In Minneapolis, Trump walked into a trap designed by California union activists and perfected in their bloody showdown with the Los Angeles Police Department in 1990: Provoke law enforcement into violent behavior, broadcast the images, and win political concessions. In other news: Trump uses his bully pulpit to beat up Newsom on gasoline prices and wildfire relief. The Atlantic concludes Newsom’s record of failed governance won’t work with a national audience. Bonus tracks! Lance Christensen reviews Newsom’s record of failure on K–12 education, and Edward Ring says the U.S. Drought Monitor’s California reports have been wrong for 25 years. Music by Metalachi.

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Show Notes:

• When police beat janitors -- but janitors won justice
• They'll always have Davos: When Donald Hung Out With Gavin
• Gavin Newsom’s Record Is a Problem (The Atlantic)
• Trump signs executive order for feds to take over LA’s ‘nightmare’ wildfire rebuild in huge boost for victims
• Trump vows to drive down California’s sky-high gas prices to $2.50, blames Dems for tacking on enormous taxes
• Gavin Newsom’s Big Ambulance Scam
• Newsom plans no new journalism funding despite $175-million funding deal with Google
• The California Post heralds a new era for The Golden State — we will fearlessly tell you the stories that really matter
• Kamala Harris’s Presidential Campaign Was Run by a Bunch of Lunatics
• Josh Shapiro Writes That Harris Team Asked if He Had Ever Been an Israeli Agent
• Scott Wiener changes course, calls war in Gaza ‘genocide’ as House race kicks off
• California husband sues McDonald’s after ‘vagrant’ kills his wife in drive-thru
• L.A. homeless services fraud suspect spent millions on luxury lifestyle, authorities charge
• Rick Caruso, a Los Angeles Billionaire, Will Not Run for Office This Year
• California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta opts against running for governor. Again
• Don’t Be Fooled: San Jose’s Matt Mahan is No Moderate
• Tom Steyer gets a spark

Lance Christensen and Sheridan Karras on Newsom’s education failures 

• Newsom’s Education Legacy: Rising Costs, Declining Performance
• Insolvency by summer still threatens Sacramento school district, budget chief says
• Sacramento: Charter school renewal denied by Sacramento school district. What comes next?
• Entrance exams to end for Sac City elementary schools after mandate from state

Edward Ring and Marc Joffe on the U.S. Drought Monitor

• Statistical review of the United States Drought Monitor
• California is free of all drought, dryness for first time in 25 years. Inside the remarkable turnaround
• Gavin Newsom on the Drought Monitor’s report

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