Apr 12, 2020 – – Jennifer Van Laar   “This too shall pass.” I love those words.…

Apr 11, 2020 – As anyone who knows me well or follows my work regularly knows, I am a big fan of my hometown of Simi Valley, California. Despite its proximity to Los Angeles and somewhat large population (130,000), Simi Valley is a community filled with people exuding the can-do community spirit one expects...

Apr 10, 2020 – Screen capture Thursday night CNN held a virtual town hall, hosted by noted radiology expert Dr. Sanjay Gupta and Anderson Cooper, in which viewers could submit coronavirus questions to Robert Redfield, CDC Director. The questions were captured in a chyron, and finally it looked like a question we all wanted...

Apr 29, 2020 – Brad Parscale, campaign manager for President Donald Trump, speaks during a campaign rally at the Target Center, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) Nothing in the news cycle seems to be going well for Democrats and the mainstream media (redundant, yes) these days. Joe Biden can’t form...

Apr 29, 2020 – In this Friday, March 27, 2020 photo provided by Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo Gov. Andrew Cuomo, briefs the media inside a nearly completed makeshift hospital at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York. Cuomo said the state wants to build four more temporary hospitals in New York...

Apr 29, 2020 – Fox News Channel, the only cable news network to carry the full White House Coronavirus Task Force Briefings, achieved its highest primetime ratings in network history in April. The ratings are sure to surprise pundits at CNN and MSNBC, who were so certain that nobody wanted to (or needed to)...

Apr 28, 2020 – We’ve all questioned the official coronavirus death tolls, hearing anecdotal stories of people who were on hospice but tested positive for Wuhan flu before they died being counted as deaths from coronavirus. And, of course, as my colleague Streiff reported, we know that New York State presumptively added thousands of...

Apr 27, 2020 – In this Jan. 10, 2017 image, Donnie Cardenas recovers from the flu at the Palomar Medical Center in Escondido, Calif., on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018. The San Diego County resident said he was battling a heavy cough for days before a spike his temperature sent him into the emergency room....

Apr 27, 2020 – In early March Marine GySgt Diego Pongo’s family received the knock on the door that every military family dreads. Two Marines delivered the devastating news: Diego had been killed in action on March 8 during an operation against Islamic State strongholds in Iraq as part of Operation Inherent Resolve. Capt....

Apr 25, 2020 – California Gov. Gavin Newsom listens to a question during an interview in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019. Newsom said President Donald Trump should be removed from office by Congress, but with Republicans in control of the U.S. Senate the best way to boot Trump from office is at the...

Apr 24, 2020 – Findings from a coronavirus antibody study released by Miami-Dade County Friday revealed that approximately 6 percent of the county’s population, or approximately 165,000 people, have COVID-19 antibodies. That percentage lines up with findings in Santa Clara, Los Angeles, and New York State (excluding the hot spots around New York City)....

Apr 24, 2020 – If you needed a sign that the DNC is looking for any way to keep the American people distracted from Joe Biden’s lack of cognitive awareness, his troubling ties to China, and his penchant for using the power of his office to bully foreign companies into funding his son’s, uh,...

Apr 23, 2020 – My colleague, Jennifer Van Laar, posted about this story here.…

Apr 23, 2020 – New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference at the Jacob Javits Center that will house a temporary hospital in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, Tuesday, March 24, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the results of a statewide coronavirus antibody...

Apr 22, 2020 – Cindy Morris, left, and Swarnamala Ratnayaka prepare RNA for testing for the new coronavirus at the molecular pathology lab at Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans, Thursday, April 2, 2020. The test is identical to the PCR test being used by the Centers for Disease Control to ease...

Apr 21, 2020 – “Socially distanced” homeless tents in front of San Francisco City Hall, April 19, 2020. Credit: Erica Sandberg, used with permission In almost any situation, learning through direct personal experience is preferable to learning from photos, videos, or a verbal description of another person’s experience. (Walking off of a...

Apr 20, 2020 – During Monday afternoon’s press conference LA County Director of Public Health Dr. Barbara Ferrer presented the results of the county’s COVID-19 seroprevalence study, and the results there were similar to the study recently conducted in Santa Clara County in northern California: Based on results of the first round of...

Apr 20, 2020 – As our Jennifer Van Laar has covered extensively, protests have sprung up in the state.…

May 7, 2020 – My colleague, Jennifer Van Laar, posted about those protests here.…

May 7, 2020 – During the coronavirus pandemic, self-employed people are able to receive government unemployment benefits for the first time thanks to the CARES Act. Democrats, who want nothing more than to eliminate independent contracting and self-employment (by using the PRO Act to create a fully unionized, dues-paying workforce) say this is an...

May 7, 2020 – A protester holds a sign in front of the pier Sunday, May 3, 2020, in Huntington Beach, Calif. In Orange County, where beaches were singled out for closure by California Gov. Gavin Newsom during the coronavirus pandemic, crowds were sparse as lifeguards and police patrolled and issued warnings to people...

May 5, 2020 – As covered by RedState’s Jennifer Van Laar in April, Gavin — who presides over a state where beached senior citizens aren’t allowed…

May 5, 2020 – Democratic Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, right, speaks next to his wife Jennifer Siebel Newsom after speaking at his gubernatorial campaign’s primary night watch party in San Francisco, Tuesday, June 5, 2018. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) Awarding a no-bid, $1 billion contract for KN95 masks to a Chinese manufacturer known for shoddy products...

May 5, 2020 – One of the most successful and iconic political television ads in history was Ronald Reagan’s “Morning in America” ad for his 1984 re-election campaign. The ad highlighted the accomplishments of Reagan’s first term and the optimism for which he was so well-known, and featured everyday, Main Street people....

May 5, 2020 – Kira Davis and Jennifer Van Laar reported on protests in Huntington Beach, CA, and downtown Los Angeles.…