High Speed Rail – California Globe

CA High-Speed Rail Cost Explodes to $231 Billion, From Original $33 Billion

April 28, 2026 7:54 amApril 28, 2026 5:10 pm

California’s High-Speed Rail boondoggle is now estimated to cost taxpayers $231 billion, up from its original $33.5 billion price tag in 2008 when voters passed Proposition 1A. “Our country has never seen a fiscal disaster of this magnitude,” California Rep....

60 Minutes Catches Up to Years of Warnings on the High-Speed Rail Boondoggle

April 7, 2026 1:03 pmApril 7, 2026 5:47 pm

While 60 Minutes this week shocked some national viewers by revealing that California’s high-speed rail project could now cost $126 billion to link Los Angeles and San Francisco — more than triple the $33 billion voters approved in 2008 —...

Newsom Planning $19 Million Push to Polish HIS National Image

March 9, 2026 8:14 amMarch 10, 2026 10:14 am

“Newsom planning $19 million push to polish California’s national image,” the headline claims in a Los Angeles Times article. Here, let me fix that headline for you: “Newsom planning $19 million push to polish HIS national image.” Gov. Gavin Newsom...

California Democratic Party Chair Panics, Begs Weak Candidates to Drop Out as GOP Surge Threatens One-Party Lock on Governorship

March 3, 2026 9:42 amMarch 3, 2026 10:02 am

In a move that highlights the growing anxiety within the California Democratic Party, Chair Rusty Hicks issued an open letter on Tuesday urging underperforming gubernatorial candidates to bow out of the 2026 race or face the consequences of a potential...

Newsom’s Betrayal: How to Bury California’s High Speed Train Scandal for 2028 Election

February 9, 2026 3:46 amFebruary 9, 2026 5:15 pm

California Governor Gavin Newsom and the state’s elected Democrat politicians show a strange level of desperation to build any part of California’s boondoggle High-Speed Rail system. $16 billion has already been spent on the High Speed Rail project, originally slated...

Solution to Bullet Train Nightmare: Socialism or Capitalism?

January 26, 2026 7:31 amJanuary 26, 2026 7:31 am

The California Globe has received several emails from Joseph Thompson, a California retired attorney, who for decades has warned about socialized transportation. He said if politicians sincerely believed in ending fraud, waste and abuse in government, they need to start...

Trump Launches National Fraud Enforcement Division as Newsom’s California Drowns in Billions of Waste and Mismanagement

January 9, 2026 9:36 amJanuary 11, 2026 9:54 pm

President Donald J. Trump took decisive action on Thursday announcing the creation of a new Department of Justice (DOJ) division dedicated to combating fraud nationwide. This National Fraud Enforcement Division, led by a dedicated Assistant Attorney General, will spearhead investigations,...