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California High-Speed Rail: A Textbook Case of Fiscal Failure Under Controller Malia Cohen

May 21, 2026 6:00 amMay 21, 2026 6:01 am

California’s long-troubled High-Speed Rail project stands as one of the most expensive and least accountable boondoggles in state history. What began as a 2008 voter-approved promise of an 800-mile network for roughly $33 billion has shrunk to a 171-mile Merced-to-Bakersfield...

Fraud Cover Up: California High Speed Rail Legislation to Hide Evidence of Fraud

May 20, 2026 10:55 amMay 20, 2026 11:00 am

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. Voters were deceived by the original ballot summary and language in Proposition 1A...

Gavin Newsom and California Democrats Are Doubling Down on Their Government Failure

May 14, 2026 8:54 amMay 14, 2026 10:23 am

California is a textbook case of government failure. Governor Gavin Newsom and the state’s Democrats are doubling down on their failure, corruption, addiction to spending, and ridiculous programs, further destroying the quality of life in the once greatest state in...

Straight Talk with Jon Fleischman & Katy Grimes: Gov’s Race, Billionaire Tax, HSR, Newsom – We Hit It All!

April 30, 2026 7:19 pmApril 30, 2026 7:19 pm

I joined Jon Fleischman Thursday on his Substack live “So, Does it Matter?” We discussed the Billionaire tax, which really will eventually tax everyone on their assets, the Governor’s race, and whether or not voters will choose a Republican was...

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...