California Democrat Rep. Eric Swalwell’s Finances Show Cash Crunch, Delayed Taxes and Large Child Care Tab

TheSacramentoBee.com:

Rep. Eric Swalwell and his wife consistently brought in an income in the top 5% of Washington, D.C., households from 2021 to 2024 but made cash-raising moves anyway: drawing down retirement accounts, delaying federal tax payments and spending heavily on child care through campaign funds, according to tax returns and campaign finance filings. 

 

The returns show Swalwell, one of several leading candidates for California governor, and his wife, Brittany Swalwell, took home an average income of more than $444,000 during the period. That income would place them among the top 5% of households in Washington, D.C., where the couple owns a $1.2 million home; Swalwell also rents a room in a Livermore house owned by another family, The Sacramento Bee reported last month. 

 

A portion of that income came from the nearly $145,000 the couple withdrew from their retirement accounts from 2020 to 2022. Eric Swalwell also zeroed out withholdings on his congressional salary in 2023 and withheld just $2,580 the year before, effectively delaying payment of his federal taxes in a move that incurred penalties.

Eric Swalwell is a smug, hypocritical, narcissitic pos, who barely shows up for work, but gets love from the MSM because he loves to attack Trump on a daily basis. Now years after doing nothing as Congressman in California, he wants to be governor of a state him and his fellow Democrat pols have turned into an utter mess. Indeed, Swalwell is such an a-hole that given a chance the other day to hold Gavin Newsom accountable for at least some of the problmes going on in Cali...he passed. But now Swalwell has the FBI going after him and he's big mad about it, so much so that he's making ridiculous threats ti sue the FBI...oh my how the tables have turned.

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Supreme Court Strikes Colorado Ban on Conversion Therapy for Trans and Gay Minors

NPR.com:

The Supreme Court has ruled that Colorado's law banning conversion therapy "regulates speech based on viewpoint." At issue was the practice of an evangelical Christian, Kaley Chiles, a counselor who wants to provide talk therapy to teenagers seeking to discuss their sexual orientation or gender identity, including those hoping to "reduce or eliminate unwanted sexual attractions, change sexual behaviors, or grow in the experience of harmony with one's physical body," according to her complaint. 

 

Her lawyer argued that Colorado's law prevents voluntary conversations with minors seeking her help. The majority opinion states, "the lower courts erred by failing to apply sufficiently rigorous First Amendment scrutiny.

"As applied to Ms. Chiles, Colorado's law regulates the content of her speech and goes further to prescribe what views she may and may not express, discriminating on the basis of viewpoint," the opinion says. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented, pointing to precedent on states regulating health care professionals.

Funny how much backlash KBJ's lone dissent is receiving so much online from conservatives, but like I've always said about DEI Justice Jackson: she's a radical ideologue who serves at the whim of the far-Left loons who forced Biden to nominate her, not the Constitution. That said, the fact that the other two other liberals (Kagan & Sotomayor) joined with the majority here proves what a slam-duck decision this was for SCOTUS and a big win for parents and children alike. To think, Colorado (which has long history of being hostile towards Christians) banned therapists from telling kids the truth: you can't change your gender, and gender-transition surgeries are dangerous and harmful--unconstitutional censorship of the worst kind. Thank goodness SCOTUS ruled decisively and in favor of free speech and common sense.

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Chicago Bulls Waive Christian Player Jaden Ivey After He Spoke Out Against the NBA for Promoting 'Pride Month'

ESPN.com:

The Chicago Bulls have waived guard Jaden Ivey due to conduct detrimental to the team, they announced on Monday. The news comes after Ivey posted a series of videos ranting about religion and other topics on social media in recent weeks, with one on Monday morning calling out the NBA for celebrating Pride Month, saying it's celebrating "unrighteousness." 

 

Ivey, 24, has spoken in the past of dealing with depression. The Bulls acquired Ivey in a trade with the Detroit Pistons last month. He appeared in four games for the Bulls before being shut down for the rest of the season due to a left knee injury. 

 

Ivey was drafted with the No. 5 pick in 2022 and featured early for a rebuilding Pistons team before knee issues limited him to just 30 games in 2024-25 and kept him out for several games this season.

Of course, if Ivey was say openly supportive of DEI policies or spoke out against police brutality, the Bulls wouldn't have any issues with his views or right to free speech and thus would leave him alone. But since we're talking about a professional athlete who also happens to be a Christian and who isn't afraid to stand up for his beliefs, he gets waived. Hypocrisy, much? Yeah, me thinks so.

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California Liberals at Risk of Being Shut Out of Governor’s Race

Mediaite.com:

The California gubernatorial race continues to look perilous for the dominant Democratic Party in the state, which according to the latest polls, is at risk of not advancing a candidate to the general election in November. 

 

A new poll, commissioned by the California Democratic Party and conducted by Evitarus, found that of 2,000 likely voters, Republicans Steve Hilton and Chad Bianco lead the pack with 16% and 14% of the vote – respectively. 

 

If Hilton, a former Fox News host and author, and Riverside County Sheriff Bianco finish first and second in the so-called jungle primary, only they will advance to the general election, shutting out their Democratic rivals and ensuring a Republican would become the next leader of America’s most populous state.

Shocking, yes. But at the end of the day I highly doubt that the next Governor of California will be a Republican. Only because at some point (if Hilton and Blanco are still leading the polls) there will too much pressure from donors, Blue Anon and the larger Democrat establishment for some of the loons to drop out the race so a Democrat has a shot at winning. After all, California is way too liberal to allow anyone in the GOP to be running the state, much less getting in the way of important policies like letting biological men in women's spaces and taxing the rich. That just can't happen, especially when the Democrat party is still being run by identity politics.

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Supreme Court Appears Poised to Strike Down State Laws Accepting Late-Arriving Mail-In Ballots

Mediaite.com:

The Supreme Court of the United States seemed to be leaning towards blocking state laws that allow mail-in ballots that are postmarked on or before Election Day to still be counted if they arrive later, in a case that could have major impacts on November’s elections. 

 

At issue in Watson v. Republican National Committee is whether the federal statutes that define “Election Day” preempt a Mississippi law that ballots to be counted for federal elections if they are received up to five business days after Election Day. President Donald Trump and other Republicans have vociferously attacked mail-in voting as susceptible to fraud, despite lacking evidence to support that assertion. 

 

As noted Politico senior legal affairs reporter Josh Gerstein noted in his coverage of the case, in addition “about 30 states” have laws that allow ballots received after Election Day to still be counted, some only for overseas or military ballots and some for all mail ballots that are postmarked on or before Election Day.

Seems like this case may ultimately hinge on how the Supreme Court defines a “day,” which, in practical terms, is a 24-hour period beginning at 12 a.m. and ending at 12 a.m. However, given the Court’s ideological divisions (and the fact that the case was brought by the GOP) the outcome remains uncertain. Of course, if the RNC prevails here, it could further fuel Trump's claims that the 2020 election was “stolen.” At the same time, with states currently applying a patchwork of rules governing mail-in ballots, there is an argument to be made that a definitive ruling from the Supreme Court could establish a consistent national standard moving forward--and that would be a good thing.

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ABC Pulls Taylor Frankie Paul's 'Bachelorette' Season After Domestic Violence Incident Surfaces

Yahoo.com:

The Bachelorette has been put on hold as the falling out between Taylor Frankie Paul and Dakota Mortensen continues to unfold. The ABC reality series, which was set to premiere on Sunday, March 22, has been removed from the schedule, and the network has not indicated whether it will air at a later date. 

 

“In light of the newly released video that surfaced today, we have made the decision not to move forward with the new season of The Bachelorette at this time, and our focus is on supporting the family,” a spokesperson for Disney Entertainment Television told Yahoo in a statement. 

 

The news comes shortly after TMZ published a video from a 2023 fight between Paul and Mortensen — an incident that appears to be the same one that led to Paul’s arrest at the time. The footage is separate from the alleged domestic dispute in February that prompted the current investigation.

Confess to being a huge 'Bachelor' franchise fan some years back, that is before it got too woke and unserious (people just on there to get their 15 minutes of fame as opposed to finding love) for me. But wow, a whole, entire season being cancelled is to my knowledge, unprecedented territory for a TV show that has certainly dealt with many trials and tribulations in the past, only to still survive like 20-plus years. But I disgress as 3 things stand out about this Taylor Frankie Paul drama: 1) the lack of vetting (esp. when it comes to domestic abuse) by ABC 2) that it's a woman who was being abusive towards a man, in front of her no less and 3) a 'Bachelor' franchise that normally picks its lead from runner-ups on the previous season, switching up and picking a crazy mother of 3 from one of the network's other shows. And can we also talk a little bit about pretty privilege as being a factor here? Yeah, I don't think ABC had any choice but to cancel the season, despite the tens of millions of dollars they'll lose by doing so. Nonetheless, in the future it might be better to just go back to the old format and pick a lead from a previous season.

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Democrats Rage After John Fetterman Saves Markwayne Mullin’s Nomination to Lead DHS

NYPost.com:

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) crossed party lines to advance his colleague Markwayne Mullin’s nomination to lead the Department of Homeland Security in a nail-biting committee vote Thursday. 

 

Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rand Paul (R-Ky.) voted against reporting Mullin (R-Okla.) to the full Senate, but Fetterman voted in favor of sending the pick to the floor for a final vote. 

 

All 13 other committee members voted along party lines, making the final tally 8-7 in Mullin’s favor.

Funny how angry Democrats are with Fetterman's vote while talking about primarying him when Fettermen comes from a swing state, has always marched to the beat of his own drum and is still beloved by most Pennsylvanian's. Besides that, isn't it the Senator's job to vote on the nominee's ability to do the job instead of what the party (i.e. Chuck Schumer) dictates? That said, the Democrat's anger over Fetterman's vote just reeks of pearl-clucthing and I'm sure that if Fetterman chooses to run for re-election he'll win.

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Utah 'Black Widow' Kouri Richins Found Guilty of Fatally Poisoning Husband

USAToday.com:

A Utah jury found a mother of three guilty of fatally poisoning her husband with a fentanyl-laced cocktail, a crime that drew national attention when the woman wrote a children's book about grief and the loss of a loved one. 

 

Jurors deliberated for just over three hours on March 16, before finding Kouri Darden Richins guilty of first-degree aggravated murder, attempted aggravated murder, forgery and insurance fraud in the death of her husband. 

Eric Richins, 39, died on March 4, 2022, of a fentanyl overdose at the couple's home in Kamas, Utah, a small mountain town about 40 miles east of Salt Lake City.

It only took the jury less than 3 hours to come to their verdict. Richins' former housekeeper admitted that she had procured illicit fentanyl pills for her. Richins was also having an affair while she was poisoning her husband and of course, there's the large insurance policies taken out before the husband's death--yeah, throw away the keys and put this evil witch away for life.

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Las Vegas Police Refuse to Release Violent Criminal Despite Liberal Judge's Order

NYPost.com:

A Las Vegas judge is threatening to hold cops in contempt for refusing to release a violent career criminal with 35 busts on his rap sheet — a legal scrap testing the power of the bench over the badge. 

 

Las Vega Metro police are challenging the authority of Justice Eric Goodman over the fate of Joshua Sanchez-Lopez, a 36-year-old repeat felon whose priors include involuntary manslaughter, drugs and car theft, according to a report by KLAS-TV News. 

 

Goodman wants the goon released with an ankle monitor — but cops said he’s too dangerous to cut loose. “We have to take a look at that and say, ‘Is this somebody who our electronic supervision program can monitor safely in the community?” Mike Dickerson, assistant general counsel for Metro police, told the outlet. “This is an issue of public safety.”

Be really interesting to see how this plays out: an elected judge versus an elected executive officer. That said, seems like the sheriff is doing his duty in attempting to protect citizens under his jurisdiction from a repeated felon who also has a history of blowing off court appearances and skipping court-ordered rehabilitation programs. But these left-wing, soft-on-crime don't care about that, becasue they've been brainwashed to think that locking up criminals somehow doesn't serve as a deterrent to crime--even when the evidence speaks otherwise.

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California Couple Sues L.A. Schools for Trans ‘Secrecy Policy’ After Teen’s Suicide

NYPost.com:

A Los Angeles high school’s “secrecy policy” kept a California couple in the dark about their only child’s gender identity, helped “sever” the family’s relationship — and ultimately drove the teen to suicide, his parents alleged. 

 

Dylan Parke was already struggling to fit in as a sophomore at Palisades Charter High School in Los Angeles in 2019-2020 when he told school staffers he would use she/her pronouns and go by the name “Aria,” as he transitioned into a woman. 

 

Parke had been diagnosed with depression, was in mental health treatment and “appeared easily influenced and preoccupied with how others perceived him,” parents Kathleen Mulligan and Andrew Parke said in a California federal court lawsuit against the Los Angeles Unified School District, embattled superintendent Alberto Caravlho and others.

Good for them and any parent that's had to deal with school's hiding their evil 'gender-transition' policies from them. To think, we still live in a world where parents have to sign permission slips just to let their kids go on school trips and yet these morally bankrupt loons stay trying to indoctrinate kids with their gender BS. Now thanks to the Courts, all parents have standing to sue, punitive damages and attorney fees are receivable and teachers, pricipals, administrators and even SB members will have a tough time getting qualified immunity.

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