Democrats need soul-searching, not market research
Working class voters, especially men, want good jobs, a lower cost of living, the chance at homeownership and safe communities.
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Regulating private sector investment is the wrong way to address California’s housing affordability crisis
Targeting investors would not make single-family homes more accessible to first-time buyers but would erode the already-insufficient rental supply.
Gov. Newsom spews misinformation about California’s literacy efforts
Unfortunately, Californians will be left cleaning his mess.
How many more websites and podcasts will Newsom launch before he does his job?
He’s got websites to build, podcasts to launch and very important out-of-state business to tend to.
A reasonable, incremental approach to student loan reform
The plan gets more complicated than that and addresses other issues, but the main point is that the Republican proposal is a dramatic improvement over the current system.
Memo to California’s Democratic lawmakers: Soliciting minors should be a felony
It’s a messy debate that Democrats are unlikely to win in the court of public opinion, especially with Gov. Gavin Newsom and Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis in of the...
Trump’s trade war is not worth it
President Donald Trump might be the deal-making genius he and his ers claim he is, but so far genius and chaos look similar.
Matt Fleming: Easter reflections in a fallen world
A much higher bar
Free trade is critical to America’s continued prosperity
Trump sees trade deficits as America getting ripped off, which is erroneous.
California’s Democratic politicians never hold each other able
Why do Californians have to wait for the feds to investigate bad behavior to get any ability?
Milton Friedman and Thomas Sowell agree: Tariffs are a really bad idea
Why couldn’t Donald Trump ignore his campaign promises like a normal president?
Hold on, California, Gov. Newsom is podcasting
This is Gavin Newsom.
Matt Fleming: Wildfires unleash an endless stream of very bad takes
Newsom’s disinformation page
Matt Fleming: Newsom’s budget press conference was a bizarre performance
And his record proves he’ll nearly any other tax.
Gavin Newsom is gaslighting Californians about homelessness and gas prices
Newsom’s outcomes on both homelessness and gas prices point back to his ineffectiveness as a leader and his inability to solve problems.
Democrats really don’t understand democracy, or why they lost the presidential election
If Democrats like Obama are truly interested in pluralism, they should consider being gracious in defeat and listening to the needs of voters instead of talking past them with abstractions...
Rob Bonta should think more carefully before posting nonsense on social media
The fact that the post remains up shows little regard for excellence. Bonta should tighten up if he wants to pursue higher office.
Gavin Newsom should stop showboating and just do his job as governor of California
Newsom is not an attentive governor. He governs for headlines, expecting to have gotten a promotion by the time the lack of results comes in.
After botched Gaetz nomination, Trump should pivot on Cabinet picks
If Trump wants to accomplish even half of what he campaigned on, he will need to choose more wisely going forward.
Anthony Rendon holds up a nation infamous for ethnic cleansing as a model for California
Ethnic cleansing, civil rights abuses, failing economy. This is not the utopia Rendon thinks it is.
Kamala Harris’ ‘perfect campaign’ and other bad takes from the 2024 election
“Misogyny and sexism – that’s what that was,” Hostin said.
Did anyone actually think Kamala Harris was the one to beat Donald Trump?
That bitter, partisan tribalism is a sign of the times, but for it to end someone needs to step up and be the bigger person. Why not Trump?
Matt Fleming: With two awful choices, what am I supposed to do?
Political rallies aren’t roasts
California Democrats need to clean up the Coastal Commission
If Democrats are going to “save democracy,” as Vice President Kamala Harris’s lawn signs promise, they could start by cleaning their own backyard.
Matt Fleming: Democrats do have a man problem, and it’s their fault
Emhoff is just not relatable.
With his presidential dreams crushed, Gavin Newsom continues to phone it in as governor
Maybe he’s hoping for a cabinet appointment or an ambassadorship if Democrats win in November.
I listened to Gavin Newsom’s podcast, so you don’t have to
This just seems like one more thing Newsom does regularly that is not his actual job.
OPINIÓN: Los votantes deberían rechazar el aumento del salario mínimo y exigir soluciones reales
Los votantes deberían rechazar esta propuesta y exigir soluciones reales.
Trump vs. Harris: The battle of the populists
Instead of telling voters what they want to hear, Harris and Trump should try telling them things that might actually improve their lives.
Voters should reject the increase to the minimum wage and demand real solutions
Voters should reject this proposal and demand real solutions.