
Fool's Gold
The Radicals, Con Artists, and Traitors Who Killed the California Dream and Now Threaten US All
Hachette Nashville · Print & ebook · March 11, 2025
An investigation that shows how the most ambitious figures in the Democratic Party want to transform the rest of America into the progressive dystopia that is California.
We earn from qualifying purchases.
- Who it’s for
- An investigation examines California's political elites, power, and alleged corruption.
- Genres
- Political Commentary, Political Parties, Corruption & Misconduct
- Published
- Hachette Nashville, March 11, 2025
Nearest books
Matched by what the books are about, then ordered by what their readers also loved.
DefiantChristina Bobb55% matchShares Political Commentary
The Big GuyMiranda Devine55% matchShares Corruption & Misconduct
The Enemy WithinDavid Horowitz56% match
Get It TogetherJesse Watters51% matchShares Political Commentary
Golden StateMichael Hiltzik69% match
For younger readers: Better Than We Found It: Conversations to Help Save the World
Start with three books, and this one can be the first.
Members get a new edition every morning: a route out from their books to essays, research and talks, with the reason for each.
Start with this bookAbout this book
An investigation that shows how the most ambitious figures in the Democratic Party want to transform the rest of America into the progressive dystopia that is California. Take a close look at today’s Democratic Party power brokers and you’ll quickly realize most of them share one thing in common: California. Residents are fleeing the Golden State in droves.
Continue reading
Catastrophic wildfires—fueled by years of corruption and collusion between elected officials and colossal utility companies—continue to devastate communities. The state's homelessness crisis is the worst in the country. Drug-related deaths are skyrocketing. And violent crime and smash-and-grab retail theft is now commonplace. For too many across the state, pursuing the Californian Dream is now a fool’s errand. But what people don't know is what’s driving these failures, why California’s leaders have allowed them to spiral and how this contagion could spread to every other city and town in the United States if it isn’t exposed for what it is: failed far-left social experiments. From the investigative research team behind Peter Schweizer’s runaway bestsellers comes Fool’s Gold, a hard-hitting work of journalism that tells the untold story of the dark side of the Democratic Party’s Californian elites and the toll they’ve taken on the entire country. One of Schweizer’s top investigators, Jedd McFatter, has teamed up with award-winning investigative journalist Susan Crabtree to expose the most powerful names in politics: Gavin Newsom, Kamala Harris, Nancy Pelosi, and Adam Schiff, among others. Their investigation exposes: • The most powerful and ambitious politicians and family dynasties and their questionable association with convicted criminals and unsavory business partners. • World-class con artists and their schemes to defraud, plunder, and literally poison the people and institutions of America—including the illegal alien drug dealers getting rich and avoiding prison and deportation while killing Americans with fentanyl and other illicit drugs. • Myriad schemes in which officials line their own pockets and sell out to the Chinese government, along with other foreign interests. • You’ll see how California’s elites retain political power at the national and international scale through secrecy and deception. How did the Golden State become this tarnished? And more importantly, why is California’s corrosion continuing? This explosive book warns that Gavin Newsom is actually right when he often declares, “As goes California, so goes the nation.” America’s future is inextricably tied to California because of its sheer size and the enormous influence of its political figures who remain dead set on controlling the White House for decades to come—and turning the rest of America into California. It’s a story the mainstream media would prefer to keep hidden.
California's Political Elites
An investigation examines California's political elites, power, and alleged corruption.
Come here for
- An investigation of California's political power brokers.
- Accounts of alleged schemes involving officials and business interests.
Expect
- Coverage of Gavin Newsom, Kamala Harris, Nancy Pelosi, and Adam Schiff.
- Examination of alleged ties to convicted criminals and business partners.
Where it sits
| Corruption & Misconduct | 47% |
|---|---|
| Political Parties | 30% |
| Political Commentary | 29% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Public Policy
- Conservatism & Liberalism
- Political Commentary
- Urban Life
Show all 5 publisher categories
- Poverty & Homelessness
- Authors
- Susan Crabtree, Jedd McFatter, Peter Schweizer
- Publisher
- Hachette Nashville
- Published
- March 11, 2025
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Public Policy