Speaking on NewsNation, comedian Adam Corolla questioned Gov. Gavin Newsom during the debate last night. Newsom wanted to spread Biden propaganda, and Adam Corolla pinned him against the wall with his tyrannical COVID lockdowns. Newsom stuttered and claimed he locked down because we did not understand how the virus worked in the beginning. “If you […] The post Adam Corolla Takes Down Gavin Newsom appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

You know, as we swirl rapidly down into the hurly-burly, upsy-daisy, stinky-dinky of the American political season before being flushed swiftly into the thunderous plumbing of loyalist rage, expert idiocy, and media lies until we emerge in the noxious sewer of broken promises, vengeful hyperbole and did I already mention media lies, I’d like to take a moment to refresh our souls at the fountain of compassion by walking a mile in our opponents’ shoes and then hiding them, so our opponents have to hop around barefoot in all the crap they’ve left lying around on the streets of our cities, which would only serve them right. For instance, as November looms, it’s now becoming clear that leftists are facing a problem. With Iran putting the final touches on the nuclear arsenal funded with the pallets of billions sent to them by Barack Obama and Joe Biden, and with China strengthening the Navy that is rapidly outstripping an American military strangling on Democrat funding cuts while wasting its resources celebrating the sexual perversity that is the mainstay of the Left’s political philosophy, and with Russia completing the destruction of Ukraine because the massive amounts of American funding meant to defend that nation have been inexplicably slow-walked, allowing Putin to refresh his attack while Biden dithers, Left-wingers across our country are growing increasingly concerned about the WNBA. Now whether you don’t know what the WNBA is or don’t care, the problem for leftists is very complex. The rise of superstar player Caitlin Clark into some girls’ team or other has provided leftists with a great reason to pretend to give a smoldering belch about a bunch of lady beanstalks throwing a ball at a net with a level of skill so amazing it makes the men’s game look much better and more entertaining. WATCH: The Andrew Klavan Show But this raises questions. If Caitlin Clark has caused leftists to pretend to follow the WNBA with the same enthusiasm with which they pretend to follow soccer, why didn’t they pretend to follow the game when all the most talented players were black? And now, when some black player whose name they don’t know because they never watched a WNBA game in their lives, fouls Caitlin Clark by smacking her full force in the back of the head, should leftists side with Caitlin, since she’s the only reason they’re pretending to watch the games in the first place, or should they Google the name of the black player and side with her so they don’t have to admit it was their flagrantly racist behavior that made black what’s-her-name clock Caitlin because what’s-her-name has been playing her nameless heart out with a work ethic and skill that raises women’s basketball to a level nowhere near the men’s game, and no one’s been watching her all that time, because she’s in the WNBA.  And what about trans people? If a hulking male like Lia Thomas is allowed to go swinging his dingus around a woman’s locker room so that leftists can pretend there’s no advantage to being a male athlete in a woman’s sport, why didn’t the leftists pretend to watch women’s basketball before Caitlin Clark so that women players could be paid the same amount as men with money that would exist if anyone was buying tickets to their games instead of the men’s games where the people play better because they’re men? Now if a black MAN were playing in the WNBA, and HE fouled Caitlin Clark by hitting her full force in the back of the head, then for the next few years, while Caitlin Clark was regaining consciousness and learning to walk again and use dining utensils with dulled edges so she didn’t cut herself, she could be replaced by another black man who would foul other players, until the entire WNBA was populated by black men making the games worth watching. Then all the leftists’ dilemmas could be solved by watching black men play basketball and calling it the WNBA thus supporting black people, trans people and women’s sports which will finally rise to the level of men’s sports by being sports played by men. That would make all the leftists happy—until China, Russia and Iran slaughter everyone because Democrats suck at running the country. * * * Andrew Klavan is the host of “The Andrew Klavan Show” at The Daily Wire. He is the bestselling author of the Cameron Winter Mystery series. The third installment, “The House of Love and Death,” is now available. Follow him on X: @andrewklavan This excerpt is taken from the opening satirical monologue of “The Andrew Klavan Show.” The views expressed in this satirical article are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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Over the past two years, auto insurance prices have surged by an average of 27% nationally. That’s an increase from $127 a month in 2022 to $161 a month by the end of 2023. The increase in insurance premiums far outpaces the overall average inflation rate of 12% over the same time period. These price hikes strain the budgets of all American motorists, especially those who depend on their cars for work, grocery shopping, or picking up their kids from school. Four main factors are driving up auto insurance rates: increasing vehicle thefts, soft-on-crime district attorneys, burdensome regulatory policies, and the broader impact of inflation on the car industry. In 2023, the National Insurance Crime Bureau reported more than 1 million auto thefts in America, levels not seen since 2007. For example, Washington, D.C., saw a staggering 64% increase in vehicle thefts in 2023. Consequently, insurance rates in the nation’s capital rose by 30% between 2022 to 2023. Nevada endured an 18% increase in motor vehicle theft, and insurance rates climbed 35% in the Silver State. The increase in vehicle thefts force companies to raise prices for consumers to cover their growing losses. Unfortunately, many district attorneys are increasingly lenient on crime. For example, the District of Columbia’s Attorney General, Brian Schwalb, has stated that the District cannot “prosecute or arrest our way” out of surging crime. Meanwhile, Schwalb has declined to prosecute minors arrested for carjacking. Instead, he has decided to focus his efforts on cracking down on the supposed “health hazards” of gas stoves. However, auto insurance rates in California seem to be an outlier from this national trend. Auto insurance prices have increased only 13% since 2022, despite cities like Los Angeles and San Francisco leading the nation with more than 70,000 and 40,000 automobile thefts annually, respectively. The truth is, the Golden State’s regulations prevent insurers from raising rates adequately, causing insurance companies to leave the state. Since October 2023, Californians have lost at least six insurance companies. The largest company to leave is Tokio Marine Co., which wrote nearly a trillion dollars in auto insurance premiums across the U.S. last year. Big insurance brands are scaling back their efforts as well. In 2022, Geico closed all of its offices in California. Progressive has stopped advertising there, and State Farm now only offers quotes in person. Since these insurance companies recoup their financial losses by charging higher prices in safer areas, customers in other states are forced to subsidize companies still operating in California. Instead of stabilizing the auto insurance market by keeping car prices down, the Biden administration has introduced new regulations that will increase vehicle prices and, thereby, exacerbate insurance issues. The Department of Transportation announced new vehicle efficiency requirements that will jack up future car prices. Additionally, the Environmental Protection Agency mandated that 70% of all passenger cars sold by 2032 must effectively be all-electric or plug-in hybrid. Because more expensive cars have higher premiums, these regulations will only further inflate premiums. From 2021 to 2022, new vehicle prices rose 13%, while used car prices soared 40%. Although the prices of new and used vehicles have cooled from all-time highs in recent months, consumers still feel the pain of lagging insurance adjustments. Moreover, the price of manufacturing materials for automobiles has increased, leading to inflating vehicle prices. As vehicle prices, repair costs, and insurance claim costs skyrocket, premiums will inevitably catch up to cover those expenses. These additional costs intensify the financial burden on middle- and working-class Americans. To cool the auto insurance market and bring prices down, policymakers must enforce the rule of law and remove price control measures that cause market instability. By enacting these crime and regulatory policy reforms, Americans can worry less about their cars being stolen and about affording their next auto insurance payment. The post Are Soft-on-Crime Policies Jacking Up Car Insurance Premiums? appeared first on The Daily Signal.

A watchdog agency that has called out many of the Biden administration’s failures at the border has faced an onslaught of frivolous and time-consuming investigations, the agency’s top lawyer alleges in a new federal lawsuit.  James Read, chief counsel to Department of Homeland Security Inspector General Joseph Cuffari, filed suit Monday against the Council of Inspectors General for Integrity and Efficiency, as well as its Integrity Committee, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Read sued in his personal capacity. A similar lawsuit brought last year by Cuffari and his senior staff against the Council of Inspectors General for Integrity and Efficiency, or CIGIE, was dismissed by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.  Read’s new lawsuit is different in that it specifically alleges that the council of government watchdogs is itself secretive and violates federal law, namely the Federal Advisory Committee Act, which governs the required transparency of executive branch committees.  Cuffari, appointed by then-President Donald Trump, reported corruption by employees of his office to CIGIE shortly after taking office. The earlier lawsuit that was dismissed alleged retaliation by the employees.  The new lawsuit also challenges the constitutionality of the council of inspectors general and its integrity panel, arguing that  many of its members aren’t presidentially appointed and Senate-confirmed.  The federal complaint notes that CIGIE includes 34 presidentially appointed and Senate-confirmed members and another 31 appointed by heads of executive agencies. The complaint notes that five members are inspectors general of quasi-federal agencies,which Read asserts aren’t part of the federal government.  “[N]ot all of their members are employed by the federal government, and they do not follow FACA-mandated procedures designed to promote transparency and public participation in their activities,” Read’s complaint says, referring to the inspectors general council and the Federal Advisory Committee Act.  The lawsuit says “CIGIE has allowed a private citizen to assume executive power” and provided personal information to its integrity panel “in violation of the Privacy Act,” the complaint adds. It argues that the court should declare the council and its committee to be in violation of the two U.S. laws and the Constitution.  Those identified as “private citizens,” not federal employees, are the inspectors general of the Appalachian Regional Commission, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Denali Commission, the Legal Services Corporation, and the Smithsonian Institution.  CIGIE’s Integrity Committee may recommend discipline up to and including firing. Some inspectors general may be fired only by the president upon notifying Congress; others may be fired by the board of directors of a particular agency.  “The president is too smart of a political player to fire the one person in his administration who has made efforts to improve security at the border,” the employee told The Daily Signal.  In May and June, the DHS Office of Inspector General issued findings showing that two of the department’s subagencies, Customs and Border Protection as well as Immigration and Customs Enforcement, don’t have an effective process for detaining and removing illegal immigrants at airports.  Another report found that ICE lacked the capacity to consistently prevent the release of high-risk individuals from custody. One inspector general’s audit concluded that the Department of Homeland Security should improve screening and vetting of asylum-seekers at the border. The council of inspectors general didn’t have an immediate response to the new litigation. “CIGIE is aware of the complaint and has no comment at this time,” spokesperson Juan Lara told The Daily Signal. The Council of Inspectors General for Integrity and Efficiency already has come under scrutiny for alleged cronyism and retaliation.  Last month, nine House Republicans led by Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., inquired about alleged wrongdoing there and why CIGIE had declined so far to investigate the report from Cuffari about its staff. Biggs wrote: In October and November 2019, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General (DHS OIG) referred allegations against three senior DHS OIG employees to the Integrity Committee. The allegations included incidents of fraud, misconduct, retaliation, and abuse of authority on the part of the three employees. Yet, in November 2019, the Integrity Committee informed DHS OIG that it would take no further action on the allegations, leaving the matter in the hands of DHS OIG. The DHS inspector general’s office contracted with the Washington, D.C., law firm of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, also known as WilmerHale, to conduct an independent investigation of the three office employees, which substantiated most of the allegations. CIGIE still declined to take action, however.  Meanwhile, strife has broken out among other inspectors general.  Gail Ennis resigned May 31 as inspector general of the Social Security Administration amid an inquiry by CIGIE’s Integrity Committee. Ennis was nominated by Trump in 2019 and confirmed by the Senate. Her departure occurred just weeks after Railroad Retirement Board Inspector General Martin Dickman was fired after being in the role for 30 years.  Read’s lawsuit says the Integrity Committee notified him in June 2021 that he was being scrutinized and did so again in May 2022. After he responded in a total of nine hours of interviews, the investigations were closed.  Read’s federal complaint doesn’t specify the allegations of wrongdoing against him.  But National Public Radio reported that Brian Volsky, then director of the Whistleblower Protection Unit at the DHS Office of Inspector General, made a complaint to CIGIE in April 2021. Volsky alleged that Cuffari and other top officials, including Read, were guilty of “gross mismanagement” and slow-walked a probe of retaliation against a Department of Homeland Security whistleblower.  Read’s lawsuit calls for the court to do this: “Set aside and declare unlawful any report, recommendations, best practice, proposal, or other matter that was formulated or approved by CIGIE or CIGIE’s Integrity Committee in violation of FACA.” His complaint alleges that failure to follow the Federal Advisory Committee Act led to secrecy among other inspectors general, as well as a violation of his rights as an “interested person” in proceedings. “An advisory committee subject to FACA is required to open its meetings to the public,” Read’s lawsuit says. It adds: “An advisory committee subject to FACA must open its records for public inspection and copying. CIGIE and CIGIE’s Integrity Committee do not open their records for public inspection and copying.” Read’s lawsuit adds:  Plaintiff believes that inspectors general are a cornerstone to good government and that the inspector general corp must operate in accordance with the foundational principles of objectivity, competence and nonpartisanship. Plaintiff is therefore an ‘interested person’ within the meaning of FACA, who has been deprived of his statutory right to attend meetings of, appear before, and file statements with CIGIE. EMBED LAWSUIT HERE The post Inspectors General Clash in Federal Lawsuit Alleging Secrecy, Illegality appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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