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California Governor Loses Control as Hundreds of Gas Stations Shut Down | Kevin O'Leary
Kevin O’Leary Extra ^ | 1/10/2026 | Kevin O'Leary

Posted on 01/10/2026 6:52:34 PM PST by SaxxonWoods

Chaos in California: Hundreds of gas stations have shuttered statewide overnight amid skyrocketing operating costs, chronic supply shortages, and relentless regulatory pressures—forcing long lines, rationing fears, and a statewide fuel panic that has drivers scrambling and businesses grinding to a halt. Governor Gavin Newsom is reportedly losing control as the crisis spirals, with independents and major chains alike pulling out rather than face unviable margins in the high-tax, high-regulation environment. This video delivers Kevin O'Leary's no-mercy breakdown: this isn't random bad luck—it's a textbook case of policy suicide, where punishing energy infrastructure and chasing green mandates has backfired spectacularly, torching affordable fuel access, hammering working families, and proving that overregulation doesn't save the planet—it just bankrupts the state and hands victory to out-of-state suppliers. No bailout coming, just cold hard economic reality hitting California like a freight train.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; US: California
KEYWORDS: 2muchgovernment; aislop; california; deepfake; democratcorruption; economy; energy; fakeai; fakeaivideo; gas; goofygavin; greasygavin; naivefreepers; newscum; newsom; notkevinoleary

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This doesn't sound good at all. O'Leary gets down into the knock-on effects. Much more than California will be negatively affected.
1 posted on 01/10/2026 6:52:34 PM PST by SaxxonWoods
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To: SaxxonWoods

Exactly why Newsom, Walz, et al. need to keep egging the anti-ICE news cycles..


2 posted on 01/10/2026 6:55:50 PM PST by CondoleezzaProtege ( 🩰🌹)
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To: SaxxonWoods

Take that you dirty fossil fuels!!!


3 posted on 01/10/2026 6:57:50 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: SaxxonWoods

The world needs more electric cars.


4 posted on 01/10/2026 6:58:40 PM PST by crusty old prospector
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To: SaxxonWoods

He says 17 days until the S.H.T.F. California will be importing more foreign oil (genius!) but it has to be that specialized California blend. Shortages are on the menu soon.

I just got a flashback to the Jimmy Carter days. Fill up only on odd or even days.


5 posted on 01/10/2026 6:58:41 PM PST by SaxxonWoods (Annnd....I voted for this too!)
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To: SaxxonWoods

Like I said, Grey Davis 2


6 posted on 01/10/2026 6:58:59 PM PST by struggle
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To: CondoleezzaProtege
Exactly why Newsom, Walz, et al. need to keep egging the anti-ICE news cycles..

egging on*

7 posted on 01/10/2026 6:59:47 PM PST by CondoleezzaProtege ( 🩰🌹)
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To: SaxxonWoods

He’ll have to issue Directive 10-289.


8 posted on 01/10/2026 7:01:00 PM PST by kosciusko51
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No bailout coming, just cold hard economic reality hitting California like a freight train.

And it's not even a high speed rail one!

9 posted on 01/10/2026 7:01:23 PM PST by xp38
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

I don’t ignore the possibility they use real eggs.


10 posted on 01/10/2026 7:01:46 PM PST by Jonty30 (Escasooners are faster than escalators,)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege
Condoleezza, "Egging" or "Egging on" both work for me!

11 posted on 01/10/2026 7:03:13 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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“ Exactly why Newsom, Walz, et al. need to keep egging the anti-ICE news cycles..”
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In addition to the “need to support Ukraine” narratives. The globalist in the West need distractions while they continue to corruptly destroy Western Civilization.


12 posted on 01/10/2026 7:05:44 PM PST by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAX)
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To: struggle

“ Like I said, Grey Davis 2”
Compared to Newscum, Davis looks like Reagan.


13 posted on 01/10/2026 7:06:38 PM PST by wjcsux (On 3/14/1883 Karl Marx gave humanity his best gift, he died. )
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To: SaxxonWoods

And of course it’s Trump’s fault ....


14 posted on 01/10/2026 7:07:54 PM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Am Yisrael Chai ~)
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To: struggle

“Joseph Graham “Gray” Davis Jr. (born December 26, 1942) is an American attorney and former politician who served as the 37th governor of California from 1999 until he was recalled and removed from office in 2003. He is the second state governor in U.S. history to have been recalled, after Lynn Frazier of North Dakota.”

I used to think they were just dumb and living in a fantasy. But they not only know, it’s their plan.


15 posted on 01/10/2026 7:08:46 PM PST by SaxxonWoods (Annnd....I voted for this too!)
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>>>California will be importing more foreign oil

And do what with this oil?

The refineries are shut down.

16 posted on 01/10/2026 7:08:47 PM PST by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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To: SaxxonWoods

I live in the Bay Area, and I’ve only seen one gas station closed — and that was because it’s getting new pumps. There haven’t been any lines, either.


17 posted on 01/10/2026 7:08:55 PM PST by Schatze (It's better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.)
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To: SaxxonWoods

Gas prices high here in Vegas. NV gets 88% of its gasoline from CA. Newsom is an idiot.


18 posted on 01/10/2026 7:09:10 PM PST by Signalman (When your enemy is digging himself a hole, don't take away his shovel.)
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To: Schatze

AI? Don’t rule it out.


19 posted on 01/10/2026 7:10:13 PM PST by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAX)
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To: Schatze

How much is a gallon of gas?

L


20 posted on 01/10/2026 7:10:33 PM PST by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.s)
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