(Natural News) In the latest stunning assault on the freedom to think, California state senator Richard Pan — known as the "Mercury Joker" super villain for pushing mandatory vaccines into law via SB 277 — now wants to criminalize all bloggers and independent journalists who dare question the official narratives on vaccines, medicine, politics and government.

The quest for absolute authoritarian control never seems to end with these left-wing zealots. And California looks more and more like North Korea with each new law. (Is Richard Pan the long-lost cousin of Kim Jong-Un?)

Ever seeking to limit public debate, crush independent journalism and control all speech, Richard Pan has a new thought control bill entitled, "SB1424 Internet: social media: false information: strategic plan." While the title seems to target social media websites, the language of the bill clearly applies the law to all blogs, news websites, video sites and podcasts. From the proposed law itself:

As used in this section, "social media" means an electronic service or account, or electronic content, including, but not limited to, videos, still photographs, blogs, video blogs, podcasts, instant and text messages, email, online services or accounts, or Internet Web site profiles or locations.

"It's a free speech killer," writes independent journalist Jon Rappoport for NoMoreFakeNews.com. "If it passes, agencies of the California government will develop numerous regulations for enforcement, including penalties for 'speech criminals.'"

1984 has arrived: Independent journalists are the new "speech criminals" in California

California is rapidly collapsing into an authoritarian medical police state run by insane, power-hungry left-wing bureaucrats who fleece their own citizens while handing out hundreds of billions of dollars worth of entitlements to illegals in order to win votes and stay in power. As Wayne Allen Root writes:

While California accounts for 12% of America's population, it accounts for one third of America's welfare checks. California leads the country in food stamp use. California has more people on welfare than most countries around the world… California is now home to 22% of this nation's homeless population… California leads the nation in debt. Total state and local debt is almost $1.5 trillion… The income taxes, business taxes, sales taxes and gas taxes are all the highest in the nation. Why do you think that is? To pay the enormous costs of illegal immigration. To pay for the education costs, healthcare costs, police, courts, lawyers, prisons, and hundreds of different welfare programs for millions of California's illegal aliens and struggling legal immigrants too.

Now, to make sure that no one criticizes the deranged lunatics running Collapsifornia — with forced vaccine injections, confiscatory taxes and endless state-run propaganda — Richard Pan wants to turn independent journalists into "speech criminals."