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Sep 17
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Episode 407: Bill-O-Rama 2025!

NATIONAL REVIEW
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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

Michael Fertik, home again


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