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Those 'Fund USAID' sign flashers at Hitchcock & State just made the case against it. Brent Zepke’s sharp op-ed: they delivered a powerful message, probably not the one they intended. www.sbcurrent.com/p/sign-flash... #SantaBarbara #USAID #DOGE #ForeignAid

Decency is disappearing. Basic manners, respect for others, and any sense of shared humanity are eroding fast. When excusing violence becomes normal, something fundamental has broken. Henry Schulte asks the question: Can we become human again? open.substack.com/pub/thesanta...

One dad hilariously reclaims Father’s Day as “Non-Gestating Parent’s Day” in this sharp satirical op-ed. “Pride of Fathership” is a witty, heartfelt celebration of real fatherly pride. Perfect read for Father’s Day! www.sbcurrent.com/p/pride-of-f... #PrideOfFathership #FathersDay

“Power Grab in Paradise” looks at accusations that Santa Barbara Supervisor Laura Capps is consolidating significant authority over county operations and budget decisions. Raises important questions about local governance and oversight. open.substack.com/pub/thesanta...

DNI Tulsi Gabbard just dropped declassified docs exposing 120+ US-funded biolabs worldwide, including risky ones in Ukraine full of dangerous pathogens, now vulnerable in the war. The cover-up ends here: www.sbcurrent.com/p/ukraine-bi... #UkraineBiolabs #TulsiGabbard #Declassified

California’s decline isn’t destiny — it’s the result of bad policy choices. UCLA economist Lee Ohanian offers a clear, data-driven plan to reverse it through housing deregulation, tax reform, school choice, and pro-growth policies. www.sbcurrent.com/p/saving-cal...

“Homeless, not Hopeless.” Santa Barbara spends 4 dollars on consequences for every 1 dollar on solutions. Three different types of unhoused people need three different approaches. Must-read op-ed: www.sbcurrent.com/p/homeless-n... #HomelessNotHopeless #HousingSolutions #EndHomelessness

AI just dropped a satirical '21st Century History 101' class - a sharp, unapologetic look at America’s turbulent recent decade. Pandemic policies, social unrest, cultural shifts, border debates, and the rifts that followed. Thought-provoking satire. www.sbcurrent.com/p/a-21st-cen...

Morning in America is back! Energy Sec. Chris Wright, Interior Sec. Doug Burgum & Sable CEO Jim Flores stood with Santa Barbara oil workers — delivering jobs, royalties & domestic crude while CA imports foreign oil at $6/gallon. It’s math, physics & common sense. www.sbcurrent.com/p/morning-in...

California is RIPE for electoral FRAUD. Ballot harvesting, no citizenship proof, and month-long vote-count delays = Dems’ cheat code. Ex-Gov Blagojevich: “Is the Pope Catholic?” Time for the SAVE Act. Read why CA’s system is rigged → www.sbcurrent.com/p/california... #ElectoralFraud #SAVEAct

CA’s War on Oil just got EVICTED by the feds. Presidential EO could unlock 1 MILLION barrels/day from CA fields slashing $80M daily to foreign dictators, cutting real pollution, and firing up American jobs. www.sbcurrent.com/p/ending-cal... #EndCaliforniasWarOnOil #EnergyIndependence

CA’s War on Oil = national security DISASTER. Production -44%. 60% import from Iraq/Saudi/Brazil. $80M/day shipped overseas. Highest gas prices in America. Federalize fields NOW! www.sbcurrent.com/p/end-califo... #EndCaliforniasWarOnOil #FederalizeTheOilfields #CaliforniaOilCrisis

CA Primary TODAY: Oral promises are worthless. Becerra’s “Stop Trump” talk hides universal non-delivery — ACA flops, massive Medicaid fraud, COVID treatment denials, Fauci waste. Voters: Stop rewarding failures. Demand delivery. Full op-ed 👇 www.sbcurrent.com/p/universal-... #CAGov #Becerra

SB County supervisors want to carpet 16,000 acres of prime farmland & Gaviota Coast with solar batteries for power we don’t need during the day. Another dumb ‘green’ energy idea that destroys what it claims to save. Full op-ed: www.sbcurrent.com/p/another-re... #FarmlandProtection

California is wasting solar energy to power 750,000 homes, yet Californians pay nearly double the national average. It’s not a green failure. It’s an engineering one. Retired Navy Cmdr. Bob Smith: Stop the political theater. Start engineering real solutions. www.sbcurrent.com/p/maybe-we-s...

Prop 13’s 1% cap rate won in 1978. Today it’s too high. Cut it to ¾% or ½% — stop Sacramento waste, refund homeowners & businesses, slow CA’s exodus. Fiscal discipline is overdue. Read the op-ed 👇 www.sbcurrent.com/p/prop-13s-c... #Prop13 #CutTheCapRate #TaxReform #FiscalResponsibility

Just Thinking About Our Good Old Constitution… John Summer: We’ve drifted far from the Founders’ Constitutional Republic toward greater dependency, challenges in public safety, and misplaced compassion. Chaos follows. www.sbcurrent.com/p/just-think...

American culture is reshaping manhood—from strong fathers to rising fatherlessness. Schools, family shifts & modern norms have changed everything. The Fall of Man in American Culture just dropped. Read it www.sbcurrent.com/p/the-fall-o... #Fatherhood #AmericanCulture #CulturalShift

SB beaches covered in tar — but NOT from oil rigs. Inconvenient truth: 100% natural seeps at Coal Oil Point. Producing oil reduces the tar. Shutting platforms makes it worse. Natural seeps = 700+ Refugio spills since 2015. www.sbcurrent.com/p/an-inconve... #SBBeaches #NaturalSeeps #CoalOilPoint

All Californians (myself included) need to have an honest conversation with ourselves. $8 diesel, one-party rule, and policies that make life harder — our recent road trip really drove the point home. www.sbcurrent.com/p/all-califo... #GoldenStateFail #CaliforniaExodus #WakeUpCA

Mollie Hemingway on why Justice Alito is the Supreme Court’s most important voice right now. From leading the Dobbs decision to his strategic brilliance on the bench — this is essential reading. www.sbcurrent.com/p/purely-pol... #JusticeAlito#MollieHemingway#Dobbs#ElectionIntegrityJust

The full sit-down is live now on Santa Barbara Current. If you live in #CA24 and want substance over slogans, give it a read. www.sbcurrent.com/p/part-ii-wh... Will Salud Carbajal debate Bob Smith? #CA24 #SaludCarbajal #SantaBarbara #Carpinteria #CentralCoast #Election2026 #NavyVet #SBCurre#nt

I still remember the magic. E-ticket days at Disneyland. Cruising Sunset Strip. Family sing-alongs in Los Olivos. That feeling that California was the promised land. Now it feels different. If you love this state, this piece will hit deep. www.sbcurrent.com/p/oh-califor... #SaveCalifornia

California just went from record surpluses to massive deficits — fraud and waste are a huge reason why. Billions wasted on hospice programs, ineffective homelessness initiatives, unemployment claims, and PG&E costs. Read: www.sbcurrent.com/p/mismanagem... #CABudget#GovernmentAccountability

California’s Would-Be Governors Debate Spotlighted the State’s Housing, Gas, Insurance & Cost-of-Living Crisis. How do we make California affordable again? www.sbcurrent.com/p/california... #CAGov #CAGovernor #Califordable #FixCalifornia #CAGovDebate #VoteForChange #HousingCrisisCA

Joe Madden’s new op-ed raises serious questions about transparency in Santa Barbara County elections. It details precincts reporting more ballots than registered voters, thousands of unaccounted mail-in ballots, deleted records, and zero reconciliation. #SantaBarbara#ElectionTransparency

JUNE 2 PRIMARY ALERT — Santa Barbara County! Tired of higher taxes, failing schools, socialist supervisors, and bureaucratic double-dipping? Read it now 👇 www.sbcurrent.com/p/our-primar... #Election2026 #PrimaryElection2026 #SantaBarbaraPrimary #SantaBarbaraCounty#VoterGuide #LocalElectionsMatter

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Election Reflections and Recommendations open.substack.com/pub/thesanta...

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Epstein and His Political Friends open.substack.com/pub/thesanta...

Why Government Keeps Running Out of Your Money open.substack.com/pub/thesanta...

Ché Carbajal and the Monroe Doctrine open.substack.com/pub/thesanta... #MonroeDoctrine #SaludCarbajal #Venezuela #Maduro #USImperialism #ForeignPolicy #SantaBarbara #CaliforniaPolitics #TrumpForeignPolicy #LatinAmerica #Latinx #AntiImperialism #Democrats #Hypocrisy

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Trump’s Biggest Enemy is… Trump www.sbcurrent.com/p/trumps-big...

Former EPA official Mike Stoker explains how radical environmental policies are paradoxically increasing the risk of an oil spill in the Santa Barbara Channel. www.sbcurrent.com/p/history-is...

Rent Suppression Policies: The Dependency Trap www.sbcurrent.com/p/rent-suppr...

Contemplating World Peace www.sbcurrent.com/p/contemplat...

Nobel, a Mainstream Tool! Groom of the Stool! Letitia James a Fool! The AI Kill School! www.sbcurrent.com/p/nobel-a-ma...

"It is not that Democrats are ignorant, its just that they believe in so much which isn't true" - @ronaldreagannews.bsky.social

Biden-Harris granted TPS to 607K Venezuelans, but did it fuel crime like Tren de Aragua’s drug surge? Are we balancing compassion with safety? www.sbcurrent.com/p/protection... #TPS #BorderPolicy #PublicSafety #ProgressiveDebate

From Martyr to Messiah—America's Faith Revival Ignites 🔥#SecondComing #CharlieKirk #ChristianRevival #ErikaKirk #EndWokeness #FaithRising #TurningPoint #MartyrLegacy #LoveOverHate #AmericaAwakens www.sbcurrent.com/p/thoughts-o...

Dems’ trainwreck—border chaos, 20% inflation crushing families, denying Joe's decline—handed Trump victory! Youth & minority voters ditched you; Menendez bribes & 250+ anti-energy flops killed trust! @donshantajr , Project 2025 isn’t your scapegoat—Dems’ failures are! Rebuild or bust! #DemDisaster

Santa Barbara rent control ALERT! 1.62% cap screws owners & spikes rents.: www.sbcurrent.com/p/yet-anothe... @kristensneddon @wendysantamaria @randyrowse @sbtenantsunion #RentControl #SantaBarbara #SBRentControl #HousingCrisis

Ever heard of the 'Ribbon of Shame'? California's gerrymandered past is sparking a new fight—dive into why it matters now! #Gerrymandering #CaliforniaPolitics #Redistricting #LoisCapps #SantaBarbara www.sbcurrent.com/p/lets-not-r...

Let’s Not Revisit Lois Capps’ Ribbon of Shame www.sbcurrent.com/p/lets-not-r...

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How 9/11 Created ICE www.sbcurrent.com/p/how-911-cr...

The Left in France www.sbcurrent.com/p/the-left-i...