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Joaquin Montoya was never into trains – until he discovered he was living in part of one. "I never really paid attention to trains, you see the Rail Runner and stuff like that, but I never really was into trains," Montoya said. In July, a fire destroyed most of his home. While he was trying to clean up, he made an usual discovery. "We went to knock down the whole place to redo it and took off the drywall in here, and I noticed the wood and the steel beams and the trusses in here, it kind of looks like...

No one’s freedom provides the right to endanger others. That is the point of the adage that my right to swing my fist ends at another person’s nose. The government always has the power to impose restrictions on behavior to protect other people from harm, including to stop the spread of a communicable disease. Yet these basic principles are forgotten by those who opposed a mask mandate and who now are trying to prohibit vaccine passports. Indeed, the government can and should require that everyone be vaccinated against COVID. There is no constitutional right to refuse to wear a mask...

Who would have thought something seemingly as juvenile as having a so-called prom date would give an aura of maturity? At Tuesday’s State of the Union address, according to California Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer, it did. Boxer appeared on MSNBC’s special State of the Union night edition of “The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell.” O’Donnell asked Boxer and her “date,” Rep. John Mica, Florida Republican, if this seating arrangement made a difference.

Less than two weeks ago, the shape of the Republican U.S. Senate primary in California changed dramatically when former Rep. and liberal GOPer Tom Campbell announced he would become the third major Republican in the race. In abandoning his bid for the GOP nomination for governor, the 57-year-old Campbell joins State Assemblyman Chuck DeVore and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina in the battle for nomination to oppose Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer this November. At first glance, the seasoned observer of Golden State Republican politics is tempted to shrug and say “Who cares?”

Heads up California- The Democrat's have created an online petition to stop the tea-bag movement and try to save Barbara Boxer at the same time, here in California- Here is the link to a petition by the Democrats to stop the tea-baggers and help Barbara Boxer’s re-election— http://www.cadem.org/site/lookup.asp?c=jrLZK2PyHmF&b=5742295 I sent them a little note stating that I would do whatever I can to ensure she does not get re-elected- and BTW it’s MR.TAXPAYER because I know I’ve earned it!! We want what MA now has, and come November 2nd, the Great State of California will follow suit!

If Republicans can win a U.S. Senate seat in Massachusetts, that bluest of blue states, they can win anywhere – including California. Republican Scott Brown’s decisive and historic victory in the U.S. Senate race in the Bay State could be a bad sign for Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer’s re-election chances in November. Brown succeeded in making the Obama administration’s policies – especially its plan to overhaul the country’s health care system – a millstone around the neck of Democratic candidate Martha Coakley. The same could happen to the liberal Boxer, given her support of health care reform and a host...