Elon Musk's SpaceX has made an interesting new hire: a 14-year-old Bangladeshi-American boy who has just become the youngest person to graduate from Santa Clara University.
Kairan Quazi announced his new job last week, writing in a LinkedIn post that he would soon be joining "the coolest company on the planet."
“A huge thank you to my team at SpaceX for the most transparent, technically challenging, and fun interview process,” Quazi wrote in a Thursday LinkedIn post, according to Fortune. “I am packing my rain boots and ready for July!”
He will be joining SpaceX's Starlink team in Washington state next month as a software engineer.
Quazi was set to graduate Saturday from SCU with a bachelor's degree in computer science and engineering.
That makes him the youngest student to ever graduate from the school and one of few in the U.S. to graduate from college at only 14.
Prior to his transfer to SCU, Quazi attended Las Positas Community College, according to the Mercury News. At the age of 10, he was granted an internship at Intel Labs as an AI research co-op fellow.
Quazi said in an interview with Mercury News that, before applying at SpaceX, he was rejected by 95 companies and only had three offers for full-time positions.
He thanked SpaceX for not being like the rest in rejecting him for his young age, which he told Fortune, is "an arbitrary and outdated proxy for maturity and ability."
Meanwhile, LinkedIn has deleted his account from the platform because Quazi doesn't meet its minimum age requirement.
"We're excited by your enthusiasm, energy and focus. We can't wait to see what you do in the world," LinkedIn said in a message that was shared by Quazi on Instagram.
"Because you currently do not meet the age eligibility criteria to join, we have restricted your account. You are welcome back on the platform once you turn 16 or older," the message read.
Discussing his life and what he hopes to achieve at SpaceX, Quazi told People Magazine that his "personal journey has really been about disrupting the status quo."
Noting the many possibilities that Starlink – an internet satellite constellation – has to offer to humanity, Quazi said he really wants to work toward something that can provide "the greatest good for the greatest number."
His mother, Julia, told the outlet that they discovered Quazi's extremely high intelligence when he took an IQ test at 9 years old.
"He's an extreme extrovert. His verbal fluency was so strong. So a lot of the things that seemed strange to us for years, we just chalked it up to very strong vocabulary and a strong personality," she told People.
Struggling to keep up with him, even as a child, Quazi's parents actually felt as though they were failing him.
"We actually felt every day that we were failing as parents because we did not know how to help him. We just didn't have the toolkit to help him feel validated and balanced because we had no idea what we were dealing with," Julia said.
But while some on social media may disagree with their decision to send him to college at such a young age, Quazi told the Los Angeles Times that higher education allowed him to learn "at the level that I was meant to learn."
He hopes that telling his story will cause "leaders in influential positions [to] challenge their biases and misconceptions," he told the Times. "Hopefully, I can open the door to more people like me."
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
The Democratic mayor of Los Angeles is expressing her fury after a group of illegal aliens arrived in the city.
Mayor Karen Bass criticized Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for a state program facilitating transport of the illegals to California, accusing Abbott of orchestrating a "despicable stunt," according to Fox News.
A busload of 42 people arrived at a church in Los Angeles on Wednesday, according to the Los Angeles Times.
#BREAKING The bus of migrants was just dropped off at a church in L.A.'s Chinatown.
Representatives from L.A. City and L.A. County were on hand to welcome them. @FOXLA's @SusanHirasuna is the only reporter there. She says they're not expected to spend the night at the church https://t.co/IqDeirQUeg
— Elex Michaelson (@Elex_Michaelson) June 14, 2023
In an earlier tweet, Abbott announced the busload of migrants had arrived in Los Angeles.
In a statement to Fox, Abbott defended his policies to transport the aliens to sanctuary cities and states.
The Texas governor pointed to the record-setting in-flow of illegal immigrants at the southern border under the tenure of President Joe Biden.
"Texas’ small border towns remain overwhelmed and overrun by the thousands of people illegally crossing into Texas from Mexico because of President Biden’s refusal to secure the border," Abbott said in the statement.
"Los Angeles is a major city that migrants seek to go to, particularly now that its city leaders approved its self-declared sanctuary city status.
"Our border communities are on the front lines of President Biden’s border crisis, and Texas will continue providing this much-needed relief until he steps up to do his job and secure the border."
Bass doubled down on Los Angeles' sanctuary-city status in her own statement after the arrival, while reserving ire for Abbott, according to Fox.
"This did not catch us off guard, nor will it intimidate us," Bass said.
"Los Angeles is not a city motivated by hate or fear, and we absolutely will not be swayed or moved by petty politicians playing with human lives."
Blue-state mayors and governors have increasingly criticized the transport of illegal immigrants to their states -- all while ignoring local policies that move illegals to other locations.
The Los Angeles City Council approved an ordinance reaffirming the city's sanctuary status just earlier this month, according to Fox.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom accused Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis of kidnapping aliens in a June tweet -- only for Florida authorities to release evidence proving the migrants sent to California were transported voluntarily.
About 2.2 million illegal immigrants live in California — the most of any state in the union, according to Pew Research.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
The most dangerous national park has been revealed -- and it might be the best-known.
A New York Post investigation of Department of the Interior records labeled the Grand Canyon National Park as the most dangerous of the 424 sites administered by the National Park Service.
Federal records obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests indicated that 56 people have been reported missing in connection with a visit to the Arizona park since the start of 2018, the report Sunday said.
An additional six people have been found dead in the massive canyon park, which covers more than 1.2 million acres.
It's common for hikers and travelers to underestimate the challenges that the 18-mile-wide canyon poses to those seeking to traverse it.
Rescue services at the park were overwhelmed with about 200 calls for emergency assistance during Memorial Day weekend in 2021 alone, according to the Idaho Statesman.
“I've begun to realize that you can listen to silence and learn from it. It has a quality and a dimension all its own.” ― Chaim Potok #FridayFeeling #Arizona #GrandCanyon #Peaceful pic.twitter.com/kXm0MvvhOC
— Grand Canyon NPS (@GrandCanyonNPS) June 9, 2023
National Park Service search and rescue agent Ken Phillips said the Grand Canyon is even more dangerous than federal records make it appear.
"On average, there are 12 fatalities within the canyon every year,” the rescue specialist told the Post.
News release-Hiker fatality near Three-Mile Resthouse along Bright Angel Trailhttps://t.co/7AQHlx5YFX pic.twitter.com/hSToIiTK06
— Grand Canyon NPS (@GrandCanyonNPS) May 24, 2023
Philips said peak visitation to the park during the sweltering summer season poses safety challenges, with many visitors unprepared for temperatures that can exceed 100 degrees.
The dangers facing visitors range widely.
“Those can be from everything relating to heat stroke, lightning, drownings on the river, air crashes, suicides, accidental falls -- all types of things," he said.
The Grand Canyon National Park received the second-most visits of any national park in 2022, according to the Post. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park was No. 1.
The American West is also home to some of the nation's other most dangerous national parks.
Olympic National Park in Washington and Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado took second and third place in that dark category, according to the Post.
The Grand Canyon is considered one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World, a distinction shared with Australia's Great Barrier Reef and Mount Everest in the Himalayas.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
For whatever a compliment from "The View" may or may not be worth to a Republican presidential candidate, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has one -- sort of.
Christie, who formally launched his presidential bid earlier this month, is widely considered a long shot in the increasingly crowded GOP primary field.
Indeed, many view the top two candidates from the Republican field as former President Donald Trump (the heavy frontrunner at the moment) and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (a distant second to Trump, but still demonstrably more favorable than any other candidate thus far).
But it's perhaps that underdog status that allows the co-hosts of "The View," none of whom would be described as a deep red Republican, to wax so nostalgically on Christie's perceived primary tactic of "attack Trump."
On Tuesday's episode of "The View," the co-hosts of the show did just that when they launched into a discussion about Christie.
You can watch the relevant segment, where "The View" co-hosts broke down and analyzed a Christie town hall on CNN, below:
After showing a "highlight reel" of Christie's remarks during the CNN town hall with Anderson Cooper, the show cut back to an exasperated Whoopi Goldberg.
"Yeah ... what happened yesterday?" Goldberg asked. "Did you watch?"
"Well, I watched it," co-host Joy Behar responded. "And he is the only Republican, in my opinion, who's going nuclear on Trump. He's doing what they call 'scorched earth' on Trump.
"And I'm enjoying that. Very much."
Well, there you have it. If Joy Behar were going to vote for a Republican, it sounds like Christie may have very well secured her vote.
But, Behar clearly won't be voting Republican anytime soon, and reminded the studio audience exactly why.
"But, when it came down to issues, he has nothing on abortion except throw it back to the states," Behar continued. It's at this point that Behar goes on a viscerally disturbing tangent to illustrate her point on abortions.
"So if you live in a state where you can't get an abortion, and you're 12-years-old, and your uncle raped you, too bad about you," Behar said. Naturally, despite the one "scorched earth" compliment Behar offered up, she had more criticisms for Christie, this time about his Second Amendment beliefs.
"When it came to guns, 'I don't know, it's a big problem, I don't know,'" Behar said, mocking Christie. "He never said get rid of the AR-15's, so when it comes to real issues, he has nothing.
"But, when it comes to Trump, he's got the ammo. He already went after the two grifting children, Ivanka and the other son there ... her husband, who made so much money in Saudi Arabia."
Behar then came dangerously close to slander as she accused, effectively, Jared Kushner of having been bribed off by Saudi officials. Her co-hosts actually had to jump in to remind the audience that all of these slanderous claims were "allegedly" true, and far from confirmed.
(Unsurprisingly, the first "allegedly" qualifier appeared to have come from co-host Sunny Hostin, a lawyer.)
One of the token "Republicans" on the show, Alyssa Farah Griffin, continued the damnation with faint praise by basically calling Christie's anti-Trump rhetoric important, despite having no realistic shot at a GOP nomination.
"Chris Christie is an imperfect messenger telling a very important message," Griffin said.
She also added, however: "His unfavorables are sky-high in the Republican party. I don't think there's a path for him to the nomination."
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
Legal experts warn that even one slip in former President Donald Trump’s defense against charges of mishandling classified material could send him to jail for the rest of his life.
When Breitbart did the math of the 37 counts against Trump, assuming the maximum for each count, Trump could face a sentence of up to 400 years in prison.
The site noted that two of the allegations against Trump carry a maximum of five years each; four carry maximum sentences of 20 years each, and 31 counts carry a maximum sentence of 10 years each.
Republican Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina said locking up Trump forever was the plan all along, according to Fox News.
“Joe Biden wants to give Donald Trump a death sentence for documents,” Mace said.
“He’s facing hundreds of years for mishandling documents, and they want him to die in jail. And yet Hillary Clinton’s standing free today,” she said.
Biden wants to give Trump a 'death sentence' over classified documents: Rep. Nancy Mace https://t.co/tx1dbbZQdS via @YahooNews
— ɐɹnɯɐʞɐN¯ıɾnʎSㄣ⇂ގ6⇂ (@alicetiptree) June 12, 2023
Although Trump has put a bold front on his predicament by saying he would not abandon his campaign even if convicted, legal scholar Jonathan Turley said Trump is in a tight spot.
“The problem is that he's got to run the table. He's 76 years old. All the government has to do is stick the landing on one count and he could have a terminal sentence,” Turley told Fox News.
“You're talking about crimes that have a 10 or 20-year period as a maximum. The evidence here is quite strong and we haven't heard their other side. Generally, these indictments are a lot stronger on the day they're issued than the next day,” Turley said.
Turley said the defense “may be able to knock down some of these issues, but some of this evidence is coming from his former counsel. And these are very damaging statements made against him. It may be hard to move those.”
“The fact is both things may be true. Yes, the Department of Justice may have been out to get him, but he made it easy. I mean, if you look at what is being described in this indictment, confronted with someone that he felt was trying to get him, he couldn't have made it more easy for them to do so,” Turley said.
In a column on his website, Turley said the stakes are high for both sides.
“The Justice Department has done tremendous damage to itself -- and, potentially, to this case -- due to its prior history with Trump. FBI and Justice officials have shown open bias against him and have treated him differently than figures like former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton,” Turley wrote.
But Truly did not minimize the stakes for Trump.
“Trump is now facing the most serious criminal charges in his career. If successful and Trump is not pardoned by himself or one of his Republican competitors (or even by a magnanimous Joe Biden), it could be a lethal threat. At 76 years old, Trump would be unlikely to survive a prison stint even without the imposition of the maximum sentences allowed under these charges,” Turley wrote.
Turley noted in another column posted on his website that although the 2024 presidential election is 17 months away, the case might well not go to trial until after the voting, which means, as Turley wrote, “the ultimate judgment in the case will be the millions of jurors in the coming election.”
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
A House Republican firebrand is irked that many House GOP colleagues are a wet blanket when it comes to impeaching President Joe Biden over allegations contained in an FBI document.
Last week, FBI Director Christopher Wray, under threat of being found in contempt of Congress, shared with members of the House Oversight Committee a document that made allegations against President Joe Biden from the time when he was vice president in the Obama administration.
Fox News reported that sources familiar with the document, known as an FD-1023 form, said it claims Biden was paid $5 million by an executive of the Ukrainian energy company Burisma Holdings. That's the Ukrainian company that paid Biden’s son, Hunter, at least $50,000 a month from 2014 to 2019 to serve on its board of directors, though he had no background in the energy field or knowledge of the Ukrainian language.
Burisma saw hiring Hunter Biden as a way to make their problems vanish.
Then Hunter and the 'Big Guy' each got $5 million in their bank accounts.
When any high ranking US official receives a bribe, our Constitution spells out very clearly they must be impeached! #ImpeachBiden pic.twitter.com/PCFuHwWuPH
— Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 (@mtgreenee) June 10, 2023
Based on what she saw, Greene called for the president to be first impeached and then jailed. Her colleagues, she said, do not seem interested, according to Breitbart.
Asked what might spark interest, she replied, “To be honest with you? I don’t know. That’s the part that literally leaves me dumbfounded.”
"I’ve already been texting a ton of my colleagues, ‘We have to impeach Biden, we have to impeach Biden,'” she said.
Greene said the question of impeachment boils down to a willingness on the part of House Republicans to show the courage of their convictions.
Joe Biden shouldn't just be impeached, he should be handcuffed and hauled out of the White House for his crimes.
It's no coincidence that the Department of Injustice came out with phony charges against President Trump the same day @GOPoversight reviewed damning evidence against… pic.twitter.com/cHaxSQ6PkR
— Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 (@mtgreenee) June 9, 2023
“We have to impeach him in the House to show and prove to our voters that we’re willing to do these things, are willing to bring accountability. If we don’t do it, then why do they want to vote for us?” she said.
Greene said that based on what was disclosed Thursday, subpoenas have been sent to four banks to gather information about the Biden family’s finances, and the Oversight Committee will investigate further allegations made to the FBI in connection with the allegations against Biden.
An FD-1023 report contains unverified information given to the FBI by a confidential source. According to Fox, the 2020 report summarizes conversations the informant had with a Burisma executive as far back as 2015.
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The company would dole out “$5 million for one Biden, $5 million for the other Biden,” the Burisma executive told the confidential human source, according to Fox.
According to the confidential source, the Burisma executive said the payments were made “through so many different bank accounts” that anyone investigating could not “unravel this for at least 10 years.”
The Burisma executive said he “didn’t pay the Big Guy directly,” the source reported. “Big Guy” has been interpreted to mean Joe Biden.
President Trump was impeached over a perfect phone call asking questions about a Ukrainian prosecutor who was fired at the direction of VP Biden.
All while the FBI had information that Joe Biden and his son were paid $5 million to get this prosecutor fired in a political bribery… pic.twitter.com/mb0ehjnLht
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) June 10, 2023
On Thursday, Greene said the panel will keep digging.
"We are going to continue following this investigation. We're going to continue to look into every single thing that we can uncover," Greene said, according to Newsweek.
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"We need the FBI to keep cooperating with us. That's extremely important. And I have very high expectations of Christopher Wray that he will do the right thing and continue showing us the information that we're asking for."
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
Amid outcries from China, Japan is moving forward with a plan that will release contaminated water from the Fukushima power plant into the ocean, with China accusing it of having already started.
Earlier this week, Japanese broadcaster NHK said an underwater tunnel built to serve as the conduit for releasing the contaminated water has already been filled with seawater, according to Reuters.
Hong Kong Secretary for Environment and Ecology Tse Chin-wan wrote an opinion piece opposing the plan, according to the South China Morning Post.
“It is irresponsible for the Japanese government to ignore the strong concerns of the international community and insist on discharging the radioactive waste water into the sea,” Tse said.
“I sincerely wish the Japanese authorities would not discharge the waste water and irreversibly endanger the environment and food safety before the international community reached a consensus."
China’s state-run China Daily reported that Japan was already sending contaminated water into the sea, saying, “The process was carried out secretly.”
Meanwhile, China’s People’s Daily wrote that “Japan's selfish act will transfer pollution risk to its neighbors and surrounding environment,” citing Li Song, China's representative to the United Nations.
Japan has pushed back against the accusations.
“It is incorrect to accuse Japan of trying to proceed with the discharge one-sidedly and that Japan is in violation of international law,” a spokesman for Japan said, according to the South China Morning Post.
“[It] is not radioactive waste water but Advanced Liquid Processing System treated water that has been sufficiently purified.”
But that’s not an argument that has many believers, according to National Geographic.
“It’s a trans-boundary and trans-generational event. ... Anything released into the ocean off of Fukushima is not going to stay in one place,” said Robert Richmond, director of the Kewalo Marine Laboratory at the University of Hawaii.
Richmond noted that radioactive material from the 2011 Fukushima accident was detected in California, 5,500 miles away.
Ken Buesseler, a marine radiochemist and adviser to the Pacific Islands Forum, said there are concerns, but objected to exaggerated claims.
“I don’t think that the releases would irreparably destroy the Pacific. ... We’re not going to die. This isn’t that situation,” he said, adding that it “doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be concerned.”
“The root of this problem is that they are moving already with a plan that has not yet shown that it will work. They’re saying, ‘We can make it work. We’ll treat it as many times as it takes.’ If you want to put a nickname on this plan, it’s ‘trust us; we’ll take care of it,’” he said.
The National Association of Marine Laboratories has set itself solidly against the plan, saying the advanced liquid processing system that Japan claims will largely neuter the harmful elements in the water “remains a serious concern due to the absence of critical data.”
“The supporting data provided by the Tokyo Electric Power Company and the Japanese Government are insufficient and, in some cases, incorrect,” the group said in a statement.
“NAML members are unified in our concern about use of the oceans as a dumping ground for radioactively contaminated water and other pollutants because such actions can negatively affect the long-term health and sustainability of our planet,” the statement said.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
An embattled electric vehicle company has just received more bad news that could damage its image even further.
At the beginning of June, Yahoo Finance reported that electric vehicle startup Rivian had seen its stock price plummet 90 percent from its record high, meaning that the company is on the verge of being pushed out of the NASDAQ 100 Index.
While that may seem like the worst news a company could get, the situation has since only deteriorated for Rivian, as one of its flagship products malfunctioned -- and that's putting it lightly.
According to Carscoops, on Monday, a video emerged of a Rivian R1T truck suddenly bursting into flames while charging at an Electrify America station in Mill Valley, California.
Firefighters quickly rushed to the scene to put out the blaze. A spokesperson for Rivian later gave a statement to Carscoops.
“We are aware of the incident, and we are conducting a full investigation,” the spokesperson said. “Nobody was harmed, and at this time, it does not appear that the vehicle’s high voltage battery was involved.”
WARNING: The following video contains language that some may find offensive.
Video of that @Rivian fire the other day.
It appears something exploded (maybe the 12v battery?). Rivian says the high voltage battery didn’t appear to be involved.
Fire possibly started at the charger port (using @ElectrifyAm). pic.twitter.com/lv5riLNZK6
— Matthew Donegan-Ryan (@MatthewDR) June 8, 2023
As of June 8, the automotive news outlet reported, "there is still no official explanation regarding the cause of the fire. However, several commentators have theorized that the fire may have originated near the charge port before spreading to the [trunk]."
This is the absolute worst thing that could have happened to Rivian, as the company had been tanking in the stock market due to similar instances that had occurred in the past.
In May 2022, local NPR outlet WGLT reported that there had been at least three fires in the previous seven months at the Rivian plant in Normal, Illinois: one in a battery that had been in a repair area, one in a vehicle that caught fire inside the plant and one in the automated battery assembly area.
Rivian already had a reputation for this, and now, this latest incident with one of its flagship products could scare away other investors, thereby sealing its fate in the stock market.
However, this is about much more than Rivian. This is a reminder of the challenges facing electric vehicle technology in general.
The left keeps pushing electric vehicles as a climate-friendly alternative to gas-powered vehicles. While EV technology certainly has a lot of potential and is worth exploring further, it still has a long way to go before it can be as useful as a gas engine.
Rivian is not the only company to experience these challenges, as other electric vehicles have proven time and again to be fire hazards.
In the aftermath of Hurricane Ian in 2022, Florida Fire Marshal Jimmy Patronis complained to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration about problems firefighters encountered with EVs.
“I ... saw with my own eyes an EV continuously ignite, and continually reignite, as fireteams doused the vehicle with tens-of-thousands of gallons of water,” he wrote.
"Subsequently, I was informed by the fire department that the vehicle, once again reignited when it was loaded onto the tow truck. Based on my conversations with area firefighters, this is not an isolated incident.
“As you can appreciate, I am very concerned that we may have a ticking time bomb on our hands.”
Electric vehicles are also proving to be unreliable in their current state. They break down much more easily, they lose energy quickly and they take a long time to charge.
Their high price tag -- an average of $58,385 as of February, compared to $44,697 for a standard non-luxury vehicle, according to Kelley Blue Book -- puts them out of reach for most Americans, meaning that there really is no good reason why anyone would want to buy an electric vehicle right now.
If electric vehicles can be manufactured in a way that makes them safe, reliable and affordable, then their development should be cheered as a climate-friendly technological advancement.
But for now, the electric vehicle has a long way to go before that day comes.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom of California has proposed a 28th amendment to the U.S. Constitution that he says would curb gun violence in America.
It does not mention an epidemic of mental illness or a lack of basic human empathy among previous and would-be shooters, but it instead focuses on stripping away Americans’ gun rights.
The new amendment, which Newsom proposed both on Twitter and through a news release, would ban so-called “assault weapons” nationwide, would mandate waiting periods for purchasers, and would also institute universal background checks, he said.
Newsom claimed his proposed amendment if ratified would also protect the Second Amendment.
“Our ability to make a more perfect union is literally written into the Constitution,” he said. “So today, I’m proposing the 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution to do just that.”
NEW: I’m proposing the 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution to help end our nation’s gun violence crisis.
The American people are sick of Congress’ inaction.
The 28th will enshrine 4 widely supported gun safety freedoms -- while leaving the 2nd Amendment intact:
1)… pic.twitter.com/ZJ7fyfH0Cf
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) June 8, 2023
Newsom argued a 28th amendment would “enshrine in the Constitution common sense gun safety measures that Democrats, Republicans, Independents, and gun owners overwhelmingly support -- while leaving the 2nd Amendment unchanged and respecting America’s gun-owning tradition.”
Buried in the news release is a sentence that signals such an amendment could go beyond the governor's proposed measures.
The release states, “Additionally, the 28th Amendment will affirm Congress, states, and local governments can enact additional common-sense gun safety regulations that save lives.”
The passage of such an amendment will be a long shot for the governor.
In order to amend the Constitution, Congress would need to pass legislation with a two-thirds majority vote in both the House of Representatives and in the Senate.
That, or a constitutional convention must be called for by two-thirds of the state legislatures.
Newsom indicated he will seek 33 state legislatures that will agree with California that an amendment is needed to curb gun violence.
“The Governor will work with grassroots supporters, elected and civic leaders, and broad and diverse coalitions across the nation to fight for the passage of similar resolutions in other state legislatures to ensure the convening of a constitutional convention limited to this subject,” Newsom’s office said.
The governor’s office acknowledged “33 other states, in addition to California, would need to take action to convene such a convention.”
That does not appear likely to happen as many states across the South, Midwest, and Mountain West have actually relaxed their gun laws in recent years.
Additionally, Congress is closely divided along party lines, meaning getting a two-thirds vote in both chambers to agree on something so controversial seems highly unlikely.
Newsom’s office said Thursday his state’s strict gun control laws should be used as a model for the rest of the country.
“California’s nation-leading gun safety laws serve as a valuable blueprint for other states and Congress to save lives,” his office said.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
Embattled CNN CEO Chris Licht is out after a little more than a year on the job that failed to bring the network back to relevance.
The ouster was first reported by Puck News but was quickly confirmed in a Twitter post by CNN’s senior media reporter Oliver Darcy.
Darcy reported that Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav gave CNN staffers the word:
Bulletin: Chris Licht is out at CNN.
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) June 7, 2023
"I met with Chris and he will be leaving CNN," David Zaslav tells CNN employees at the start of the morning editorial call.
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) June 7, 2023
Licht was tapped to oversee CNN’s operations in April 2022 after his predecessor, Jeff Zucker, resigned in disgrace over a romantic relationship with one of his subordinates.
Licht's hiring was portrayed as a chance for the network to reset itself with independents and conservatives who had abandoned it over its far-left tilt.
Licht was quick to shake up CNN’s lineup and made a number of personnel moves during his first few months on the job.
None of them were able to bring viewers back to the struggling network – not even the demotion and then the firing of liberal lightning rod Don Lemon.
A "CNN This Morning" show reboot failed to resonate with viewers, while over the course of Licht’s tenure, primetime ratings suffered mounting losses.
Last month’s network town hall in New Hampshire with former President Donald Trump was likely a death knell to Licht after it was universally panned.
Then, Licht found himself a target for criticism from top CNN personalities and staffers.
Last week, The Atlantic published a lengthy and less-than-glowing profile of Licht after 14 months on the job and in the aftermath of the town hall, kicking off days of tumultuous headlines about Licht and the network, including Licht apologizing to staffers on Monday.
Dylan Byers with Puck News reported Wednesday morning:
“…[A]fter a year of leadership missteps, programming misfires, a disastrous Trump town hall and the near-total decimation of staff morale in the wake of a chilling all-access Atlantic story, Licht will be vacating the C.E.O. position.
"I’m told that Warner Bros. Discovery will soon announce that Licht will be stepping down as chairman and C.E.O. of CNN, ostensibly bringing an end to one of the most turbulent periods in the network’s 43-year history.”
🚨 SCOOP @PuckNews: CNN C.E.O. Chris Licht will soon step down. Amy Entelis will serve as interim leader. Announcement could come as early as today.
Full story: https://t.co/j2BuuAmxeQ
— Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) June 7, 2023
Longtime CNN executive Amy Entelis will reportedly helm the wayward network on an interim basis.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
