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Special Feature: How Public Employee Unions Built California’s Most Powerful Political Machine
Trump Can Stop Gavin Newsom’s Healthcare Tax — And Should
The People Are The Boss Of Elected Officials
New Survey: Americans Still Believe In The Founding — Even If They Don’t Always Understand It
Reject Prop. 4: Sacramento Wants Your Tax Dollars To Pay For Political Ads. Again.
The Great California School Downsizing
The Supreme Court Says Girls’ Sports Can Still Be For Girls
California’s Winery Shakedown Tests Limits of Free Speech, Association
Why The U.S. Government Should Not Own Any Of OpenAI -- and ICYMI: 7 Stories From Last Week!
America At 250: The Question Before Us
Latest Hot Takes In California Politics
Lock In Your SDIM Subscription For $55 Per Year — Forever
Two Huge Second Amendment Developments In Two Days Could Reshape California Gun Law
Americans Want AI’s Benefits Without Its Risks
We Do NOT Need Politics In Major League Baseball (Or Any Other Sports, Frankly)
Supreme Court Roundup: Quick Hits On Ten Big Decisions From The Court’s Final Two Weeks
Gavin Newsom And The Democratic Party’s Socialist Future
Newsom’s Final Budget: California’s Fiscal House Of Cards
Newsom’s Calculated Embrace Of Mamdani’s Socialist Rise
Newsom vs. Khanna! Plus - ICYMI: 6 Stories And A Video From Last Week!
Jon’s Weekend Reading Recommendations! Articles, Charts, Videos, Podcasts & More…
Ten Reasons Cameras Should Stay Out of the Supreme Court
AB 1821 Would Make State And Local Government More Secretive
This Week Two People Hold The Fate Of California’s Tax Battles
Veterans Are The Star On Sacramento’s $11 Latest Billion Pork-Laden Christmas Tree
The Newsoms’ Secrets? A Deep Dive with RedState's Jennifer Van Laar
California’s Glock Ban Has Arrived — And It Reveals The Real Strategy Behind Its Gun Laws
Back From Vacation, Back In The Saddle - A Thank You, And A Reminder of our Publishing Schedule
A Backdoor To Illegal Alien Voting In Los Angeles?
ICYMI: 5 Stories From Last Week!
SB 690 Would Still Weaken Online Privacy Rights Before California Has Real Consumer Consent
The Pope’s Warning About AI Deserves To Be Taken Seriously By Everyone
Gavin Newsom’s Final Budget: More Spending, More Taxes, More Government
Gavin Newsom Says DOJ Probe Is Political — But Take A Closer Look
A Trillionaire, And The American Miracle
ICYMI: A Short Video Commentary, 5 Stories & A Video From Last Week
"What's Jon Reading" - A Compendium Of Interesting Things I Found Online This Week While On Vacation
The Runoff In The Governor’s Race Gets Its First Major Survey. Here Is What The Numbers Mean.
Awful Top-Two System Forced Republicans Voters To Get Strategic To Avoid Lock-Out In Governor’s Race
Has California Made Voting Too Easy?
Clarence Thomas Was Right: Woodrow Wilson Declared War on the Constitution
We're Shifting To A Vacation Schedule... What Does That Mean?
Top Ten Winners & Losers In California's June Election!
Spencer Pratt On Life Support — And ICYMI: 5 Stories & A Video From Last Week
America’s Debt Crisis May Be Far Worse Than Washington Admits
Going Live with the Golden State Report’s Mariel Garza For A Post-Election-Day Most Mortem
Straight Talk With Susan Shelley, VP of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association
California Democrats Will Have To Campaign On Their Record This Fall
So, Does It Matter, LIVE! The REPLAY - Election Night Results Review Edition!
Analysis: Early Returns Point To Becerra Vs. Hilton And Bass Vs. Pratt
Join Jon For Live Election Coverage -- Not Once, Not Twice, But Three Times...
A New Tax Increase Is Headed For The SF Bay Area This November
The Socialist Who Could Cost Nithya Raman A Runoff Spot
Election Day Has Arrived (Thank God) -- What I Am Watching Here in California
Join Us Live! Weds, 10:30 am -- Election Results Across California: What Can We Make Of Them?
During Public Safety Crises, Democrats Perform; Republicans Lead
Major Milestone Reached - 600 Paid Subscribers! And... ICYMI: 7 Stories & A Video From Last Week
Breaking News: New Poll Shows GOP Potentially On Verge Of Governor’s Race Lockout
The Daily Signal Went Into Skid Row With A Video Camera. What They Found Is Damning.
If Tom Steyer Doesn't Make The Runoff, This May Be Why...
California Government Unions Will Try Anything To Keep Their Members From Returning To The Office
The U.S. Department Of Justice: UCLA Abandoned Jewish Students
Reminder: We’re Live This Morning At 10:30 AM!
Los Angeles Socialists Love Their Billionaires
Social Security’s Fiscal Clock Is Running Out — And Washington Won’t Look At It
The IRS Wronged Trump. This $1.776 Billion "Anti-Weaponization" Fund Still Stinks.
Spencer Pratt, Karen Bass, And The Weirdest Mayor’s Race In America
The National Democratic Party’s 2024 “Autopsy” Ignores The Obvious Cause Of Death
ICYMI: 6 Stories & A Video From Last Week
Why Are California Democrats Holding Onto Their Ballots?
Gavin Newsom’s Hard Left Turn On AI Economics
Want To Know Who Made The Runoff? In California, You May Wait For Weeks
Straight Talk with Michael Gates, Candidate for California Attorney General
Seven Warning Signs Hidden Inside Newsom’s May Budget Revision
Today I Voted For Steve Hilton For Governor, And Why You Should As Well
California’s Bullet Train May Not Even Reach Downtown Bakersfield - You Can’t Make This Up
Vance’s $1.3 Billion Freeze Exposes California’s Medicaid Racket
*Breaking* New "WIPEOUT" Video Exposes the Fallacy Of The So-Called Billionaire Tax
Former U.S. Senator Ben Sasse Is Dying Better Than Most Of Us Are Living
New Statewide Survey Results - Governor’s Race: Three Candidates, Two Spots, One Messy June Election
California Patriot Profile: Mike Antonovich, The Conservative Who Governed Los Angeles County
A Governor’s Candidate Forum Worth Watching
Gavin Newsom’s New “Affordability” Program Comes In A Box Of Diapers
LA City Hall Thinks The Problem Is Still “Too Much Policing” - You Cannot Make This Up
Video Short: Is It Time Time "Undo The Top Two" And Return California To Partisan Primaries?
ICYMI: 6 Stories & A New Video On Jennifer Siebel Newsom, California's "First Partner"
We Went Live With Will Swaim - The Gov's Race, Illegal Immigration, Energy Policy, And... La Bamba!
Short Video Update: VA Supremes Toss Democratic House Gerrymander - Exposes Politics of the Bench
Jennifer Siebel Newsom Is Not A Victim. She Is A Combatant.
California Democrats Keep Trying To Solve Homelessness — Without Addressing What’s Causing It
Spencer Pratt’s Braveheart Against The Bass Kingdom
Jon’s Take On The Tuesday Night Gubernatorial Debate
DANGER! Republicans could be SHUT OUT of the runoff for California Governor!
"Cap-And-Invest" Is California’s Affordability Crisis In Climate Clothing
California Democrats Want Muslim Holidays In State Law — But Not The Jewish High Holidays
Republicans May Need Katie Porter To Save Them From A Democrat-Only Runoff
ICYMI: 6 Stories & A Video - You May Have Missed A Lot This Week!
Top Ten Winners & Losers In California Politics For The Week Ending 5/1
Quick Favor: Help Me Grow This
Tom, Xavier & Katie All Support "Single Payer" Healthcare... So Full Government Control
California Republicans, Be Forewarned: Two Democrats Could Shut The GOP Out Of The Governor’s Race
Reminder: Join Jon and Katy Live at 10am!
Hot Takes In California Politics
The California Governor’s Debate Got Louder. The Race Did Not Get Much Clearer.
California Patriot Profile: The Late Congressman Doug LaMalfa, The Farmer Who Never Left Home
As Backers Turn In Signatures, California Wealth Tax Measure Threatens Voter Safeguards
In California, a “Polyamory” Push And The Decline Of Marriage
Straight Talk with Congressman Jay Obernolte
Thoughts On The Shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner - also ICYMI: 6 Stories & a Video
*Breaking News* California Voter ID Measure Qualifies For November Ballot
A Deep Dive On The California Governor's Debate... & More!
Reminder: Jon is going live at 1 PM for a gubernatorial debate recap and more.
The Federal Debt Disaster Nobody In Washington Wants To Own
Jon's Going Live Tomorrow - 1pm! Takeaways from tonights Governor's Debate And More!
What To Watch For In Tonight’s Governor Debate
Save Prop. 13 Qualifies, Setting Up Major Tax Fight In California
$3.9B Padres gamble could bring Dodgers dreams — or Mets nightmares
California Lawmakers Are Reacting To A ChatGPT Suicide Case — But Missing The Bigger Risk
New Report: California Job Growth Lags Nation As High Costs Wipe Out Income Gains
California’s Wealth Tax Fantasy Is Already Backfiring
California Anti-Tax Coalition Announces New Statewide Advertising Campaign
California Had Oil. Gavin Newsom Chose Scarcity. Trump: Drill, Baby, Drill!
Top Ten Winners & Losers In California Politics For The Week Ending 4/17 - Who Had The Worst Week?
Chris Cillizza’s Case For And Against Gavin Newsom For President
LAUSD’s Insane Deal For $1.2 Billion In Raises
Final Reminder - Our Tax Day Sale Ends At Midnight! Take Advantage Of 30% Off!
The Politics Of Special Election Timing - Governor Newsom's Partisanship On Display
Happy Tax Day! California Taxpayers Deserve Relief.
Tax Day Sale Reminder! $49 for a Full Year of So, Does It Matter?
The Swalwell Scandal Exposes The Problem Democrats Do Not Want To Talk About
The Right Must Confront Antisemitism Or Be Defined By It
Reminder: Going Live! Today at 1:30 PM - CAGOP Conv. Wrap - And Gov’s Race Sans Swalwell
How Eric Swalwell’s Collapse Changes The Campaign For Governor
Going Live! Join Us Tomorrow at 1:30 PM - CAGOP Conv. Wrap - And Gov’s Race Sans Swalwell
Final Video Update From the CAGOP Convention In San Diego - With Results!
Sunday Morning Video Update From the CAGOP Convention In San Diego
Saturday Video Update From the CAGOP Convention In San Diego
Video Commentary On The Political Collapse of Eric Swalwell - And Weekend Reading Recommendations
Quick Video Update From the CAGOP Convention In San Diego
Polling Shows Los Angeles Mayor Race Is A Rejection Of Everyone Running
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
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
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
Straight Talk With Rick Travis of the California Rifle & Pistol Association
California’s Golden Goose Is Already Flying the Coop
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
We're Going LIVE In Less Than Two Hours!
What Happens If The Billionaire Tax Passes, But the Voter ID Initiative Fails...?
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
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!
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
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
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?
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
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
2A Update: How A Second Amendment Victory In Washington, D.C. Could Help Gun Owners In California
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
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
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
We’re going live tomorrow! California’s mood shift and what the new PPIC poll really signals!
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!
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
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
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 - Who is the Biggest Loser?
CA Political Hot Takes - Live with Jon Fleischman
Short, Final Reminder: We Go Live At 5pm!
Are the Dodgers Forcing Baseball Into Its Next Labor War?
*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
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?
New Tax Rankings Expose the Cost of California’s High-Tax Model
*Breaking News* U.S. Moves to Roll Back Climate Regulation and Unleash Affordability
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
California Democrats Push Eight-Hour Training Mandate Just to Buy a Gun
13 Minutes Of “Must Watch” Video
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
IYCMI - U.S. National Debt Time Bomb, And Then Highlights From The Week!
Analysis: Blue States Are Shrinking, Red States Are Growing — And That’s Bad News For Democrats
Newsom’s California Democrats Want To Ban ICE Agents From Becoming Teachers And Cops
Gavin Newsom’s School Choice Test and the Union Veto
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
Worst Week In California Politics, For The Week Ending 1/23/26
The Atlantic Sharply Critiques Gavin Newsom’s Record. Then Stops Short
What We’re Really Arguing About When We Argue About Immigration
Insider Brief: A New Statewide Poll Shows the Billionaire Tax on Thin Ice
Analysis - With Prop. 50 Lines Set, Which California House Seats Are Actually In Play?
[Unlocked] Biggest Loser Of The Week In California Politics
Martin Luther King Jr. Was Making a Constitutional Argument
IYCMI On The Week’s Top Stories
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
Tuesday's SCOTUS Hearing Augurs Good News for Biological Female Athletes
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…
Issue Tool Kit: Top 8 Reasons Why Abundant Water Reserves Will Not Lower Your Bill
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