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SunnyvaleCA says

I'm begging Newsom to announce his run for president. These sorts of videos will so much overwhelm the internet that censorship won't be able to get them all.

I can't speak for all midwesterners or swings state voters by me, but he'll lose regardless of the bad stuff he's done in CA. He's just a slimy scumbag. As far as birthplace, Nixon is the only CA POTUS. Sure Reagan lived in CA, but grew up in IL. See the attached map. The rest of the country doesn't like CA people except to visit. They're not electable. Case in point Kamala Harris.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_United_States_by_home_state



I like CA, but I generally don't like most the people. Pompous ass holes. That how East of the Mississippi generally thinks of CA from my travels. Newsom cannot win on a national stage unless the Republicans bring out an actual retard and even then they might get sympathy votes.

Dems need to pick someone East of the Mississippi in a swing state. Not sure if it's his ambition and I wouldn't vote for him, but Fetterman after the stroke recovery seems like a person that could win over OH, MI, PA in 2028. From what I watched he's at least reasonable. Not sure how he'd do in a debate though. AOC isn't liked in the East either, would suck at debating and we won't see a female POTUS in any of our lifetimes. I don't know of a notable and prominent female CEO in any industry. If you cannot get to that level, POTUS is a stretch.

Yes, it looks like Trump is squaring off at last directly with California election fraud. STAY TUNED from Trump is a baleful harbinger. I can hardly wait. and wait. and wait. I'm confused.

Ceffer says

Yes, it looks like Trump is squaring off at last directly with California election fraud. STAY TUNED from Trump is a baleful harbinger. I can hardly wait. and wait. and wait. I'm confused.

When he's referring to 'unconstitutional' he means how it violates the State's constitution, not federal.

Grok says Prop 50 is intended to alter the CA Constitution to make itself legal:

Is California's Proposition 50 Against the State Constitution?

No, Proposition 50 is not against the California Constitution. It is a legislatively referred constitutional amendment (via Assembly Constitutional Amendment 8, or ACA 8), which means it directly amends the state constitution if approved by voters on November 4, 2025. As such, passage would make it part of the constitution, overriding any conflicting provisions (e.g., those establishing the independent California Citizens Redistricting Commission from Propositions 11 and 20 in 2008–2010). The measure explicitly includes language like "notwithstanding any other provision of this Constitution," designed to suspend the commission's maps temporarily without violating the document.

However, opponents argue it undermines the "spirit" of the constitution by politicizing redistricting, and they have (and will) challenge it legally on grounds like procedural flaws or federal voting rights issues. A pre-election challenge failed, but post-passage lawsuits are expected.

Patrick says

A pre-election challenge failed, but post-passage lawsuits are expected.

Nothing will happen. One could even prove massive vote fraud with the Prop 50 election and the passage will still stand.

They have been going overboard in California to give the propaganda appearance that the election fraud is not an election fraud. Mucho lipstick on the pig.

The only good news from this is that the population is giving them kickback that they don't trust the elections. So, they have to ramp up the cosmetics of the fraud.

A young woman behind me got a printed ballot and filled it out instead of voting on the machine pad. People who vote in person on paper ballots don't trust the voting system.

So nice of them to 'include' my election results, as if its their royal option. The publication that they were using envelopes on the mail in votes that revealed the yes vote through a strategic hole in the envelope must have caught up with them.

I like that they are nervous, but I would rather see them hung.

https://rumble.com/v718qly-democrats-leading-groups-of-chinese-to-vote-prop-50.html

As we all knew, election fraud wins again.

HeadSet says

Patrick says

A pre-election challenge failed, but post-passage lawsuits are expected.

Nothing will happen. One could even prove massive vote fraud with the Prop 50 election and the passage will still stand.

I doubt any fraud was even necessary. This is the same crowd who happily voted for gas tax increases. TWICE.

Yup same people regularly getting covid shots still.

I guess we need a betting pool on how far this one has legs. Anybody want to set up odds?

The nice thing about election fraud, the sky is the limit on criminal enablement, be it money laundering all the way up to right of way eminent domain razing of cities with DEW and HAARP.

What community is next on Nero Newscum's Dresden burning agenda?

The CIA is retiring their actress, but what dread horror do they have for her 'replacement'?

Sounds about right.

https://x.com/joma_gc/status/1986506245050638501

Lesson from Tuesday:

Trump's coalition is built on "unreliable" voters -- in significant part men between 20 and 40.

Women in the same age group show up at polls and vote. That's what carried Spanberger and Sherril to much bigger than expected victories -- it's not that the Dems have more voters, they have more reliable voters in low-turnout elections.

The Calif Prop 50 election was over 4 weeks ago when the Cal. GOP -- under-resourced -- and wealthy individuals who claimed they would oppose the ballot measure all pulled back.

Harris won Calif by a margin of 58.5 to 38.3.

So the No on 50 campaign needed to have 10% of Harris voters cross-over into the No camp.

The Prop passed with 65% of the vote -- that doesn't mean the Proposition was more popular than Harris, it means reliable Dem voters showed up and opposition voters did not.

For the past 2 weeks I heard "Yes on 50" campaign ads -- on CONSERVATIVE PODCASTS -- and never heard a single "No on 50" ad. The money to oppose the measure never materialized and the CA GOP is not an effective state-wide organization at this point.

Similar results on odd off-year elections happened elsewhere.

The GOP problem is that only Trump motivates these low-propensity voters.

The GOP win in Virginia in 2021, and the very close race for NJ Gov in 2021 with the same candidate who just lost by 12%, were both referendums on the Biden Admin. first 12 months in office.

Trump voters didn't show up on Tuesday because right now Trump voters are -- for the most part -- happy with what the Admin is doing and attempting to do.

Happiness isn't a motivator when it comes to getting people to the polls.

https://x.com/shipwreckedcrew/status/1986481513685524675

2 million voted less in 2024 compared to 2020 election in California

2024 election
Harris vs Trump
Popular vote 9,276,179 6,081,697
Percentage 58.47% 38.33%

2020 election
Biden vs Trump
Popular vote 11,110,639 6,006,518
Percentage 63.48% 34.32%

2016 election
Clinton vs Trump
Popular vote 8,753,792 4,483,814
Percentage 61.73% 31.62%

2012 election
Obama vs Romney
Popular vote 7,854,285 4,839,958
Percentage 60.24% 37.12%

California: 21% of its House of Representatives delegation is Republican (yet Trump won 38% of the vote)

Texas: 66% of its House of Representatives delegation is Republican (whereas Trump won 56% of the vote)

That's 'billions of dollars train to nowhere'. So, where did the money go?

Guess he was late on his kickback and laundering deposits.

Pundit Michael Jaco in Lake Tahoe had a vid (too long for Patnet) in which he compressed some of the snow outside his house and held a torch up to it and it didn't just melt and turn to water, it held its shape and size. He said it is not natural snow. Some seeding element in it is insulating it? WTF?

I'm more concerned about the rivers of Kommie bullshit spewing out of Newscum's lying pie hole.

Today's Palo Alto Daily:

Patrick says

Today's Palo Alto Daily:

He is an ass

Patrick says

Today's Palo Alto Daily:

I bet this guy pays a lot in income taxes to the state of CA. Probably enough to justify another state tax increase just from him leaving.

Booger says

Patrick says

Today's Palo Alto Daily:

I bet this guy pays a lot in income taxes to the state of CA. Probably enough to justify another state tax increase just from him leaving.

I bet he pays 0 income taxes and simply borrows against his stonks to cover his expenses.

https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/golden-geese-tuesday-january-13-2026

The New York Times ran the story this morning below the headline, “Gavin Newsom Vows to Stop Proposed Billionaire Tax in California.” Too little, too late.

The Golden State’s governor is wondering how you spell the word backfire. “Gov. Gavin Newsom vowed on Monday to stop a proposed wealth tax in California,” the Times reported, “saying that its mere introduction had already hurt the state by driving some billionaires to relocate and take their tax dollars with them.”

The first problem is that the potential ballot initiative is a trap. If it passes, it would be retroactive to January 1st of this year. It is also confiscatory. “The initiative,” the article explained, “would require Californians with a net worth beyond $1 billion to pay a one-time tax equal to 5 percent of their assets.” That comes to $50 million in tax per billion in total wealth (not income), on top of state income taxes (13.5%) plus any other taxes. Let the rich people pay for everything!

The second problem is, until now, Governor Newsom hasn’t publicly opposed the ballot initiative. Oh, he says he has. “Mr. Newsom, a Democrat, said in an interview with The New York Times that he had been relentlessly working behind the scenes against the proposal.”

Too bad he didn’t slither out from behind the scenes until now. Until quite recently, California held the record, being home to about 200 billionaires. That has recently and dramatically changed. Nor is it clear what Newsom can do. He can’t veto a ballot initiative that seeks to amend the state’s constitution. If it reaches the ballot, billionaires will be at the mercy of California voters, who may not take the broad view. They might say meh, what’s 5% to a billionaire?

Many billionaires didn’t wait around to find out how this Old West train robbery story will play out. With a retroactive deadline rushing at them like a locomotive filled with financial gunslingers, they got out of Dodge. According to an estimate from tech billionaire Chamath Palihapitiya, half of California’s billionaire wealth hastily evacuated before the January 1st deadline...

The CEOs of Netflix, Google, WhatsApp, and Stripe were all mentioned as shopping for ultra-luxury properties in swanky South Florida.

There’s so much that could be said about this California capital flight and the confiscatory tax proposal. Nobody sane believes that, if this works, California will be satisfied with milking the billionaires. Please. Have we learned nothing? It’s the same way they pushed the income tax through. It’s just on rich people, not you, no, never; and it’s only for two weeks, to slow the spread of the financial problem. Meaning, the next ten thousand years. Hope you like all the forms! Wheeeeeeeeeee

Point 1. The Democrats are destroying themselves. You can’t make this stuff up. California is a lovely state and home to many good, not-crazy conservatives. Fix voting fraud, and things might be a whole lot different. But in the meantime, it’s a uniparty catastrophe, and the nation’s progressive heart and soul. First they drove out Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and most productive entrepreneur, with stupid pandemic policies and history’s single most destructive tweet. Incredibly self-destructive.

Now they’re going after all the rest of their billionaires. “California’s state budget,” the Times explained, “relies heavily on high earners, who, under the state’s progressive tax structure, pay most of the state’s income taxes.” I’m reminded of that old gag about the goose and a gold omelet or something. How does it go again? Something about murdering the poor fellow?

Modern Democrats don’t learn nursery rhymes because they are racist and patriarchal, so the analogy is lost on them.

The only way I can explain California’s unbelievable commitment to self-destruction is that, maybe, the Democrats are finally paying the price for their unreasoning commitments to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Their groups (like the unions) leaders and their local officials are all midwits and low-lights who never accomplished anything themselves, and who consider “accomplishment” to be something other people are forced to give you as compensation for your own victimized incompetence. It’s not our fault; it’s their fault! Get their stuff!

Point 2. The struggle highlights the Democrats’ intra-party schism. I’ve opined recently about how Trump’s adversaries are leaderless and fractured. This morning the Times proved it, explaining how Newsom and his allies are fighting against the unions and the far-left groups pushing the billionaire tax initiative. The Times spun it as burnishing Newsom’s centrist bona fides, but the truth is that centrist Democrats are battling the party’s own progressives. ...

You can add the West Coast’s billionaire tax initiative to the East Coast’s election of a socialist mayor for New York City. It’s like some kind of progressive Hunger Games has begun. The golden geese are coming home to roost, and the natives are eating them up faster than hungry Haitians at a city park.

Didn't France try this not long ago only to quickly scuttle the whole thing?

Eric_Holder says

Didn't France try this not long ago only to quickly scuttle the whole thing?

Sweden too.

Fraud in Minnesota ???

How about California. The report in today was for $250 billion or about the entire GDP of Nigeria.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/california-accused-of-losing-250-billion-to-fraud-in-largest-state-scandal-ever/ss-AA1U93MS?pc=HCTS

... and they say it like it's a bad thing.

Patrick says

Today's Palo Alto Daily:

That is just optics for public consumption out of a call very likely from a republican politician part of soft kickback.
Irrespective of where these people live, their tax bracket is always lower.
He continues run his same online meetings from “FL” instead of “Palo Alto, CA” for some time while the accounts get adjusted!

Misc says

Fraud in Minnesota ???

How about California. The report in today was for $250 billion or about the entire GDP of Nigeria.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/california-accused-of-losing-250-billion-to-fraud-in-largest-state-scandal-ever/ss-AA1U93MS?pc=HCTS

... and they say it like it's a bad thing.

California is famous for paying a billion in unemployment bennies to prison inmates in just five months of 2020.