Joel B. Pollak

1 day ago | breitbart.com | Joel B. Pollak

Newsom acknowledged that the state faces huge budget deficits for the second year in a row, despite massive federally-funded surpluses before that — amounting to a $12 billion gap that the state government must fill. As part of his plan to fill the hole, Newsom’s revised 2025-26 budget is proposing $5 billion in savings by barring new “undocumented” immigrants from joining Medi-Cal — though he said that existing enrollees would not lose their benefits.

1 day ago | businessandamerica.com | Joel B. Pollak

Democrats have postured for much of the past decade as the so-called “defenders of democracy,” protecting America from the supposedly authoritarian tendencies of a patriarchal president (even if he was, you know, elected.)The post Pollak: Democrats Teach David Hogg a Lesson in ‘Defending Democracy’ appeared first on Breitbart.

1 day ago | breitbart.com | Joel B. Pollak

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1 day ago | breitbart.com | Joel B. Pollak

The warning came two days after the first charter flight of several dozen Afrikaner refugees arrived in the U.S. On Tuesday, President Cyril Ramaphosa called the refugees “cowards” for “running away” — a sentiment that his party, the African National Congress (ANC), echoed. The ANC claimed that the Afrikaners were not being persecuted, while faulting them for abandoning “transformation,” a policy of racial economic redistribution.

1 day ago | breitbart.com | Joel B. Pollak

State Farm dropped many policyholders in the months leading up to the devastating fires in Los Angeles, and has dragged its feet in helping those homeowners who retained their policies, often “lowballing” estimates of repairs. The company only eased a demand that homeowners provide full, itemized lists of lost possessions after meeting with President Donald Trump’s envoy, Ric Grenell.