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*Breaking News* Former Staffer Accuses Eric Swalwell of Sexual Misconduct and Assault - CA Teachers Association Drops Their Support - Implosion Time!

Quick Video Update From the CAGOP Convention In San Diego

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

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

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

Massive LAPD Data Breach Becomes Another Bass-Era Fumble

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

Straight Talk with John Park, Vice Chairman of the California Republican Party

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

Sexual Harassment Allegations Could Rock Swalwell’s Campaign For Governor

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

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

Happy Passover & Easter!

ICYMI - 6 Great Columns From This Week - A Great Video

Jon’s Weekend Reading Recommendations! Articles, Charts, Videos, Podcasts & More…

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

Feds’ LA Hospice Fraud Takedown: Just the Start

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

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

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

Straight Talk With Rick Travis of the California Rifle & Pistol Association

California’s Golden Goose Is Already Flying the Coop

*Breaking News* Supreme Court Ruling On Colorado Ban On “Conversion Therapy” Imperils Similar California Law

Video: CA Teachers Assoc. Endorses Swalwell For Governor - It's A Big Deal

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

Curated Reads: Five Columns and a Video Worth Watching....

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

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

Sunday Extra: California Is Losing Billions — And the Money Isn’t Coming Back

ICYMI - 6 Great Columns From This Week - A Great Video - Remembering Sam Walton On His Birthday

Jon’s Weekend Reading Recommendations! Articles, Charts, Videos, Podcasts & More…

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

Replay: So, Does It Matter? LIVE! "Must See TV"

Prediction Online Betting Markets Are Not Public Opinion

Video: KCRA-3's Ashley Zavala Chasing Down Democratic Legislators in Capital Hallways - And They Just Flat Out Lie To Her

We're Going LIVE In Less Than Two Hours!

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

From The FlashReport Vault: Jon Argues Against Prop. 14 "The Top Two" Back In 2020 - And Some "Memory Lane" On The Bad Deal That Birthed It

First Dems Blow Up "Non-DEI" Debate, New CADEM Survey Shows Moribund Democratic Field and Reps Still On Top

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

We’re Going Live To Talk California Politics - Thursday Morning - 10am! Join us!

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

USC Cancels Their Governor's Debate - I Have Thoughts

Retired Judge Maryanne Gilliard Sounds the Alarm — Inside California’s Criminal Justice Breakdown

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

*Breaking News*SCOTUS Signals, In Hearing This Morning, Major Shift On Mail-In Ballot Deadlines — California’s Loose System Could Be In Trouble

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

ICYMI - 6 Great Columns From This Week - A Great Video - And Happy 95th Birthday to William Shatner!

Jon’s Weekend Reading Recommendations! Articles, Charts, Videos, Podcasts & More… Plus My Video Commentary: U.S. Mint Authorize Trump Coins?

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

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

The San Quentin Inmate Who Fears ICE — and the Attempted Murder He Did Not Mention

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

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

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

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

16 Accounts That California Conservatives Should Follow on X

The Sacramento Swamp, Republican Weakness, and the Fight for Reform — A Candid Conversation With Assemblyman Carl DeMaio

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

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

Are “Candidates of Color” Being Excluded From Upcoming USC/ABC7/Univision Governor’s Debate?

ICYMI - 6 Great Columns From This Week - A Great Video - And A Remind About our Podcasting Channels...

Did You Know You Can Get Us On The Go?

Jon’s Weekend Reading Recommendations! Articles, Charts, Videos, Podcasts & More…

Video Commentary: Why Gas Prices in California Are the Highest in America (By A Lot!)

Top Ten Winners & Losers In California Politics For The Week Ending 3/13 - Who is the Biggest Loser?

Issue Tool Kit: Nine Ways California’s Climate Agenda Is Driving Up the Cost of Living

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

What the Latest Polls Really Tell Us About California’s Governor’s Race

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

*Breaking Video Footage* Assemblywoman Alexandra Macedo And And An Investigative Reporter Walk Through Suspected Medi-Cal Hospice Fraud In Los Angeles

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

Artificial Intelligence, Silicon Valley Incentives, and the Need for Guardrails - Straight Talk With Tech Entreprenuer Tim Estes

Highland Park Anti-ICE Sirens: A Further Descent Into Anarchy For Los Angeles

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

Video Commentary on Kiley Running As An NPP - And ICYMI - 6 Great Columns From This Week - A Great Video.

U.S. Rep. Issa Announces Retirement At Last Moment, U.S. Rep. Kiley files as an NPP? And Jon’s Weekend Reading Recommendations! Articles, Charts, Videos & More…

Sacramento’s $25 Billion Housing Gamble

Top Ten Winners & Losers In California Politics For The Week Ending 3/6 - Who is the Biggest Loser?

Hot Takes In California Politics

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

Did You Miss Yesterday's SDIM? Live! - Pollster Goerge Nassar Gave Us A Bunch Of Insights On The Latest PPIC Survey

Straight Talk with Los Angeles based Political Strategist Matt Klink... He walks us through the maze of LA City Politics...

Bernie Sanders and California’s Ro Khanna Push Nationwide 5% Wealth Tax on Billionaires

Reminder: We’re live in one hour: Pollster George Nassar breaks down the new PPIC numbers

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

*Breaking News* Supreme Court clears way for parental notification in California gender identity cases

Video Analysis: U.S. Rep. Kevin Kiley Announces Run in Sacramento County Based Sixth Congressional District

We’re going live tomorrow! California’s mood shift and what the new PPIC poll really signals!

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

IYCMI - 6 Great Columns From This Week - A Great Video - and the anniversary of America's First National Park!

*Breaking* Iran's Supreme Leader, The Murderous Ayatollah Khamenei Killed as the U.S. And Israel Conduct Military Operations All Over Iran

Jon’s Weekend Reading Recommendations! Articles, Charts, Videos & More… And, and I have an original column on racial policies in LAUSD…

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

So Does It Matter, Live! On CA Politics! Did You Miss It? Here it is!

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

Reminder: We Are Going LIVE at 4pm for 45 minutes of California Political Analysis and Commentary!

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

*Breaking News* Save Prop. 13 Taxpayer Champions Turn In 1.3 Million Signatures For November Ballot Measure

Tariffs Once Funded America — But That America Had A Much Smaller Government

How A $1.3 Million Emergency Medical Flight Became A California School District Lawsuit

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

Save The Date/Time: We Will Go Live Again This Week For Another Session On California Politics - Thursday, 4pm!

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

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

Video Commentary on CA Dem Convention in SF -- and then IYCMI - 6 Great Columns From This Week - A Great Video - and Happy Birthday George Washington!

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Jon’s Weekend Reading Recommendations! Articles, Charts, Videos & More… A Rant On The New $239m Education Center at San Quentin Prison... and Happy Birthday to Kelsey Grammer!

Top Ten Winners & Losers In California Politics For The Week Ending 2/20 - Who is the Biggest Loser?

CA Political Hot Takes - Live with Jon Fleischman

Short, Final Reminder: We Go Live At 5pm!

*Breaking* Does GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Bianco Support Amnesty for Illegal Aliens? Breitbart reports on this. Read their report and watch the Sheriff in his own words...

Are the Dodgers Forcing Baseball Into Its Next Labor War?

Tomorrow - 5pm! CA Politics Live! Hot Takes With Jon Fleischman. Jon, live? With no editing? What could go wrong?

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

*New CA Governors Race Survey* Hilton, Then Bianco And Swallwell Top Fractured Field

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

Nine Reasons Why California’s Government-Approved Gun Roster Is Awful, and Violates Constitutional Rights

Trump Just Pulled the Legal Pin on Federal Climate Rules — What That Means for California

Did You Know You Can Get Us On The Go?

IYCMI - 6 Great Columns From This Week - A Great Video, a Duke Ellington Memory, and I will miss my friend, Steve Frank.

Jon’s Weekend Political Reading Recommendations! Articles, Charts, Videos & More… and on this day in history Jackie O. did what?

New Tax Rankings Expose the Cost of California’s High-Tax Model

Top Ten Winners & Losers In California Politics For The Week Ending 2/12 Including The Biggest Loser Feature! McClintock, Lee, The First Partner, OpenAI, Wiener, Bass, PLF, Santa Barbara CC…

Breaking Battlegrounds Podcast: Jon Fleischman Talks Trump Polling, and Newsom’s Commitment Against School Choice

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

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

First Partner Siebel Newsom Blasts Capitol Press Corps For Enabling the "War On Women"

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

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

Analysis: The Left-Wing Revolt Karen Bass Never Saw Coming

A Podcast with the "Golden Ticket" - Hilton for Governor, Romero for Lt. Governor, Morgan for Controller, Gates for Attorney General

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

13 Minutes Of “Must Watch” Video

IYCMI - Government Union Gets Socialist in Assembly To File "Work From Home" Legislation, Highlights From The Week and a big happy birthday to composer John Williams!

Jon’s Weekend Political Reading Recommendations! Articles, Charts, Videos & More… and the anniversary of a famous Disney Animated Movie!

Happy 115th Birthday Ronald Reagan -- Celebrate By Taking The Time To Watch Some Of His Best Speeches

Top Ten Winners & Losers In California Politics For The Week Ending 2//26 - Including The Biggest Loser Feature!

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

Tracking The Votes Of Your Legislator (And A Lot More)! An In-Depth Interview With Ryan Sabalow of CalMatters!

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

*Breaking* SCOTUS refuses CAGOP request to stop use of new Prop. 50 House maps for 2026

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

New Harvard/Harris Poll Finds Voters Reject Politicians Encouraging Resistance To ICE

Governor Or Cover Model? Vogue’s Love Letter To Gavin

Breaking News: Trump’s Standing Slips In New Pew Survey

Violent Protests In Los Angeles Are No Longer Free Speech - These Are Criminal Acts -- My Latest in the California Post

IYCMI - U.S. National Debt Time Bomb, And Then Highlights From The Week!

Jon’s Weekend Political Reading Recommendations! Articles, Charts, Videos & More… and Happy Birthday Jackie Robinson (RIP)

Analysis: Blue States Are Shrinking, Red States Are Growing — And That’s Bad News For Democrats

Top Ten Winners & Losers In California Politics For The Week Ending 1/30/26 - Including The Biggest Loser Feature!

Straight Talk with conservative GOP Assembly candidate Gracey Van Der Mark... Join us for a wide-ranging, informative conversation!

USA vs CA - Two Updates: USDOE Says CA Broke Law Hiding Gender Change Info From Parents And They Say SJSU Violated Title IX With Biological Male on Girls Volleyball Team

Newsom’s California Democrats Want To Ban ICE Agents From Becoming Teachers And Cops

Morning "Hot Takes" In California Politics - Kiley Gameshow, Auditor Ignored, $236M CARE Court Fiasco, CA Losing 4 House Seats? More...

Gavin Newsom’s School Choice Test and the Union Veto

Analysis: In The Border Patrol/Pretti Fatal Shooting, Pretti Was Not Being Responsible With His Legal Firearm

The California Post Is In The House -- Website Launched This Morning!

Takeaways From the Death of Alex Pretti in Minnesota: What Must Change, and What Must Not

IYCMI Rest In Peace U.S. Rep. Doug LaMalfa, And Other ICYMI From The Week

[VIDEO] LAST NIGHT’S CNN DEBATE: JON FLEISCHMAN VS. NEERA TANDEN

Jon’s Weekend Political Reading Recommendations! Articles, Charts, Videos & More… and Happy Birthday Neil Diamond!

Worst Week In California Politics, For The Week Ending 1/23/26

The Atlantic Sharply Critiques Gavin Newsom’s Record. Then Stops Short

*Breaking News* This Morning SCOTUS Asked State of California To Brief In the CAGOP's Emergency Application On Prop. 50 Case

What We’re Really Arguing About When We Argue About Immigration

Insider Brief: A New Statewide Poll Shows the Billionaire Tax on Thin Ice

California’s Homelessness Crisis, Part One: How This Problem Was Created by Progressives Who Now Demand We Trust Them to Fix It

*Breaking 2A News* In Today's Hearing the U.S. Supreme Court Casts Doubt on Laws Treating Private Property as Gun-Free by Default

Analysis - With Prop. 50 Lines Set, Which California House Seats Are Actually In Play?

Straight Talk with conservative Assemblywoman Alexandra Macedo... Join us for a wide-ranging, informative conversation!

[Unlocked] Biggest Loser Of The Week In California Politics

Martin Luther King Jr. Was Making a Constitutional Argument

Top Ten Winners & Losers In California Politics For The Week Ending 1/16/26 - Bonta, Caruso, Wiener, Mahan, Bass, Newsom, CAGOP, and more…

IYCMI On The Week’s Top Stories

Jon’s Weekend Political Reading Recommendations! Articles, Charts, Videos & More… And Happy Birthday To Benjamin Franklin!

Gavin Newsom's Podcast With Guest Ben Shapiro... Pass the Popcorn!

Straight Talk with Asm. James Gallagher: On Remembering U.S. Rep. Doug LaMalfa, Filling Out His Term

*New Survey* Americans Still Fear Big Government, but the AI Era Is Making People Even More Anxious About Big Tech

Tuesday's SCOTUS Hearing Augurs Good News for Biological Female Athletes

*Breaking News* Newsom’s Prop. 50 Power Grab Just Got a Green Light From Two Democrat-Appointed Federal Judges

Ballot Measure Talk: Save Prop 13 And The Billionaire Wealth Tax! And Remembering Joel Fox. An Interview with HJTA's Jon Coupal.

Issue Tool Kit: Ten Reasons Why the Right to Pay in Cash Should Be Protected

7 Ways The CA Legislative Analyst Torches Newsom’s Proposed Budget

Gavin Newsom’s Fantasy Budget: A January Miracle Built on Fiction

When Heritage Embraces Big Government—and Rejects Its Own Heritage

Rest In Peace Taxfighter Joel Fox & IYCMI On The Week’s Top Stories

Jon’s Weekend Political Reading Recommendations! Articles, Charts, Videos & More…

California By Teleprompter: Newsom's State of the State and State Budget Proposal Are Works Of Fiction

Top Ten Winners & Losers In California Politics For The Week Ending 1/9/26 - Newsom, Scrivner, SCE, Bass, Jimenez, Newman, and more!

Issue Tool Kit: Top 8 Reasons Why Abundant Water Reserves Will Not Lower Your Bill

California Patriot Profile: Ken Khachigian, Advisor to Presidents and Strategist in California’s Most Challenging Campaigns

One Year After The Los Angeles Fires, And The Failures Are Still Burning

RIP Doug LaMalfa & Crazy California Politics - An Interview With the California Globe's Katy Grimes

Remembering Michael Reagan: The Reagan Years After Reagan

The Unexpected Passing of My Dear Friend, Congressman Doug LaMalfa

The California Post’s Arrival Is Now Imminent

New U.S. Postal Service Changes Create a Mail-In Ballot Crisis

Artificial Intelligence Has No Guardrails, and That Should Worry Us All

*Breaking News* Ninth Circuit Strikes Down California’s Open-Carry Ban—for Now

New Year’s Day — A Note of Thanks