Former New York mayor and Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg parachuted into California, entirely missing the landing zone. In other news, Google’s hiring of an anti-union consulting firm reveals the internal contradiction in Silicon Valley businesses, and what to make of religious imagery deployed on behalf of illegal immigrants. Intro music by Metalachi. Listen here!

SHOW NOTES:

• U.S. makes tariff-cut offer to China as tariff deadline nears
• Foreign purchases of American homes plunge 36% as Chinese buyers flee the market
• Mike Bloomberg, trying to win converts in California, gets an event with Jerry Brown
• Bloomberg zeroes in on California housing crisis as he campaigns in Stockton, San Francisco
• Google hires firm known for anti-union efforts
• Silicon Valley’s useful idiots
• How California’s new ‘gig economy’ law undermines my livelihood
• Claremont Nativity scene depicts Jesus, Mary, and Joseph as refugees separated in cages