Gavin Newsom appeared with Stephen Colbert to celebrate Jimmy Kimmel’s return to ABC programming, even as the governor works to silence California’s conservative voters in a redistricting initiative that (polling shows) is headed toward a slim victory on November 4 -- and despite Princeton University’s conclusion that the new electoral map earns Newsom an “F.” In other news, Will talks about the surprising origins of ABC’s 1950s deal to fund the construction of Disneyland in exchange for content, including Mickey Mouse Club and Wonderful World of Disney. Music by Metalachi.

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Show Notes:

• Jimmy Kimmel, Somber but Defiant, Defends Free Speech in Return to ABC
• Man arrested in Sacramento ABC TV station shooting was flagged on X for "violent speech" days earlier
• California 2025 Poll: Majority support Proposition 50 in November special election
• Princeton U: Newsom’s Gerrymander receives “F” grade
• Kamala Harris Is Out of Time
• ICE won't comply with California’s new mask ban
• “Presto, Someone Walks Away with Your Child”: Critics Slam AB 495’s Threat to Parental Rights
• She wanted to give deported parents a choice. Then California’s Christian right attacked

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Gavin Newsom said all the right things about Charlie Kirk, but returned immediately to form with his claims that Donald Trump has unleashed his “private police force” in a campaign of “racial terror” “targeting California.” Music by Metalachi.

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Show Notes:

• Charlie Kirk - RIP
• Charlie Kirk’s Legacy: The Contest of Ideas
• ‘This is Code Red’: Newsom rallies Dems in searing rebuke of Trump
• LA Mayor Karen Bass blocks half-staff tribute for Charlie Kirk, some fire stations push back
• UCLA race and equity official sounded off after Charlie Kirk’s slaying. Now he’s on leave
• Hamas mouthpiece praises Hannah Einbinder’s ‘Free Palestine’ Emmys message — but censors her bare shoulders in video
• Schwarzenegger Urges Voters to Reject California Redistricting Measure
• Why the ‘Governator’ could derail Prop 50
• Harris Says ‘Recklessness’ Drove Dems to Go Along with Biden’s Reelection Bid

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Among the hundreds of bills headed toward Gavin Newsom’s desk, Lance Christensen has a list of 10 to watch. Pacific Legal Foundation’s Caleb Trotter is fighting California laws that endanger public health. Tech leader Michael Fertik describes the journey that led him from Northern California to Texas to France and back again -- and offers a dramatic reading of a poem in praise of America. Music by Metalachi.

Caleb Trotter, Pacific Legal Foundation

• New lawsuit challenges California’s telehealth laws that put patients at risk
• California’s anti-bias training rule for doctors faces long-shot Supreme Court appeal

Michael Fertik, home again

• Michael Ferik bio
• Michael Fertik on Substack
• Henry Van Dyke, “America for Me”

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