“If the fifty states are still America’s ‘laboratories of democracy,’ California is the Wuhan Institute.”

The Independent Women’s Forum reprinted a book review of FOOL’S GOLD: The Radicals, Con Artists, and Traitors Who Killed the California Dream and Now Threaten Us All from the Daily Signal. The book exposes how California’s leftist political machine is unraveling the Golden State—and, sadly, how socialist policies could be exported nationwide if Americans aren’t vigilant. The book

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‘Fool’s Gold’: New Book Cautions Against Spreading California Policies Across US

The Daily Signal website published a review of FOOL’S GOLD: The Radicals, Con Artists, and Traitors Who Killed the California Dream and Now Threaten Us All that applauds the book’s research rigor and exposure of the political machine in California. Review author Carrie Sheffield calls the book, “timely, given that polling shows two of the top

“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

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“Fool’s Gold” authors: Gavin Newsom Embodies The Left’s Sinister Ideology That Destroyed California

In an excerpt of their new book Fool’s Gold: The Radicals, Con Artists, and Traitors Who Killed the California Dream and Now Threaten Us All, Jedd McFatter and Susan Crabtree tell the story of what finally forced San Francisco to temporarily clean up its own streets — the visit of Chinese president Xi Jinping. “One

“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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THE STREAM // “California’s Dirty Little Secrets Spill Out in Fool’s Gold”

The Stream posted a nice review of the latest book from GAI — “Fool’s Gold: The Radicals, Con Artists, and Traitors Who Killed the California Dream and Now Threaten Us All. Some excerpts below… “All that glitters isn’t always gold. Sometimes it’s just pyrite … wielded by pirates.“ “… The Golden State might be known

“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