Politics

A brisk wind ruffles yellow prayer flags as dozens of Tibetans, some on crutches, circle a shrine in a time-honored Buddhist ritual. Across the street, a red banner spells out a new belief system, one being enforced with increasing fervor, of China's ruling Communist Party.

The United States Supreme Court declined to hear Rodriguez v. Newsom on Monday, keeping intact California’s winner-take-all approach to selecting presidential electors.

Paramedics were called regularly to treat children suffering from panic attacks so severe their hands would constrict into balls and their bodies would shake. The outbursts often occurred after other children were taken away to be reunited with families, dashing the hopes of those left behind at the largest emergency shelter set up by the Biden administration to hold minors who had crossed the U.S.-Mexico border alone.

All hell and then some broke out at the Hemet City Council meeting Tuesday Night. First, the preliminaries. The council met in a private session at 6:00 pm. Discussions regarding labor negotiations took place for the next hour and then the regular public meeting began at 7:00 pm. The house was full but quiet. Call to order, roll call, invocation, pledge of allegiance, city attorney’s comments regarding closed session. All calm on the western front and then the meeting was opened to public comments and boy, did they have public comments. One by one, they paraded before the camera. Some were angry, others pleading, but they all had one issue: Keep Joe Males on the counter. The Pro-Males speakers were all present; the Anti-Males argument were all by phone or streaming with one anti Males caller city threats against him if he appeared in person.

Vice President Kamala Harris came to Latin America to deliver a message rather than clinch some kind of concrete deal.