AENN ABOUT MARK SHAW Mark Shaw, a noted historian and the author of the bestselling The Reporter Who Knew Too Much chronicling the life and times and mysterious death of celebrated journalist Dorothy Kilgallen, is a former criminal defense attorney and ESPN, USA Today and ABC trial analyst for the Mike Tyson, O. J. Simpson and Kobe Bryant cases. He is also a respected investigative reporter who has published nearly 30 books including biographies of Tyson, spy Jonathan Pollard

Kari Chilson Shasta County Clerk and Registrar of Voters Clint Curtis has been ordered to appear before a federal grand jury in Sacramento on September 24, 2026, and to bring original paper ballots and related records from the June 2 primary election. The subpoena, issued September 10 by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, commands Curtis to testify at the Robert T. Matsui United States Courthouse and to produce materials held under California Elec

AENN Michael Proper is a founding member of Digital World and founder and chairman of The Clear Companies. Over more than 31 years, his work has evolved from building and scaling centralized technology companies to developing decentralized systems that place greater ownership, control, and opportunity in the hands of individuals. His experience gave him a firsthand understanding of both the strengths and limitations of centralized technology. While these systems helped organi

AENN Written by NICK PATSAOURAS. August 20 2026 NICK'S VIEW - We are appalled that the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is demolishing closed schools in the West San Fernando Valley, according to LA School Report, leaving valuable public land as vacant eyesores instead of returning it to meaningful public use. This is a deliberate failure of public policy. More directly, it is blight by design. Let’s be honest: the school district is mismanaging public property and

A gavel striking a sound block, symbolizing justice and legal authority in a courtroom setting. The modern map of the United States is often viewed as permanent, yet the friction of regional governance continues to test the boundaries of constitutional law. Imagine waking up to find that the Golden State has fractured, with rural counties trading their coastal governance for an independent inland administration. This scenario drives the ambitions of the New California State M

Classic vintage map of the United States in a historical book, showcasing detailed state borders. The debate over dividing the most populous state in the nation has evolved from political rhetoric into a serious legal inquiry. When examining the constitutional grounds for dividing California, scholars and legal experts often look back to the foundational mechanisms established during the admission of states to the Union. California spans over 160,000 square miles, housing nea

Classic vintage map of the United States in a historical book, showcasing detailed state borders. The idea of reshaping the political map of the United States often feels like an exercise in historical fiction rather than modern reality. Yet, the persistent discussions surrounding the partition of the Golden State bring constitutional law and statecraft directly into the contemporary spotlight. When analyzing the legal mechanics behind dividing a jurisdiction, legal scholars

AENN A teen lifeguard being hailed a hero for risking his life to save a 10-year-old boy from rough waves at a California beach met with President Donald Trump on Monday. 16-year-old Ryder Williams was welcomed to the Oval Office after saving the boy at Seabright State Beach on July 25. What you did was incredible and everybody saw it," Trump said. In the Oval Office, along with Williams were his fellow lifeguard employees, his family and 10-year-old Nathaniel Rai, whom he re

AENN August 21, 2026 by Joe Hoft California Says It Already Verifies Voters. The Evidence Says: Verify What? By Christine Bish | The Bish Report California Senators Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff just inserted themselves into the Shasta County election fight. On August 19, Padilla and Schiff sent California Secretary of State Shirley Weber a letter demanding “maximum oversight” of Shasta County’s election operations. That makes this more than a local dispute. Padilla is Calif

AENN August 20, 2026 by Joe Hoft California Democrats Becerra and Padilla identified 2016 election issues, then ignored and hid evidence that issues were addressed. Attorney General Todd Blanche is carrying the fight for California’s statewide voter-registration records into 2026. Xavier Becerra’s signed 2018 warning places the gubernatorial candidate inside California’s unanswered election-security timeline. By Christine Bish | A continuation of my three-part investigation o

AENN Elisa Ballard Redding, CA - August 13, 2026 Clint Curtis, Shasta County Registrar of Voters, has called in the FBI to assess suspicious ballots that about a dozen people observed while processing ballots for the June 2 primary election, along with video evidence of suspicious employee activity. Citizens have filed affidavits detailing what they saw regarding the ballots. Four FBI agents—two from Los Angeles and two from Sacramento—have been interviewing them this week. S

By Nicole Nixon Staff Writer Contact Aug. 13, 2026 3 AM PT Democrat Xavier Becerra holds a commanding 55% to 37% lead over Republican Steve Hilton in a new Berkeley IGS/Los Angeles Times poll ahead of November’s election to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom. Support breaks sharply along party lines, with progressives and no-party-preference voters driving Becerra’s advantage. Majorities in Los Angeles and San Diego counties, the Bay Area and the Central Coast back Becerra, while Hilt

AENN Joe Hoft Supreme Court Asked to Decide Whether Office of Elections Can Block Its Oversight Commission From Meeting Who Controls Hawaiʻi’s Elections Commission? Supreme Court Asked to Decide Whether Office of Elections Can Block Its Oversight Commission From Meeting HONOLULU, Hawaiʻi — A case now before the Hawaiʻi Supreme Court raises a fundamental question about who ultimately controls the ability of the Hawaiʻi Elections Commission to meet and carry out its responsibil

AENN Wildfires burning across the western U.S. and Canada on Sunday left some residents keeping a wary eye out for possible evacuation orders while others already forced to flee their homes waited to see what would be left on their return. In western Canada, over 20,000 people were forced to flee communities along Okanagan Lake in British Columbia over the weekend as a fast-moving wildfire destroyed homes and dozens had to be rescued by aircraft. In the U.S., crews in Washing

AENN HHHS Secretay during the Biden years Xavier Baccera who is now running for California State Governor. Bacerra who worked under Secretary of the Interior Mayorkas were both forced to testify before the Senate 3 years ago. Now the echos of those hearing are becoming a major item in the investigation of the open invasion of our county during Bidens's Presidency.

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AENN The voter file is broken. Stop polishing it and rebuild it. By Christine Bish (Editorial illustration: The illusion of election security) Campaigns & Elections Article One exposed California’s favorite election trick: compare the signature on a ballot envelope with a signature already stored in the same voter record, then call the match security. Article Two is not another tour of the illusion. It is the fix. New Jersey Pulled Back the Curtain New Jersey has admitted tha

AENN Midterm Meltdown by Aaron Gentzler One of the top minds in Washington is out with a shocking new prediction… Jim Rickards has spent close to 50 years working at the highest levels of Wall Street… international finance and the U.S. government. In that time, he’s built a reputation for making calls that first seemed crazy – yet proved to be correct. Back in the summer of 2008, he warned of a “major market meltdown.” And very few people believed him. Yet within weeks, $8 tr

AENN Temperature of a Spark from Metal in a Microwave A microwave‑induced spark is not a single “fixed” temperature — it’s a plasma channel that can locally reach several thousand degrees Celsius, but the surrounding metal and air are usually far cooler unless the spark is sustained. Why the spark forms When microwaves (2.45 GHz) hit metal, they reflect and can concentrate electric fields at sharp edges or thin points whysciencedaily.com+1. This concentration can ionize the a