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Jon Fleischman

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Why the Dodgers are so good, and the Angels are so bad

Drive about 30 miles down the 5 Freeway and you can visit two Major League Baseball teams. One is building a dynasty. The other is building...

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Shameful: Republicans help SEIU defy Gavin Newsom’s return to work order

Gavin Newsom did something remarkable last year: He told California state workers to come back to work.

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Craven LA officials just surrendered on homelessness

Only Los Angeles could spend billions fighting homelessness, watch tents swallow sidewalks and parks, and then decide the city has been too aggressive...

22.08.2026 10

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Gavin Newsom’s mind-boggling record of giveaways to unions

A friend recently told me he was impressed that Gov. Gavin Newsom was standing up to California's public employee unions by requiring state workers to...

21.08.2026 8

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TV connections ‘Lost’: How we sacrificed common culture for convenience

Early-oughts TV it may have belonged to the last generation of television that millions of Americans had to experience at roughly the same time.

18.08.2026 7

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How Gavin Newsom loses every primary state in 2028

Newsom wanted California to be his calling card. It may become his baggage.

16.08.2026 10

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Why I traded a luxury SUV for an austere ride (not what you think)

Let me get something out of the way. I did not buy a Tesla because I suddenly became worried about my carbon footprint or decided I needed to do my...

11.08.2026 10

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Trump should not save Hollywood with a tax credit — which wouldn’t even work

President Donald Trump has no reason to reward a hostile Hollywood with federal tax credits — while leaving the industry’s underlying problems in...

10.08.2026 10

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Gavin Newsom, AWOL: Maybe he was getting his hair done

The real question is not whether Gavin Newsom worked seven hours on a particular Tuesday. It is whether governing California still commands his full...

09.08.2026 10

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Gavin Newsom’s rush to embrace Abdul El-Sayed makes me sick to my stomach

As soon as El-Sayed was declared the winner, Newsom endorsed him.

06.08.2026 10

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In Malibu, the fire is over — but the math has just begun

The Palisades Fire didn’t just destroy Malibu homes. It is quietly changing who will own Malibu for generations to come. Drive Pacific Coast Highway...

01.08.2026 10

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California’s sweeping climate change policies cost a fortune –– for no benefit

“The science is settled.” It’s Sacramento’s answer to every climate question. And if we’re talking about economics, also known as the...

30.07.2026 10

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Los Angeles needs more cops; city squanders money elsewhere

Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell just put an extraordinary number on what it would take to adequately police America's second-largest city:...

25.07.2026 20

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The Dodgers were right to go to the White House

On Thursday, the Los Angeles Dodgers went to the White House to be honored by President Donald Trump for winning their second consecutive World Series...

23.07.2026 10

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California AG Rob Bonta rigs language in Voter ID initiative

California Attorney General Rob Bonta used the power of his office Tuesday to put a political thumb on the scale against Proposition 39.

22.07.2026 10

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If California has nothing to hide, it will open the voter rolls

President Trump opened a new front in the election integrity debate Thursday night, saying the Department of Homeland Security had found...

17.07.2026 10

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LAUSD ignored the warnings — Now the bills are due

The Los Angeles Unified School District has been given 45 days to prove it can responsibly manage its own finances or risk losing significant control...

12.07.2026 20

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Who really runs California — and how unions seized power

Who really runs California? Most people would answer the same way. Voters elect a governor, legislators, county supervisors, city council members, and...

09.07.2026 20

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Trump can stop Gavin Newsom’s healthcare tax — and should

California Democrats pushed a controversial new healthcare tax through the legislature without a single Republican vote. Gov. Gavin Newsom included it...

08.07.2026 10

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LA City Council tried to hide details of noncitizen voting — and failed

Ten days ago, the LA City Council voted to start moving noncitizen voting toward the ballot. This week, the council ran away from it unanimously.

02.07.2026 20

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Gavin Newsom’s final budget: California’s fiscal house of cards

This week, Democratic legislators approved a state budget — Gavin Newsom’s last as governor.

30.06.2026 20

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Dodgers fans didn’t buy a ticket for this

The Dodgers should play baseball, serve the community in broadly unifying ways and leave divisive political advocacy to politicians, campaigns and...

29.06.2026 20

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Gavin Newsom — once a capitalist, now a socialist

As Gavin Newsom’s governorship enters its final chapter, his eyes are no longer fixed on Sacramento.

26.06.2026 10

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Karen Bass just fired her winning formula

Karen Bass just made the biggest political move of her reelection campaign.

25.06.2026 10

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Gavin Newsom is gambling on Joe Biden

Most Democrats looking at 2028 are trying to move past Joe Biden. Gavin Newsom is doing the opposite. That is not an accident. It is a strategy. While...

23.06.2026 20

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Inside LA City Council’s sneaky plan to give illegal aliens voting rights

Will illegal aliens be voting in Los Angeles city elections by 2028? Last week’s 10-5 vote by the LA City Council makes it possible. The council...

21.06.2026 20

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Xavier Becerra leads in new poll — but he’s no powerhouse

The general election is set. Xavier Becerra against Steve Hilton.

12.06.2026 20

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California’s peculiar primary system forced the GOP to get strategic

Former Fox News host Steve Hilton deserves credit for running a strong campaign for governor. But Hilton’s success in advancing to the general...

10.06.2026 10

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For a faster vote count in California, look to the Supreme Court

Look at Los Angeles. Saturday’s batch of 58,558 late-counted votes in the mayor’s race broke 40.2% for Nithya Raman, 33% for Karen Bass and a mere...

06.06.2026 30

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Prospects have dimmed for Spencer Pratt, Los Angeles

Since Election Day on Tuesday, Los Angeles County has begun the long, slow process of counting late-arriving and provisional ballots.

05.06.2026 30

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This is how California Democrats will have to campaign in November

California Democrats are about to face something they have mostly avoided for years: a real campaign focused on their record.

03.06.2026 20

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Dems want to tax Bay Area residents for BART, whether they ride or not

Sacramento Democrats have found a creative new way to raise taxes. Instead of asking voters in five Bay Area counties to decide separately whether...

01.06.2026 20

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During crises, Democrats get by; Republicans lead

Over Memorial Day weekend, Orange County faced a public safety crisis that could have turned catastrophic.

30.05.2026 20

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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...

27.05.2026 30

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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 20

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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 30

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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 30

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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 30

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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 30

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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 30

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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 20

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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 20

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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 40

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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 30

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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 30

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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 30

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Eric Swalwell is out. Now what?

Eric Swalwell is finished.

13.04.2026 40

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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 40

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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 40

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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 30

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