ICYMI: 6 Stories & A New Video On Jennifer Siebel Newsom, California's "First Partner"
We featured a lot of great, original content this past week. Below are six highlights of columns, one great new video...
Quick Video Commentary - NEW Content…
The first “ICYMI” column linked below is a piece I wrote last Friday on California’s “First Partner” Jennifer Siebel Newsom. If you missed it, you can check it out. But you don’t want to miss my video commentary above!
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BELOW ARE SIX STORIES FROM THIS WEEK THAT YOU MAY HAVE MISSED!
Jennifer Siebel Newsom Is Not A Victim. She Is A Combatant.
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Spencer Pratt’s Braveheart Against The Bass Kingdom
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California Democrats Keep Trying To Solve Homelessness — Without Addressing What’s Causing It
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California Democrats Want Muslim Holidays In State Law — But Not The Jewish High Holidays
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"Cap-And-Invest" Is California’s Affordability Crisis In Climate Clothing
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Straight Talk with Hoover Institution's Josh Rauh: California’s Billionaire Wealth Tax Could Backfire Badly
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FOMO? There are half a dozen other items that aren’t highlighted above. But you can read them here.
One Video… Jon had Will Swaim from the California Policy Center on this week for a live chat!
On This Date In 1869…
THE GOLDEN SPIKE
On this date in 1869, the famous “Golden Spike” was driven at Promontory Summit, Utah, completing the first transcontinental railroad in the United States.
The ceremony marked the joining of the Central Pacific Railroad, which had pushed east from California, with the Union Pacific Railroad, which had built west from the Missouri River. With that final ceremonial spike, the nation was connected by rail from coast to coast.
The impact was enormous. A trip across the country that once took months by wagon or ship could now be made in about a week. Goods, people, newspapers, mail, and ideas could move across the continent faster than ever before. California, once physically distant from the rest of the country, was suddenly tied more directly to the nation’s economic and political life.
The Golden Spike was more than a railroad milestone. It was a symbol of American ambition, engineering, risk, sacrifice, and expansion — for better and worse — and it helped reshape the United States into a continental power.
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Jon