Saturday, November 8, 2025
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FR Publisher Jon Fleischman's Commentary, Part I
SDIM Podcast: Fleischman Riffs on This Week’s Winners & Losers in California Politics - the Prop. 50 Version
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FR Publisher Jon Fleischman's Commentary, Part II
Weekend Political Reading Recommendations!
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Socialists Unite!
LAT $: Taking inspiration from Mamdani, democratic socialists look to expand their power in L.A.
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Insurance Commissioner Under Fire
CalM: ‘We feel alone’: L.A. fire survivors call for California’s insurance commissioner to resign
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Pork Projects
CalM: California lawmakers found money for these pet projects even as they slashed the budget -
Big Government
LAT $: California city tried to stamp out 10-year-old’s beehive project. Saving the bees was a lesson in love
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Democrats' Future
SFC: California Democrats had a good election. They’re terrified about the next one -
MSM Bias: GOP's Future
CalM: Increasingly irrelevant, California’s Republican Party is even more isolated after Prop. 50 -
Governor 2026
LAT $: Opposition to single-payer healthcare separates Villaraigosa from others at candidate forum -
Homeless Industrial Complex
CalM: What veto drama and a Texas trip tell us about a potential shift in California’s homelessness strategy
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Fentanyl Deaths
OCReg: Number of fentanyl deaths in Orange, LA counties sharply drops as law enforcement pushes against the crisis -
SNAP Payments
Supreme Court issues emergency order to block full SNAP food aid payments
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Debra Saunders
OCReg: Debra Saunders: Trump’s biggest election loss happened in California -
Steven Greenhut
OCReg: Greenhut: Mamdani’s win offers worst possible temptation for Democrats
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Katy Grimes and Megan Barth
CG: Democrats No Longer Serve We the People – it’s all Political Theatre -
Nevada County
SacBee: Election roundup: Truckee voters back Measure G for new library, EDH picks Kinghorn -
South Lake Tahoe
Proposal to change decades-old city seal sparks passionate debate in South Lake Tahoe -
SF Bay Area
SFC: S.F. criminal court system confronts crisis amid lack of public defenders
- SFC: S.F. families stunned by decision to close private school owned by Chinese investors
- SJMN: Bay Area air travelers confront cancellations as federal shutdown drags on
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Central Coast
FresBee: Gavin Newsom pardons Fresno Pismo’s manager held by ICE more than 130 days -
Los Angeles County
LAT $: L.A. County stores must immediately stop selling kratom and 7-OH products, health department warns -
Riverside County
Riverside OKs $100,000 in emergency food aid as federal shutdown continues -
San Diego County
SDUT: Full CalFresh benefits for November are being restored, says San Diego County - SDUT: San Diego County jails will test wearable health devices aimed at preventing in-custody deaths