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New study reveals crippling impact of California's minimum wage hike
California 's dramatic fast food wage hike may have backfired, according to a new economic study – wiping out an estimated 18,000 jobs across the state in just one year. The research, published this month by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), analyzed the impact of Assembly Bill 1228, which mandated a $20 hourly minimum wage for fast food workers at large chains starting April 1, 2024. According to the economists behind the study, fast food employment in California dropped by 3.2 percent, while jobs in the same sector grew slightly across the rest of the U.S. 'Our median estimate translates into a loss of 18,000 jobs in California's fast–food sector relative to the counterfactual,' wrote researchers Jeffrey Clemens, Olivia Edwards, and Jonathan Meer. Before the law took effect, California's fast food industry was tracking the same employment trend as the rest of the country, the study found. But after AB 1228 was passed, the sector began to shrink. 'Following AB 1228's enactment, employment in the fast food sector in California fell substantially,' the paper states, citing declines 'even as employment in other sectors of the California economy tracked national trends'. Critics say the figures confirm what many feared: that a massive one–size–fits–all pay hike would push jobs out of reach for the workers it was meant to help. 'When it comes to central planning, history keeps the receipts: Wage controls never work,' wrote Heritage Foundation economist Rachel Greszler in a column reacting to the findings. 'That's because policymakers can set wage laws, but they can't outlaw the consequences.' She warned the law should serve as a wake–up call for other cities – especially Los Angeles, which recently voted to raise wages for hotel and airport workers to $30 an hour by 2028. 'The consequences of that wage hike on the fast–food industry should be a warning sign,' she said. The Wall Street Journal editorial board echoed that message, slamming politicians for 'magical thinking' around wage hikes. 'The Democratic Party's socialist nominee for New York mayor, Zohran Mamdani, has called for increasing the city's minimum wage to $30. Andrew Cuomo, his supposedly more moderate competitor, wants a $20 minimum,' the board wrote. 'These guys will never learn because they don't want to see the world as it really is.' But Governor Gavin Newsom's office has pushed back hard – questioning the integrity of the NBER paper and insisting California's wage law is working as intended. Tara Gallegos, Newsom's deputy director of communications, dismissed the study as politically motivated, telling Fox News Digital that it was 'linked to the Hoover Institution,' which she claimed had previously published 'false or misleading information' about the state's wage policies. She pointed to an October 2024 report in the San Francisco Chronicle, which said the early effects of AB 1228, 'defy a lot of the doom–and–gloom predictions' made when the bill was signed. Gallegos also cited a February 2025 study by a UC Berkeley professor, which looked at fast food employment trends through December and found 'no negative effects.' 'Workers covered by the policy saw wage increases of 8 to 9 percent, with no negative wage or employment effects on non–covered workers,' she said. 'No negative effects on fast–food employment.' She added: 'The number of fast–food establishments grew faster in California than in the rest of the U.S.' As for prices, the Berkeley study claimed menu costs rose by only 1.5 percent - about six cents on a $4 hamburger. The NBER paper also looked at whether the law had a knock-on effect in full-service restaurants, which weren't subject to the $20 mandate but compete for the same workers. The authors found smaller but still negative employment effects - a median drop of 2.12 percent. And while critics were quick to blame the law for economic pain, the researchers warned against cherry-picking isolated data.
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FBI chief warns he has uncovered things which 'shocked me down to my core' amid Epstein files scandal
Embattled FBI deputy director Dan Bongino shared a cryptic message to his social media in which he vowed to uncover 'the truth' amid mounting criticism of his handling of the Epstein files. In a post to X, Bongino said that in his short time in office he has discovered matters that has 'shocked me down to my core'. He added: 'We cannot run a Republic like this. I'll never be the same after learning what I've learned. 'We are going to conduct these righteous and proper investigations by the book and in accordance with the law. We are going to get the answers WE ALL DESERVE. 'As with any investigation, I cannot predict where it will land, but I can promise you an honest and dignified effort at truth. Not 'my truth,' or 'your truth,' but THE TRUTH.' Bongino alluded in his statement to recent discoveries surrounding government corruption and weaponization. He did not provide a timeline for when the general public might learn about what he is talking about, adding that 'things are happening'. Bongino and FBI Director Kash Patel have both been feeling the heat recently over their handling of the files relating to pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Bongino, a longtime leading proponent of theories surrounding Epstein's so-called client list, threatened to quit earlier this month over the botched handling. He failed to show up on one Friday after a DOJ memo was released that said Epstein had died by suicide nd that no other people named in the files would be charged. It also said there was no 'Epstein client list'. By Monday morning, officials were starting to squirm and feared that Bongino would be a no-show yet again, but he arrived in the office a few hours later than expected. It was reported at the time that Trump was furious that one of his hand-picked appointees would be so publicly against him. A source inside the DOJ told Daily Mail that Bongino was ready to stand down if Attorney General Pam Bondi didn't. The fallout of that memo continues, with the Wall Street Journal reporting that Bondi told Trump in May that his name appeared in the Epstein files. Bondi also allegedly acknowledged that the administration should withhold the files due to them containing images of child sexual abuse. The president associated with Epstein and British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell in the 1980s and 1990s. Maxwell was questioned this week by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche. She is serving 20 years behind bars for his involvement in Epstein's crimes. The 63-year-old made it clear earlier this month that she was willing to speak in front of Congress about the case. Trump has not been implicated in any crimes and just because a name appears in the files does not mean imply they were involved in Epstein's child sex trafficking. Many believe Maxwell appears to be angling for a pardon from President Donald Trump after she 'didn't hold back' during questioning.
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Sadiq Khan has finally met a would-be Mayor worse than him
If New Yorkers needed any more proof that Zohran Mamdani would be a disaster for the Big Apple, the news that he's been comparing notes with Sadiq Khan is surely it. Following Mamdani's shock victory in the Democratic mayoral primary a few weeks ago, in which the self-identified socialist triumphed over disgraced former governor Andrew Cuomo, he has reportedly 'been in touch with a number of progressive mayors', including London's. Khan's advice? Move to the centre, apparently. Having won the primary promising rent freezes and free buses, Mamdani needs now to reassure the moderates, just as Khan did in 2016, when he trounced his Left-wing challengers before taking the fight to Tory candidate Zac Goldsmith. Say what you will about Khan, he has managed to win three elections, albeit in a city that has been a one-party state for some time. Beyond that, he should be keeping his advice to himself, given Calamity Khan has been a disaster for London on every conceivable front. Out-of-control knife crime. The effective decriminalisation of petty theft. Anti-social behaviour apparently becoming mandatory. The inability to easily procure a pint past 11pm on a weekday, even in central London, all while our dearly departed 'night tsar' pocketed £132,000 a year. If this sounds like fun to you, NYC, you're welcome to it. Khan might not be a Leftist in the Mamdani or Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez mould, but his tenure in London has shown us that his supposed 'centrism' can be just as damaging to a great city. While he struggles to handle the fundamentals, from violent crime to building houses to keeping London's nightlife alive, he levies punishing Ulez fines against those who can't afford newer, greener cars, or engages in ostentatious beefs with Donald Trump. His is the politics of virtue-signalling taken to an insulting degree. You might be struggling to pay your rent, but at least we have a mayor who bangs on endlessly about inclusion. You might fear for your son's life as he roams your estate, but at least our Sadiq has told him to call out his 'maaates' if they say anything sexist. When all else fails, we are instructed to shelve all of our piddling concerns and simply bask in the warm feeling of being ruled over by London's first Muslim mayor, as if Khan's faith has anything to do with anything. The crank wing of the Maga crowd were typically hysterical when Mamdani – who is also Muslim – won. Republican representative Marjorie Taylor Green shared an AI image of the Statue of Liberty draped in a burka – just as hard-Rightists over here absurdly suggest that Khan, who has never seen a Pride march he didn't want to join, is some kind of crypto-Islamist. To be honest, having lived in Khan's London for all of his reign, I'd rather go full-blown Sharia than have to sit through another of those insufferable New Year's Eve fireworks displays, celebrating 'diversity' and taking potshots at Brexit. Give me a caliph over a woke troll any day. Who knows? A few severed hands later, shoplifting might finally start getting under control. The Mamdani-Khan confab is yet another reminder of what a mess so-called 'progressives' of various hues seem intent on making of our respective metropolises. The sooner New Yorkers and Londoners alike wake up to this, the sooner we can make our cities great again.
