Posted on 01/02/2026 1:57:55 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) is trying to push back on the notion that California is rife with fraud and financial waste. Now would be a bad time to revisit the state’s precarious budget position heading into the new year.
Newsom is on the defensive after the blooming Minnesota fraud scandal has turned eyes toward California. Even Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) is now pushing for a “full independent audit of California’s budget,” getting himself into a back-and-forth feud with Newsom’s obnoxious social media team on X in the process. The talking point from Newsom’s team is that there is no scandal behind the curtain; “The Governor takes fraud seriously,” Newsom’s team says.
But how true is that? There is obviously waste, as evidenced by California plunging itself into a budget deficit year after year. Newsom started 2025 with a planned surplus of a relatively meager $363 million. By May, that became an estimated deficit of $12 billion, thanks in part to Newsom’s shoddy accounting when it came to giving “free” taxpayer-funded healthcare to all illegal immigrants in the state. Now, the state’s budget deficit is up to a projected $18 billion, as the state outspends the tax revenue produced by California’s artificial intelligence boom.
California, despite imposing a massive tax burden on its residents, has had this problem for years now. Democrats in Sacramento push massive programs that always end up costing more than estimated, and then make temporary cuts or delay spending on multiple programs to try and corral the deficit. They then find ways to increase taxes on residents. There is your waste.
Newsom’s team is also going all-in on defending the high-speed rail, despite the fact that the bastardized, shortened version of the project is tens of billions of dollars over budget compared to the longer, promised project,
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Their poster may explain why they’re the poster children.
Are there Somalis in California?
Minneapolis has the largest Somali population in the US. Nearly 80,000 people of Somali descent currently live in Minnesota, roughly 78% of whom reside in the Twin Cities, according to the St. Paul-based group Wilder Research.
San Diego, has a significant Somali community.
The latest census figure shows that more than 15,000 people from the Eastern Horn of Africa now live in San Diego as of Dec 4, 2025.
The extent of Somali govt fraud in California is not yet known.
Meme....
Meek politicians and DOJ not wanting to harshly actually put someone in prison:” Time to re-arrange the deck chairs.”
It’s hard to decide. There are so many Democrat-run candidates.
The Americans Do the Math
"DEI Forced Harvard to Teach Remedial Math"
https://moonbattery.com/dei-forced-harvard-to-teach-remedial-math/
Newscum isn't doing that because he cares so much about those people. He doesn't give a damn about them. He is a political hack and he expects votes for his "generosity". Illegal alien votes.
Which is what they're all doing in every blue state.
Sadly yes
Per the headline, that’s an understatement if there ever was one! Kalifornia is POLITICAL CRIME CENTRAL!!
Ugly Californian!
Such hederodox racism.
Minnisota is the true fraudulant capital by capita.
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