John Bickley

All right, switching gears to Ukraine. We're coming off a pretty big week with the Ukrainians agreeing to a temporary ceasefire. What's the latest on that front?

So it sounds like some positive momentum going into this week's meeting between Trump and Putin. Last question before we let you go. We reported on the announcement Friday that the last U.S. citizen held hostage by Hamas may be released. What's the latest there?

So it sounds like some positive momentum going into this week's meeting between Trump and Putin. Last question before we let you go. We reported on the announcement Friday that the last U.S. citizen held hostage by Hamas may be released. What's the latest there?

All right. Well, let's hope there's more progress in the days to come. Tim, thanks so much for reporting. You bet. A SpaceX capsule docked at the International Space Station early Sunday morning. The ship took off from Florida on Friday on a mission to relieve two American astronauts who have been stuck in orbit for nine months.

All right. Well, let's hope there's more progress in the days to come. Tim, thanks so much for reporting. You bet. A SpaceX capsule docked at the International Space Station early Sunday morning. The ship took off from Florida on Friday on a mission to relieve two American astronauts who have been stuck in orbit for nine months.

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In this episode, we sit down with the authors of the expose to discuss Newsom and the state of progressive California. I'm Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley with Georgia Howe. It's Sunday, March 16th, and this is a weekend edition of Morning Wire. Joining us now are the authors of a new investigative book, Fool's Gold, Susan Crabtree and Jed McFatter.

In this episode, we sit down with the authors of the expose to discuss Newsom and the state of progressive California. I'm Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley with Georgia Howe. It's Sunday, March 16th, and this is a weekend edition of Morning Wire. Joining us now are the authors of a new investigative book, Fool's Gold, Susan Crabtree and Jed McFatter.

The book breaks several new details about some key political figures in California. Susan and Jed, thank you so much for joining us.

The book breaks several new details about some key political figures in California. Susan and Jed, thank you so much for joining us.

Thanks for having me, John. There's a lot of pretty remarkable findings that you've detailed here that are causing a stir, but we wanted to zoom in here on perhaps the most significant figure right now in terms of the news cycle. That's Gavin Newsom. Let's start with the most immediate issue. Susan, you've highlighted what you've called the wildfire cash windfall.

Thanks for having me, John. There's a lot of pretty remarkable findings that you've detailed here that are causing a stir, but we wanted to zoom in here on perhaps the most significant figure right now in terms of the news cycle. That's Gavin Newsom. Let's start with the most immediate issue. Susan, you've highlighted what you've called the wildfire cash windfall.

This involves Newsom and the energy company Pacific Gas and Electric, PG&E. What have you uncovered on this?

This involves Newsom and the energy company Pacific Gas and Electric, PG&E. What have you uncovered on this?

And so we have this pattern of Newsom letting these energy companies off the hook.

And so we have this pattern of Newsom letting these energy companies off the hook.

Incredible. Is this true for the energy company SoCal Edison as well?

Incredible. Is this true for the energy company SoCal Edison as well?

Now, on this topic of problematic political quid pro quos, Jed, you particularly dug into Newsom's connections to communist China that runs back to his time as mayor of San Francisco. That was back in 2004 to 2011. What did you find out about him during his time as mayor?