Three governors, three masters of destruction

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California: Newsom and Proposition 47’s Legacy Policy Context: Newsom, a progressive Democrat, has supported decarceration and rehabilitation-focused policies, notably defending Proposition 47 (2014), which reduced penalties for low-level theft and drug offenses. Critics argue this fostered a perception of leniency, spiking shoplifting and burglaries.Crime Surge and Reversals: Shoplifting rose 28% from 2019-2023, with San Francisco and LA seeing retail losses of $4B annually. High-profile store closures (e.g., Target in SF, 2021) were partly blamed on theft, though e-commerce also factored. By 2025, Newsom’s 2024 anti-crime package (10 bills, including felony charges for serial theft) cut shoplifting 15% and…

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Takeaways from Director Wrays’ appearance on the Hill.

This was Wrays' first appearance on the Hill post the 1/6/2021 Capital attack. The Democrat Senators tried their best to lead Wray to paint all of the 1/6/2021 Capital rioters as white supremacists. The Senators, as victims of the Capital attack, rightly focused on the attack. Speaking of victims, the Senators were the jurist on the impeachment trial of Donald Trump. Since when do we allow victims of a crime to serve on the jury for which they were victims? The Republican Senators were equally concerned over white supremacists, BLM, and ANTIFA violence. Whereas, the Democrat Senators…

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