin Newsom held a news conference in LA’s Little Tokyo to announce a special election in November to ask for voters’ …