Ken Kurson, Author at California Globe

Twitter Ban of Babylon Bee Should Trigger Elimination of Section 230 Protection

March 21, 2022 9:11 pmNovember 21, 2022 3:50 am

Twitter’s banning of the Babylon Bee over its tweet naming transgender Biden administration official Rachel Levine its “man of the year” is an outrage. Not because the Babylon Bee’s joke was appropriate, or even funny. But because efforts by a...

Black Students of California United Rally at the Capitol for More Resources, Respect

March 11, 2022 1:56 pmApril 3, 2022 4:30 pm

Speaker: “How y’all feelin?” Audience: “Powerful!” So began a lunchtime rally at the Capitol on Friday. The activist group Black Students of California United (BSCU) gathered a couple dozen of their student leaders—called “Senators”—and several hundred supporters at the state...

Eleni Kounalakis Takes an On-the-Record Swing at Biden

November 15, 2021 7:00 pmNovember 15, 2021 7:03 pm

The article burning up the Internet today tells the story of Kamala Harris and her frustration with a White House that has marginalized her and failed to fully exploit her skill at international diplomacy. Naturally, the presence of the Bay...

Exclusive: Ric Grenell and Matt Whitaker Join Board of Official Trump PAC

November 7, 2021 4:10 pmNovember 7, 2021 5:46 pm

California Globe has exclusively learned that former US ambassador to Germany and Director of national intelligence Ric Grenell will be joining the foremost pro-Trump super PAC, Make America Great Again Action. The announcement will be made official early this week....

Twitter Rushes to Debunk Trump-Baldwin Rumor That Its Own Hypocrisy Helped Spread

November 2, 2021 9:44 amApril 11, 2022 12:52 pm

The rank hypocrisy displayed by Twitter has reached alarming, and kind of hilarious, new heights. Today’s trending fact check features the debunking of the viral rumor that President Trump criticized Alec Baldwin and supposedly wrote, “Now you’re going to prison,...

EXCLUSIVE: Iconic Target Store on Mission St to Close Amid Shoplifting Tidal Wave

October 21, 2021 4:12 pmOctober 25, 2021 7:31 am

This story has been updated to add comment from a Target spokesman. Last week, after Walgreens announced that five additional outlets in San Francisco would be closing on top of the 17 that already have been shuttered since 2019, the...

Jack Dorsey Talks Green but Backs Energy Hog Bitcoin

September 1, 2021 9:56 amMarch 29, 2022 7:11 am

With California literally on fire, it’s a good opportunity to look at the enormous gulf between Big Tech talk and action when it comes to climate change. With crypto having entered the vernacular to the point that CNBC now runs...