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Line of California democrat’ succession Attorney General to governor.
How dare swalwell become more popular and in voter polling standing
at 11%, that was siphoning off votes from the party’s anointed one
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Those who stay current with rational news coverage, have witnessed
how an event of sexual nature regardless of truth, even many,
decades ago, has become the favorite tactic used to take out, one
the party has come to dislike.
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Must say, can’t recall one of their own, being kicked to the curb
then all the way under the bus with such severity and speed.
A couple of party patriarchs do, however, come to mind.
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Bigger question, after ccp dust up, how he was able to gain
or retain a security clearance . If a certain person with clout
appoints someone to the Intel Committee, does Top Secret
clearance come automatically ? ? ? ?
Wonder, given his background, had he been active duty
military, would Top Secret clearance been denied ? ? ?
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About only thing missing from swalwell’ resume was him
standing on Great Wall of china, wearing aviator shades
with a pained and confused, 10,000 mile blank stare.
We’ve seen that blank stare, at Palisades Fire, and
Paradise Fire . . . . . . .

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 If a certain person with clout
appoints someone to the Intel Committee, does Top Secret
clearance come automatically ? ? ? ?”

You don’t remember how Jared and Ivanka obtained theirs? Because it wasn’t exactly earned.

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You are correct….Jared and Ivanka did not earn security clearances for sleeping with enemy spies.

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“Trump says Strait of Hormuz fight is ‘over,’ calls it a ‘great victory.’ But he has been saying that daily since he and Bibi started the war. 

The Strait of Hormuz is open as far as Iran states but conflicting messages from Trump leaves that in question because of tweets with phrases “only true for the “remaining period of ceasefire.”” and “BLOCKADE WILL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AS IT PERTAINS TO IRAN ONLY.” 
The ceasefire is due to expire in five days, on April 22.  

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doh,
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Different Iranians in leadership positions are sending different messages too.
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This is nothing new, you should fully understand by now that this is how President Trump operates. He likes to keep our friends, competitors, adversaries, enemies, and the fanatics confused and guessing to force them into what he wants. This is how he negotiates and he’s always willing to renegotiate.

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I think it is called “The Art of the Deal”. If you don’t know it then you may be confused too. Disclaimer: not that he is actually doing that but it should be considered.

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Thanks for constantly reminding us why we voted for Trump and not you.

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If Kamala had won the election she would certainly have giggled Iran into submission by now.

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It’s scary to think how close we came to having that cackling, unqualified imbecile for our President.

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That looks like me sometimes.

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Must remember country’s leadership often changes.
One gets blown up, and whoever picks the short straw gets the job,
maybe until next week.
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Dealing with terrorists or a state sponsor of terrorism requires
a response, that MUST be Profoundly Violent and Absolute.
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The price of terrorism, MUST BE TO GREAT TO RISK.
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Bottom line, until iran quiets down, stops supporting terrorism,
expect the leadership thing, to be fluid, the red kind.

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The strait is closed – so far the Iranian Guard has fired on 2 more ships trying to go through

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RUH – roh ! ! !
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Iranian ship tried to run blockade, six hours being told to turn back,
ignored, . . . “Motor vessel Touska, vacate your engine room”
Guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance with a few well placed 5 inch
shells took out the engines. United States MARINES boarded and
have custody of the ship.
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Wonder if it has sunk in to iran leadership and military yet,
they ain’t playin’ games and bluffing jimmy THE WIMP carter or
that invertebrate community organizer.
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Is unfortunate, General Norman Schwarzkopf is not around
to share his thoughts on iran, finally being brought to heel.
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Brings to mind President Reagan attacking iran and libya in 1980s.
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Will always remember his address to the nation closing,
from the Oval Office 14 April 1986.

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Random Thoughts
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Paying taxes sure feels different when you see just how many places it gets squandered
on nothing.
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You can work your entire life to pay 500K in taxes to watch it disappear in a rounding
error on some misguided project.
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I wonder how many people on welfare had a problem getting an I.D. to collect my money,
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Socialism is similar to polio, it returns when people forget how horrible it was last time.
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I was raised to show up, keep my word, and mean what I say. Seems rare today.
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I don’t know about you but my ancestors weren’t evil.

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Why are our nuclear and aerospace scientists disappearing/dying?
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https://www.newsweek.com/white-house-investigating-wave-mystery-dead-scientists-11836410

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“Democrat-Run California Offers Breast Implants to Homeless Transgender Illegals”
Clown World Headlines anyone??

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California will pay to install a third one on their back……for dancing.
Once again, California leads the nation in pioneering the triple breast implant procedure.

What does a look good cost ? ? ?
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I’m serious, What does a look good cost ? ? ?
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“Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s political action
committee spent more than $1.5 million buying thousands of
copies of his new memoir — accounting for about two-thirds
of all copies sold nationwide — according to campaign finance
filings.
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The PAC spending helped propel Newsom’s memoir, “Young Man
in a Hurry,” onto the New York Times bestseller list…”
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For His Imperial Majesty, Emperor newsom, in this case, a look
good cost was $1.5 million, Must be such a terrible burden,
having an ego so very sensitive and fragile that reality,
has to be manipulated.
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An additional question, if I may,
when his memoir lands on the discount table,

will it be listed as fiction ? ? ?

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Original G,
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Governor Newsom’s PAC purchased 67,000 copies of his book for donors.

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Few hours after posting went to CA Globe website
Katy Grimes Editor in Chief posted this

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Corrupt self serving politicians bribes come in many ways.

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You are so right, thank you for pointing out the truth.

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Hope many looked at the beautiful blue sky this morning, probably before 9AM or so because they chemtrail planes were up spraying away later in force rendering us a hazy sky instead. This needs to be stopped!
https://youtu.be/rf78rEAJvhY?si=_cJXh5c3MYbTIKAK

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What? People don’t like clear blue skies? I thought this was California. 😎

With all due respect, the video is a conspiracy theory which is often
linked to paranoia. They focus on perceived threats and have a
tendency to see malicious, and hidden forces at work. Conspiracy
theorists tend to have reduced analytical thinking skills over critical,
evidenced based reasoning, which makes them more susceptible.

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Conspiracy theories are taught in colleges and universities to
teach students critical thinking, and information evaluation skills.
Rather than promoting these theories, educators often teach
students how to identify logical fallacies, evaluate the source,
and distinguish between evidence based reality and misinformation.
Educators will demonstrate how misinformation is shaped into
believable propaganda that will appeal to specific audiences,
thereby teaching students how to understand the psychological,
social, and political reasons why people believe in them.

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The colleges are teaching geoengineering science. As the article points out professors that teach it are concerned that the science is being misused. There was massive amounts of spraying here in the Bay Area on Saturday. It results in colder overnight temps than usual. It’s a crude way of trying to avoid “global warming”, conspiracy theory in itself. Those planes were not shown on air traffic apps.

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Not to worry!
If chemtrails were really anything to be concerned about, time travelers would have come back here by now and put a stop to it.

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CA issued an estimated 21,000 commercial truck driver licenses.
pulled $160 million in funding and CA, backpedaling without
mirrors, swiftly revoked around 18,000 licenses. Roadside
English proficiency tests should weed out thousands more.
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More proof illegals being counted in 2030 Census is more important
to them than lives of our Loved Ones.
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Fast forward to woke whaco democrats running New York state, who
REFUSED to cancel commercial truck driver licenses issued to illegals,
(OOPs must be correct so as not to upset the whaco’s)…. “migrants”
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New York refused, U.S. Department of Transportation said,
WRONG ANSWER then pulled $73 million in highway grants.
An reminded NY there’s another $147 million that could pulled
if they don’t get their act together.
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democrat clowns haven’t learned yet, but President Trump will
educate them, when they make stupid moves.
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In Florida drivers test are now English ONLY.
If an immigrant can not read and comprehend the meaning of road
signs and electronic information boards NO DRIVERS LICENSE.
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“Every immigrant who comes here should be required
within five years to learn English or leave the country”
–Theodore Roosevelt

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Trump administration, a little over two weeks ago deported illegals
to UGANDA, and there are in talks with other African countries,
Previous deportations have been made to Eswatini, Ghana and
South Sudan.
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Believe Illegals who self deport will be considered if they apply
to comeback to the U.S. Those caught and deported will
NEVER be considered for return.
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ICE has and is conducting immigration checks at job sites and
businesses that historically, have employed illegals.
Am disappointing in lack of arrests, convictions, substantial fines
and incarceration for those who knowingly employ illegals.
This an area of enforcement that must be stepped up.

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Insider trading suspicions looming over Trump’s presidency

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/markets/option s/articles/insider-trading-suspicions-looming-over-230210171.html

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doh,
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Your link doesn’t work. It just takes readers to financial market overview.

Doh is always having trouble mastering the art of copy & paste, but if you highlight the entire link then copy & paste it into a search window it will take you directly to the weak guesswork article full of innuendo and left wing looney assumptions that the failed town crier of clueless liberal blabber was trying to post.

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Try using
https://tinyurl.com/
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Copy webpage address and paste it into tinyurl page
where it says Long URL and follow directions.
Copy shortened link and paste it into this text window.
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Next highlight pasted text, then click below on that
8 leaning to the left, window pops up with shortened
and shows URL you pasted in, then click on save.
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Hope it helps.

January 6 alone is a reason Trump should never have been elected. But Republicans only care about gaining power. Trump pardoned everyone convicted of trying to overthrow the election; even the violent ones. Now the Trump administration is moving to erase Jan. 6 riot convictions for seditious conspiracy. The DOJ is moving to rewrite the history of the violent Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. 

How about throwing F-bombs at the Pope or posting an AI image of himself as Jesus? 

I have to admit Hegseth quoting “Pulp Fiction” instead of the actual Bible was pretty funny

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People didn’t want Hillary in office. And last time they didn’t want Kamala. IOW, they didn’t vote for Trump just against the other two.

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doh,
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Both sides only want power, because without power you can’t move your agenda forward.
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Republicans didn’t elect President Trump in 2024, it was the 45%-50% of Independents and the 5%-10% of Democrats who voted for him that elected him.
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President Trump has the right to pardon who he wants to pardon.
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President Trump can say what he wants to say and post what he wants to post. It’s been almost 11 years since he announced he was running for president and you don’t yet understand how he operates? Pope Leo XIV should be focusing on spending some of that money that the Catholic Church has to help move fellow Catholics out of poverty.
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth needs to go away. He’s on the short list to be moved into another position, just like former Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and Attorney General Pam Bondi.

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Remind me…. how many undercover “human assets” did the FBI have rabble rousing in the crowd on Jan. 6th was it 274 or 275?
And how is it the Pope can rip on Trump for our actions in Iran & not even mention the 45,000 civilians murdered in the streets by the IRGC ?
His priorities are screwed up.

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Okay now you sound like one of those card-carrying members of the loon-wing of the
democrat party, doh.
Tsk, tsk.

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Wow!!! Well worth the 15 minutes to watch this shocking commentary on huge Cali fraud issues! I’m forwarding the site to my friends! Thanks to Angry American!

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Headline on a Daily Mail . com website,
‘The little Ohio girl crushed to death by a car seat…
and how the tragedy could upend the industry’
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Most people would consider such information to be important from a Safety
standpoint, yet Daily Mail put story behind a paywall, that is despicable.
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When finally able to read story, . . . SUV had a feature that enables rear
seats to be folded down flat using electric motors. From years of Safety
training, you always think what could go wrong, think CHILD CAR SEAT.
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My opinion, that feature, folding down rear seats NEVER should be
added to any vehicle.

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Well….this explained everything. First they were apoplectic, now they’re silent.
Ho hum just another day.
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https://www.youtube.com/shorts/a_JnhGinHO8

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It appears that U.S. action in Iran has been a mistake. If it was only about destroying Iran’s nuclear program, navy, and air force, then one could’ve called it a success. It’s become obvious that President Trump wants out of the hostilities in Iran, so the Iranians only need to wait things out. Things could still change and most U.S. objectives could still be met, but it’s looking unlikely at this point.

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iranians haven’t realized, they’re not dealing with invertebrate democrats
this time. If it taking country back to stone age, so be it. Terrorism sponsored
by iran has to be stopped.
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Been forty seven years since embassy take over, after all those years and
pallets of cash we were so close to a diplomatic solution.
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A political movement masquerading as a religion a bit of history most
Americans have never heard from retired admiral James Lyons, who
had knowledge of why iran was never brought to heel,

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What makes you think it has been a mistake?
It’s not just about destroying the nuke program or the military. These can be rebuilt. It’s about ensuring that the weird beards can’t get a nuke, EVER. A regime change would be very helpful in accomplishing this, but might not be necessary.
Yes, Trump wants out. The last thing he wants is an invasion. I hope that it does not come to that.
The blockade might be the answer. Iran is bleeding rials faster than it is bleeding actual blood. 90% of Iran’s exports are via the sea. It’s pretty difficult to run a country with no access to currency.
Remember, Iran is not Panama. This whole issue has metastasized over the past 47 years and will take longer than a month or two cure the mullah cancer.
Stay the course and do not believe the drone of the MSM. They want Trump to look bad and lose face, especially with the midterms looming.

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CA then v CA now
https://tinyurl.com/2m97k2vm

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Conservative Patriot,
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During Governor Ronald Reagan’s term in office, from 1967-1975, California was more of a swing state than a red state.

Aftermath of 5 inch shells fired from Guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance.

President Trump’s iran foreign policy, obama foreign policy

An 18 year old illegal in high school was convicted on nine counts of
misdemeanor assault sentenced to 360 days in prison. With time
in custody deducted only has to serve 135 days more.
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This happened in ultra left wing virgina in fairfax county.
Is it possible this had an effect Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney.
Another case from fairfax county
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Again, lazy voters picking the candidate who spends most on advertising.

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WHAT? No mileage tax proposal in CA?
Guess again….. Our crooked lying DEM politicians have hidden the mileage tax in your property
taxes. CA’s well thought out plan to save the world from pollution by pushing EV’s on us has led to no road tax from EV owners.
So….. the remedy is to punish you for not switching to an EV by taxing you in your property taxes.
I guess none of our elected brain-trust could reasonably understand how unfair this hidden tax is
to regular old voters who still like regular old cars.
TAX THE EV OWNERS YOU CROOKS, NOT EVERYONE!
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https://www.youtube.com/shorts/d2tZLcmxHg8

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Conservative Patriot,
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This applies to new homes, not all homes.

Under Princess Newsom’s leadership, the nation’s largest sanctuary state granted hundreds of
millions of dollars to nonprofits that have encouraged the flow of illegal aliens across the border.
According to a review of state funding records, since Newsom took office, California has granted massive contracts for migrant-related services: more than $250 million.
Once unauthorized people have crossed the border, Governor Newsom has sought to ensure that they don’t get turned away. Since the beginning of his term, he has granted more than $100 million to nonprofits that fight deportation orders—sometimes even for clients with criminal convictions.
One of the most prominent anti-deportation nonprofits is the Immigrant Defenders Law Center, or ImmDef, which has been awarded at least $6.7 million in state funds since Newsom took office. 
This is only part of the criminal acts by our horrible crooked lying governor.
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https://www.city-journal.org/article/california-gavin-newsom-illegal-immigrants-ice

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https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2026/04/22/report-gov-newsom-spent-1-billion-to-import-400000-extra-illegal-migrants/

CP-
Apparently it is closer to $1Billion. Maybe it was only $250Mil that made it to the charities with the rest siphoned off.

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Conservative Patriot,
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All levels of government need to stop funding NGOs and nonprofits.

Sit down for this one,
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Report: Gov. Newsom Spent $1 Billion to
Import 400,000 Extra Illegal Migrants
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Have mention several times, open borders were about increasing
number of people who would be counted in 2030 Census. Based
on Census number of seats in U.S. House of Representatives per
state are increased or decreased.
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The democrats are trying anything they can think of so they
gain control of U.S. House of Representatives and will keep
it for a decade or more.
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Think United States becomes just like California.
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Given the number of democrats who are HE11 bent on forcing
their values, limitations on freedoms.
They are all about CONTROL.
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If illegals are not counted in 2030 Census,
watch how fast democrats deport them.

Naked CA day-care worker refuses to talk to Nick Shirley.
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https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DrmXgJn7uUo

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Hmmm…….looks like one sicko here supports Daycare Fraud. Sad. 🙁 🙁 🙁

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I ask myself how people who downvote fraud and abuse evidence could look at themselves in the mirror. Then I remember that vampires don’t cast reflections.

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Same people who take up two parking spaces.

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I’m a little surprised at the quiet surrounding yesterday’s indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center for allegedly illegally funneling millions of donor dollars to white supremacy groups like the KKK. Supposedly, the SPLC is a watchdog against white supremacy and hate groups.
So, the SPLC points out hate groups. But to justify it’s existence, the SPLC paid the very people that everyone hates millions so that these hate groups would grow and prosper, allowing the SPLC to point out the rampant hate that they just funded. All so that the SPLC could cry to it’s donors that more money was needed to combat these extremist groups that were on the SPLC payroll. This is the group cited most often by the Dems when they talk about things like “white supremacy is the number one threat to the homeland”. Sleepy Joe often used the “very fine people…” Charlottesville hoax as the reason for his running. But it was never said out loud that the SPLC actually funded the tiki torch carrying hate group behind Charlottesville.
All this was apparently an evil lie to whip the low IQ voter into an anti racism fervor, and to reap additional millions in donations.
The media has been largely silent to this travesty. No surprise there! Maybe one day, the average Dem voter will figure out that their partly is still lying to them solely for power and money.

Reminds one of global warming studies.
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Cutest one is https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5190/ but you’ll never see same scale
animated graph of same time period of world population.
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SPLC Friday

The early 2000’s was also when China was ramping up their industrialization and encouraging migration to their giant cities. In 2000, China had 8 cities with populations above 1,000,000. Today there are 113!. At one point, China was bringing on a new coal fired electrical plant on line EVERY DAY! India was doing something similar, but not as big as China.
China population in 2000 = 1.26 B. Today, 1.4 B. Approximately +10%.
India population in 2000 = 1.03 B. Today, 1.5 B. Almost +50!
USA population in 2000 = 281 M. Today, 349 M. +45%

This is a HUGE deal. They couldn’t find enough racism in America, so they had to pay for it with donors’ money. Apparently, that conniving, back-stabbing, POS asswipe George Clooney gave them a million dollars to help fight a practically non-existent entity. This story needs to be front and center, everywhere.

SPLC, possibly small tip of a huge, possibly very conspiratorial,
democrat iceberg.
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actblue involvement ? ? ?, anti Tesla, anti Musk demonstrations
which (magically). “spontaneously”, materialized overnight.
Was it to hijack the news cycle away from DOGE revaluations
and to punish Musk for his helping expose swamp goings on.
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Another reason democrats are desperate to take over the House,
need to cover their SWAMP behinds and keep yet to be discovered
waste, fraud and abuse secret.

Princess Gavin dislikes nothing more than lying politicians.
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ttps://www.youtube.com/shorts/AZbo6FuWdR4

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