NR Daily: California’s Soft Secession Accelerates

Earlier this week Twitter briefly lit up with news of yet another California progressive excess. The state's Democratic house majority leader has submitted a bill that imposes criminal penalties on waiters who offer their customers plastic straws. Yes, you read that correctly. Here's the description, from the legislative counsel's digest: This bill would prohibit a food facility, as specified, where food may be consumed on the premises from providing single-use plastic straws to consumers unless requested by the consumer. By creating a new crime and imposing additional enforcement duties on local health agencies, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program ...

January 27 2018

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California's Soft Secession Accelerates David French Earlier this week Twitter briefly lit up with news of yet another California progressive excess. The state's Democratic house majority leader has submitted a bill that imposes criminal penalties on waiters who offer their customers plastic straws. Yes, you read that correctly. Here's the description, from the legislative... READ MORE America First Triumphs in Davos Larry Kudlow The core of President Trump's Davos message was this: "There has never been a better time to hire, to build, to invest, and to grow in the United States... The Russia 'Fake News' Scare Is All about Chilling Speech David Harsanyi Last week, Republicans began to call for the release of a memo authored by House Intelligence Committee chairman Devin Nunes that purports to lay out a series of abuses connected to the FBI... ADVERTISEMENT The Talking Stick Senators Matthew Continetti A good day for a writer is one in which a metaphor falls into his lap. That happened recently when I read a behind-the-scenes report on the government shutdown. During the Democrats' brief and... The White House's Welcome Proposal on Immigration The Editors The White House released an immigration proposal yesterday and we are not ready to rummage through the office to find a MAGA hat to burn. The proposal is not entirely to our liking, but it is... Trump's First Year: The Bad News Dan McLaughlin Yesterday I reviewed the top ten reasons for conservatives to be happy with the first year of the Trump presidency. But there's a price to be paid, too. Let's review the top ten lowlights of... ADVERTISEMENT The Fleet at Flood Tide: America at Total War in the Pacific, 1944-1945 James D. Hornfischer "A masterful account of the barbaric last year of the Pacific War...The Fleet at Flood Tide is, quite simply, popular and scholarly military history at its best." - Victor Davis Hanson LEARN MORE Top Shots Cloned Animals ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 19 West 44th Street, Suite 1701, New York, NY, 10036, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.