Ron Hasse

Publisher & President at the Southern California News Group/The San Diego Union-Tribune

[SamanthaDunn @SamanthaDunn]

Tod Goldberg makes us cry and @GreggHurwitz finally reads Blood Meridian. See what other surprises are in store on the latest episode of BOOKISH by @SoCalNewsGroup
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Newsom dabbles in honesty about his presidential ambitions https://t.co/3fyWYYRK2l

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Prop. 50 won’t solve much, but it will break things https://t.co/yFLCfHUguJ

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@RonDeSantis Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same —— Ronald Reagan

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Katie Porter’s meltdown with a reporter https://t.co/7b88gSZUEL

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Editorial: Vote No on Prop. 50, an attack on democracy in California – Orange County Register https://t.co/aoVSD8xmaX

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Advice for @DaveMinCA from philosopher Marcus Aurelius:
“If it is not right, do not do it, if it is not true, do not say it. Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one".

[Dave Min @DaveMinCA]

Now that the Charlie Kirk assassin has been identified as MAGA, I'm sure Donald Trump, Elon Musk and all the insane GOP politicians who called for retribution against the "RADICAL LEFT" will now shift their focus to stopping the toxic violence of the RADICAL RIGHT.

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Editorial: Honor the memory of Charlie Kirk, 1993-2025 https://t.co/V82Wd3cEtN

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Prop. 50 is a cynical attack on free and fair elections https://t.co/zrPtHYrNJp

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Rep. Dave Min criticized over since-deleted X post about ‘Putin-Trump’ relationship https://t.co/NPaVBa189m

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Walking away from the high-speed rail project would be best for taxpayers and the state https://t.co/zdWKOoj5sN

[Ram Ahluwalia CFA, Lumida @ramahluwalia]

Zohran Mamdani:

I listened to the Odd Lots interview.

Observations:

1) He confuses Supply and Demand

Why is housing expensive?

Zohran: Because of billionaires.

Demand: Because NYC is the most desirable city in the world.

2) Why is it easy to find fast food but not fresh produce?

Zohran: Market failure.

Demand: Because people don’t cook anymore.

*Consumers want fast food*.

And McDonalds found a way to deliver a meal at $5.

Capitalism solved the $100 laptop for every child, not government.

3) ‘We don’t want Billionaires’

Billionaires that create wealth have done so by creating enormous value for others.

We are all better off for the existence of Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and others.

Good policy is a world that seeks to create as many Founders as possible to have as many chances for people to create as much wealth as possible to make everyone better off.

4) He replaces private solutions with a political process - *at every turn*.

Instead of condemning hate speech, he says he will increase funding 800% for hate speech education.

Leadership matters. You cannot outsource morality to a committee.

Instead of focusing on the causes of inflation, his answer is to get the government into the razor thin margin business of groceries.

Instead of attracting supply and development and capital, his answer is to tax and spend it because his ‘business plan’ is better.

5) The problem with a ‘political process’ is now you are creating committees and takings from one group (not in power) to another (temporarily in power).

The people on those committees are unelected and prone to corruption or ideological decision making (‘We know better for you’).

Parents are pulling kids out of school because committees make decisions now.

Political processes rest on implied coercion.

Private processes are voluntary and consensual.

Focus on incentives, appropriate regulation where needed, a level playing field, and a culture of accountability not blaming others.

6) Zohran is what you get when you have Federal Student loans subsidize education.

He graduated with a 4 year degree in African Studies. (That should be an elective, not a four year degree).

I learn philosophy, AI, and pursue hobbies like aging and longevity or history on my own time and dime.

I don’t have the right to impose by ‘right’ as an obligation that others must pay for.

The Founding Fathers understood that ‘rights’ are compossible and do not impose constraints on others.

Live and let live.

Make capitalism great again.

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Google shouldn’t be allowed to rip newspapers off https://t.co/5OkbY3fBEI via @ladailynews

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California Democrats are tougher on businesses than they are on child trafficking https://t.co/gv1M5icgFJ

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@jacobinfante24 Great job Jacob!

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Susan Shelley: Medi-Cal under strain after state extends aid to illegal immigrants https://t.co/HBlMkRcyvw

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Investigate and shutter the bullet train https://t.co/HZvmn62HtH

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State to allocate more water from Northern California, increasing supplies, denting drought woes https://t.co/R92dpukmqM via @ladailynews

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SB 222 must be defeated in the Legislature https://t.co/0AYEYDqL82

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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass should resign in disgrace, but it’s not worth trying to recall her https://t.co/AqVErlmEqE via @ladailynews