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Eric Swalwell was Nancy Pelosi’s made man, the golden child of San Francisco’s rotten machine politics. Today he’s roadkill, his name erased from the sign outside his congressional office, vultures feasting on his ­remains.Swalwell’s clinical political eradication this week tells you everything about the Democratic Party and how ruthlessly and efficiently it will move to keep power in the state it has controlled for 15 years and run into the ground.California, our most populous and richest state, is the engine of the Democrats’ vast patronage system, fueled in part by illegal migration and social services fraud that has ripped tens,...

Steyer’s five-part plan includes passing stronger legislation to combat racial profiling, appointing a special task force to prosecute crimes at detention facilities and launching a “Know Your Rights” public awareness campaign. Additionally, he promised to “bring those detained and kidnapped by ICE back home” by creating a stronger legal defense network to help immigrants. The most attention-grabbing part of Steyer’s plan, though, is to give the attorney general power to prosecute ICE leadership. His plan cites the concept of “supervisory liability,” in which superior officers and agency leaders are held liable for actions they direct subordinates to do. The plan...

Now that Eric Swalwell has crashed and burned as the Democrats' front-runner for governor of California, greenie billionaire and perennial presidential candidate Tom Steyer has been put forward as the new Favored One, according to the party's Mighty Integral. Steyer is now the frontrunner to become the next Governor of California... Looks like the idea is that the bulk of Swalwell's voters go to Steyer, it lifts him past Bianco in the primary, and Steyer beats Hilton in the General. This is why the Dems took out Swalwell. Every… https://t.co/iW2tNPdzP0 — Shawn Farash (@Shawn_Farash) April 13, 2026 He's been eager...

FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. — Former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax shot and killed his wife Dr. Cerina Fairfax before he killed himself inside their Northern Virginia home, police confirmed Thursday morning. Police said the couple was going through a divorce. Shortly after midnight on April 16, Fairfax County police officers responded to the 8100 block of Guinevere Drive, where they discovered the bodies of an adult male and an adult female inside the home, Captain Chris Cosgriff said. Investigators believe Justin Fairfax man shot Cerina Fairfax before turning the gun on himself in what police described as a domestic incident....

Eric Swalwell has dropped out of the race for California Governor after a series of sexual misconduct allegations. Republicans may be celebrating the demise of the prominent Democrat, but they should hold off on the champagne for now. Swalwell’s exit only increases the chance of two Democrats moving through to the run-off, depriving the GOP of a place on the ticket. However some Republicans still believe that the two GOP candidates in the race – Steve Hilton and Chad Bianco – can make it through California’s jungle primary and face each other in November. While it sounds exciting and makes...

Quick Summary of the Story The video covers billionaire businessman Stephen Cloobeck (former timeshare executive, Diamond Resorts) dramatically cutting ties with Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) after serious sexual misconduct allegations against Swalwell surfaced. Cloobeck had been a major donor (over $1M to Swalwell's efforts), endorsed him for California governor after dropping his own bid, and even let Swalwell stay at his Beverly Hills mansion.⁠Fox News Key points from Cloobeck's statements: He's done supporting Swalwell and the Democratic Party. He called himself a libertarian (and in some interviews, a "libertarian-Republican" or straight-up Republican). He told Swalwell to "get the f--- out"...

Progressive billionaire Tom Steyer has been telling California voters he wants to “abolish ICE” despite investing nearly $90 million in a company behind the state’s largest immigration detention center. The California gubernatorial candidate has tried to swat off that criticism, but in a recent interview with the Sacramento Bee, he said it was a “mistake.” “We never had anything to do with running the company,” Steyer said. “But it was a mistake to think that that was a place where it was decent to make money.” Steyer founded a hedge fund named Farallon Capital Management in 1986. Under his management,...

STOWE, Vt. — Looking back, gubernatorial candidate Dean Roy says his political ambitions started in the eighth grade. And by that he means, last year. After working as a legislative page at the Vermont State House, the 14-year-old freshman at Stowe High School now has his sights set on the corner office. In November, he’ll be the first candidate for governor under age 18 to appear on the state’s general election ballot.

A new text poll is asking California voters if they would write in former Vice President Kamala Harris on to the ballot for the California governor’s race. The poll, according to shared screenshots, lists three to four questions on the California Democrat. It asked about the chances of the voter writing in Harris’s name, and then it asked in the scenario that Harris was actually running a write-in campaign, who the voter would elect. The survey then asks the voter whether he or she thinks the process of writing someone is easy or not. According to the California Secretary of...

Lefty billionaire Stephen Cloobeck dramatically cut ties with Eric Swalwell and revealed he has kicked him out of his mansion — hours before the congressman dropped his run for California governor. “I am no longer supporting Eric,” Cloobeck told The Post in an exclusive interview. “F—ing tell everyone I’m a libertarian. F— you, Democrat Party. I’m a libertarian now.” The ugly break-up between the timeshare mogul and Bay Area congressman — who pulled out of the governor’s race late Sunday — marks yet another stunning point in Swalwell’s cratering political career. Following public allegations Friday of rape, sexual assault and...

Democrat Rep. Eric Swalwell on Sunday evening dropped out of the California Governor’s race amid allegations of sexual assault. Swalwell apologized to his family, staffers, and supporters and vowed to fight the “false allegations” against him. Statement from Swalwell: I am suspending my campaign for Governor. To my family, staff, friends, and supporters, I am deeply sorry for mistakes in judgment I’ve made in my past. I will fight the serious, false allegations that have been made — but that’s my fight, not a campaign’s. Meanwhile, the Manhattan District Attorney has launched an investigation into Democrat Rep. Eric Swalwell over...

A Democrat running for Florida governor allegedly attacked two elderly people, believed to be his parents, during a domestic dispute on Friday — and bizarrely accused the victims of being “on fentanyl” and trying to kill him during his whirlwind arrest. Kevin Cichowski, 46, allegedly beat one victim with a cane and chucked a cellphone at the other inside a riverside home in Palm County, Florida on Friday, according to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office. Police did not confirm Cichowski’s relation to the victims, but described the altercation as domestic in nature. The gubernatorial candidate also made repeated nonsensical accusations...

VIDEOUh-Oh! Eric Swalwell just got Fang Fanged out of the California governor's race. Many consider this Karma due to him Sing Singing top secrets from the House Intel Committee into the ear of ChiCom spy Fang Fang. Poor Swalwell. No more Fang Fang Bang Bangs for the rest of his life. Hear that Ding Ding at Sing Sing, Eric? That's the prison bell signaling dinner time. Mrs. Eric Swalwell better file for divorce pronto to get half what little is left of soon to be ex-hubby's community property (especially the Maryland home) before it all goes BOOM BOOM into smoke...

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) says she will force a House floor vote next week on removing embattled Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) from Congress following stunning sexual assault allegations against him – saying she won’t serve with “sexual deviants.” Luna made the comment to Fox News on Saturday, a day after a former unidentified staffer said he sexually assaulted her on two occasions while she was intoxicated, including at a 2024 charity gala in New York. “I hate having to be kind of the hall monitor of Congress if you will, but it’s gotten really bad,” she said. “Eric has...

Hollywood support for Eric Swalwell, who is currently leading a crowded field of Democratic candidates vying to become California governor remains steady — at least for now — despite rumors of inappropriate behavior with female staffers that have been swirling around the 45-year-old congressman for weeks. A fundraiser scheduled for April 18 which is being held at the home of producer David Miner and his wife Jennifer is moving forward. That event costs $250 for ‘guests’ and goes up to $10,000 for anyone seeking ‘host’ status. According to an invite, the event’s host committee includes lit agent and manager Lucy...

RICHMOND, VA — Virginia's Democratic Governor Abigail Spanberger on Tuesday ignored questions on whether she would entertain calls from the Department of Homeland Security to end sanctuary policies in the state. "Governor Spanberger must end her sanctuary policies that allow these illegal aliens onto our streets and work with DHS to protect the citizens of the commonwealth," the agency said in a post to social media. Virginia — and in particular Fairfax County — has made headlines in recent weeks for a string of deadly attacks carried out by illegal aliens. Earlier this month, authorities charged 28-year-old Guatemala native Misael...

Just two months into her term of office, Gov. Spanberger's approval polling is barely above water. Her win last year was supposed to be the victory of pragmatic moderation over the voices of the far left, but since then Virginia voters seem to have realized she's a left-wing partisan, not a moderate. Today the Washington Post has a story about this sudden turnaround.

<p>The California Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered a county sheriff who seized more than half a million 2025 election ballots to pause his probe into election fraud allegations while the judges review the legal challenge against it.</p><p>The order came after California Attorney General Rob Bonta, a Democrat, last month asked the court to step in. A voting rights group is also challenging the ballot seizure.</p>

California governor candidate Eric Swalwell has broken his silence about online rumors that have swirled for days alleging inappropriate contact with female staffers. The East Bay congressman and Democratic frontrunner in the governor’s race slammed the allegations as a fake rumor designed to derail his candidacy weeks before voting begins in the June 2 primary election. “This false, outrageous rumor is being spread 27 days before an election begins by flailing opponents who have sadly teamed up with MAGA conspiracy theorists because they know Eric Swalwell is the frontrunner in this race,” said Micah Beasley, Swalwell spokesperson, in a statement....

Political media habitually use “race” to describe contests for public office. However the word implies movement and therefore would be inaccurate if applied to this year’s election of a new governor. Sixty-one names will be on the June 2 primary ballot, including 10 leaders who profess to be serious about seeking the office. However, they aren’t racing. Rather, the eight top-polling Democrats seem to be in a children’s game, sitting in a circle staring at each other, waiting for someone to blink. Meanwhile, the two top Republicans are taking potshots at each other, potentially undermining the GOP’s only chance to...