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Category Archives: California
CNN: Doug Emhoff acknowledges affair during first marriage after tabloid report
Even though Democratic elites have known since at least 2020 about this affair, they still chose to put Doug Emhoff out there talking up abortion. If he’d lived as a private citizen rather than a political activist, his affair would … Continue reading
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The Kamala Harris Chapter In Peter Schweizer’s 2020 Book – Profiles in Corruption: Abuse of Power by America’s Progressive Elite
Here you go: President Barack Obama stood in front of an array of well – heeled donors in a private home in super – rich Atherton, California. Having just been reelected five months earlier, he was touting his White House … Continue reading
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Decoding Stormy Daniels (5-15-24)
01:00 Robert Stark interviews me about Stormy Daniels, https://robertstark.substack.com/05:00 My Stormy Daniels interviews, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=15504608:00 Who is Stormy Daniels? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stormy_Daniels27:20 Matt Pegas’s new book, The Black Album, https://robertstark.substack.com/p/robert-stark-talks-to-matt-pegas28:45 Anatoly Karlin talks about his intellectual restructuring, https://robertstark.substack.com/p/anatoly-karlin-talks-about-his-intellectual29:20 Robert Stark talks to Constantin … Continue reading
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Why didn’t Burning Man go to hell? (9-5-23)
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Column: A Democratic and Republican battled for Congress. They became unlikely friends
I was good friends with Republican political consultant Rob Stutzman at Placer High School. This article captures the bloke I knew. Rob was always civil. He played hard but he played by the rules. He valued our institutions. He valued … Continue reading
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California’s Political Dysfunction
From the Claremont Review of Books: * “California is experiencing—coincidentally—both a drought emergency and a flood emergency,” said the Department of Water Resources director. Only in CA. When a state is afflicted by too little water and too much water, … Continue reading
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California Burning: The Fall of Pacific Gas and Electric—and What It Means for America’s Power Grid
This piece is the best thing I’ve read in the Wall Street Journal in years. I can’t wait to read the book. It comes out in five days. WSJ: Inside the Investigation That Secured a Guilty Plea for 84 Wildfire … Continue reading
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Heads Up, California: Sydney Has Figured Out How to Get the Rents Down
From Reason.com: Sydney, Australia, may not be New York or London or Los Angeles, but it’s a big city with a population approaching five million. It’s got more people than the San Francisco area. But unlike San Francisco (or Los … Continue reading
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Why Has Bad Behavior Skyrocketed? (12-12-21)
00:00 The Game: A Portrait of Scott Morrison, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=142462 07:00 Elliott Blatt joins 20:00 The quality of life has gone downhill in San Francisco, Los Angeles 30:00 Elliott is bullish about America 48:00 Trolling and its downsides 50:00 Building friendships … Continue reading
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Bring Your Own Brigade (2021)
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