Governor Gavin Newsom spins Trump’s “threat” to allow Iran to nuke California, alarming almost no one. Bonus conversation with attorney Scott Davison about an infamous memo calling for the FBI to investigate parents who showed up to school council meetings during the Covid-19 pandemic. Music by Metalachi.

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Show Notes:

• A Modest Proposal for the Purification of California History
• Pro-Hamas Scholar Addresses Claremont Students Virtually on Oct. 7
• On October 7th Massacre Anniversary, UC-Berkeley SJP Promotes Speaking Appearances of Professor Who Declared ‘I’m With Hamas’
• Students at LA top college plot ‘depraved’ stunt to mark massacre that shocked the world
• Trump suggests letting Iran ‘take out’ Los Angeles and San Diego at campaign rally
• Kamala Harris, Richard Pan blocked some journalists from covering Sacramento campaign event
• Kamala Harris Calls Trump’s Media Ban ‘Absolutely Abhorrent’
• AB-1803 Employment: sexual harassment training and education: anti-hate speech training.(2025-2026)
• Sex abuse bill fight lands in Assembly races
• California education candidate tells college professors to teach students basic math, rejects SAT requirement

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Will talks with Hoover Institution economist Ben Jaros and legal scholar Aharon Friedman about likely post-election challenges to Proposition 40, the Billionaire Wealth Tax. Music by Metalachi.

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Show Notes:

• Hoover Institution’s latest revision reveals more bad news about Prop. 40
• Friedman, Jaros and Rauh, “The 2026 Billionaire Tax Act and the Constitution: Retroactivity, Residency, and the Limits of California’s Taxing Power”

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In his first and only gubernatorial debate with Xavier Becerra, Republican Steve Hilton brought actual policy to counter Becerra’s incantatory use of the word ‘Trump.’ We look at the unintended — but utterly predictable — consequences of L.A.’s Mansion Tax. Vanity Fair’s deep profile reveals Gavin Newsom’s remarkable shallowness. Companies doing business in California are now required to document their ties to slavery.

Bonus! Gene Autry was more than just Hollywood’s ‘Singing Cowboy’ — he was a real American hero. Music by Metalachi.

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Show Notes:

• A Kelvin Wave Is Heading Toward the California Coast, Bringing Trouble
• Bill Hicks on Los Angeles and Arizona Bay
• The Net Present Value of the California Billionaire Tax Act
• The Effects of the Measure ULA (United to House LA) Transfer Tax on Economic Development and Municipal Finances in Los Angeles
• ICE arrests father on college campus in what may be unprecedented action in California
• Hilton blames Democrats. Becerra blames Trump. Little was learned in governor’s race debate
• CNN Transcript Becerra vs Hilton
• Gavin Newsom Is Ready for His Next Act. Will Democrats Ever Give Him a Shot at the White House?
• New California reparations law requires companies to disclose past profits from slavery
  

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