Twenty-four hours after the Trump-Biden debate, Democrat politicians and pundits contemplated mass suicide. Hosts and panelists said out loud, “Biden has to go.” But when the dust settled, they switched from throwing Joe Biden under the bus to telling the bus driver to swerve to avoid hitting him. The reason is simple. Biden has the…
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Happy Fourth of July Anaheim! The annual Independence Day parade kicks off at 1 p.m. today at Canyon Hills High. Starting the day’s festivities is the 5K/10K Firecracker Run at 7 a.m. at the high school and at 9 a.m. watch the Yankee Doodle Dog Show. Then follow the parade over to Peralta Park for…
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The Fourth of July, Independence Day, is a good time not only for hot dogs and fireworks, but to reflect for a moment on what makes this country unique, the qualities that enabled it to become in some ways the most successful country in history, and to contemplate the extent to which those qualities still…
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Grayson Sinek, the CIF Southern Section Division 3AA boys basketball player of the year this past season, transferred from La Habra to JSerra. JSerra basketball coach Keith Wilkinson confirmed that Sinek is on the JSerra team. Sinek was All-Orange County second team in the 2023-24 season, his junior year, in which La Habra won the…
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The path to Paris, and the 2024 Olympic Games, is different for everybody. For two Inland Empire water polo athletes – the second and third to ever make a USA Olympic women’s water polo squad from Riverside County – the paths were particularly different but the shared experience could help make the upcoming games even…
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California taxes continue to rain down on families thanks to a state government that thinks they know how to spend your money best. The latest hardship is yet another increase in the state gas tax, which now sits at a highest-in-the-nation 60 cents per gallon as families kickoff summer travel. The increase is part of…
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Michael Macagnone | CQ-Roll Call (TNS) WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court closed out a term Monday full of blockbuster decisions on gun control, abortion and criminal charges against former presidents, but legal experts say the most impactful rulings may be those where the conservative majority flexed its influence over federal government actions and policies. The…
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Annmarie Hordern and Daryna Krasnolutska | Bloomberg News (TNS) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Donald Trump should come forward with his plan to quickly end the war with Russia, warning that any proposal must avoid violating the nation’s sovereignty. “If Trump knows how to finish this war, he should tell us today,” Zelenskyy said in…
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By Kimberly Palmer | NerdWallet The term “body doubling” might make you think of someone completing a task for you, like a stand-in who does stunts for an actor, but it actually refers to using someone else’s presence to help you focus on your own task. While the technique has been used for years among…
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There’s no such thing as a free lunch. Or a tax without side effects. The Mission Viejo City Council should contemplate that before its July 9 meeting, when it will consider putting a tax increase on lodgings before voters in the Nov. 5 election. Called a transient occupancy tax, it’s collected on hotels, motels and…
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