Daily Business Report: Monday, July 7, 2025
California’s politics drifts rightward while New York’s leans left
By Dan Walters | CalMatters
The Democratic Party’s eight months of internal debate, recriminations and soul searching that followed Donald Trump’s win and Kamala Harris’ loss in last year’s presidential duel got another jolt last month, when an otherwise obscure 33-year-old state legislator finished first in New York City’s mayoral primary.
Many Democratic leaders have concluded that Trump’s win was rooted in the image of their party reflecting priorities of college-educated coastal elitists rather than everyday issues affecting blue-collar families, such as inflation, crime and immigration.
The remedy, many concluded, lies in turning a bit to the right, downplaying such issues as climate change and paying more attention to bread-and-butter concerns.
Making Physicians Care Again
By Patrick Wagner, M.D. | California Globe
When we make physicians care again, we will make medicine great again. You can “take that fact to the bank.” Do you want great medicine? Let us explore how to achieve that goal.
The spirits and energy of doctors have become listless, sickly, and gloomy, and burnout is the reason. They perform based on feelings (e.g. fear, anger, low self-esteem, victimhood, spite, resentment, wokeness, self-pity, and envy) and not based on trust and faith in their patients, which was traditionally the case in American medicine and surgery in the not-too-distant past. And a doctor who does not trust patients anymore clearly does not care about patients anymore.
That means physicians no longer obey their sworn obligations and responsibilities listed in the Hippocratic Oath, namely honoring the profession, teaching fellow physicians and their patients (informed consent), recognizing their limitations, doing no harm, being available, and keeping yours and my medical records and financial status private and not accessible to the government. I hope you recognize this behavior is insanely dangerous to your physical health and financial well-being!
Skewed Poll: Harris, Caruso Top 2026 in UCI Gubernatorial Poll
By Evan Symon | California Globe
A new University of California, Irvine School of Social Ecology poll released Wednesday found that former Vice President Kamala Harris still has a commanding lead in the 2026 California Gubernatorial race with 24% of total support, with 40% of Californians currently undecided.
According to the poll, in a straight binary choice between Harris and a generic Republican, Harris currently has the edge leading 41% to 29%, with 16% undecided and 14% not voting. However, when it comes to a range of candidates, it shows where pockets of support are statewide.
The UCI SSE poll proved to be a bit skewed as they didn’t list all the current candidates in the race, and included several who have not declared yet. In addition to Harris, candidates included Developer and former Los Angeles Mayoral candidate Rick Caruso (D), former Congresswoman Katie Porter (D), Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco (R), former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D), former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra (D), Lt. Governor Eleni Kounalakis (D) and Construction manager Kyle Langford (R). Of these, Harris and Caruso have yet to declare. However, the poll also didn’t include other top runners like state Superintendent Tony Thurmond (D), former state Controller Betty Yee (D), and former advisor to UK Prime Minister David Cameron and former Fox News Host Steve Hilton (R). Other major speculative candidates were not included as well, most notably Special Presidential Envoy Ric Grenell (R).
