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Jon Fleischman

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LA socialists (heart) billionaires

The billionaire-socialist alliance matters. Los Angeles politics is increasingly becoming a luxury ideological project financed by wealthy elites...

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Spencer Pratt has his work cut out for him in LA

Los Angeles may soon discover that viral politics is not the same thing as political success.

25.05.2026 6

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After giving Chad Bianco every chance, I just voted for Steve Hilton

This week I cast my ballot for Steve Hilton.

19.05.2026 10

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Trump derangement syndrome: San Francisco can’t let baseball be baseball

San Francisco is having a civic nervous breakdown because the brother of President Donald Trump’s son-in-law is buying a minority stake in the Giants.

14.05.2026 5

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Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ‘free’ diaper plan is full of you-know-what

California families are struggling to afford housing, electricity, insurance, gasoline, groceries, childcare — and now even diapers. Gavin...

10.05.2026 10

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LA City Council sides with criminals over cops in brainless traffic stop ban

The Los Angeles City Council voted 14-0 to advance restrictions on police traffic stops rooted in one dangerous idea: That cops enforcing traffic laws...

08.05.2026 10

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‘Cap-and-Invest’ raises gas prices without doing anything for climate

Sacramento has a problem with Cap-and-Invest, the “climate change” premium that adds at least 20 cents per gallon to the price of fuel in...

07.05.2026 10

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Republicans may be cheering for this Democrat in the next gov debate

There is no guaranteed Democratic slot. There is no guaranteed Republican slot. There are only two slots.

03.05.2026 8

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The ‘payer’ in ‘single-payer’ health care is government — and you

Tom Steyer, the controversial billionaire who ran unsuccessfully for president, is trying to appeal to California voters with a “single-payer”...

30.04.2026 8

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They will tax billionaires today — guess who they’ll tax tomorrow

The most important thing about California’s proposed billionaire wealth tax is not that it targets billionaires. It is that it creates a new pathway...

27.04.2026 10

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Paid big bucks for Padres? You might get Dodgers wins — or Mets losses

The Padres may be about to fetch a record $3.9 billion sale price after a vicious ownership feud, as The California Post reported.

20.04.2026 10

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Karen Bass wants to save the planet. Saving LA? Never mind

LA mayor Karen Bass leads a city reeling from street disorder, a failed homelessness response, wildfires, depleted police staffing, and a fiscal...

17.04.2026 10

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LAUSD’s insane deal for $1.2 billion in raises

The Los Angeles Unified School District narrowly avoided a strike that could have shuttered schools for nearly 400,000 students. That is the good...

15.04.2026 10

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Eric Swalwell is out. Now what?

Eric Swalwell is finished.

13.04.2026 10

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How Eric Swalwell’s implosion changes the race for governor

One candidate’s fall just altered the odds for everybody.

12.04.2026 10

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California gas prices aren’t a mystery — they’re the result of ‘progressive’ policy

If you read the recent CBS News report on California gas prices, you are left with the impression that the causes are numerous and difficult to pin...

06.04.2026 20

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Feds’ fraud takedown: Just the start

Federal authorities arrested eight people in Los Angeles tied to a hospice fraud scheme involving more than $50 million in intended Medicare losses.

02.04.2026 20

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Supreme Court’s ‘conversion therapy’ ruling could doom Democrat censorship in California

The U.S. Supreme Court handed down an 8-1 ruling in Chiles. v. Salazar on Tuesday that invalidated a Colorado ban on "conversion therapy" for minors,...

31.03.2026 20

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Dodgers inaugurate ABS era — much to fans’ surprise and delight

World Series MVP and Cy Young contender Yoshinobu Yamamoto received a hero’s welcome as he took the mound for the Dodgers on Opening Day. But then...

29.03.2026 20

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Democrats moved quickly on Cesar Chavez — because of Jeffrey Epstein

In a matter of hours California’s political class went from silence to full-scale repudiation of Cesar Chavez.

20.03.2026 30

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What the SEIU endorsement of Swalwell reveals about California politics

One of the most powerful unions in California politics just made its move in the governor’s race, and it tells you a lot about how the state’s...

15.03.2026 30

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Highland Park anti-ICE sirens: a further descent into anarchy

Highland Park activists in Los Angeles are installing air-raid style sirens across their neighborhood.

08.03.2026 30

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Total whiff: Angels’ owner says winning not a top-five concern

If making a hefty profit without winning was Moreno’s objective, he’s doing just fine for himself.

03.03.2026 60

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California Democrats preach ‘affordability’ at convention — after raising costs

It was fitting that the California Democratic Party gathered in San Francisco to talk about “affordability.” They created the problem.

23.02.2026 60

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How the Dodgers may trigger baseball’s next labor war

The Dodgers are the best team in baseball. And maybe just too good for baseball to continue as is.

19.02.2026 30

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How Trump’s EPA revolution will make California more affordable

If the Trump administration succeeds at scuttling Obama-era climate decrees, it won’t just repeal a regulatory finding. It will roll back costs for...

14.02.2026 300

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The left-wing revolt Karen Bass never saw coming

The filing deadline for Los Angeles mayor closed at noon last Saturday. And this race looks nothing like the cakewalk Karen Bass expected. Billionaire...

10.02.2026 30

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These are criminals, not protesters

The moment violence erupts — assaults, vandalism, arson, obstruction, as we saw in LA — the argument is over. Those are crimes, not political...

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California Post fills a truth-telling void that has grown more dangerous with each passing year

In New York, The Post has shaped debates, exposed corruption, punctured spin, and given readers an unfiltered view of what their leaders are actually...

27.01.2026 10

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Tom Steyer — the Cali billionaire running from his own record

Tom Steyer wants to be California’s next governor, and he’s counting on voters to overlook how he made the fortune he now uses to lecture them.

27.11.2025 20

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