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So, Does It Matter? - On CA Politics - Spoken! — 110 episodes

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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

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

4

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

5

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

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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

8

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

9

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

10

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

11

Spencer Pratt’s Braveheart Against The Bass Kingdom

12

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

13

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

14

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

16

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

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

18

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

20

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

21

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

22

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

23

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

24

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

26

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

27

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

28

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

29

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

30

California Anti-Tax Coalition Announces New Statewide Advertising Campaign

31

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

32

LAUSD’s Insane Deal For $1.2 Billion In Raises

33

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

34

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

35

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

36

Happy Tax Day! California Taxpayers Deserve Relief.

37

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

38

The Right Must Confront Antisemitism Or Be Defined By It

39

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

40

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

41

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

42

Massive LAPD Data Breach Becomes Another Bass-Era Fumble

43

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

44

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

45

Sexual Harassment Allegations Could Rock Swalwell’s Campaign For Governor

46

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

47

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

48

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

49

Feds’ LA Hospice Fraud Takedown: Just the Start

50

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

51

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

53

California’s Golden Goose Is Already Flying the Coop

54

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

55

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

56

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

57

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...?

59

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

60

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

61

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

62

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

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

64

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

65

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

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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

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

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

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16 Accounts That California Conservatives Should Follow on X

71

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

72

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

73

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

74

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

75

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

76

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

77

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

78

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

79

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

80

Sacramento’s $25 Billion Housing Gamble

81

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...

83

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

84

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

85

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

86

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

87

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

88

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

89

Tariffs Once Funded America — But That America Was Much Smaller

90

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

91

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

92

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

93

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

94

Are the Dodgers Forcing Baseball Into Its Next Labor War?

95

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

96

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

97

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

98

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

99

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

100

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

101

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

103

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

104

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

105

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

106

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

107

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

108

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