Author: Leslie Eastman

Leslie Eastman

I am an Environmental Health and Safety Professional, as well as a science/technical writer for a variety of news and professional publications. I have been a citizen activist since 2009, and am one of the co-founders of the San Diego-based group, Southern California Tax Revolt Coalition.

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Gov. Jerry Brown Plays Politics with Agreement to Send National Guard Troops to the Southern Border

Posted by Leslie Eastman on April 12, 2018 14 Comments

Unlike his Oregon counterpart, California Governor Jerry Brown has positively responded to President Donald Trump’s request to add more troops for border security.

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Los Angeles paints its streets white to battle Climate Change

Posted by Leslie Eastman on April 11, 2018 67 Comments

The only law that California's politicians follow is the one involving unintended consequences. Today's example in progressive civil engineering comes from Los Angeles, where city officials have ordered streets to be painted white in an effort to combat climate change.

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California Facebook users joining class action lawsuits over personal data breach

Posted by Leslie Eastman on April 10, 2018 16 Comments

A class action lawsuit against Facebook was filed in Los Angeles federal court Wednesday, and is one of several that have been filed around the country.

A Navy veteran has joined with two other Southern Californians to file a class-action lawsuit against Facebook and others in the wake of revelations that the personal data of an estimated 87 million users was exposed in an alleged effort to help steer the 2016 presidential campaign.

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Seven anti-war activists raid Georgia nuclear submarine base with hammers, bottles of blood

Posted by Leslie Eastman on April 09, 2018 31 Comments

Last month I reported that a Travis Air Force Base had been stormed by a man driving a flaming pick-up. The man was identified as 51-year-old Hafiz Kazi. A review of current news items show that no additional information has been posted on Kazi's motive.

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#TheResistance cheered as Trump Tower burned

Posted by Leslie Eastman on April 08, 2018 34 Comments

In November 2016, New York City's Trump Tower became the focus of national attention as the unofficial transitional "White House" as President-Elect Donald Trump prepared to take the reins of power. This Saturday, Trump Tower was the epicenter of news again. A fire swept through the 50th floor and claimed one life.

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Sen. Kamala Harris cracks disturbing Trump joke on Ellen

Posted by Leslie Eastman on April 07, 2018 26 Comments

I warned you that former Senator Barbara Boxer's replacement would be worse for the country that the pixie politician. I was right... again.

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Roseanne revival remains strong in second week

Posted by Leslie Eastman on April 07, 2018 11 Comments

Last week, I noted the epic ratings that the comedy series Roseanne received after its revival with the lead actress and her character both being supporters of President Trump. Everyone agreed that the following week's viewership would be key to determining the true success of the program. It seems that the second week was strong.

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The #CounterResistance in California continues to grow

Posted by Leslie Eastman on April 06, 2018 7 Comments

In 2015, I reported that California’s creation of new rules that permitted the issuing of driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants overwhelmed the Department of Motor Vehicles and within less than 2 months over 100,000 illegal immigrants had obtained those vital pieces of identification.

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Strikeout: Court-requested tutorial did not go as planned for Team Climate Change

Posted by Leslie Eastman on April 04, 2018 114 Comments

Last week I noted that U.S. District Judge William Alsup of the Northern District of California is overseeing the lawsuit that the cities of Oakland and San Francisco filed last fall against six fossil fuel giants. The two cities are seeking to hold the oil companies liable for the cost of infrastructure upgrades and remediation expected as they deal with effects of rising sea levels.

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In Illinois, synthetic marijuana blamed for 2 horrific deaths from bleeding

Posted by Leslie Eastman on April 04, 2018 15 Comments

Illinois public health officials are sounding the alarm about synthetic marijuana that is being distributed in the Chicago area and the central part of the state. Users have been hospitalized with severe bleeding, and now fatalities are being reported.

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Regulatory war between California and Trump heats up

Posted by Leslie Eastman on April 03, 2018 37 Comments

Last fall, we featured California reporter Katy Grimes' book, California's War Against Trump, which chronicled the regulatory and legal volleys that the state's politicians has lobbed against President Trump since the day of his historic election. Now President Trump is turning the tables on the Golden State #Resistance. This weekend, we noted that the EPA was looking to reverse directions Obama-era fuel economy standards for cars. One of the concerns about the new proposals is compliance with California's more stringent standards, based on green justice "science".

Chinese space station breaks up over South Pacific

Posted by Leslie Eastman on April 02, 2018 9 Comments

We recently reported that an out-of-control Chinese space station with ‘highly toxic’ chemicals onboard was hurtling toward Earth. There was speculation that it might crash into lower Michigan during the first week in April.

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The Annual Easter Showing of The Ten Commandments

Posted by Leslie Eastman on April 01, 2018 11 Comments

Happy Easter to our Legal Insurrection family. You may recall that we reviewed the ratings bonanza that was the Roseanne revival, which owed part of its success to airing something other than social justice pablum. However, the success should not have been a shock to ABC, as its programmers have always relied on the appeal of the biblical epic of Cecil B. DeMille's 1956 version of The Ten Commandments.

Coffee in California now served with sugar, cream and a cancer warning

Posted by Leslie Eastman on March 31, 2018 40 Comments

Legal Insurrection readers may recall our January report that a judge in California was going to decide whether coffee should carry warnings stating that it contains chemicals known to the state to cause long-term health effects, per the rules enacted after passage of Proposition 65 in 1986.

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Trump reversing direction on Obama-era fuel economy standards

Posted by Leslie Eastman on March 31, 2018 38 Comments

President Donald Trump has been working hard at erasing his predecessor's phone-and-pen legacy. His latest rollback of Obam-era inanity focuses on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and its new plans for fuel economy standards.

The Trump administration is expected to launch an effort in coming days to weaken greenhouse gas emissions and fuel economy standards for automobiles, handing a victory to car manufacturers and giving them ammunition to potentially roll back industry standards worldwide.

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