Episodios

  • Episode 381: Gavin Newsom’s Trans Transition
    Mar 13 2025

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    Show Notes:

    • Gavin Newsom shocks LGBTQ allies with criticism of transgender athletes
    • Scoop: LGBTQ+ rights power picks fight with Trump
    • ‘Universal’ locker rooms at UC Davis
    • Newsom stymies implementation of landmark California plastic law, orders more talks
    • Kamala Harris roasted for trying to tie love of Doritos to Big Tech innovation during AI conference
    • Why Kamala Harris for governor would bring joy to Republicans
    • Tim Walz has some sharp critiques of the Dem 2024 campaign
    • Former Rep. Katie Porter announces bid for California governor
    • Why would anyone think Chad Bianco is a decent candidate for governor?
    • Why is Mayor Karen Bass deleting her text messages?
    • Sacramento butcher shop closes after 10 years of quality meats. ‘It’s a sad day’

    JULIE HAMILL

    • Julie Hamill
    • Newsom's 'unfair' remark on girls' sports belies record as governor: 'Absolute bulls---'
    • California hit with Title IX compliant for ‘gender identity’ student sleeping quarters
    • Defense of Freedom Institute, California Justice Center file federal Civil Rights complaint against California Department of Education and multiple school districts for Title IX violations
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    1 h y 16 m
  • Episode 380: Tautologies Masquerading as Sentences
    Mar 6 2025

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    Show Notes:

    • Copperopolis incorporated, March 3, 1861
    • “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”
    • Lateefah Simon rips Trump — and mod Dems
    • California's Moneyed Elite Selects 'Abolish the Police' Operative to Serve in Congress
    • Who’s afraid of Medicaid reform?
    • Return to office: Newsom orders California state workers back four days a week
    • Can’t make rent because of the fires? L.A. County considers a six-month lifeline
    • Return to office: Newsom orders California state workers back four days a week
    • Rivas purges five GOPers from Assembly committee posts in ‘Friday Night Massacre’
    • After landslide victory, will Sacramento fund Prop. 36 enforcement? First signs say no.
    • California fast-food workers could see another pay increase
    • POINT REYES: Niman Ranch challenges Point Reyes Seashore settlement in lawsuit over ranching
    • Yolo County program gave cash payments to families. Here’s what worked — and what didn’t

    Medi-Cal reform with Marc Joffe:

    • Marc Joffe
    • Containing Medicaid costs at the state level
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    1 h y 31 m
  • Episode 379: What’s the Matter with California?
    Feb 26 2025

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    Show Notes:

    • The Victor Davis Hanson Show
    • Feb 24 1942 The Battle of Los Angeles
    • Gavin Newsom is launching his own podcast — and inviting MAGA favorites
    • While ‘Trump-Proofing’ California, Gov. Gavin Newsom asks Congress for $40 billion in fire relief funds
    • Column: Bass fires the L.A. fire chief, but her own smoldering political crisis is far from over
    • Trump attempting ‘end-run’ around California car pollution standards, expert says
    • Will Gavin Newsom support Republican bill that bars funding for violent undocumented immigrants?
    • San Diego migrant shelter hailed as national model will shut down, with 100-plus layoffs
    • California bill restricts self-defense, ends crime-stopping protection, mandates ‘retreat’
    • The SEIU’s power grab puts patients at risk
    • Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers Shouted Down During Stanford's 'Democracy and Disagreement' Class
    • Fremont’s homeless encampment ban divides the community

    Mirabelli v Olson:

    • Mirabelli, et al. v. Olson, et al.
    • Julie Hamill
    • Paul M. Jonna
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    1 h y 33 m
  • Episode 378: The Call Is Coming from Inside the Statehouse
    Feb 20 2025

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    Show Notes:

    • Roosevelt interns Japanese-Americans (Feb 19, 1942)
    • Go for Broke! (1951 film)
    • Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, “Farewell to Manzanar”
    • JD Vance speech
    • Newsom to business owners: Shut up!
    • California court rules against baker in revival of same-sex wedding cake disputes
    • We forced the San Diego Housing Commission to repeal its race-based housing assistance program
    • Californians are in for a ‘rude shock’ on fire
    • Trump envoy Richard Grenell floats California governor bid — if Kamala Harris runs
    • This alien-like field of mirrors in the desert was once the future of solar energy. It’s closing after just 11 years
    • US Dept. of Education investigates California sports organization over trans athlete ban enforcement
    • Petition calling for Denmark to buy California secures more than 230K signatures as Trump eyes Greenland

    Free Speech in the California workplace:

    • Julie Hammil
    • Jeffrey Schwab
    • The Liberty Justice Center and California Justice Center Challenge Employer Censorship Law on Behalf of the California Policy Center
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    1 h y 18 m
  • Episode 377: California’s Synthetic Outlaws Bring the Chaos
    Feb 11 2025
    Email Us:dbahnsen@thebahnsengroup.comwill@calpolicycenter.orgFollow Us:@DavidBahnsen@WillSwaim@TheRadioFreeCAShow Notes:Gov. Pat Brown on the decline of the Democratic Party, UCLA, 1967‘Built to burn.’ L.A. let hillside homes multiply without learning from past mistakesGov. Newsom says meeting with Pres. Trump at White House over LA wildfire aid was 'very productive'California governor signs 2 ‘Trump-proofing’ bills a day after returning from DC tripNewsom signs the bill while acknowledging loophole allowing for money to be spent fighting deportation of undocumented convicted on other crimesCalifornia wildfire aid will have conditions, US House Speaker Mike Johnson saysRepublicans rip California’s wildfire ‘overregulation’ while Gavin Newsom seeks help for victimsHonoring the Pronouns of . . . Trans Vegan Anarchist Cult Members?LSD, veganism, high-IQ suspects: Probe of six murders takes feds into strange territorySuspect and Possible Cult Member Makes Court Appearance In Vallejo Killing as Further Links Revealed to Other MurdersCalifornia plans to continue allowing trans athletes to compete in girls' sports despite Trump executive orderCalifornia Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta won’t run for governor in 2026Julie Hamill, California Justice Center:julie@justiceca.comCalifornia Justice Center: “No federal funds to California public schools”California superintendent Tony Thurmond sends note to schools about Title IX protectionsCalifornia students still struggling with math and reading skillsCalifornia teachers demand better pay, fully staffed schools as districts battle financial woesCalifornia AG touts safe haven for LGBTQ+, undocumented students amid Trump executive orders
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    1 h y 28 m
  • Episode 376: Trump-Proof . . . Poof!
    Feb 6 2025

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    Show Notes:

    • Knute Rockne, All American
    • Reagan as George Gipp
    • A disinformation deluge on California policies
    • The owner of the LA Times takes the red pill
    • Thousands rally in downtown Los Angeles, shut down 101 Freeway to protest Trump’s immigration policies
    • California Democrats delay vote to ‘Trump-proof’ the state and protect immigrants
    • Gavin Newsom heads to D.C. to meet with Trump officials about wildfire disaster aid
    • Trump says California's High-Speed Rail project should be investigated
    • Inspector General: High-Speed Rail off schedule for Merced-to-Bakersfield route
    • Citing LA fire victims, Trump orders more water for Central Valley agriculture and less for fish
    • Newsom issues order to ‘maximize’ water capture during storms. Critics say it sounds just like Trump
    • California fires don’t justify an energy industry shakedown
    • California’s Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Reduction Strategy
    • Long Beach is considering a major hike in waste collection fees. Expect a higher trash bill
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    1 h y 3 m
  • Episode 375: Exxon Strikes Back
    Feb 4 2025

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    Show Notes:

    Julie Hamill: @hamill_law

    • California Justice Center
    • ExxonMobil sues Rob Bonta over defamation campaign
    • Rob Bonta gives back more fraught campaign funds

    Seneca Scott: @SenecaSpeaks21

    • What’s next in the Oakland FBI corruption case?
    • Barbara Lee officially launches campaign for Oakland mayor
    • “If we do not change course, we will be roughly $115 million negative. We have already breached into our emergency reserve.”
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    1 h y 12 m
  • Episode 374: This Plane Is Going to Cuba
    Jan 28 2025

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    Show Notes

    • Conservatives chalk up win as PepsiCo agrees to ‘viewpoint neutrality’ in ad-buying
    • Alleged Hijacker Brought Back to U.S. After 32 Years
    • List of Cuba–United States aircraft hijackings
    • The Hijacker at Pump #4
    • Donald Trump lays out two demands in exchange for California wildfire aid
    • Wildfire of the Vanities: California’s political model has failed
    • Revived effort to put California secession on the ballot gets OK to collect signatures
    • California attorney general charges L.A.-area real estate agent with price gouging in wake of wildfires
    • How a rumor about ICE on Muni spun out of control
    • Yuba City and Sutter County want to skirt high PG&E rates. They found a way
    • California Democrats are building a giant political slush fund

    Edward Ring at Trump’s Los Angeles Wildfire Roundtable:

    • Trump Speaks To Los Angeles Officials, Police About Wildfires During CA Trip
    • Edward Ring: Fire prevention and resilience in California
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    1 h y 32 m