Lance Christensen
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Pater familias of 5 Constitutional localist President of California Policy Partners 2022 CA Supe of Public Instruction nominee Jacob 6:12
All over the Golden State
Joined February 2009
Some personal news:. First, after prayerful consideration, I've decided not to run for CA Superintendent of Public Instruction in 2026. I did what I could to add parents into the education equation during the 2022 campaign. I've also worked hard to improve education policy in.
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Dear America, .Gavin Newsom vetoing ridiculous bills does NOT make him a moderate. It makes him a candidate for president. Don't be fooled. Sincerely, .Sane Californians.
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Gavin, our kids are 49th out of 50 states in literacy. Let's start with the science of reading before waiving your arms around about some new fad.
Gavin Newsom wants you to believe that THIS 58 BILLION taxpayer dollar “investment” will be about producing results and accountability…
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Dear California parents:.It is legal for:.1. Adult men to dress in your girl's locker room;.2. School officials to fabricate records about your child & lie to you about it;.3. Government officials to take your child (12 & older) & mutilate & sterilize them. I'm not sure how we.
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My son wanted to be a pirate when he was 5. So glad we didn't gouge his eye, cut off his hand for a hook or lop off his leg & give him a peg. Affirming children is one of the worst things a parent can do for their child.
“Our duty as parents is to affirm our children,” says California State Rep. Lori Wilson, who authored the bill that will take custody of children from parents if they don’t “affirm” their gender identity.
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My brother-in-law just got on a plane for a 9 month deployment to the Middle East as an Army nurse. He just hugged his wife (my sister) & his 4 kids goodbye. God bless him & his unit.
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@SophiaSLorey You are an amazing woman and an inspiration to so many girls out there who want to be the best at their chosen vocation without having their moment stolen. Keep on the keep on.
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@BrittRooted Poor people paying income taxes will subsidize these payments from their 2 bedroom apartments.
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As we approach Presidents' Day, a thought from my favorite, Calvin Coolidge:.""I want the people of America to be able to work less for the government and more for themselves. I want them to have the rewards of their own industry. This is the chief meaning of freedom.".
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When someone tells my child to conceal something from me saying something to the effect of, "It will be our little secret," I tell them to run & tell me. Fast. I don't care who that person is or where they work. Secrecy should not become the policy of the state of California.
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I did something that a lot of people probably think is stupid. I added my Google number to the CA voter guide that went out to 22 mil voters. I've taken almost every one of the hundreds of calls made to me in the last few weeks. I learned a few things along the way. 1/x.
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Um, they built the wall to protect their border.
The Great Wall is proof that doing big things takes time — and it requires working together. We’re continuing to build our partnership with China to tackle the climate crisis together. It’s time to move beyond the walls of the past to the bridges of the 21st Century.
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Translation: the California Coastal Commission is not necessary to protect the coast. I'm waiting for someone to draft the constitutional amendment or ballot measure to eliminate it. #caleg.
Gov. Gavin Newsom suspends coastal building rules to help Los Angeles rebuild after wildfires
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@GavinNewsom Governor, California is 50th in literacy. We don't universally screen for dyslexia. Most of our public school kids aren't at grade level. You shut down schools for longer than any other state. You severely hamper choice in education for minority families who want more access to.
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A couple quick thoughts on the Governor signing AB 1078, stripping authority of school boards to keep age-inappropriate books out of classrooms. 1. This bill doesn't impact the Governor's children because they are in a very expensive private school where parents can make demands.
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Rocklin Unified passes parental notification policy, 4-1, minutes ago. 5 down, 939 to go.
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Wow! Gavin says parents should be worried more about climate change than teachers lying to them about their children.
Gavin Newsom dismisses questions about denying parents the right to know that their kids are gender transitioning at school, says the issue pales in importance compared to #climatechange + shouldn’t have been asked on the debate stage. #GOPdebate #parentalrights #california #2024
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@TheKevinDalton We need a comprehensive list of everyone Harris paid to be her friend, I mean, endorse her.
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Ok, it's time for a long thread about the @latimes Sunday hit piece on parents. I've seen a lot of scurrilous reporting before, but this 4,100 word front-page, above the fold diatribe against parents of nearly 9 million CA kids is heavy on accusations, not facts. Buckle up. 1/.
A few things @kevrector, @howardblume and I learned as we traced the roots of the very organized movement in California to get parental notification policies enacted in schools when it comes to student gender identity:.
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My prediction after the Newsom vs. DeSantis debate:. You will know just how bad it was for Gavin by how many frontpage spin stories we see in the SacBee, SF Chronicle & LA Times this week. They are going to be working overtime reviving him after tonight's brutal takedown.
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@JenSiebelNewsom Jen, my kids are in the public schools you reject. Please spare us the sanctimony. How about this?.I'll buy you a copy of Gender Queer if you promise to livestream reading it out loud. At the end of the performance, you can remind us that we are the extremists for not wanting.
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I voted NO on all the Props except YES on Prop 36.
New @PPICNotes poll on propositions.2 (school $): 52-46.3 (gay marriage): 67-32.4 (climate $): 60-38.5 (bond approval): 48-50.6 (prison labor): 41-56.32 (min wage): 44-54.33 (rent control): 42-54.34 (AHF): 47-49.35 (Medi-Cal): 62-36.36 (sentencing): 73-25.
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This is a blatantly unconstitutional bill stripping parents in California of their God-given & constitutionally protected rights of stewardship over their children.
BREAKING: Gov. Gavin Newsom signs AB 1955, prohibiting California school districts from having policies requiring parents to be notified if their child identifies as transgender.
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Yesterday, I was honored that @KevinKileyCA included me in his voter recommendation email in my campaign for Superintendent of Public Instruction. Quote: "Lance Christensen is running to oust an incumbent who is entirely controlled by the teachers' unions.". Let's do this!.
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I'm wondering if California's public schools are no longer about education but more concerned with social engineering?.
California student test scores change little from last year’s low. Via @Calmatters
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6 down, 938 to go.
BREAKING: @OrangeUnifiedCA becomes the sixth school district in California to pass a parental notification policy on a vote of 4-0-3. The three other school board members left in protest when the president refused to shut down the meeting after opponents to the policy
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It's done. The California State Board of Education ignored the experts, went with the educrat echo chamber & just approved a math framework that will continue failing our children. Remind me why we need the SBOE or CA Dept of Ed?.
Listening to the State Board of Ed hearing & it's painful, technical drivel plowing forward to a pre-ordained conclusion. This is how the bureaucracy gets you. There is a lot of balderdash, bromides, platitudes, esoteric commentary, self-congratulations, excuses & acronyms in.
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@GUSDforAll I'll be happy to retract anything you prove to be false. Or we can go through the state statutes when I get back from lunch?.
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According to @CalMatters, we're near record lows of voter turnout after everybody gets a ballot mailed to them a month before & can have it counted up until a week after Election Day & it takes longer to count fewer votes?.What the what?
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At this moment, the outrage is focused on Harvard but most of this departure from academics to an all-out cultural war started in California & the UC/CSU systems before being exported to the world. If you want to stop the madness in education, Sacramento is the key.
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California ranks at the bottom of the nation in literacy. We need the science of reading, not more performative platitudes & money.
California made historic investments to improve literacy this year. 👩🏻🎓📖✍🏻. While other states banned books, we:.➡️ Invested in closing learning gaps.➡️ Trained more school staff in literacy.➡️ Hired literacy coaches and reading specialists.
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@JenSiebelNewsom You know this bill doesn't apply to the private schools you send your kids to, right?.Schools for thee, but not for me.
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@AGRobBonta Serious question, Mr. Bonta. If these kids face so much danger at home, why do teachers send them back to those homes after school, on weekends, during holidays & over the summer?.And why don't they call CPS? They are mandated reporters.
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I've warned about the dire consequences of public school classes without discipline. The governor just signed SB 274 which will exacerbate the havoc in our schools by stripping teachers & principals of tools to deal with "willfully defiant" kids. Expect more teachers to resign.
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I once asked a philosophical question to then-CA state Sen. Jackie Speier in a legislative Fellows brown bag lunch 20 years ago, "How many more bills do we really need to pass before we've solved all of the state's problems?" She paused & then asked, "You're on Sen. Tom.
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When are the 500 teachers unjustly fired by @lausd going to get their money?.
BART workers fired due to COVID vaccine mandate to get over $1M each, federal jury decides
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@GavinNewsom @RonDeSantis Did you forget that you signed SB 107 last year which (unconstitutionally) authorizes the state of CA to kidnap kids from parents from other states?.
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Vote NO on every ballot proposition except for Prop 36.
JUST IN: @CASoSVote has assigned the ballot numbering for the November propositions:. Prop 2 - $10B School Facilities Bond.Prop 3 - Prop 8 Repeal.Prop 4 - $10B Climate Bond.Prop 5 - Vote Thresholds.Prop 6 - Ban Mandatory Prison Labor.Prop 32 - $18/hr Minimum Wage.Prop 33 - Rent
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@ZavalaA Ask him why he cares so much about voters in other states with all the national campaigning he's been doing as opposed to trying to persuade his own constituents why they should oppose a ballot initiative that will hold criminals accountable.
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Has Gavin ever been right on any predictions?.
2008: California will have a high-speed rail from Los Angeles to San Francisco by 2020 at a cost of $30 billion. 2023: California will have a train from Bakersfield to Merced hopefully by 2030 at a cost of no less than $170 billion.
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Let me fix the title of the story:."California lawmakers advance a bill to codify lying to parents about secret gender files they keep on minors as young as 4 years old in public schools per illegal CDE guidance".
California lawmakers advance bill to ban transgender parental notification policies
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@TonyThurmond The name-calling & false accusation of parents -- from across the political & ideological spectrum who don't believe that government owns their children -- should be beneath you, but somehow it isn't. So serious question - would you be alright if a teacher pulled your child out.
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For those wondering, I have opened an exploratory campaign for Superintendent of Public Instruction for the 2026 ballot. I'm working hard to add parents back into the education equation & supporting local candidates. Consider donating at Thank you!.
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Why in the world would the state sue a city for having more secure elections?.
It's an Honor to be on the front lines protecting our City's new VOTER ID law. Newsom and Bonta are on the wrong side of this. We will win this in court. Thank you @ChefGruel for the great review, kind words, and support. @drdrew @EmilyCompagno @adamcarolla @BehizyTweets
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CA's new state budget will spend a mind-blowing $128.6 bil for K-12 education this year. That's $23,893 per kid!. And we're still LAST in literacy. 50th out of 50 states. Let that sink in. Does your child get a $24k education in our public schools?.
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@pearlythingz Married 23 years to the woman I fell in love with during college. We have 5 amazing kids. Best life ever. I highly recommend marriage to those who want growth, perspective, complementarity & the adventure of their life. To infinity & beyond!.
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We at the @CalPolicyCenter are working with dedicated parent advocates across the state to put on a rally in Simi Valley across the street from the Reagan Library, next Tuesday, Sept 26th from 5-7pm. The nation will be watching the presidential debate the next night & we want to
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So, vote for me or not, but know that I left it all on the field & I'll be working until the clock hits 8pm to get people to the polls so they can vote for me, vote for parents. It's been my honor to be the man in the arena, even if my Google number is out to the world. -end-.
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@KatieDaviscourt @libbyemmons @GavinNewsom This sums up the modern environmental movement. It was & is never about the fish. It was & is about control.
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@drdrew Stiffling reasoned debate & silencing thoughtful & learned doctors leads to higher fear, distrust & panic - possibly desperate outrage. The tension can build only so much before a dramatic reaction goes for the established powers that be. We should be asking more ??, not less.
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With the count near over, I (@Lance4CASuper) have the votes to move to the General Election in Nov & face @TonyThurmond to be the next Superintendent of Public Instruction. I look forward to several vigorous, substantive debates. Let's #addparents into the education equation.
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Well, well, well, @SarahHaynesCA, would you look at that? The gas companies are finally getting the message out there that government makes more of a profit on fuel sales than the gas stations.
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Californians are 50th in literacy.
Deeply grateful for the calls and texts today. Here’s where things stand ⬇️
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Word on the street is Senate Committee on Health is dropping SB 1464 (Pan). Another unconstitutional overreach bites the dust. #caleg.
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As the state of CA certifies the vote over a month after Election Day, I want to thank all of those who supported me in a venture that took me to 30 counties over 8 months, meeting with tens of thousands of people to talk about taking our schools back. 1/x.
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This is not a serious discussion on a state budget that has grown from $99.8 bil (GF) in FY 2013-14 to $230.9 bil (GF) in FY 2023-24. What he meant to say is that they are going to:.-defer costs.-delay payments to contractors.-shift invoices to next FY.-force municipalities &.
We're cutting the budget deficit by $17.3 billion. Today, along with legislative leaders, we signed an early action budget agreement that positions California to pass a balanced budget in June that protects key programs Californians rely on.
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I met RFK for the first time probably 20 years ago when he came to testify in the California State Senate on water pollution issues. He was hailed the environmental hero of the progressive left & while I didn't agree with his specific policies, I nonetheless found him to be a.
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I just finished reading through a fairly grotesque teen fiction book which is required reading for a 9th grade leadership class in a Placer County school district. It has zero academic value or redeeming qualities, but the "don't-ban-books" crowd (the ones who never seem to read.
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My response to the judge's temporary delay on Chino Valley Unified's parental notification policy. As I have said repeatedly, “A battle line has been drawn in California over this question: Who has ultimate authority over our children?”.
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Ron: Gavin says that he "respects parent rights" but kids from other states can go to California around parents' backs to get life-altering surgeries. Yep! He signed 2 bills on this issue:.-SB 107 (Wiener).-AB 665 (Carillo).
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Parents - serious question:. Where are you going to draw the line when they come to take your kid because you don't give into a temper tantrum?. California Bill Would Punish Parents Who Don't 'Affirm' Their Child's Gender Identity .@FreeBeacon.
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A few thoughts on the state maintaining spending of just under $23k per student in public schools, per the Governor in his #cabudget May Revision presentation. 1. The governor talks about the splendor of a government school system that he & his wife choose not to participate in.
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@Elex_Michaelson @TonyThurmond Is Tony conflating numbers here on purpose? This kind of answer is so disingenuous. According to the California Department of Public Health, as of May 2023, only 101,886 people in California have died from a COVID-related death. That's not a million. Of.
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Expect to see a lot more of this as federal Covid funds run out & districts are honest about their cratering enrollment.
San Diego Unified to hold a special meeting to address a projected $176M budget shortfall for next school year.
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@GUSDforAll An 18 year old male high school student is a legal adult. If he thinks that he's gender fluid, he can change in the locker room with a 14 (or younger) freshman or middle schooler who might be on their team.
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Most California's have no idea that their legislature is against free & open debate.
🚨🚨🚨 CA Assembly Floor becomes UNHINGED during #AB1955 hearing. Asm. @billessayli (R) explains how we got to #AB1955 but the Democrats silence him, then the chair threatens to ask him to leave. @AsmCoreyJackson (D) yells "you better watch yourself" before they cut the audio.
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This is why California can't have nice things. Bill Maher lives in a bubble. He can see outside the bubble & clearly discern that things are bad, but he admits that he likes the idea of progressivism despite the fact that it just doesn't work, even for the rich & famous.
Jillian Michaels explains how Gavin Newsom's policies led her to move to Florida.Including how Gavin Newsom let out repeat offending criminals and one of them broke into her house in Malibu."He didn't follow his own rules. If you're going to be a leader you lead by example"
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This is Gavin Newsom's legacy on education. He's given everything to the teachers' unions who have destroyed public schools in Oakland. Remember, his kids go to a private school where there are no teachers' unions. Wouldn't it be nice if Oakland families could do the same?.
The district was already at risk of failing to pay its bills over the next two years even before adding in the cost of the teacher raises, estimated to be $110 million over the next three years.
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@JenniferSey I've said it before (many times) & I'll say it again. The Governor perpetuated terrible policies unchecked by the legislature. And the Superintendent of Public Instruction disappeared while only a select set of school board trustees pushed to get schools open. Vote accordingly.
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For years, I looked forward to attending the Pearl Harbor Memorial with some trepidation because I now have sons of the age of many of the men buried in the hull. When I got to the wall & reviewed every one of the engraved names, I broke down when I saw an "L. Christensen."
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@AnthonyCabassa_ When people tell me how important teachers unions are, I remind them that when it mattered most, UTLA didn't fight for 500 teachers who got fired for an unconstitutional mandate. These teachers should sue the UTLA for every penny they lost in the last few years.
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Years ago, the people of California voted for Prop 65 which requires businesses to post signs about potentially dangerous chemicals that cause cancer or reproductive issues no matter how minute their impact may (or may not) be. The signs are on everything, everywhere in the.
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After an incredible event today featuring some incredible parental rights advocates & - at the same time - hearing that some bureaucrats want to mask up again, I'm struck by a seeming correlation (which will be a gross generalization). Is it just me or are the people who.
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I want to congratulate the SacBee for the most inflammatory & intellectually dishonest headline of the month (so far). Perhaps read the actual policy & watch the debate & before writing this scurrilous claptrap?.
This past week demonstrated the cruel lengths school board officials in Rocklin and Roseville will go to demonize trans kids for merely existing.
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Parents have the right to know what is happening to their kids in school. State law is clear on this (Ed Code 51100). That the teachers' unions are in favor of keeping secrets from parents is astounding.
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Gavin picks DC insider completely unknown to 99.9999999% of Californians. Kinda reminds me when Tony Thurmond hired not one, but two deputy superintendents who lived out of state. So out of touch.
Ah. California last reported that 10,305,901 Democrats were registered to vote in California, and with Butler's appointment, that number will increase to 10,305,902.
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Thrilled the San Diego Union-Tribune endorsed me! Their assessment of the incumbent:. "Thurmond couldn’t have been more ineffective than he was during the pandemic. was nowhere to be found. His leadership was nonexistent. We believe it’s time for new leadership in that office.".
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A judge ruled that just because the CA Sec of State had a practice of requiring candidates to only run in one campaign per election doesn't mean it's the law. The law was so "clear" that #caleg couldn't even fake a real bill, so they're running an intent bill. Hilarious.
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No. This must end now. If you're reading this, you are responsible for telling everyone in your orbit that the sterilizing, mutilating, lobotomizing & inducing early menopause in children is wrong. Period.
#BREAKING: The Biden Admin just decreed that doctors nationwide must perform gender transitions or suffer federal penalties: This scheme is bad for patients, bad for religious liberty, and illegal. 🧵.
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@billessayli Great line of questioning. It looks like the only real requirement for receiving taxpayer-subsidized healthcare in CA is simply showing up. As the adage goes, if you think that healthcare is expensive (or available) now, wait until it's free.
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@religiongal If students can't read Elder Holland's seminal talk on the purpose of the university, they have no business being at BYU. They should throw in the Family Proclamation, while they're at it.
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I feel for this guy. He should fire his agent. This is 99% of climate change-related advocacy. Emotion-based, cherry-picked data-driven PR stunts with celebrities who have no clue what they are talking about. When pressed for an actual policy solution, they got nothing but.
Democrat’s “expert” witness with the good hair destroyed by @SenJohnKennedy. 6 minutes of pure mirth. You’re welcome.
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BOOM! @SacBeeEditBoard CA Democrats are all for free speech – just not conservative @benshapiro's cc: @realDailyWire.
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Who could have seen this coming?.
New Federal BLS Report: California Has Lost Well Over 6,000 Fast Food Jobs Since Sept. 2023. Blame for losses falls squarely on @gavinnewsom's $20 fast food minimum wage. @CaliforniaGlobe .
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Great 🧵 on effective school board leadership for parental rights as led by Chino Valley USD Board President, Sonja Shaw.
BREAKING: On a 4-1 vote, @ChinoValleyUSD adopted a policy which includes a requirement the district notify parents when their child requests to be identified or treated as a gender different from their biological sex, wants to use opposite-sex facilities, or suspects their child
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Less than 0.00009 of kids in California died from Covid. The suicide rate for kids is higher than that in California.
Our children will suffer more from the mismanagement of COVID than they will from the exposure to COVID. #TheView #DrPhil #WeveGotIssues
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Just a reminder that teachers' unions don't care about the kids, they care about themselves.
L.A. schools would close if union workers go on massive three-day strike, Supt. Carvalho says
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Had an amazing event with the indomitable @ChoooCole tonight. It's time to @ProtectKidsCA!
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