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California Is Regulating AI Backward. Follow The Liability Instead.

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Hypocrite Socialist Nithya Raman Wants 88% More House - You Can’t Make This Up...

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The Billionaire Tax Campaign Is Imploding From Within

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Who Had The Worst Week In California Politics For The Week Ending 9/11

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The Money CalMatters Forgot To Mention

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There Is Nothing Moderate About San Francisco’s Public-Bank Plan

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California Is Spending On The Wrong Climate Problem

8

How California Taxpayers Reward Illegal Immigration

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JD Vance’s Problematic Plan To Use Federal Dollars To Promote Marriage

10

Who Had The Worst Week In California Politics For The Week Ending 9/4

11

Gloria Steinem Changed America. Not All Of It For The Better.

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Our Official CA 2026 General Election Ballot Measure Voting Guide

13

Los Angeles Voters Have Two Choices For Mayor, And Both Are Simply Awful

14

CRPA Just Won A Big One For California Gun Owners -- A Tangible Victory With Immediate, Positive Results!

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"Made In California" - Taxed In California - A Cruel Joke From Gavin Newsom

16

My Open Message To The New Owner of the Anaheim Angels

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Why the Dodgers Are So Good—and the Angels Are So Bad

18

California Reopens The Public-Pension Spigot. Most Republicans Helped.

19

Explainer: What The Hell is Going On With Trump, The Post Office, Mail Ballots, And The Courts?

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Republicans Help SEIU Defy Gavin Newsom’s Return-to-Work Order - WTH?

21

Iran At 6 Months: The Unanswered Questions

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Who Had The Worst Week In California Politics For The Week Ending 8/28

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Bill Gates Says We Have No Plan For AI. He May Be Right.

24

Dolly Parton’s Great American Life

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California Energy Commission Chairman Knows Better Than You

26

Of Course The So-Called “Nick Shirley” Act Silences Watchdog Journalists - It Will Work On Me!

27

Gavin Newsom’s Transgender-Sports Albatross

28

Craven LA Officials Just Surrendered on Homelessness

29

Gavin Newsom’s Mind-Boggling Record of Giveaways to Unions

30

The Case For Fusionism For A Different America

31

Who Had The Worst Week In California Politics For The Week Ending 8/21

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Happy $40 Trillion National Debt Day — For Those Who Celebrate

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The California Education Establishment Has Been Hiding Failure

34

TV Connections ‘Lost’: How We Sacrificed Common Culture for Convenience

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The Surveillance State Is Being Built One Camera At A Time

36

Sacramento Is Coming For Your Tires

37

The Next AI Crisis May Begin At Your Water District

38

Sacramento Says Build More Homes. Then Makes Them Harder To Build.

39

Democrats Just Made It Harder For Gavin Newsom To Win! Here’s How…

40

Jews Are A People. The State Still Shouldn’t Classify Us.

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Who Had The Worst Week In California Politics For The Week Ending 8/14

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Xavier Becerra’s “Power Hour” Gimmick

43

What 19 Unhappy Los Angeles Voters Can Teach California Republicans

44

Newsom’s Affordability Plan Makes Wildfire Victims Pay

45

President Trump Should Reject Hollywood’s Bailout Script

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Calendars Revealed! Gavin Newsom, AWOL: Hard At Work Trying To Get WH Job?

47

Did Nancy Pelosi Wait Too Long To Choose Her Successor?

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UC San Diego Surrenders At The Border

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Who Had The Worst Week In California Politics For The Week Ending 8/7?

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Gavin Newsom Crosses A Line For Abdul El-Sayed, Who Does Not Believe There Should Be A Jewish State

51

The Half Of The Healthcare Spending Debate That The Media Ignores

52

In Malibu, The Fire Is Over - But The Math Has Just Begun

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The More America Sees Of Gavin Newsom, The Worse He Looks

54

When the Dictionary Takes Sides

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Who Had The Worst Week In California Politics For The Week Ending 7/31?

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Democrats Are Favored To Win The House. Yet The Map Favors Republicans…

57

California’s Climate Experiment Has Gone Far Enough

58

The Upcoming SCOTUS Case That Could Put Asset Forfeiture On Trial

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I Read the Gavin Newsom Affair Tell-All So You Don’t Have To

60

New Pew Survey: What Voters Really Want From Their Elected Officials

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Los Angeles Needs More Cops; City Squanders Money Elsewhere

62

AI Has A Public Trust Problem

63

The Dodgers Were Right To Go To The White House

64

Who Had The Worst Week In California Politics For The Week Ending 10/24?

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With Prop. 40 A Public Employee Union In California. Wants A Wealth Tax. Other Countries Already Tried It. Hint: Doesn’t Go So Well

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California AG Rob Bonta Rigs Language in Voter ID Initiative

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Newsom’s Diaper Deal Stinks - More Than You Think

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Gavin Newson’s Hollywood Bailout Bust

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If California Has Nothing to Hide, Open the Voter Rolls

70

Why Does America Still Need The Postal Service?

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Worst Week In California Politics For The Week Ending 10/17

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Threats Against AI Executives Remind Us How History Turns Inventors Into Villains

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New PPIC Survey: Californians Love Green—Until They Have To Pay For It

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Government Should Never Fund The Press — Newsom’s Latest Media Grants Cross A Line Government Should Never Cross

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Sacramento Reorganized The State Education Bureaucracy. Students, Parents Will Barely Notice.

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California Is the Only State Where Safe Driving Can’t Lower Your Rate Today

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LAUSD Ignored the Warnings. Now the Bills Are Due.

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Where’s Xavier?

79

Supreme Court Upholds The Fourth Amendment In Major Digital Privacy Ruling

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Worst Week In California Politics For The Week Ending 10/10

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Special Feature: How Public Employee Unions Built California’s Most Powerful Political Machine

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Trump Can Stop Gavin Newsom’s Healthcare Tax — And Should

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The People Are The Boss Of Elected Officials

84

The Great California School Downsizing

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California’s Winery Shakedown Tests Limits of Free Speech, Association

86

America At 250: The Question Before Us

87

The Los Angeles City Council Reversed Course, Pulling Non-Citizen Voting Ballot Measure — What Happened?

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Two Huge Second Amendment Developments In Two Days Could Reshape California Gun Law

89

We Do NOT Need Politics In Major League Baseball (Or Any Other Sports, Frankly)

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Without Unity, A Very Narrow Path For California Republicans Becomes Impossible - It's Time For Bianco To Endorse Hilton

91

Supreme Court Roundup: Quick Hits On Ten Big Decisions From The Court’s Final Two Weeks

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Gavin Newsom And The Democratic Party’s Socialist Future

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Newsom’s Calculated Embrace of Mahmdani’s Socialism Rise

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Into The Dumpster: Karen Bass Parts Way With Successful Lead Consultant in 2022 Election

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Ten Reasons Cameras Should Stay Out of the Supreme Court

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Supreme Court Strikes Down Hawaii Gun Law In Major Second Amendment Victory — Which Will Also Topple California “Copy Cat” Version

97

AB 1821 Would Make State And Local Government More Secretive

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Gavin Newsom Gambles On Joe Biden In Hunt For 2028 Presidential Nomination — But Still Has To Clear The Kamala Harris Hurdle

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This Week Two People Hold The Fate Of California’s Tax Battles

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Veterans Are The Star On Sacramento’s $11 Latest Billion Pork-Laden Christmas Tree

101

A Backdoor To Illegal Alien Voting In Los Angeles?

102

SB 690 Would Still Weaken Online Privacy Rights Before California Has Real Consumer Consent

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The Pope’s Warning About AI Deserves To Be Taken Seriously By Everyone

104

Gavin Newsom’s Final Budget: More Spending, More Taxes, More Government

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Gavin Newsom Says DOJ Probe Is Political — But Take A Closer Look

106

A Trillionaire, And The American Miracle

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The Runoff In The Governor’s Race Gets Its First Major Survey. Here Is What The Numbers Mean.

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Awful Top-Two System Forced Republicans Voters To Get Strategic To Avoid Lock-Out In Governor’s Race

109

Has California Made Voting Too Easy?

110

Clarence Thomas Was Right: Woodrow Wilson Declared War on the Constitution

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ICYMI - This Morning's Live Discussion - Straight talk on California's June Election Results - with Mariel Garza of the Golden State Report

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Top Ten Winners & Losers In California's June Election!

113

America’s Debt Crisis May Be Far Worse Than Washington Admits

114

Tired Of This Endless Waiting? Supreme Court And Postal Service Changes Could Upend California’s Mail Ballot System

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California Democrats Will Have To Campaign On Their Record This Fall

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Live Panel Discussion: Election Results Across California: Hilton, Becerra, Pratt, Bass & What Happens Next

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Analysis: Early Returns Point To Becerra Vs. Hilton And Bass Vs. Pratt

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A New Tax Increase Is Headed For The SF Bay Area This November

119

The Socialist Who Could Cost Nithya Raman A Runoff Spot

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Election Day Is Here -- What I Am Watching Here in California

121

Top Ten Winners & Losers In California Politics For The Week Ending 5/29

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During Public Safety Crises, Democrats Perform; Republicans Lead

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Breaking News: New Poll Shows GOP Potentially On Verge Of Governor’s Race Lockout

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California Government Unions Will Try Anything To Keep Their Members From Returning To The Office

125

The U.S. Department Of Justice: UCLA Abandoned Jewish Students

126

Los Angeles Socialists Love Their Billionaires

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The IRS Wronged Trump. This $1.776 Billion "Anti-Weaponization" Fund Still Stinks.

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Top Ten Winners & Losers In California Politics For The Week Ending 5/22

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Spencer Pratt, Karen Bass, And The Weirdest Mayor’s Race In America

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The National Democratic Party’s 2024 “Autopsy” Ignores The Obvious Cause Of Death

131

Why Are California Democrats Holding Onto Their Ballots?

132

Gavin Newsom’s Hard Left Turn On AI Economics

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California Democrats Are Once Again Trying To Make It A Lot Harder For You To Legally Purchase A Firearm

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Want To Know Who Made The Runoff? In California, You May Wait For Weeks

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Today I Voted For Steve Hilton For Governor And Why Others Should Do The Same

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California’s Bullet Train May Not Even Reach Downtown Bakersfield - You Can’t Make This Up

137

Vance’s $1.3 Billion Freeze Exposes California’s Medicaid Racket

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Top Ten Winners & Losers In California Politics For The Week Ending 5/15

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Supreme Court Justice Gorsuch And The Importance Of The Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution

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Former U.S. Senator Ben Sasse Is Dying Better Than Most Of Us Are Living

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New Statewide Survey Results - Governor’s Race: Three Candidates, Two Spots, One Messy June Election

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California Patriot Profile: Mike Antonovich, The Conservative Who Governed Los Angeles County

143

Gavin Newsom’s New “Affordability” Program Comes In A Box Of Diapers

144

LA City Hall Thinks The Problem Is Still “Too Much Policing” - You Cannot Make This Up

145

Quick Hit: Is It Time Time "Undo The Top Two" And Return California To Partisan Primaries?

146

Top Ten Winners & Losers In California Politics For The Week Ending 5/8/26

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*Breaking News* Virginia Supreme Court Overturns Democrat Gerrymander, Negating A Four-Seat Pickup - Big Contrast From What Happened in California

148

Jennifer Siebel Newsom Is Not A Victim. She Is A Combatant.

149

California Democrats Keep Trying To Solve Homelessness — Without Addressing What’s Causing It

150

Straight Talk with Hoover Institution's Josh Rauh: California’s Billionaire Wealth Tax Could Backfire Badly

151

Spencer Pratt’s Braveheart Against The Bass Kingdom

152

California Democrats Want Muslim Holidays In State Law — But Not The Jewish High Holidays

153

"Cap-And-Invest" Is California’s Affordability Crisis In Climate Clothing

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Top Ten Winners & Losers In California Politics For The Week Ending 5/1

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Tom, Xavier & Katie All Support "Single Payer" Healthcare... So Full Government Control

156

California Republicans, Be Forewarned: Two Democrats Could Shut The GOP Out Of The Governor’s Race

157

Hot Takes In California Politics: A little bit of everything in one of my occasional "around the state" hot takes columns... enjoy!

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The California Governor’s Debate Got Louder. The Race Did Not Get Much Clearer.

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California Patriot Profile: The Late Congressman Doug LaMalfa, The Farmer Who Never Left Home

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Tonight’s Debate May Be The Last Best Chance For Someone To Break Out - Let's Break Down What Each Candidate Needs To Do...

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As Backers Turn In Signatures, California Wealth Tax Measure Threatens Voter Safeguards - My Latest in the California Post

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In California, a “Polyamory” Push And The Decline Of Marriage

163

*Breaking News* California Voter ID Measure Qualifies For November Ballot

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Top Ten Winners & Losers In California Politics For The Week Ending 4/24 - And Who Had the Worst Week (Video)?

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Reporters And Political Observers Need To Stop Using Prediction Betting Odds As Indicators Of Trends In Campaigns

166

$25 Billion “Housing Bond” Measure Qualifies For November Ballot - It Should Be Firmly Rejected By Voters

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Save Prop. 13 Qualifies, Setting Up Major Tax Fight In California

168

California Lawmakers Are Reacting To A ChatGPT Suicide Case — But Missing The Bigger Risk

169

New Report: California Job Growth Lags Nation As High Costs Wipe Out Income Gains

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California Anti-Tax Coalition Announces New Statewide Advertising Campaign

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California Had Oil. Gavin Newsom Chose Scarcity. Trump: Drill, Baby, Drill!

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LAUSD’s Insane Deal For $1.2 Billion In Raises

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Top Ten Winners & Losers In California Politics For The Week Ending 4/17 - Who Had The Worst Week? Hint: He Wears A Gun On His Hip

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Chris Cillizza’s Case For And Against Gavin Newsom For President

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The Politics Of Special Election Timing - Governor Newsom's Partisanship On Display

176

Happy Tax Day! California Taxpayers Deserve Relief.

177

The Swalwell Scandal Exposes The Problem Democrats Do Not Want To Talk About

178

The Right Must Confront Antisemitism Or Be Defined By It

179

Polling Shows Los Angeles Mayor Race Is A Rejection Of Everyone Running

180

Top Ten Winners & Losers In California Politics For The Week Ending 4/10 - Who Had The Worst Week? Hint: He Wears A Gun On His Hip

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Senator Scott Wiener’s End Run Around Free Speech Rights And A New SCOTUS Ruling

182

Massive LAPD Data Breach Becomes Another Bass-Era Fumble

183

Matt Mahan’s $35 Million Rescue Mission - You Can't Make This Up

184

High-Speed Rail Was Always A Fantasy - A New "Must Watch" Segment Last Weekend on 60 Minutes Just Said It Out Loud

185

Sexual Harassment Allegations Could Rock Swalwell’s Campaign For Governor

186

California Gas Prices Aren’t A Mystery. They’re The Result Of Progressive Policy

187

*Breaking News* President Trump Endorses Steve Hilton for Governor - Full Analysis

188

Top Ten Winners & Losers In California Politics For The Week Ending 4/3 - Who Had The Worst Week?

189

Feds’ LA Hospice Fraud Takedown: Just the Start

190

California Democrats May Already Be Road-Testing a Strategy to Undercut a Voter ID Initiative

191

Why San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan Is Stuck in the Low Single Digits

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The Four Biggest Factors That Could Determine Whether Democrats Are Locked Out of the Top Two in the Governor’s Race

193

California’s Golden Goose Is Already Flying the Coop

194

California Public Schools: Spending More, Serving Fewer, Achieving Less

195

Bonus Content: Dodgers Inaugurate ABS Era — Much To Fans’ Surprise And Delight

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New Report: California Legislative Analyst Lays Out Roadmap for Higher Taxes

197

Top Ten Winners & Losers In California Politics For The Week Ending 3/27 - Who Had The Worst Week?

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What Happens If The Billionaire Tax Passes, But the Voter ID Initiative Fails...?

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In California, One Party Rule Means One-Sided Housing Policy

200

Trump, Mueller, and What Andrew Breitbart Understood About Moments Like This

201

Democrats Moved Quickly on Cesar Chavez -- Because of Jeffrey Epstein

202

Vacation Voting: How Special Interests Bankroll California Legislators On Lavish Junkets

203

Prediction Online Betting Markets Are Not Public Opinion: Betting Odds Are Misleading California Voters And Fueling Lazy Political Coverage

204

California Is About to Repeat One of Its Worst Public Safety Pension Mistakes

205

Top Ten Winners & Losers In California Politics For The Week Ending 3/20 - Who Had The Worst Week?

206

Los Angeles Schools Face Financial Collapse As Unions Threaten To Shut Them Down

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*Breaking* New Berkeley IGS Statewide Survey Reveals A Wide-Open California Governor’s Race Defined By Fragmentation, Not Momentum

208

Cesar Chavez’s Legacy Is Collapsing Under New Allegations. California Has To Rename Everything...

209

Lawsuits As An Investment Strategy: The Quiet Expansion Of Litigation Finance

210

16 Accounts That California Conservatives Should Follow on X

211

A Failing Bay Area Transit System Wants a 14-Year, $14 Billion Taxpayer Bailout - Voters Should Reject This Without Hesitation

212

SEIU 1000 Backs Swalwell for Governor — And The Pay-To-Play System Rolls On

213

Top Ten Winners & Losers In California Politics For The Week Ending 3/13

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Nine Ways California’s Climate Agenda Is Driving Up the Cost of Living

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California Democratic Party Wants Candidates To Quit The Governor’s Race — After They've Raised Millions They Have Yet To Spend

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Democrat Gubernatorial Candidate Matt Mahan Wants To Be A “Moderate” Democrat. His Housing Plan Suggests Otherwise

217

2A Update: How A Second Amendment Victory In Washington, D.C. Could Help Gun Owners In California

218

Highland Park Anti-ICE Sirens: A Further Descent Into Anarchy For Los Angeles - My Latest on the California POST

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Next Phase Of Newsom For President Campaign — A Taxpayer Funded $19 Million PR Plan For California

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Sacramento’s $25 Billion Housing Gamble

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The Biggest Loser For The Week In California Politics For The Week Ending 3/6

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Hot Takes In California Politics! Seven Key Issues...

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California Democratic Party Chairman Calling On Some Of Their Candidates For Governor To Drop Out Is For Show

224

Over 1.35 Million Signatures Turned In For California Voter ID Ballot Measure

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California Unions May Decide Which Republican Advances In The Governor’s Race — And Which One Doesn’t

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Top Ten Winners & Losers In California Politics For The Week Ending 2/27 - Who is the Biggest Loser?

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Artificial Intelligence Is Already Embedded In Teenage Life And The New Pew Data Shows It - These Kids Deserve Protection

228

OC Register Expose Reveals Part-Time School Board Trustees Getting Gold-Plated Healthcare Plans

229

Tariffs Once Funded America — But That America Was Much Smaller

230

California’s Billionaire Wealth-Taking Plan: Crossing The Line Between Taxation And Confiscation

231

Gavin Newsom’s “I’m Like You, I’m A 960 SAT Guy” Remark Before Atlanta’s Black Mayor Was More Than A Gaffe

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California Democrats Preach ‘Affordability’ At Convention — After Raising Costs

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Top Ten Winners & Losers In California Politics For The Week Ending 2/20

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Are the Dodgers Forcing Baseball Into Its Next Labor War?

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From Davos To Munich To Brazil To London, Governor Newsom Is Chasing Global Applause While Problems Mount At Home

236

New CA Governors Race Survey - Hilton, Then Bianco And Swalwell Top Fractured Field

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Why Two Republicans Advancing In The Race For Governor Is A Long Shot

238

9 Reasons Why CA’s Government-Approved Gun Is Awful, and Violates Constitutional Rights

239

My Latest CA Post Column: Trump Just Pulled the Legal Pin on Federal Climate Rules — What That Means for California

240

The Tax Foundation’s 2026 Index Shows How Sacramento’s Policies Punish Work, Investment, And Affordability

241

Winners & Losers in CA Politics - Week ending 2/13/26

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U.S. Moves to Roll Back Climate Regulation and Unleash Affordability

243

CA "First Partner" Jennifer Siebel Newsom Unloads on Capitol Press

244

Fiscal Federalism: Blue States Like California Are Raising Taxes To Replace Federal Cuts While Red States Cut Services

245

San Francisco Teachers Strike While The District Is Broke And The Bay Area Economy Is Wobbling

246

California Democrats Push Eight-Hour Training Mandate Just to Buy a Gun

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California Unions Want "Guardrails" On AI - Just The Wrong Ones! Look At What They Are Doing in Florida...

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Winners & Losers Of The Week in CA Politics - Week Ending 2/6/26

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California Patriot Profile: Steve Frank, A Longtime California Conservative Leader

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President Trump’s Order On Fire Rebuilding In Los Angeles Brushes Up Against The 10th Amendment