An enlightening and informative symposium on human trafficking

Imagine a foreign policy that deters aggression without endless wars, projecting power so others think twice before crossing the line. At home, it is about law and order that keeps neighborhoods safe, not as a cudgel, but as a foundation for opportunity. This vision is not blind optimism; it is founded in a humanist belief that our nation can protect its own while lifting its people, from farmers to factory workers to tech innovators.

“Remember this diabolical playbook: Create a pretext. Lie to the American people about a threat. Hype the threat. Create irrational fear. Tell them military action is needed to eliminate the threat, and their fears. Bombs away.” – Dennis Kucinich

Since we were successful at both religious and economic freedom via our Constitution, what protection do we have that will maintain freedom of economics and business in medicine?

Currently, USDA policy is to cull chickens as the only response to the bird flu. In the last twenty-four months 166 million birds have been killed. However, a very small percentage of these chickens actually had the flu or were even showing symptoms. The protocol has been to kill the entire flock, horribly, by foam suffocation. The policy is, if one or two chickens on your farm shows any trace of bird flus from a PCR test, then automatically, all your chickens are killed. The problem with the PCR test is that there are many false positives. 

The County’s budget totals $388 million, with 45.8%—or $167 million—sourced from federal and state intergovernmental funds. This revenue supports 908 full-time equivalent positions delivering essential services, but recent federal actions threaten this pipeline, prompting urgent advocacy by the Board. Nevada County’s complete reliance on federal funding for these services amplifies the stakes. Discretionary revenues offer little buffer against cuts to the $167 million in federal and state aid while losing tax-exempt municipal bonds could cripple infrastructure funding tied to salaries.

Rusty Dankbud went at Miners Foundry to watch Kevin Kiley pull a vanishing act on the Indivisible Nevada County town hall, leaving a room full of Bay Area transplant, Trump-deranged, Prius-piloting relics who ditched San Francisco for bucolic Nevada County clutching their “Resist” pins and unraveling into a woke frenzy. The townhall turned into a three-hour TDS therapy session with keynote preacher Supervisor Heidi Hall, Nevada County’s self-anointed queen of sanctimony, leading the charge like a progressive televangelist on a righteous bender.

Reliance on the state as the primary mechanism for helping the needy not only undermines the potential of individual goodwill but also betrays a skepticism about the very people he claims to champion. True compassion, particularly from a Christian perspective, should rest on trust in mankind’s capacity for generosity and mutual aid and not on the coercive arm of bureaucracy.

On March 10, 2025, over 400 people packed the Eric Rood Administrative Center in Nevada City, California, for Congressman Kevin Kiley’s community office hours, an event touted by The Union as a platform for constituent concerns in California’s Third District. What could have been a rallying point for real change devolved into a showcase of the “woke mind virus” and a gathering of virtue signalers more intent on preaching than solving problems.

In California, AB 1333 is aiming to repeal the “SYG” doctrine.

Researchers call for COVID vaccines to be removed from the market based on their review of studies and reports of adverse events, including death.

Poor Kevin Kiley—our District 3 golden boy—probably thought he was doing a solid with these office hours. “Come vibe, constituents!” he says, all polished and straight-edge, expecting a few chill folks with pothole gripes and legitimate federal budget concerns. Instead, he gets a tsunami of progressive Boomers, a plaid-and-patchouli posse demanding he dismantle the patriarchy by lunch or at least ban plastic vape pens in Nevada County.

We are being exposed to a barrage of fear tactics claiming that Medicaid is being cut for those who need it.

“I happened to be in the D.C. area when the offices of the U.S. Agency for International Development were closed.”

On Tuesday, February 25, 2025, the Grass Valley City Council held its regular meeting for which the agenda included a proposed resolution regarding an international conflict, specifically between Palestine and Israel. 

In a move that has left taxpayers clutching their wallets and laughing through the tears, Nevada County Executive Alison Lehman and her trusty Board of Supervisors have greenlit a $75,000 contract with Bryce Consulting, Inc., to “survey” their compensation. Because apparently, the only thing more critical than affordable housing or higher wages for lower-level county staff is figuring out if Lehman’s nearly half million-dollar annual compensation package comes with enough gold stars.

As of February 21, 2025, companies must prepare to file beneficial ownership information reports to the Dept. of Treasury by March 21, 2025, unless the Senate acts swiftly on H.R. 736 or courts intervene. The process involves submitting names, addresses, birthdates, and identification numbers for beneficial owners via FinCEN’s online portal—a task many find daunting amid the uncertainty.

With an estimated crowd of 1,100 to 1,300 individuals, the event was less a unified political statement and more a cacophony of conflicting messages and uncoordinated activism.

Did you see the last Grass Valley City Council meeting?

It is startling to see the huge impact of the employment of illegal and other immigrants on job opportunities for American men.