So, Does It Matter? on CA Politics

🎙️ This Week on the So, Does It Matter? Podcast — Jennifer Van Laar, Managing Editor of RedState

On this episode of So, Does It Matter?, Jon Fleischman sits down with Jennifer Van Laar, Managing Editor of RedState and one of California’s most unflinching political journalists.

Before entering political media, Van Laar spent nearly two decades as a court reporter, covering criminal and civil trials and witnessing firsthand how power, law, and politics collide. Today, she brings that same courtroom-honed precision to her reporting, holding California’s political class accountable.

In this candid one-on-one conversation, Jon and Jennifer dig into the “burning of Rome” moment California finds itself in, the stories you’re not hearing elsewhere, and why so many voters feel voiceless in a one-party state.

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What is So, Does It Matter? on CA Politics?

California is by far the largest state in the country. What happens here affects the country and the world. What happens here, from big cities like San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Jose, to the breadbasket of the Central Valley, is consequential. This podcast is a feature of the extensive www.SoDoesItMatter.com Substack Newsletter (sign up for free). This is where longtime California conservative strategist Jon Fleischman features audio commentary, mainly in the form of interviews with people of consequence in California politics or policy.

Jon Fleischman is a former Executive Director of the California Republican Party and a veteran of hundreds of political campaigns. He is a frequent voice on cable shows, in California newspapers, and on podcasts, discussing a wide range of topics, but mostly...California politics!