San Francisco’s ‘New Pragmatism’

With the election of former member of congress Barbara Lee for mayor, Oakland voters have brought the pain (to themselves) while San Francisco Democrats are calling for a “new pragmatism.” Also: Newsom sues Trump over tariffs while doing his absolute best to kill business in California. Music by Metalachi.

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Show Notes:

• California is first state to sue Trump on tariffs
• California’s lawsuit puts West Coast business leaders to the test
• The Hollywood Upside of Trump’s Trade War
• Gov. Gavin Newsom under fire for calling deported man’s case a ‘distraction’
• Valero to shutter at least one of its California refineries
• California’s refinery capacity stretched to the limit
• Vistra withdraws Morro Bay battery plant application
• How labor killed a bill to let California wildfire victims sue Big Oil for climate change
• Newsom OKs $2.8B to close California's Medicaid funding gap after expanding immigrant coverage
• California just blew a deadline for voter-approved health care measure — losing millions of federal dollars
• Barbara Lee wins tight Oakland mayoral race
• ‘There’s a reckoning to be had’: San Francisco Dems move to push the national party to the center.
• Californians can now buy opioid reversal drugs from the state online

Edward Ring: Myths of Earth Day

• Earth Day Reclaimed: Challenging The Top 10 Myths That Hijacked Environmentalism
• Peter Zeihan, “The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization”
• Ed’s energy newsletter, “What’s Current”