“Fool’s Gold” review: “The curdling of California and Gavin’s party”

A new book review for the Washington Examiner calls FOOL’S GOLD: The Radicals, Con Artists, and Traitors Who Killed the California Dream and Now Threaten Us All, “a gripping expose of California’s entrenched political machine.” In their new book, investigative journalists Susan Crabtree and GAI research director Jedd McFatter argue that “California, and especially San

Jedd McFatter and Susan Crabtree join “Uncover California Podcast” to discuss “Fool’s Gold”

n this March 18, 2025 interview, Susan Crabtree and Jedd McFatter (@Govt_Acct_Inst ) join host Lori Mills at Uncover California Podcast to discuss their explosive new book, Fool’s Gold. With a foreword by Peter Schweizer, they expose how power players like Gavin Newsom, Kamala Harris, and Nancy Pelosi wrecked the Golden State with corrupt policies

“As goes California, so goes the nation”: Author Susan Crabtree on her new book “Fool’s Gold”

“Fool’s Gold,” a new investigative book, explores some of the most prominent national Democrats’ connections to California, and how the Golden State has become an incubator for some of the nation’s most progressive policies. Investigative reporter Susan Crabtree, who co-wrote the book with GAI Research Director Jedd McFatter, joins Rick Chambers and Courtney Friel on

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Gavin Newsom’s Secrets Exposed by ‘Fool’s Gold’

David Harris Jr., host of Newsmax’2’s The Pulse interview program, welcomed co-authors Susan Crabtree and Jedd McFatter, who just published their book, Fool’s Gold. McFatter, a research director at GAI, reveals Gavin Newsom secretly funded his $97K San Francisco statue with his own companies’ cash, masked as donor gifts. Crabtree slams Newsom’s performative reign—PG&E’s $2.5M

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Fools Gold: Newsom’s Bailouts, Beijing, and Broken California Dream | 3.16.25

Fool’s Gold has already made an impression on the national discourse around the state (in both senses) of California. On the weekend edition of MorningWire, a daily podcast, the new book’s co-authors Jedd McFatter of GAI and Susan Crabtree of RealClearPolitics peel back the curtain on Governor Gavin Newsom’s controversial ties to PG&E, Communist China,

Fool’s Gold: California Gov. Gavin Newsom tries to shrug off details of how his own companies paid for his own statue.

GAI Research Director Jedd McFatter, co-author of a new book revealing corruption in California politics, responded to comments made about the book by California Gov. Gavin Newsom. Fool’s Gold has already generated headlines since its March 11 release. Reporters seized on the details of a scheme thoroughly documented in the book of how Gavin Newsom

“California Dream is as good as dead”

In this interview with The Hill Susan Crabtree, co-author of Fool’s Gold, a new book she co-wrote with GAI’s Jedd McFatter, declares the California Dream dead under Democratic rule. Crabtree, a California resident and senior correspondent for RealClearPolitics, blames Gavin Newsom, Kamala Harris, and Nancy Pelosi for wildfires, homelessness, drug deaths, and crime, spotlighting Newsom’s

Fool’s Gold discussed on Vince Coglianese show

On March 10, Vince Coglianese, the new host of the former Dan Bongino show, interviewed Susan Crabtree about the book, Fool’s Gold, that she co-authored with GAI’s Jedd McFatter. The book exposes the corrupt reasons for California’s decline under Democratic elites such as Gavin Newsom. She highlights Newsom’s ties to the Chinese Communist Party, detailing

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NY Post: Gavin Newsom bailed out utility responsible for California wildfires – after collecting six figures in donations, new book claims

California Gov. Gavin Newsom bailed out his state’s biggest utility, which caused some of the Golden State’s worst wildfires, after being showered in hundreds of thousands in donations from executives, according to a scorching assessment of his leadership in a new book. Instead, he opted to go after oil and gas companies over climate change