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What 19 Unhappy Los Angeles Voters Can Teach California Republicans
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Newsom’s Affordability Plan Makes Wildfire Victims Pay
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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?
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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
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The Half Of The Healthcare Spending Debate That The Media Ignores
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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
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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…
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California’s Climate Experiment Has Gone Far Enough
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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
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New Pew Survey: What Voters Really Want From Their Elected Officials
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Los Angeles Needs More Cops; City Squanders Money Elsewhere
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AI Has A Public Trust Problem
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The Dodgers Were Right To Go To The White House
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Who Had The Worst Week In California Politics For The Week Ending 10/24?
This is content from the Substack—So, Does It Matter? Devoted to California politics, SDIM features analysis, commentary, and breaking news from Jon Fleischman, an observer and participant in politics in the Golden State for well over three decades. Jon is a constitutional conservative, but is known for his balanced analysis and for calling balls and strikes. You can search for the sister podcastyy, So, Does It Matter? THE PODCAST -- that has all of Jon's one-on-one podcast interviews and occasional monologues. You can get more content at So, Does It Matter?
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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
This is content from the Substack—So, Does It Matter? Devoted to California politics, SDIM features analysis, commentary, and breaking news from Jon Fleischman, an observer and participant in politics in the Golden State for well over three decades. Jon is a constitutional conservative, but is known for his balanced analysis and for calling balls and strikes. You can search for the sister podcastyy, So, Does It Matter? THE PODCAST -- that has all of Jon's one-on-one podcast interviews and occasional monologues. You can get more content at So, Does It Matter?
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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
This is content from the Substack—So, Does It Matter? Devoted to California politics, SDIM features analysis, commentary, and breaking news from Jon Fleischman, an observer and participant in politics in the Golden State for well over three decades. Jon is a constitutional conservative, but is known for his balanced analysis and for calling balls and strikes. You can search for the sister podcastyy, So, Does It Matter? THE PODCAST -- that has all of Jon's one-on-one podcast interviews and occasional monologues. You can get more content at So, Does It Matter?
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Gavin Newson’s Hollywood Bailout Bust
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If California Has Nothing to Hide, Open the Voter Rolls
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Why Does America Still Need The Postal Service?
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Worst Week In California Politics For The Week Ending 10/17
This is content from the Substack—So, Does It Matter? Devoted to California politics, SDIM features analysis, commentary, and breaking news from Jon Fleischman, an observer and participant in politics in the Golden State for well over three decades. Jon is a constitutional conservative, but is known for his balanced analysis and for calling balls and strikes. You can search for the sister podcastyy, So, Does It Matter? THE PODCAST -- that has all of Jon's one-on-one podcast interviews and occasional monologues. You can get more content at So, Does It Matter?
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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?
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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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