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Analysis and Commentary

After The March On Washington, What About A March On Tom Price's District?

by Bill Whalenvia Forbes
Wednesday, January 25, 2017

If you have a spare moment – 16 of them, actually – I recommend watching this video of California Gov. Jerry Brown’s State of the Address, delivered Tuesday morning in Sacramento.

In the News

California Vs. Trump: La Résistance Could Fall Victim To La Récession

quoting Bill Whalenvia Wired News
Wednesday, January 25, 2017

America is a meta-democracy, made up of 50 partially contained sub-republics. California is the most populous, prosperous, and—in the face of the Trump administration’s hard-right policies—prone to protest.

In the News

Poll: 44% Of Californians Say Deporting Illegals Would Make State Better

quoting Bill Whalenvia 790 KABC
Friday, January 20, 2017

Forty-four percent of respondents say that California would be better off if President-Elect Donald Trump followed through on his promise to deport its illegal immigrants, according to the Hoover Institute’s new Golden State Poll. This is despite the fact that the state voted overwhelmingly for Hillary Clinton in the November election.

In the News

Rural, Conservative California Will Have More Power Under Trump

quoting Bill Whalenvia San Francisco Chronicle
Thursday, January 19, 2017

Two politically powerful Californians who have gotten to know Donald Trump say liberals shouldn’t fear him. They promise that Trump behaves a lot differently than the bullying, blustery presence he cuts when he’s before the public.

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Hoover Golden State Poll: Californians Aren't Fond Of The Trump Agenda But Aren't Interested In Seceding From The U.S.

featuring Hoover Institutionvia Stanford News
Thursday, January 19, 2017

A new survey finds most Californians aren’t in line with several key proposals that could impact the entire country.

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Voters’s Views On Sacramento And What A Trump White House Means For California

by Tammy Frisbyvia Eureka
Thursday, January 19, 2017

The most recent Golden State Poll had a lot of ground to cover. For the fourth January in a row, we asked Californians to reflect on the state’s government, public policy, and politics just as the governor is about to do the same in his yearly address to the state at the end of the month. 

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That Impossibly Divided California You’ve Read About? Actually It’s Far More Politically Diverse And Competitive

by Samuel J. Abramsvia Eureka
Thursday, January 19, 2017

With the votes tallied, the 2016 electoral map of the Golden State once again appears to be deeply divided. The old north-south divide of earlier decades has given way to an east-west divide with narratives regularly speaking of a liberal, prosperous coast and a conservative and impoverished inland: two politically distinct “Californias.”

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What’s Wrong With Sanctuary Cities? What Might Be Done? How Might It Affect California?

by Timothy Kanevia Eureka
Thursday, January 19, 2017

Donald Trump’s immigration policies were widely mischaracterized during the 2016 election campaign. Time and again media critics described Trump as a racist who opposes immigration.

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What Should California Expect From TrumpCare? Here Are Five Predictions For The Coming Rx

by Scott W. Atlasvia Eureka
Thursday, January 19, 2017

“Repeal and replace”–the mantra of the Republican opposition to the Affordable Care Act (ACA)–is about to become a reality.

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Go West, Young Man . . . To A Nation-State Openly At War With The Nation’s New President

by Bill Whalenvia Eureka
Thursday, January 19, 2017

Hotel California? Not quite. In 2017, it’s Hostile California.

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