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Inside Golden State Politics — 271 episodes

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Title
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A Conservative View

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And The Beat Goes On...And On!

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Polls, Damn Polls, and the Governor's Race

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"All Politics Is Local"

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Everything But Epstein and Iran

6

Iran War And Governor's Race Occupy California Politics

7

The State Of The Union Analysis: Gloom And Doom

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Colbert vs. Trump! Bass vs. Raman?

9

Election Law Warfare

10

Let the Games Begin—Er, Continue

11

California's a Test Case Again: Fire Chief, Trump, Tabloid Journalism

12

"As The World Turns"--On Trump

13

California's Budget Roller Coaster

14

From Monroe To Donroe: Manifest Destiny Meets Strongman Presidency

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Covered California: Golden State Health Care Threatened

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Health Care Chaos: The Nation's And Trump's

17

Political And Other Wars

18

"Turkeys Of The Year" Awards

19

Circling The Drain

20

Great Day For Women, Bad Day For The GOP

21

Elections 2025: A Preview Of The 2026 Midterms

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Destruction: A Way Of Life?

23

"These Are The Days Of Our Lives"

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the-blame-games

25

Don't Get Mad Get Even

26

Trump. Kirk. The First Amendment.

27

The State Of Things

28

Trump vs. Newsom: The Redistricting Civil War

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Ukraine. The Smithsonian. Redistricting Rumble

30

Call Out the Troops?

31

Election 2026: Redistricting Versus Epstein

32

Hardball

33

"Oh what a tangled web we weave . . . "

34

Immigration And Trump's War On California

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FEMA, ICE, DHS: A Confusing And Disturbing Alphabet Soup

36

Our Last Independence Day?

37

"The Times They Are A- Changin'"

38

What's Next? Who Knows!

39

Los Angeles To Trump: Back Off!

40

Cracks In The Republican Agenda: Trump, Musk, Immigration

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Trump Vs. Academia

42

Budgets' Fallout And Trump's Failed Ambush

43

"Come Josephine In My Flying Machine"

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When Is Old Too Old? When Is Compliant Too Compliant?

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One Hundred Bottles Of Beer On The Wall...

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California And Academia Vs. Trump

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What A Mess! Politicians Still Stumped By Homelessness

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California In The Trump Era

49

Is The Cover-up Worse Than The Crime?

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Will The Good Guys Finally Win?

51

Trump: Easin' On Down The (Wrong) Road

52

"Sinners Can Repent But Stupid Is Forever."

53

Havoc. Confusion. New Denmark.

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Gulf Of Trump?

55

More Chaos

56

Chaos!

57

Lincoln Got It Right: "...If You Want To Test A Man's Character, Give Him Power."

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"1984"?

59

Disaster Politics

60

The Naughty List and Muzzling the Media.

61

It's "Kiss The Ring" Time; It's Running Scared Time.

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Will A Clown Car Cabinet Take Aim At California?

63

L.A. 2025

64

GOP Future, Dem Autopsy

65

The Post-Game Show

66

The Pre-Game Show

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"Lies. Damned Lies And Statistics"

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Closing Strategies

69

As The (Political) World Turns

70

The V.P. Debate And Beyond

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Inside The City Of Angels

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Translating Trump, Retooling LA County

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Speech And Debate and Dogs and Cats

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California, Dick Cheney, And Kamala Harris

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The Final Lap

76

Biden Aftermath. Biden Agonistes.

77

"Strong And Wrong Beats Weak And Right"

78

What Debate?

79

Special Edition: Where Do We Go From Here?

80

"What Did I Miss?"

81

Winning Now Isn't Everything: Presidential Polls And Debates

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From Gaza To The Campus: The Battle Continues

83

The Undercard

84

Schiff. Garvey. Biden .Trump.

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Delay Of Game

86

The Chief And The Mayor And A Hot Primary

87

A Whiplash Election

88

Missing From The State Capitol: News

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"And They're Off."

90

Stumbling Out Of The Starting Gate

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"Cut, Squeeze And Trim:" Economics Drive California And Its Media

92

Welcome To The New Year, A Lot Like The Old Year

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To Be Continued: Gaza, Colorado, Abortion

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A Good Year For L.A.'s Mayor. Not So Much For Academia.

95

Congressional Exits: California Loses Clout

96

Life Is Full Of Uncertainties

97

First Annual Inside Golden State Politics Turkey Of The Year Awards

98

Words Matter--And They Should

99

"The Times: How The Newspaper Of Record Survived Scandal, Scorn, And The Transformation Of Journalism"

100

Anti-Semitism. Islamophobia. Global And Local Politics.

101

The "Trust Deficit" In Politics

102

Israel. Hamas. California.

103

Where Are We Heading?

104

And The Beat Goes On

105

Notice

106

Biden, Immigrants And Strikes

107

Is Age "Just A Number"?

108

Elections Have Consequences: Examples From Sacramento And Washington DC

109

"These Are The Days Of Our Lives"

110

The Media, The Debate and "The Man Who Wasn't There."

111

Groundhog Day: More Trump Reality TV?

112

Hot Labor, Abortion Rights, Indictment-Fueled Summer

113

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. DONALD J. TRUMP

114

DeSantis, Newsom, Bass And Barbie

115

The Politics Of The "New West"

116

Ukraine, The CA Senate Race, Bass And Homelessness, A New CA Assembly Speaker

117

We're Back: Newsom For President? SCOTUS Versus Diversity?

118

Trump And "Britain Trump": Politics Here And Across The Pond

119

A Briefing By Our Washington Correspondent

120

Behind California's Looming Budget Deficit

121

Politics, Economics, Race: A Volatile Mix

122

A Peek Under The Golden State's Dome

123

The California Connection To 2024: Harris, Newsom, McCarthy, Abortion, Water.

124

A Tale Of Two Women: Bass And Feinstein

125

Everything But The Trump Show

126

Progressives Win Big; Donald Trump Not So Much

127

Guns. Again.

128

Big Tests: Trump, Bass and L.A. Schools

129

Freedom Of Speech: Gridiron And Dominion

130

California, Here Come The Republicans (Not You, Tucker).

131

Potpourri: Freedom Of Speech, Cancel Culture, Dilbert And Judy Chu

132

The Days Of Bass And Biden

133

The Week Of The Women: Feinstein And Haley

134

SOTU: "Annual National Root Canal"

135

The Mayor, The Chief, And More On The Classified Documents

136

Monterey Park: An Insider's Perspective

137

Classified Documents! Debt Limit! California Senate Race!

138

The Governor. The Mayor. The Congress. And The Cop.

139

The "Groundhog Day" Games

140

The January Sixth Report: Another Nail In The Trump Coffin?

141

2023: "Follow The Yellow Brick Road"

142

Mid-term Conundrum: Glass Half Full? Glass Half Empty?

143

The Rise Of Anti-Semitism--Again

144

New Realities And Old Problems

145

The Next Los Angeles

146

The Post-Game Show

147

Democracy On The Ballot?

148

Pre-election Punditry: Part Two

149

Pre-election Punditry

150

L.A.'s October Surprise

151

Si, Se Puede: Will Latino Voters Decide The 2022 Elections?

152

Big L.A. Debates: Winners And Losers

153

Fight On For LA Mayor

154

"Politics And Poker": Bass, Caruso, Newsom

155

Mike Bonin: A Frank Farewell To City Hall

156

The Complex Politics Of August

157

Politics After Kansas

158

Newsom Boomlet: Troubles Ahead?

159

Erwin Chemerinsky On The Supreme Court, The Abortion Decision And Indicting Trump

160

Meanwhile...

161

Did America Deserve Its Fourth Of July Celebration This Year?

162

Will The Politics Of Abortion And Insurrection Impact The Midterm Elections?

163

Anatomy Of Democracy's Subversion

164

Spawn Of Watergate

165

The Post-Game Show

166

The Pre-Game Show

167

This Just In: Guns And Elections

168

Conversations With Candidates For L.A. Mayor: Kevin de Leon

169

Money, Abortion And The L..A. Mayor's Race

170

Conversations With Candidates For L.A. Mayor: Mike Feuer

171

The Rodney King Riots 30 Years Later: What's Changed? What Hasn't?

172

Conversations With Candidates For L.A. Mayor: Karen Bass

173

A Tale Of Two Issues: Guns And Abortion

174

"Take This Job..."

175

"Which Way L.A.?"

176

The TikTok War

177

Politics In The Time Of War

178

The State Of The Union: Putin Encroaches

179

The Los Angeles Mayor's Race: A National Weather Vane?

180

Super Bowl! Super City? Super Hype?

181

Grassroots Power Grab: Pointing Toward A Right Wing Future?

182

Health care. Homelessness. Help! How?

183

Abortion. Crime. SCOTUS. Elections.

184

They're Off And Running: Biden, Bass, DeLeon And Many More

185

Gavin's In Good Shape, Biden Not So Much

186

Is Democracy Dead--Yet?

187

Tracking Two Pandemics: Covid 19 and Voter Suppression

188

Gavin Takes On Texas; Eric Confronts The Hill

189

Donald, Joe, Kamala and the MSM: What's Next?

190

How Did We Get Here? The Schneider Perspective

191

We're Ba-a-a-ck!

192

Steve Lopez vs. City Hall

193

Today's Battlegrounds: Schools and Cargo Ships

194

"Nobody's On Nobody's Side."

195

What a Mess!

196

Summer's Rocky End: Newsom's Stock Rises, Biden's Falls

197

Gavin, Larry and Donald Shrink the GOP

198

The Politics of Fear and Turnout

199

California and Kabul: Part III.

200

California and Kabul: Part Deux

201

California And Kabul

202

Revenge Of The Suburbs

203

Jury's Out On Infrastructure And Kamala

204

Quality Of Life Issues Drive California Politics

205

Is It Better To Be Feared Than Loved?

206

Too Early To Celebrate?

207

Race In The Classroom And The Polling Place

208

Democracy?

209

Too Much Hate, Not Enough Water

210

Questions Of Equity: Mideast Conflict, California Budget

211

The Goose That Laid The Golden Egg

212

Is The Republican Party Imploding?

213

Deconstructing Madam Speaker With Susan Page

214

Rodney King To George Floyd: Can Reform Save The Day?

215

Police Shootings: A Dilemma Forever?

216

From Bridges To Baseball: America Divided

217

The One That Doesn't Dwell On Covid

218

Journalism And A Racist World

219

When "Cancel" Politics Becomes "Cancel" Policy: CA and DC.

220

When "Cancel" Politics Becomes "Cancel" Policy: CA and DC

221

Will Biden's Covid Relief Package Squelch Newsom Recall?

222

Recall, Pandemic and The Rock--Oh, My

223

Amazing Grace, Amazing Misogyny

224

The President, "The Former Guy," And The California Recall

225

"Is This America?"

226

Uncivil Wars

227

Vax Mess!

228

"Land of Hope And Dreams"?

229

Did The Media Miss The Story?

230

"American Carnage"

231

Agism, New Blood And A Worried Glance Back

232

The Golden State Loses Its Luster

233

Becerra: Another Bright Spot For California And The Rest of The Country

234

The Myth of the Latino Monolith

235

American Diversity--Impacting Elections from Georgia to Orange County

236

Biden In Charge. California In the Spotlight. Trump In Trouble?

237

California And The Nation: Record Turnouts, Tight Races

238

Whither the Supreme Court? And a Peek At Hot California Congressional Races.

239

A Gentler--Not Kinder--Presidential Debate

240

Political Potholes and California Ballot Propositions: On the Rocky Road to Election Day

241

California Sends a Favorite Daughter Into Battle

242

The End of Civilization As We Know It?

243

The Rocky Road To Election Day Gets Rockier

244

Trump and Newsom, Strange Political Bedfellows and a Strange Political World

245

Donald, Bob, Covid and Chaos

246

The presidential campaign ignites and the California legislature flounders

247

Donald, Melania, Joe and Kamala

248

Michelle, Kamala, Nancy and Donald

249

Kamala! Kamala! Kamala!

250

The media's challenge: Reporting the pandemic election.

251

Asian Americans join Latinos as targets of Trump's bigoted rhetoric

252

Pandemic Politics: Is Trump Channeling Newsom? Is Newsom Channeling Trump?

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Bigger Than Politics: The Future of Public Education

254

Electoral college, the pandemic, Trump's psyche: What a mess!

255

Newsom, Trump, Roberts: Politics and Policy

256

Trump: Wild on the trail

257

Are Latinos being ignored in the debate over police brutality

258

Protests: Anger and hope

259

The protests: Our takes

260

Disruption

261

The Media, Obamagate and Gavin Newsom

262

Woes: Budget and political

263

Newsom, Biden, and the poor

264

Coronavirus: Tracing, Privacy—a Challenge for California

265

Searching For Joe Biden, Voting By Mail

266

Social Media, Politics and the Coronavirus

267

The Media:Covering Politics and the Pandemic

268

Politics And Policy In The Time of Coronavirus

269

Leadership

270

MIXED BAG: Polls, politics and the virus

271

Sexism and the Presidential Race