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The “So, Does It Matter?” Substack featured a lot of great, original content this past week. Below are the highlights!

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6 Top Performing Items From Last Week… And some interesting stuff on SCOTUS reviewing the Voting Right Act below them.


Spin Control: “No Kings” Rallies Are Democrats Upset With A Republican President. Yawn.

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Oct 20
Spin Control: “No Kings” Rallies Are Democrats Upset With A Republican President. Yawn.

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New Study: California Ranks #1 in Debt — Because Sacramento Can’t Stop Spending

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Oct 23
New Study: California Ranks #1 in Debt — Because Sacramento Can’t Stop Spending

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SEIU Prepares To Bankroll A New California Billionaire Tax To Feed A Liberal Addiction to Spending

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Oct 24
SEIU Prepares To Bankroll A New California Billionaire Tax To Feed A Liberal Addiction to Spending

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Unions’ Assault on Grocery Store Self-Checkout In Long Beach: Inflating Costs to Shield Jobs from Innovation

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Oct 20
Unions’ Assault on Grocery Store Self-Checkout In Long Beach: Inflating Costs to Shield Jobs from Innovation

[Sorry for the late column - I’m on a flight and American Airlines had a wifi-fail…]

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Top Ten Winners & Losers In California Politics This Week -

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Oct 24
Top Ten Winners & Losers In California Politics This Week -

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California Patriot Profile: Lance Izumi, An Education Evangelist

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Oct 21
California Patriot Profile: Lance Izumi, An Education Evangelist

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This week I recorded a special podcast on Proposition 50. There is a reason why this ballot measure is currently pretty far ahead in the polls…


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There were a number of other posts last week that you will not want to have missed. If you want to check them out, you can go to the archive here and scroll down!


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