Democrat Presidential Hopeful Gavin Newsom Signs "Stop Nick Shirley Act" Into Law to Strip Conservatives of Free Speech and Cover Up Democrat Fraud

No media is complaining about a Democrat criminalizing actual journalism.

They believe only Credentialed Guild Members, vetted for WrongThink and BadFacts, should have the right to commit journalism.

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed California's controversial "Stop Nick Shirley Act" into law Saturday, which critics say will suppress investigative journalism in the state.

Newsom, however, won't be around to officially field any First Amendment court challenges of Assembly Bill 2624. The law does not take effect until October 1, 2027, nearly ten months after the northern California Democrat has left office because of term limits.

The bill expands the state's "Safe at Home" program to employees of nonprofits that purportedly help people navigating the U.S. immigration system.

What that could mean, critics say, is investigative reporters are banned from seeking to interview workers whose organizations are suspected of fraud.

Mia Bonta, the Almeda Democrat who introduced the bill back in February has rejected that interpretations, saying the law does not conflate legitimate journalism with the doxxing targeted by Safe at Home, the California Post reported.

"Our immigrant service providers are living in fear because of extremists looking to demonize the work that they do and the populations they serve," the assemblywoman said Saturday. "That is an intolerable consequence of the anti-immigrant rhetoric that exists right now."

The bill penalizes anyone who distributes or posts information or "images" of immigration workers it says "incites violence or threats" with penalties that range from $10,000 to $50,000 and sentences ranging from one year in jail to state prison time.

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Shirley, an independent journalist and YouTuber, has made viral videos following immigrant workers and accusing them of fraud, particularly incidences involving day nonprofits in the Somali community in metropolitan Minneapolis.

The young journalist has criticized AB 2624, alleging it was created only after he "exposed widespread fraud in immigrant communities" in California and Minnesota.

Shirley had traveled to San Diego following the viral success of videos he produced about Minnesota early in the year.

Nick shirley
@nickshirleyy
California has officially signed the "Stop Nick Shirley Act" (AB 2624) into law. This bill was created only after I exposed widespread fraud in immigrant communities across America, specifically in California's Medicaid, nonprofits and other welfare programs funded by our tax dollars.
These politicians need the fraud to continue and they sadly use immigrants to do so often. They fund nonprofits and NGOs with hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars every year for immigration services, including free healthcare and have now made "immigration support service providers" essentially a protected class in California.
For example, if I film a hospice or a "learing center" with no patients receiving millions through Medicaid and the owner gives me a paper saying I cannot publish the video, I cannot publish it. If I publish it to expose them and they claim it caused them "fear" or a third party threatens them, I face a minimum $4,000 civil fine plus the legal fees of the individual or group suing me.
This bill was created by the Attorney General's wife and co-sponsored by CHIRLA, a nonprofit that has received over $80,000,000 in taxpayer dollars for "immigrant support services." Do you understand how this works yet? When the fraud is exposed, they create new laws to protect the fraudsters and penalize those who expose it.
By signing this bill, the Governor and California politicians expose themselves as the corrupt politicians they are. This is not the end, the fight has just begun. More to come soon, this is far from over.

California has officially signed the “Stop Nick Shirley Act” (AB 2624) into law. This bill was created only after I exposed widespread fraud in immigrant communities across America, specifically in California’s Medicaid, nonprofits and other welfare programs funded by our tax… pic.twitter.com/oR9H2qVSyd
— Nick shirley (@nickshirleyy) August 23, 2026

Wall Street Apes
@WallStreetApes
WOW 🚨 Foreign born man in California caught setting up fraudulent hospice companies and working with mortuaries to get the names of dead people to bill Medicare
- He stole $27 MILLION
- California didn't care he misspelled his hospice company names, one was spelled "Holly Trinity"
- He bought a Rolls Royce
- His patients were dead people
- He billed $33,000 per patient per year
"Prosecutors are also charging 2 accomplices -- the manager of a mortuary, who gave David Shachar names of people who recently passed in exchange for cash"
This is the exact type of fraud Nick Shirley was investigating and exposing and Democrats just made it illegal to investigate in California
Gavin Newsom signed the Stop Nick Shirley act shock will protect these foreign fraudsters stealing our tax money in the future

WOW 🚨 Foreign born man in California caught setting up fraudulent hospice companies and working with mortuaries to get the names of dead people to bill Medicare

- He stole $27 MILLION
- California didn’t care he misspelled his hospice company names, one was spelled “Holly… pic.twitter.com/HizwBllRXu
— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) August 24, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:50 PM

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1 It's Cali town.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 24, 2026 05:52 PM (ExV1e)

2 I haz nooded.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 24, 2026 05:52 PM (ExV1e)

3 But what if some extremists get in office, they fake cried

Posted by: ... at August 24, 2026 05:52 PM (vE0+H)

4 I really wish Newscum would get a sushi worm in his brain and go away.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 24, 2026 05:53 PM (hzuYO)

5 Sure, sure, there's all this fraud--millions stolen.

But there's no way they'd illegally vote in elections.

No criminal ever would crime like that.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 24, 2026 05:55 PM (3cUTc)

6 How difficult is it going to be to get this law quashed in front of the Supremes?

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 24, 2026 05:56 PM (vfz7U)

7 The 2026 Republican fall ad campaign will be brutal.

At least, it should be.

Posted by: mrp at August 24, 2026 05:56 PM (rj6Yv)

8 How many years will it take before this comes up to SCOTUS and they pass?

10
20
40

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 24, 2026 05:56 PM (2Cry5)

9 The Nick Shirley law will found unconstitutional, after the Hawaiian judge says ok

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 24, 2026 05:56 PM (rp63B)

10 Taking a Civil Right under cover of law.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 24, 2026 05:56 PM (mP0Kj)

11 We are fraud all the way down and there's nothing you can do about it, peon.

Posted by: DNC at August 24, 2026 05:56 PM (jepj0)

12 Who will be the next governor of California?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 24, 2026 05:56 PM (Cqx++)

13 Watch out for flying green dildoes, Gavin. You're part of the show.

Posted by: t-bird at August 24, 2026 05:56 PM (x/Rva)

14 Unpopular opinion (apparently): People who break the law should "live in fear."

Posted by: 29Victor at August 24, 2026 05:57 PM (0MjtC)

15 Ah...

*walks away, as comment would lead to banning *

Posted by: man at August 24, 2026 05:57 PM (XuXeR)

16 I wonder what the legal fees on the upcoming 1A case will look like. Do you think the team of lawyers will be doing in on Contingency, hours billed, or for the Lulz?

Posted by: Kindltot at August 24, 2026 05:57 PM (rbvCR)

17 How difficult is it going to be to get this law quashed in front of the Supremes?
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 24, 2026 05:56 PM (vfz7U)
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I'm sure it has to wind its way through the lower court system first, which will take YEARS.

By then Newsome will be onto his next grift and will not be held responsible for this fiasco.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 24, 2026 05:57 PM (FZ29D)

18 I have performed audits.

My father has performed a different type of audits.

My brother performs SEC-FINRA audits.

All of the honest people offer to give you even more information if you can't resolve the accuracy of the transactions.

All of the dishonest people attempt to hide data, skirt audit protocols, while delaying and stonewalling.

The Left does the latter on government services, elections, the census, etc.

They are as crooked as a dog's hindleg.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 24, 2026 05:58 PM (HlyYF)

19 Things have gone all to heck since Gannon And Friday retired from the Bunko Squad.

Posted by: Mark VII Limited at August 24, 2026 05:58 PM (JM9I6)

20 They believe only Credentialed Guild Members, vetted for WrongThink and BadFacts, should have the right to commit journalism.

mininews > minitrue

Posted by: o'brien at August 24, 2026 05:58 PM (sGtp+)

21 Does this have to be enforced against someone before it can be challenged? Or can it be challenged as prima facie prior restraint on speech?

Posted by: the dandy at August 24, 2026 05:58 PM (8l8nW)

22 The 2026 Republican fall ad campaign will be brutal.

Really? Is there something coming up that we can use?

Posted by: Calif GOPe at August 24, 2026 05:59 PM (x/Rva)

23 I'd like someone to spend some time figuring out what Federal charges could be brought against state actors who criminalize constitutionally protected behavior.

Posted by: Crusader at August 24, 2026 05:59 PM (TN0g+)

24 4 I really wish Newscum would get a sushi worm in his brain and go away.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 24, 2026 05:53 PM

Are you really positive that the first part has not already happened? How would we know?

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 24, 2026 05:59 PM (HlyYF)

25
The 2026 Republican fall ad campaign will be brutal.

At least, it should be.
Posted by: mrp

Who is the new Lee Atwater?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 24, 2026 05:59 PM (Cqx++)

26 No investigation journalism on Marxists

Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2026 06:00 PM (Ia/+0)

27 21 Does this have to be enforced against someone before it can be challenged? Or can it be challenged as prima facie prior restraint on speech?
Posted by: the dandy at August 24, 2026 05:58 PM (8l8nW)

Just have Nick repost some of the reporting he has already done, thus creating a 'new' crime..

Calif WILL arrest him...

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 24, 2026 06:00 PM (mP0Kj)

28 The bill penalizes anyone who distributes or posts information or "images" of immigration workers it says "incites violence or threats" with penalties that range from $10,000 to $50,000 and sentences ranging from one year in jail to state prison time.

you know who else does immigration work?

Posted by: ice at August 24, 2026 06:00 PM (sGtp+)

29 The new law doesn't go into effect until long after newsome is gone, he won't have to worry about it being overturned by SCOTUS.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 24, 2026 06:00 PM (cpFbA)

30 - California didn't care he misspelled his hospice company names, one was spelled "Holly Trinity"

sounds festive

Posted by: anachronda at August 24, 2026 06:01 PM (sGtp+)

31 Newsom is an idiot to not have it take effect for so long. If I were the prosecutors I'd be calling him in for statements and testimony so often he could not campaign.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 24, 2026 06:01 PM (uhVAy)

32 So, these communist muthafu*kas aren't even hiding it anymore.
Bring it bitches.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 24, 2026 06:02 PM (2WIwB)

33 23 I'd like someone to spend some time figuring out what Federal charges could be brought against state actors who criminalize constitutionally protected behavior.

Posted by: Crusader at August 24, 2026 05:59 PM

I am OK with press gangs in the middle of the night and depositing them on the Lincoln to swab toilets ... which is the only way most of them could make a positive contribution to society.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 24, 2026 06:02 PM (HlyYF)

34 California didn't care he misspelled his hospice company names, one was spelled "Holly Trinity"

sounds festive
Posted by: anachronda at August 24, 2026 06:01 PM (sGtp+)

Sounds like that avoid web searches game again.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 24, 2026 06:02 PM (uhVAy)

35 29 The new law doesn't go into effect until long after newsome is gone, he won't have to worry about it being overturned by SCOTUS

CA is loaded with these land mines and time bombs.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 24, 2026 06:02 PM (wxsGM)

36 23 I'd like someone to spend some time figuring out what Federal charges could be brought against state acto

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Posted by: Romeo13 at August 24, 2026 06:02 PM (mP0Kj)

37 "By signing this bill, the Governor and California politicians expose themselves as the corrupt politicians they are. This is not the end, the fight has just begun. More to come soon, this is far from over."

You're half right, Nick.

If you needed THIS to know that Gavin Newsome and the CA dems are corrupt, you've had your head wedged into a dark and remote location for 40 years.

Posted by: Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash at August 24, 2026 06:02 PM (oqH4h)

38 I have performed audits.

My father has performed a different type of audits.

My brother performs SEC-FINRA audits.

All of the honest people offer to give you even more information if you can't resolve the accuracy of the transactions.

All of the dishonest people attempt to hide data, skirt audit protocols, while delaying and stonewalling.
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And then there was that board member of an ag bank in Clinton, Oklahoma who about a third of the way through revealing our examination findings asserted "Y'all are just a bunch of nazis, aren't ya?"

Posted by: Crusader, Former Federal Bank Examiner at August 24, 2026 06:02 PM (TN0g+)

39 Guess the Constitution has been banned in California, what state will do it next?

Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2026 06:03 PM (Ia/+0)

40 Off seafaring sock

Posted by: ballistic at August 24, 2026 06:03 PM (oqH4h)

41 Just have Nick repost some of the reporting he has already done, thus creating a 'new' crime..

Calif WILL arrest him...

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 24, 2026 06:00 PM

Nobody is going to get arrested for anything. The law doesn't go into effect until next october long after newsome is gone. And I doubt it will ever be used because it is blatantly unconstitutional. It's just california democrats performing masturbatory politics.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 24, 2026 06:03 PM (cpFbA)

42 "Foreign-born man" meaning a colonizer come to steal our indigenous wealth.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 24, 2026 06:03 PM (RIvkX)

43 24 4 I really wish Newscum would get a sushi worm in his brain and go away.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 24, 2026 05:53 PM

Are you really positive that the first part has not already happened? How would we know?

polonium sushi is best sushi

Posted by: pooty poot at August 24, 2026 06:03 PM (sGtp+)

44 Remember:

This is the same shithole state run by shitheads and assholes where Kamala Harris criminally charged the person for the undercover videos showing PP was selling baby parts with a price list and all.

At some point a federal judge needs to hold the officials personally liable.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 24, 2026 06:03 PM (3cUTc)

45 I'd like someone to spend some time figuring out what Federal charges could be brought against state actors who criminalize constitutionally protected behavior.
Posted by: Crusader at August 24, 2026 05:59 PM (TN0g+)

You might want to talk to Harmeet Dhillon about that.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 24, 2026 06:03 PM (rbvCR)

46 30 - California didn't care he misspelled his hospice company names, one was spelled "Holly Trinity"

sounds festive

Posted by: anachronda at August 24, 2026 06:01 PM

I believe that guy actually won the spelling bee at The Quality Learing Center.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 24, 2026 06:03 PM (HlyYF)

47 I'd like someone to spend some time figuring out what Federal charges could be brought against state actors who criminalize constitutionally protected behavior.
Posted by: Crusader at August 24, 2026 05:59 PM (TN0g+)
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18 USC Section 242 - Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law.

Carries stiff penalties (including death!).

Seldom, if ever, enforced, however.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 24, 2026 06:04 PM (FZ29D)

48 Sickening.

Never should have allowed the income tax amendment to pass. Consider the genius of it from the gov t perspective. People need income to live, so tax the income. People then can either earn income -which is taxed- so they can eat and poop indoors, or they can starve in the cold.

Bonus: Pump up inflation so people earn more devalued dollars, but don't adjust the tax brackets for inflation, and abra-cadabra built in tax increases without ever having to hold a vote!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at August 24, 2026 06:04 PM (uGsH1)

49 How difficult is it going to be to get this law quashed in front of the Supremes?
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 24, 2026 05:56 PM (vfz7U)
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I'm sure it has to wind its way through the lower court system first, which will take YEARS.

By then Newsome will be onto his next grift and will not be held responsible for this fiasco.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 24, 2026 05:57 PM (FZ29D)

LOL. Dems can get judges to do things before sunrise on a weekend.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 24, 2026 06:04 PM (uhVAy)

50 How difficult is it going to be to get this law quashed in front of the Supremes?
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 24, 2026 05:56 PM (vfz7U)
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It -shouldn't- even make it past the district court. Signing this bill proves, without question, that not only is Newsom an utterly corrupt pol, he's also a lousy politician.

A smart crook with eyes on a bigger payout would have allowed the bill to pass, but, after further review with the due diligence expected from a distinguished statesman, he then would decline to sign the "Stop Nick Shirley Act" out of reverence for the First Amendment and the US Constitution.

Newsom ain't no LBJ, that's for sure.

Posted by: mrp at August 24, 2026 06:05 PM (rj6Yv)

51 Everyone sit down for shocking news.

A foreign born woman judge has ruled the state department can’t decide what visas to issue or not issue. They must issue every visa to anyone from any shithole country in the world.
It’s in the “OranegManBad” clause of the constitution.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 24, 2026 06:05 PM (bXsD6)

52 8 months minimum for the Supreme Robes to say its some lower courts problem

Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2026 06:05 PM (Ia/+0)

53 And then there was that board member of an ag bank in Clinton, Oklahoma who about a third of the way through revealing our examination findings asserted "Y'all are just a bunch of nazis, aren't ya?"

Posted by: Crusader, Former Federal Bank Examiner at August 24, 2026 06:02 PM

Yep.

Ad hominem attacks are a sure sign that they have a compelling legal and intellectual argument justifying their actions!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 24, 2026 06:06 PM (HlyYF)

54 if the dems controlled the supreme court, we would learn that freedom of the press really only protects professional journalists

Posted by: gnats local 678 at August 24, 2026 06:06 PM (CWTWj)

55 As the former office manager for a hospice agency, I am pissed. We had to provide documentation all the time. It was fine, we were providing services honestly, and we had everything they wanted, but they held our payments up until the chart audits were done. I guess now, they just mail out the checks and forget about their duty to verify.

Posted by: huerfano at August 24, 2026 06:07 PM (2Xqig)

56 I audited a state agency in the 90s that was being folded into another department and they wanted to know what they were getting.

It wasn't pretty. The incompetence was right there in writing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 24, 2026 06:07 PM (RIvkX)

57 No standing until the law takes effect I assume.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 24, 2026 06:07 PM (n5tGW)

58 The bill penalizes anyone who distributes or posts information or "images" of immigration workers it says "incites violence or threats" with penalties that range from $10,000 to $50,000 and sentences ranging from one year in jail to state prison time.

you know who else does immigration work?
Posted by: ice at August 24, 2026 06:00 PM (sGtp+)

That would be a funny twist to have ICE agents use the law to prosecute leftists

Posted by: Oldcat at August 24, 2026 06:07 PM (uhVAy)

59 It's just california democrats performing masturbatory politics.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 24, 2026 06:03 PM

Hey, we finally found something within their core competencies!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 24, 2026 06:08 PM (HlyYF)

60 You can't help but love that it's named like a Bill of Attainder.

Dumbfucks.

Posted by: Axeman at August 24, 2026 06:08 PM (Fi81e)

61 This is exactly why I used a pseudonym all those years of doing "citizen journalism" (before it had a name). You can't arrest me if you don't know who I am.

Almost makes me want to pick up the camera again, just to tell them where to stuff it.

Posted by: zombie at August 24, 2026 06:09 PM (Av6i5)

62 Forgot who was being interviewed on radio weeks ago who said that the fraud task force is just whack a mole; and they will need to stop funding these home hospice and similar programs to end the fraud. Of course that would be mean to the recipients of the 10%, WAG, that is real services and with the FNM working with the fraud party its not likely to happen.

BUT I think one evidence based crime prevention theory is that criminals weigh the likely hood of getting caught AND the severity of punishment. So if defrauding the government of a million dollars or more was a death penalty offense, and the fraud task force stayed active; that might make a good dent in the amount of fraud.

Posted by: PaleRider at August 24, 2026 06:09 PM (HpfkW)

63
Remember the sacred press, crusading for truth and justice, who must never be questioned?

Huh.

Posted by: ... at August 24, 2026 06:10 PM (vE0+H)

64 Remember when Trump's "attacks" on the media were the End of Democracy?

Posted by: ... at August 24, 2026 06:11 PM (vE0+H)

65 The 2026 Republican fall ad campaign will be brutal.
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Here's me: (not holding my breath).

Posted by: Axeman at August 24, 2026 06:11 PM (Fi81e)

66 "Y'all are just a bunch of nazis, aren't ya?"
Posted by: Crusader, Former Federal Bank Examiner at August 24, 2026 06:02 PM (TN0g+)
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Insisting assets equal liabilities and equity?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 24, 2026 06:11 PM (RIvkX)

67 Remember when Trump's "attacks" on the media were the End of Democracy?

Posted by: ... at August 24, 2026 06:11 PM (vE0+H)
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They still are. You're too dumb to understand the (D)ifference.

Posted by: Axeman at August 24, 2026 06:12 PM (Fi81e)

68 60 You can't help but love that it's named like a Bill of Attainder.

Dumbfucks.

Posted by: Axeman at August 24, 2026 06:08 PM

Coincidentally, Bill of Attainder was also the title of Hillary's wedding vows.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 24, 2026 06:12 PM (HlyYF)

69 As soon as someone getts arrested for looking into California politicians a Leftist Judge will get the case .

Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2026 06:12 PM (Ia/+0)

70 Remember the sacred press, crusading for truth and justice, who must never be questioned?

Huh.
Posted by: ... at August 24, 2026 06:10 PM (vE0+H)
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Remember how when they started all this shit they wanted to discriminate "press" from "credentialed press"?

Posted by: Axeman at August 24, 2026 06:13 PM (Fi81e)

71 BUT I think one evidence based crime prevention theory is that criminals weigh the likely hood of getting caught AND the severity of punishment. So if defrauding the government of a million dollars or more was a death penalty offense, and the fraud task force stayed active; that might make a good dent in the amount of fraud.
Posted by: PaleRider at August 24, 2026 06:09 PM (HpfkW)

This sort of fraud is a snake swallowing its own tail. It could never exist without a corrupt government starting it, letting it run and taking their cut somehow.

As huerfano up there says, a legitimate agency has lots of hoops hast to go through. They might be able to get a few boxes of tongue suppressors to fall off the truck here or there but that is peanuts.

These huge volumes of moneys to obvious frauds start and end with a massive government fraud making it go.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 24, 2026 06:13 PM (uhVAy)

72 I saw Blatantly Unconstitutional open for Skrewdriver at FuckYouFest '98.

Posted by: zombie at August 24, 2026 06:14 PM (Av6i5)

73 Remember how when they started all this shit they wanted to discriminate "press" from "credentialed press"?
Posted by: Axeman at August 24, 2026 06:13 PM (Fi81e)

I would too and ban the credentialed press.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 24, 2026 06:14 PM (uhVAy)

74 Can't be bothered to look at the details of this vile nonsense from Sacramento. I assume it will be struck down easily on 1A grounds?

Posted by: rhomboid at August 24, 2026 06:14 PM (U/Byj)

75 This is the same sort of bullsh*t they did to that outfit that exposed Planned Parenthood selling baby parts, back then it was Kamala Harris, who went after them on the theory they weren't legitimate journalist and banged them up on trumped up nonsense.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 24, 2026 06:14 PM (XV/Pl)

76 California should lose statehood. I know I'm like the 999th person on AoS to type this. But the Cali. state government keeps proving themselves to be incompetent and criminal.

Posted by: PaleRider at August 24, 2026 06:14 PM (HpfkW)

77 76 California should lose statehood. I know I'm like the 999th person on AoS to type this. But the Cali. state government keeps proving themselves to be incompetent and criminal.
Posted by: PaleRider

The State of Jefferson agrees.

Posted by: zombie at August 24, 2026 06:15 PM (Av6i5)

78 Remember how when they started all this shit they wanted to discriminate "press" from "credentialed press"?

Posted by: Axeman at August 24, 2026 06:13 PM

"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?"

Democrats: We decide who watches the watchers, motherf*ckers! Who did you think was going to do it?

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 24, 2026 06:16 PM (HlyYF)

79 (willowed from last thread but why not)

Different world/different military but in WWII most people in uniform had a term of service known as "for the duration".

The pathetic and grotesque woman with the idiotic comment about not joining the Navy to be at sea on a ship might ponder how long many sailors in the Pacific were deployed - many in actual combat where the enemy actually got deadlier as time went on thanks to "special attack" tactics.

Among the miracles of US logistics in that dust-up were small comforts brought to the men a zillion miles from civilization, like ice cream ships at Ulithi.

Those who recently served will know that in many locations, where proper DFACs operated, "rations" including in war zones were not bad at all. In fact, ace, back in the early 2000s, the idiotic media angle of the day was that these impressive dining facilities were an "obscene luxury". BTW, such nonsense was not prompted by "foreign" influence, but by gen-yu-ine homegrown mindless contrarianism and ignorance.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 24, 2026 06:16 PM (U/Byj)

80 The world is National Socialists.

In America, we're half that. The people that "hate fascism" really love their force.

They just lie about it all the time--because they can--because nobody can stop the State.

Posted by: Axeman at August 24, 2026 06:16 PM (Fi81e)

81 California should lose statehood. I know I'm like the 999th person on AoS to type this. But the Cali. state government keeps proving themselves to be incompetent and criminal.
Posted by: PaleRider

The State of Jefferson agrees.
Posted by: zombie at August 24, 2026 06:15 PM (Av6i5)

Just return the cities to territorial status.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 24, 2026 06:16 PM (uhVAy)

82 Sacramento is populated almost entirely by Karens.

White and black. Bouffant hair. Long nails. Gold necklaces. Too much perfume. Open-toed shoes (it's hot there). Spaghetti straps. Starbucks latte.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 24, 2026 06:17 PM (RIvkX)

83 Can't be bothered to look at the details of this vile nonsense from Sacramento. I assume it will be struck down easily on 1A grounds?
Posted by: rhomboid

Ahem.
- 9th Circus of Appeals

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 24, 2026 06:17 PM (bXsD6)

84 60 You can't help but love that it's named like a Bill of Attainder.

Dumbfucks.

i'm pretty sure that's not the *official* name.

Posted by: anachronda at August 24, 2026 06:17 PM (sGtp+)

85 Almost makes me want to pick up the camera again, just to tell them where to stuff it.

Posted by: zombie at August 24, 2026 06:09 PM

It got ugly there after chuckles jonhson doxxed you IIRC. I personally would not do what you used to do in SF. Way too crazy there now and the cops would be all over you now.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 24, 2026 06:17 PM (cpFbA)

86 "First they came for the journali--"

Funny, it stops there.

Posted by: zombie at August 24, 2026 06:17 PM (Av6i5)

87 19 Things have gone all to heck since Gannon And Friday retired from the Bunko Squad.
Posted by: Mark VII Limited at August 24, 2026 05:58 PM (JM9I6)

Nice -- you even got the nic. right. But Friday mostly worked robbery and Homicide
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Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at August 24, 2026 06:17 PM (o/vJD)

88 Some mechanism must be employed to rein in these assclowns in robes fucking everything up left and right.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 24, 2026 06:17 PM (OPTvA)

89 Democrats: We decide who watches the watchers, motherf*ckers! Who did you think was going to do it?
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 24, 2026 06:16 PM (HlyYF)
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The State has to decide that! The State decides things good!

Posted by: Not At ALL Fascists Who Worship the State at August 24, 2026 06:18 PM (Fi81e)

90 74 Can't be bothered to look at the details of this vile nonsense from Sacramento. I assume it will be struck down easily on 1A grounds?

it's a tax! *gavel bang*

Posted by: chief justice roberts at August 24, 2026 06:18 PM (sGtp+)

91 Between Socialism and dictatorship most of the world is covered

Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2026 06:18 PM (Ia/+0)

92 Kudos to Gavin for boosting the Trump accounts.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 24, 2026 06:18 PM (RIvkX)

93 In America, we're half that. The people that "hate fascism" really love their force.

They just lie about it all the time--because they can--because nobody can stop the State.

Posted by: Axeman at August 24, 2026 06:16 PM

Scratch a Democrat that calls themselves a Liberal, and at a minimum you will discover an authoritarian.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 24, 2026 06:19 PM (HlyYF)

94 "First they came for the journali--"

Funny, it stops there.
Posted by: zombie at August 24, 2026 06:17 PM (Av6i5)

Yup that makes it paradise.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 24, 2026 06:19 PM (uhVAy)

95 Let's talk about the sponsor on the "Screw Nick Shirley" law just signed. Mia Bonta wrote it.

She's the one who started the Non-profit "Oakland Promose" which directly received tax payer funds by means of a special parcel tax on property owners. At the time, she was paying herself just under $200,000 a year as the founder. GOSH!!! I wonder why she wants to shut down Nick Shirley. Bonta's husband (the attorney general of Cali) is tasked with overseeing compliance on non-profits. GOSH!!! No conflict of interest there...especially since he was caught. Also, he was requesting behested payments to his wife's charitable organizations (that's right...she has more than one).

Posted by: Orson at August 24, 2026 06:19 PM (dIske)

96 You can't help but love that it's named like a Bill of Attainder.

Dumbfucks.

i'm pretty sure that's not the *official* name.
Posted by: anachronda at August 24, 2026 06:17 PM (sGtp+)
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So, what is? It's the only name I've seen.

Posted by: Not At ALL Fascists Who Worship the State at August 24, 2026 06:20 PM (Fi81e)

97 She's the one who started the Non-profit "Oakland Promose" which directly received tax payer funds by means of a special parcel tax on property owners. At the time, she was paying herself just under $200,000 a year as the founder. GOSH!!! I wonder why she wants to shut down Nick Shirley. Bonta's husband (the attorney general of Cali) is tasked with overseeing compliance on non-profits. GOSH!!! No conflict of interest there...especially since he was caught. Also, he was requesting behested payments to his wife's charitable organizations (that's right...she has more than one).
Posted by: Orson at August 24, 2026 06:19 PM (dIske)

What an admirable life of selfless public service.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 24, 2026 06:20 PM (uhVAy)

98 The 2026 Republican fall ad campaign will be brutal.
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Here's me: (not holding my breath).
Posted by: Axeman at August 24, 2026 06:11 PM (Fi81e)

Agree. Tepid, at best.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Donning Tin Foil Chapeau at August 24, 2026 06:21 PM (0aYVJ)

99 Different world/different military but in WWII most people in uniform had a term of service known as "for the duration".

Plus 60 days or whatever. They had a "points" system to decide when people could get out.

The Draft was passed by one (1) vote in Congress 1940, and I think it was two years service obligation. They incrementally raised the age limit and service obligation as the war started ramping up and getting dicey. I'm not sure if service-members were grandfathered in to the shorter obligations or they just said FU too bad so sad or not. I'm sure they were encouraged to re-enlist.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 24, 2026 06:21 PM (OPTvA)

100 The 2026 Republican fall ad campaign will be brutal.
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Here's me: (not holding my breath).
Posted by: Axeman at August 24, 2026 06:11 PM (Fi81e)

Agree. Tepid, at best.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Donning Tin Foil Chapeau at August 24, 2026 06:21 PM (0aYVJ)

well we aren't dumb enough to waste money on ad-ads.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 24, 2026 06:22 PM (uhVAy)

101 In a Franpsycho Administration, the National Guard would arrest every member of the state legislature and confine them to the Arden Fair Mall.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 24, 2026 06:22 PM (RIvkX)

102 mrp, funny you make that (valid) point about Newscum not doing the savvy thing and vetoing this. In his 2nd term, Jerry Brown actually vetoed some stupid s**t, including "gun control" laws, often on the (sound) grounds that they would be found unconstitutional and the state would waste $ defending them. In this politically dead state, it didn't get much notice, but it was interesting.

And then, in his last year, he mysteriously and suddenly stopped doing it. One specific piece of "gun control" nonsense he had vetoed just the year before, and to which he attached an extensive and blistering veto message, was passed again in his final year (only a year later). He signed it, without comment. WTF?

Just a tidbit from the civic desolation that is CA.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 24, 2026 06:22 PM (U/Byj)

103 95 Let's talk about the sponsor on the "Screw Nick Shirley" law just signed. Mia Bonta wrote it.

She's the one who started the Non-profit "Oakland Promose" which directly received tax payer funds by means of a special parcel tax on property owners. At the time, she was paying herself just under $200,000 a year as the founder. GOSH!!! I wonder why she wants to shut down Nick Shirley. Bonta's husband (the attorney general of Cali) is tasked with overseeing compliance on non-profits. GOSH!!! No conflict of interest there...especially since he was caught. Also, he was requesting behested payments to his wife's charitable organizations (that's right...she has more than one).
Posted by: Orson

"Will the following citizens please report to Carousel: Orson. Thank you, that is all." {Cheery music resumes coming out of the publlc loudspeakers.}

Posted by: zombie at August 24, 2026 06:22 PM (Av6i5)

104 Posted by: Oldcat at August 24, 2026 06:13 PM (uhVAy).

Yes, I know the Biden admin. with extra boosts by a lot of DEM run states set up rules to make fraud easy peasy.

I suppose the MAGA team may be making the national rules have sensible safeguards again, but I think states currently handle a lot of the administration of these programs. Some state officials or ex-officials that set up the frauds need to go go prison. But I'm not holding my breath, the GOP does not want to add fuel to the "politcally driven prosecutions" narrative that the commiecrat FNM branch is pushing.

Posted by: PaleRider at August 24, 2026 06:22 PM (HpfkW)

105 Should a law be allowed to impute motives?

Shouldn't they have to find that your intent IS to harass immigrants?

Posted by: Not At ALL Fascists Who Worship the State at August 24, 2026 06:23 PM (Fi81e)

106 >>Who is the new Lee Atwater?

If the RNC was smart, I said if, they would hire the people Spencer Pratt used.

Some of the best political ads I've seen in recent times.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 24, 2026 06:23 PM (viF8m)

107 I'd rather not spend wasted time on what California is doing. Let them go. Do whatever. It'll be decades before anything is in front of SCOTUS.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 24, 2026 06:23 PM (2Cry5)

108 Dark warning:
This law would already be the law nationwide if Hillary had won.

And will be if the Dems ever take Congress and the Presidency.

It'd be about the 3rd thing after they stack the Court.

1st, would be stacking the Court
2nd, mandatory no-excuse, mail-in ballots nationwide
3rd, illegal to report on news w/o a license and illegal to comment on news w/o registration.

No one can stop them, no one can out-vote them and no one can speak against them--that's your basic totalitarian starter pack.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 24, 2026 06:24 PM (3cUTc)

109 96 i'm pretty sure that's not the *official* name.
Posted by: anachronda at August 24, 2026 06:17 PM (sGtp+)
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So, what is? It's the only name I've seen.

it seems to be "Privacy for immigration support services providers."

Posted by: anachronda at August 24, 2026 06:27 PM (sGtp+)

110 Oh yes, I lazily did not include that "easily struck down" actually translates as eventually struck down, in a split decision, after the farcical judiciary takes years to do so. Maybe not years in this case. Not that the corpse merits much examination, but might be amusing to see how long it actually takes to strike down such a comically unconstitutional law.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 24, 2026 06:27 PM (U/Byj)

111 Phone is almost dead, back for Cafe

Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2026 06:27 PM (Ia/+0)

112 The Draft was passed by one (1) vote in Congress 1940, and I think it was two years service obligation. They incrementally raised the age limit and service obligation as the war started ramping up and getting dicey. I'm not sure if service-members were grandfathered in to the shorter obligations or they just said FU too bad so sad or not. I'm sure they were encouraged to re-enlist.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 24, 2026 06:21 PM (OPTvA)

In the ACW on both sides initial enlistments were pretty short. This caused quite the problem so 3 years became the new standard period outside of emergency callups in the North. I believe in the South they converted the 1 year enlistments they started with to 'for the war' early on. The end of the time for the North's first three year recruits came in 1864 and there were some good inducements to re-up for the war including a furlough.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 24, 2026 06:27 PM (uhVAy)

113 How does Newsom sign bills with his hands always going caddywampus?

Posted by: wth at August 24, 2026 06:27 PM (UjdFS)

114 Scratch a Democrat that calls themselves a Liberal, and at a minimum you will discover an authoritarian.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 24, 2026 06:19 PM (HlyYF)
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A non-traditional Authoritarian, who tolerates the authority of the tradition succession, is ideological. Ideology + authoritarian is ~=~ fascism.

To be clear: Conservatism is not an ideology. It's not a theory about potential ways to run government. It's about conserving what has worked above ideas, about what may work.

Posted by: Not At ALL Fascists Who Worship the State at August 24, 2026 06:27 PM (Fi81e)

115 If the RNC was smart, .......

Posted by: JackStraw

That's the problem isn't it?

Posted by: Tuna at August 24, 2026 06:27 PM (lJ0H4)

116 No one can stop them, no one can out-vote them and no one can speak against them--that's your basic totalitarian starter pack.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 24, 2026 06:24 PM

After they take away the soap box, the ballot box, and the jury box, the only thing left is the ammo box.

That certainly explains why they are going so hard to take away that one too.

Really tragic that Morons suffer so many capsized canoes while out hunting.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 24, 2026 06:28 PM (HlyYF)

117 >>I'd rather not spend wasted time on what California is doing. Let them go. Do whatever. It'll be decades before anything is in front of SCOTUS.

Always with the negative waves, Moriarty.

In January, the 9th circuit overturned gun grabbling laws in CA. SCOTUS has always overturned CA on illegal immigrant deportations recently.

Go right at those fuckers. You win by blowing up the death star not by avoiding it.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 24, 2026 06:28 PM (viF8m)

118 I'd rather not spend wasted time on what California is doing. Let them go. Do whatever. It'll be decades before anything is in front of SCOTUS.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 24, 2026 06:23 PM (2Cry5)

Just have a trump judge smack it down now as flagrantly unconstitutional.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 24, 2026 06:28 PM (uhVAy)

119 it seems to be "Privacy for immigration support services providers."

Posted by: anachronda at August 24, 2026 06:27 PM (sGtp+)
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Can there be an expectation of "privacy" for "service providers", though?

Posted by: Not At ALL Fascists Who Worship the State at August 24, 2026 06:28 PM (Fi81e)

120 108 Dark warning:
This law would already be the law nationwide if Hillary had won.

And will be if the Dems ever take Congress and the Presidency.

It'd be about the 3rd thing after they stack the Court.

1st, would be stacking the Court
2nd, mandatory no-excuse, mail-in ballots nationwide
3rd, illegal to report on news w/o a license and illegal to comment on news w/o registration.

No one can stop them, no one can out-vote them and no one can speak against them--that's your basic totalitarian starter pack.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

I think the majority of Americans realize that by now. Vote like your life depends on it, because it does.

Some people think these might be The End Times. Could it be actually the reverse -- these are The Beginning Times?

Posted by: zombie at August 24, 2026 06:29 PM (Av6i5)

121 it seems to be "Privacy for immigration support services providers."

Posted by: anachronda at August 24, 2026 06:27 PM

I believe that should be properly termed, the PISS Act.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 24, 2026 06:29 PM (HlyYF)

122 They still are. You're too dumb to understand the (D)ifference.
Posted by: Axeman at August 24, 2026 06:12 PM (Fi81e)

I think I might actually be.

Posted by: ... at August 24, 2026 06:30 PM (vE0+H)

123 Good luck buying replacement tires, peons.
*shoulder shimmy*
*milking a cow hand motions*

Posted by: Nav Gewsom at August 24, 2026 06:30 PM (UjdFS)

124 Scratch a Democrat that calls themselves a Liberal, and at a minimum you will discover an authoritarian.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 24, 2026 06:19 PM (HlyYF)

Yeah in grad school you could easily have a calm discussion with any liberal that led them to advocating mass murder in less than 15 minutes.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 24, 2026 06:31 PM (uhVAy)

125 The more I think about it, the more that bisection makes sense.

One type of "authoritarian", tolerates authority because somebody has to make decisions, and people should fall in line. (Hobbesian, say)

The other type only wants to see one type of decisions made. I can't help but think that being conditionally tolerant of authority, would be ideological. The Cause must succeed, regardless.

Posted by: Axeman at August 24, 2026 06:32 PM (Fi81e)

126 Is it possible, in some alternative universe, that Mrs. Bill Clinton is shrieking at everybody on TV as President? Those poor bastards.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 24, 2026 06:33 PM (OPTvA)

127 >Just have a trump judge smack it down now as flagrantly unconstitutional.

That's exactly what the 9th Circuit, yea, that 9th Circuit, did in January of this year.

>>9th Circuit Strikes Down California’s Open Carry Ban: What It Means for Gun Rights Nationwide

https://tinyurl.com/566p76ex

There's no way in hell this is Constitutional and if it is allowed to stand it will spread. Kill it with fire.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 24, 2026 06:33 PM (viF8m)

128 But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.

Anyone waking up yet?

Posted by: Diogenes at August 24, 2026 06:33 PM (2WIwB)

129 Good luck buying replacement tires, peons.
*shoulder shimmy*
*milking a cow hand motions*
Posted by: Nav Gewsom at August 24, 2026 06:30 PM (UjdFS)

So is he banning the tires used by the electric cars he's backing to the hilt?

Posted by: Oldcat at August 24, 2026 06:33 PM (uhVAy)

130 I want the lunacy to keep up or even increase in the nex2 months.

The worm has turned, the pendulum has swung and the ratchet on insanity is losing it's grip.

+5 in the House and + 2 In the Senate even with the feckless GOP.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 24, 2026 06:34 PM (FHoaH)

131 I shamefully forget the details of the WWII manpower policy changes, apart from the removal of exemptions based on age and family status in 1945, in response to the "manpower crisis of 1945". Europe wasn't done, the victory -by-Christmas silliness had morphed into mild despair, newly minted divisions intended for the Pacific were being re-routed to Europe. So 28-yr old fathers suddenly were in the game.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 24, 2026 06:34 PM (U/Byj)

132 But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.

Anyone waking up yet?
Posted by: Diogenes at

That's actually my email signature.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 24, 2026 06:34 PM (YZ0Fo)

133
I can't see any way that this law is actually legal.

Though not a lawyer.

There should be some kind of legal penalty for a-holes who waste the court's time and the gov'ts money and illegally suppress the constitutional rights of American citizens.

Everyone involved with passing this bill needs to spend several years in jail.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 24, 2026 06:34 PM (iJfKG)

134 They should call it the Three Monkeys Bill. See no evil, hear no evil, and, definitely, speak no evil.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 24, 2026 06:35 PM (ndZc7)

135 +5 in the House and + 2 In the Senate even with the feckless GOP.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 24, 2026 06:34 PM (FHoaH)
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If God wills it.

Sometimes, the Lord will let things go sideways to show His glory even more.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 24, 2026 06:36 PM (YlYJ8)

136 Scratch a Democrat that calls themselves a Liberal, and at a minimum you will discover an authoritarian.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 24, 2026 06:19 PM (HlyYF)
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The social sciences, rife with Marxists and their derivatives, spent half a century lying to us. The A-Factor "research" popularized the idea that the more conservative your politics were the more positive correlation you had with an authoritarian state.

Jonathon Haidt, an honest liberal studying the difference between liberal and conservative politics. Started seeing cracks in that model, and unearthed that the correlation was FLIPPED!!

The more "progressive" you are, the more tolerance you have for an authoritarian state to advance the "progress".

Posted by: Axeman at August 24, 2026 06:36 PM (Fi81e)

137 123 Good luck buying replacement tires, peons.
*shoulder shimmy*
*milking a cow hand motions*
Posted by: Nav Gewsom

Nancy Skinner, the obscure CA pol who got that law passed, emerged from the commie-swamp of Berkeley in the '70s. She's desperately power-hungry, and runs for office (some office -- she always finds a local race to enter) every two years. She often lost, but she never stopped trying. Whenever she won, in whatever small jurisdiction she controlled, she always imposed the most totalitarian commie-laws she could dream up. Been doing it for decades. This is just the first time she's received national attention.

Posted by: zombie at August 24, 2026 06:36 PM (Av6i5)

138 I can't see any way that this law is actually legal.

Though not a lawyer.

There should be some kind of legal penalty for a-holes who waste the court's time and the gov'ts money and illegally suppress the constitutional rights of American citizens.

Everyone involved with passing this bill needs to spend several years in jail.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 24, 2026 06:34 PM

All of these a$$wipes have immunity, nothing is ever going to happen to them short of American revolution 2.1.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 24, 2026 06:37 PM (cpFbA)

139 129 So is he banning the tires used by the electric cars he's backing to the hilt?

aiui, you will still be able to buy the original tires that were installed at the factory. assuming they're still being manufactured, of course...

Posted by: anachronda at August 24, 2026 06:37 PM (sGtp+)

140 That's actually my email signature.
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 24, 2026 06:34 PM (YZ0Fo)

Cool!

Posted by: Diogenes at August 24, 2026 06:37 PM (2WIwB)

141 If God wills it.

Sometimes, the Lord will let things go sideways to show His glory even more.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 24, 2026 06:36 PM (YlYJ

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He shines brighter when Men bring more darkness.

That shows us which side we want to be on.

Posted by: Axeman at August 24, 2026 06:38 PM (Fi81e)

142
After they take away the soap box, the ballot box, and the jury box, the only thing left is the ammo box.

The litter box.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 24, 2026 06:38 PM (Cqx++)

143 Posted by: Ben Had at August 24, 2026 06:34 PM (FHoaH)

I truly admire your optimism. I lean pessimist, but I do love hearing encouraging words. I am not without hope.

Keep being a beacon of positivity.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Doffing Tin Foil Chapeau at August 24, 2026 06:39 PM (0aYVJ)

144

So Big Gretchs drunk worthless moron brother was given two very young black girls to "look after" a few years ago. Apparently they live with him. Very odd.

I saw them the other day and he had his arms around the younger one, the older one is getting fat.

The Democrats are a grab bag of fuck ups and criminal crackheads.

That faggot Chief of Staff that got in SHirley's face, he was making jokes about being a pedo.

They know they can get away with it because of scumbags like Gretch and this piece of shit Newsom.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at August 24, 2026 06:39 PM (mcbT4)

145 Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts paused briefly to pronounce the "Stop Nick Shirley Act" to be completely constitutional. He then resumed sucking Norm Eisen's cock while furiously stroking Cass Sunstein's shriveled penis.

Posted by: Sam Adams at August 24, 2026 06:39 PM (X+xvk)

146 119 it seems to be "Privacy for immigration support services providers."

Posted by: anachronda at August 24, 2026 06:27 PM (sGtp+)
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Can there be an expectation of "privacy" for "service providers", though?

asking the question just proves you're part of the problem, h8r.

Posted by: anachronda at August 24, 2026 06:40 PM (sGtp+)

147

Did anyone ever explain what Stretch Pelosi's husband was doing with the homeless drug addict?

Nope.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at August 24, 2026 06:40 PM (mcbT4)

148 He shines brighter when Men bring more darkness.

That shows us which side we want to be on.
Posted by: Axeman at August 24, 2026 06:38 PM (Fi81e)
____

Amen to that.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 24, 2026 06:41 PM (YlYJ8)

149 I shamefully forget the details of the WWII manpower policy changes, apart from the removal of exemptions based on age and family status in 1945, in response to the "manpower crisis of 1945". Europe wasn't done, the victory -by-Christmas silliness had morphed into mild despair, newly minted divisions intended for the Pacific were being re-routed to Europe. So 28-yr old fathers suddenly were in the game.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 24, 2026 06:34 PM (U/Byj)

Possibly a bit of an overreaction - US forces had not lost that many troops so far. The Brits had a crisis not in men per se, but the infantry parts were very reduced (since they were the ones who get shot) and specialist arty or tank forces don't. They had to break up some of those units to replenish infantry reserves.

Russia had a similar problem in the east and raided the locals everywhere they went for dudes to fill the infantry ranks.

The quick operations post clearing the Rhineland made much of this worry misplaced.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 24, 2026 06:41 PM (uhVAy)

150 142
After they take away the soap box, the ballot box, and the jury box, the only thing left is the ammo box.

The litter box.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 24, 2026 06:38 PM

That is the one box they are competent ... at filling.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 24, 2026 06:41 PM (HlyYF)

151
If you want real tires I guess you have to go out of state.

Posted by: four seasons at August 24, 2026 06:41 PM (/QHx4)

152
Anyone waking up yet?
Posted by: Diogenes

The sleeping giant rolled over and hit the snooze button.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 24, 2026 06:41 PM (Cqx++)

153
Keep being a beacon of positivity.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Doffing Tin Foil Chapeau at August 24, 2026 06:39 PM (0aYVJ)

I read that as "Bacon of Positivity".

and I'm totally in favor of that.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 24, 2026 06:41 PM (iJfKG)

154 "No media is complaining about a Democrat criminalizing actual journalism."

we need emergency replenishment of Shocked Faces!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 24, 2026 06:42 PM (VyBeY)

155 >>I read that as "Bacon of Positivity".

>>and I'm totally in favor of that.

You spelled flavor wrong.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 24, 2026 06:43 PM (viF8m)

156 From what I understand, the SCOTUS ruling today was only on the demand for voter registration rolls, not on the mail-in ballots?

But, even that is pretty big:
Because that puts the various SoS personally criminally liable if illegals vote.

But, the stupid bint judge will still lose.
1) because the rules are no more than what OR already requires if I understand correctly, and
2) the rule has been published* and it's less than 90 days to the election, so SCOTUS will have to let the rules stand.

* How I hope their response tomorrow as to why they published them over her order is a) we relied upon the other judge that said we could and b) SCOTUS said no nationwide injunctions.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 24, 2026 06:43 PM (3cUTc)

157
Did anyone ever explain what Stretch Pelosi's husband was doing with the homeless drug addict?

The Hokey Pokey

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 24, 2026 06:43 PM (Cqx++)

158 The Tire Lady, Nancy Skinner, also authored "Shield Law Protecting Medication Abortion & Gender Affirming Care—SB 345" which allows any and all CA "medical providers" to perform late-term abortions on underage kids and do genital-mutilation surgery on children from anywhere in the US -- once you cross the border into California, you're in a Mutilate the Children Safety Zone. It was another attempt to have CA laws apply to the whole US.

Posted by: zombie at August 24, 2026 06:44 PM (Av6i5)

159 I can't see any way that this law is actually legal.

Though not a lawyer.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 24, 2026 06:34 PM (iJfKG)
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That's my wonder: Is it a law's place to impute motive?

Motive is an aspect of the transgressor. Thus it is only a factor once we have a transgressor. And that is a consideration of applying the law to an individual, "substantive due process".

Are "immigrants" going to be added to "circumspect groups" regardless of legal status?!

If that happens, the courts have outright fucked us. The "Interpretation" has outstripped the ratified representative agreement.

Posted by: Axeman at August 24, 2026 06:44 PM (Fi81e)

160 129 So is he banning the tires used by the electric cars he's backing to the hilt?

aiui, you will still be able to buy the original tires that were installed at the factory. assuming they're still being manufactured, of course...
Posted by: anachronda
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Sounds expensive.

Posted by: wth at August 24, 2026 06:44 PM (UjdFS)

161 133
I can't see any way that this law is actually legal.

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You keep forgetting about the OrangeManBad clause of the constitution.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 24, 2026 06:44 PM (bXsD6)

162 Heh . The insane left is now calling Jefferies "AIPAC Shakur". The Dem civil war is getting sporty.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 24, 2026 06:45 PM (rp63B)

163 Newsom — that slick, empty-eyed pretty-boy piece of shit with the perfect hair, the dead smile, and the morals of a three-card monte hustler — just signed a fucking law to protect the same grifters Shirley keeps catching red-handed.
The California Democrats didn’t pass this to stop “doxxing.” They passed it because one guy with a camera kept showing the empty goddamn daycares, the ghost hospices, and the fat taxpayer checks still getting cashed. So they criminalized the camera instead of the thieves.
These assholes aren’t public servants. They’re a protection racket in nice suits. And Newsom’s the glossy-faced frontman they put on the scam while he shops for a presidential run like it’s the next open casting call.

Posted by: Duckman at August 24, 2026 06:46 PM (mP6Ur)

164 Always check your tire pressure.

Posted by: Barry Soetoro - automotive expert at August 24, 2026 06:46 PM (UjdFS)

165
I'm so thankful I live in Wyoming.

Posted by: four seasons at August 24, 2026 06:47 PM (/QHx4)

166 The Democrats are a grab bag of fuck ups and criminal crackheads.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at August 24, 2026 06:39 PM (mcbT4)
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If you want an illustration, Mamdani promised 30% discount on groceries BEFORE asking grocery companies how they run their operations.

In other words: Promise -> "Can you please tell us how to run a grocery store?"

Because governments always run things the best, you know.

Posted by: Axeman at August 24, 2026 06:47 PM (Fi81e)

167 163 Newsom — that slick, empty-eyed pretty-boy piece of shit with the perfect hair, the dead smile, and the morals of a three-card monte hustler

no love for the jazz hands?

Posted by: anachronda at August 24, 2026 06:47 PM (sGtp+)

168 Sounds expensive.

Posted by: wth at August 24, 2026 06:44 PM

I believe your comment would be evergreen for ANY piece of legislation that is passed in California these days.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 24, 2026 06:48 PM (HlyYF)

169 "The US Supreme Court on Monday upheld President Trump’s executive order restricting mail-in ballots ahead of the midterm elections.

Earlier this month, US District Judge Indira Talwani, an Obama appointee, expanded her previous block on President Trump’s executive order on mail-in voting."

Gateway Pundit

Posted by: illiniwek at August 24, 2026 06:48 PM (vbXSk)

170 160 129 So is he banning the tires used by the electric cars he's backing to the hilt?

aiui, you will still be able to buy the original tires that were installed at the factory. assuming they're still being manufactured, of course...
Posted by: anachronda
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Sounds expensive.

what do you have against saving the earf, h8r?

Posted by: anachronda at August 24, 2026 06:49 PM (sGtp+)

171 At its core this is just Obamacare and the $4k fine is a tax. Roberts will have no problem with it.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 24, 2026 06:50 PM (bXsD6)

172 That is the one box they are competent ... at filling.

I'm willing to see if they fit in the Pine Box.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 24, 2026 06:50 PM (a4flb)

173 Earlier this month, US District Judge Indira Talwani, an Obama appointee, expanded her previous block on President Trump’s executive order on mail-in voting."

Posted by: illiniwek at August 24, 2026 06:48 PM (vbXSk)
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Also, the Court cleared the ballroom to proceed again.

Posted by: Axeman at August 24, 2026 06:50 PM (Fi81e)

174 This is all a distraction from the Epstein Files.

Which are a distraction from the UAP Files.

The truth is out there.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 24, 2026 06:50 PM (0sNs1)

175 If foreign born women were not allowed to be elected to congress or be judges this country would be 5000% better right now.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 24, 2026 06:51 PM (bXsD6)

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