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And people still support this guy and his administration.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) administration lost track of the $24 billion in taxpayer funds it spent over the past five years in an attempt to curb the state’s homelessness crisis, an audit has found.
Gavin Newsom is California’s George W Bush. Think about it. It’s probably a good thing to tell to the rest of the country if he dares running for president. He should have stuck to raising grapes.
Since we’re on subject of incompetence, His Imperial Majesty Emperor newsom,
“Just a few months after Gavin Newsom was sworn in as mayor of San Francisco in 2004, he announced a plan to get all of the city’s chronically homeless residents off the streets within 10 years.”
sacbee https://tinyurl.com/vdw3uhau
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As stated before California DEMs have never found a problem they couldn’t throw your tax dollars at.
‘California State Auditor’s Scathing Homeless Report: Where Did the Money Go?’
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“The homeless-industrial complex – which stands between the state and the homeless person – is hoovering up vast amounts of cash with little or no oversight”
caglobe https://tinyurl.com/bp7w7m9m
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CALIFORNIA STATE AUDITOR REPORT
https://www.auditor.ca.gov/reports/2023-102.1/index.html#chapter2
Fun fact, 12 states have legislatures that only meet in odd numbered years.20 states meet only four months or less each year. California is one of a few of states that meet every year for more than 8 months. This is why we have an extra 2000-2500 proposed laws each cycle than the majority of the country.
LOU,
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We know that our State Legislature will never vote to make themselves a part-time State Legislature, so it’s up to the voting citizens of California to put a referendum proposition on the ballot to make the California State Legslature a part-time Legislature.
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California also needs to increase the size of both houses of our bicameral legislature because our State Senate and State Assembly districts have become too large in population, which has resulted in our districts being ungovernable and our State Legislators being unaccountable. Our State Legislature is still the same size as it was when California’s legislative districts were drawn on and within county or multiple county lines, despite the population of California having grown by tens of millions of individuals. As an example, the State of New Hampshire has a population of about 1.4 million individuals, while the New Hampshire General Court consists of 25 seats in the State Senate and 400 seats in the State House of Representatives. The State of California has a population of about 39 million individuals, while the California State Legislature consists of 40 seats in the State Senate and 80 seats in the State Assembly.
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It’d be nice if we were able to go back to using the “Little Federalism” model of apportionment, where we were represented by county in our State Legislatures, having equal representation in the State Senate and representation by population in State Assembly, with each county having at least one member in the State Assembly for smaller population counties and larger population counties would have multiple members of the State Assembly, limiting the gerrymandering of districts to just the lower house and within individual counties. Unfortunately, this is unlikely to happen because it would either require the passage of an Amendment to the US Constitution or for the US Supreme Court to reverse the “One person, One vote” rule created by the Warren Court in the 1960s, which reversed 175+ years of precedence, and has absolutely nothing to do the number of times a person votes in an election, but has to do with State Legislative districts being drawn so that they’re “subjectively” close to equal in population, which resulted in the transfer of political power to urban metropolitan population centers.
Trump won 2020 in a landslide. California included.
Actually Trump won in 50 out of California’s 58 counties. His only drawback is his big mouth. What he does and what he did for the country and the stability he kept in the world was wonderful. Things*were*better*under*Trump
BADGE1104,
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What are the 8 counties that you’re saying he lost?
Wow. Just wow.
Eighty-Six House Republicans Vote for Warrant-less Surveillance of Americans
https://tinyurl.com/w784752y
“It’s wrong to argue that pro-life people are sexist, and pro-lifers believe abortion is murder, and it kind of is. I’m just okay with that. I am. There are 8 billion people in the world, I’m sorry, we won’t miss you. That’s my position on that.”
Bill Maher 4/12/24
Does anybody care that life is becoming absolutely unaffordable?
What is this stupid world of hyperinflation that these globalist idiots have forced us into?
Life is simply unaffordable for normal Americans and gas just keeps going up and food just keeps going up and they keep telling you it’s not.
What is going to happen next?
They want us dead and have their “border slaves” run things for them. At some point however before they win things will fall apart so bad that revolt will take place and that’s when things get really interesting. History does actually often repeat itself.
All competition has been eliminated. Th
Yuri Bezmenov (ex-KGB interviewed 1984) lays out a four-step framework for ideological subversion on a national scale, as practiced by the USSR around the world. This is intentional, directional, change that occurs out in the open. The greater openness of some societies makes them susceptible to this process.
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1. Demoralization. For this step in the process, 15 – 20 years are needed. That is the amount of time required to educate a generation. Helping along the way are media and teachers who have become sympathetic (consciously or unconsciously) to the theoretical causes of the subverting nation. Bezmenov claims that the USSR was surprised at how easy this phase was in the US.
2. Destabilization. Following the earlier phase, this is a two to five year period to change the target country’s foreign relations, defense, and economy.
3. Crisis. Perhaps six weeks of chaos as a climatic turning point.
4. Normalization. This stage changes the appreciation of what the status quo looks like. Bezmenov’s description of this phase also includes military take over.
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It is clear our country is in step 2 for communism…open up your eyes, folks! Demoralization is complete as the masses cannot change perception, even when given the truth.
This Russian “expert” gave his interview six years before the collapse of the Soviet Union. For some reason, he didn’t seem to foresee what Putin calls “The greatest catastrophe of the 20th century.”
Or complete chaos and anarchy which is more likely. They engineered a crisis out of the stupid idea of “let’s try communism here”. The tests show it won’t work. Keeping a cap on laissez faire capitalism would have been more appropriate but the money junkies wouldn’t have gone for that. Just wait until their fiat currency no longer works which is coming up on the horizon.
If Yuri was talking about the demoralization phase requiring 20 years in 1984, obviously his timeline was not accurate.
The fact that this process of subversion is openly talked about amongst common people is also something to be optimistic about.
Did Yuri’s warning work or was he just wrong?
Yoyohop,
“Demoralization is a process that is “irreversible.” Bezmenov actually thought (back in 1984) that the process of demoralizing America was already completed. It would take another generation and another couple of decades to get the people to think differently and return to their patriotic American values, claimed the agent.” According to this article, perhaps his warnings were heeded…or, we have been stagnant, only to be brought to the next stage by the military grade psyops of the last few years. .
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https://bigthink.com/the-present/yuri-bezmenov/
California is # 1 in the nation
Highest unemployment rate.
Highest poverty rate.
Highest gas prices.
Go California, Keep electing Democrats
its cheaper to buy gas in Hawaii where they have to ship it there in tankers.Prices in Calif are like prices when you went camping in a far off location,5 years ago.We make gas here ,we have the shortest delivery didtance,but the highest prices.I guess the homeless dont drive much..or pay for much of anything they get.They live like doped out kings.
We have high gas taxes which of course even after we voted those funds only go to the transportation infrastructure have been hijacked for other things.
Last Weekend to sign the Referendum to allow residents to vote and reject the truly deplorable City of Concord Rent and Tenancy control ordinance.
Registered Concord voters can sign at Safeway (Denkinger and Treat ) from 1-4 today (Saturday) or on Sunday at Ace Hardware from 1-4.
If you don’t already know, this ordinance affects single family homes and condos as well as big corporate-owned apartments. If this law stays in place, homeowners face new city fees, potential lawsuits if they don’t follow the complicated rules, and severe restrictions on their ability to sell their home. Even if they want to sell, they cannot evict the tenant. They would have to sell the home with the tenant in it. Even the death of the homeowner is not a “just cause”.
This will also harm new tenants as rental housing availability will dry up. Talk about a case where good intentions do much more harm than good!
Sign the petition.
I am so happy I no longer own a rental home in Concord, but I feel sorry for my friends who do.
Thanks for the information. I didn’t realize that this is the last weekend to sign the petition. I definitely will.
If they were able to collect enough valid signatures to get this on the November ballot, then the repeal of Concord’s Measure V, the permanent 1.0% sales tax increase which barely passed in 2020, will be the next proposed ballot measure for which signatures will be collected.
So Newsom and his administration can’t account for over 24 billion taxpayer dollars over five years which was supposed to pay for the never ending homeless crisis he helped create. I wonder if they will audit his new 7 billion money grab from proposition one. If the money can’t be traced, someone needs to go jail…
“We maintain the peace through our strength;
weakness only invites aggression.”
–Ronald Reagan
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“History teaches that war begins when
governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.”
–Ronald Reagan
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https://patriotpost.us/cartoons/22847
https://patriotpost.us/cartoons/23681
https://patriotpost.us/cartoons/23673
https://patriotpost.us/cartoons/32218
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‘Thanks to the Policies of the Obama and Biden Administrations, the New Axis of Evil – Russia, China, North Korea, Iran – Posing a Worldwide Existential Threat’
https://tinyurl.com/2rt3chy6
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‘…Biden’s decades-long rap sheet of foreign policy disasters has emboldened our enemies, hurt America… and opened the door to Hamas’ Israel slaughter’
https://tinyurl.com/5n8nrv7x
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‘Iran launches massive wave of drones and missiles at Israel:
IDF is put on full alert as drone armada closes in and Tehran vows revenge for Syrian embassy attack’
https://tinyurl.com/mwxdhszf
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‘Iran attacks Israel: Sirens blare across Israel as drones, missiles arrive’
https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-796838
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For those of us alive when 444 day jimmy THE WIMP carter was president, carter will look like Einstein by time biden and giggles are done.
Trump is crushing the dementia tyrant in every single poll.
The Berlusconi Effect?
🤣 I guess folks here didn’t pay that much to Italian politics but as I recall they hated Berlusconi and voted someone else who they also hated so voted Berlusconi back in. That’s how “democracy” works in many parts of the world including this country.
MAGA SAM,
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Where are you seeing these polls?
All of them. Every single one. biden gaining ground means he’s behind. Don’t tell anyone, but he’s not gaining anything except more hate from democrats.
Ever read the latest polls…
Thought not
It is instructive that you use the word “ crushing.”
@Frank
I have and here’s a sampling of what I read today, 4/14/24: “Biden gains ground on Trump”; “Biden narrows Trump’s advantage”; “Biden shrinks Trump’s edge”. Even though the word ‘crushing’ wasn’t used, I agree with Maga Sam.
CYN,
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You’ve told us what you read, which sounds like headlines, but you didn’t tell us what the polls say.
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https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/president/general/2024/trump-vs-biden
@TBK
NYT’s recent poll said 25% think Biden has been “mostly good” for America, where they had Trump at 42%. I think this was one of the polls where Biden wasn’t gaining.
@TBK
Politico has a poll that has Biden gaining ground on Trump and says it’s because of a consolidation of the democratic base.
@TBK
I almost forgot about the panel polled on MSNBC where every single one of them said they’d vote for Trump because of the economy.
You already know what the polls are saying, so not sure why you’re even asking.
CYN,
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I was asking because the polling that I’ve seen recently has been showing something different from what you had posted, so I wanted to know what you were reading. Former President Donald Trump had been consistently leading in most polling for about 6 months, but over the last 2 or so weeks President Biden has picked up in polling to a point where they’re polling about even. I also read recently that President Biden was leading in most “likely voter” polling, who are the most reliable voters, while former President Trump was leading in most “voters,” “registered voters,” and “adults” polling, who are more unreliable voters, and in the case of “adults” polling, they include non-citizens.
@TBK
Well, I just don’t know what to tell you, other than my posts are accurate and easy to check. On Laura Ingraham’s show today, she even brought up the NYT poll with Biden at 25%.
The people who claimed Trump would crash
the economy and start WW3 have crashed the economy and started WW3.
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Democrats are the worst people for causing this.
And you wanted me to wear a mask because you were scared of a HOAX.
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If you aint voting for Trump, you better remove your biden bumper stickers
There will always be members of the ‘the sky is falling!!! the sky is falling!!!!!!!!!!!’ crowd among us.
If illegals aren’t voting in our elections, why
do democrats care if we make it illegal?
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It’s because they are voting. They are voting for dumb old biden, the donkey who gives them our money.
One day after Joe Biden tells Iran “don’t” Iran attacks Israel! Now he’s back in the basement.
Mass killing in Australia at Bondi Junction Westfield shopping centre on Saturday.
https://tinyurl.com/236c7tvn
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How is this possible ? ? ?
1996 Australia effectively confiscated firearms.
When a rabid mental defective decides to kill, they use best method available to them.
This go-round six people were stabbed to death and he would have killed more if female cop with a gun hadn’t put him down permanently.
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Largest loss of life of school children didn’t involve firearms,
1928 Bath Charter Township, Michigan, United States.
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Problem is mental illness, which majority of U.S. mass shooters have had along with failure of reporting to Federal government violations of law, convictions or mental illness preventing legal purchase of firearms.
Last bill President Kennedy signed The Community Mental Health Act of 1963 shoving responsibility for mental health down onto local level. As so often happens Congress FAILED to provide enough money and has continued to fail for over 60 years. They’ve never corrected or addressed problems 1963 bill created.
CHum
ORIGINAL G,
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The states and local governments had the option of funding mental health needs themselves, they didn’t need to depend on the federal government for funding.
Leticia James assistant arrested for vandalizing neighbors car.Sounds like she works in an angry environment
It’s not cool to mess with someone’s whip, or donk, or whatever they call a car sportin’ 20’s.
Was probably a white guys car
Fair Trial?
https://tinyurl.com/5xry7bmw
“April 13, 2024, will be etched in the annals of modern Japanese history as tens of thousands of citizens across the nation came together in a series of pandemic rallies. The protests centered on the widespread opposition to the Pandemic Treaty, with escalating concerns over “infectious disease” and “public health” becoming potent tools for an unprecedented push towards what is perceived by many as a totalitarian surveillance society.
From the bustling streets of Ikebukuro to the gatherings at Higashi-Ikebukuro Central Park, the sheer scale of participation speaks volumes. Organizers aimed for a monumental turnout of 100,000 protesters to demand answers on crucial issues, such as the stark increase in excess deaths and the lack of transparency on the adverse effects following vaccinations.”
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“Let’s stop the third atomic bomb with our hands, in the hands of the Japanese people!”
https://nexusnewsfeed.com/article/human-rights/developing-massive-rallies-break-out-in-japan-against-who-s-pandemic-treaty/
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Are the Japanese ahead of the learning curve? When are we going to reach critical mass?
“How dangerous and disgusting does California have to get before Democrats will repeal Prop. 47?”
‘Assembly Democrats Trying to Commandeer ‘Fix 47’ Ballot Initiative‘…
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“State Democrats are disturbed right now that the proposed ballot initiative to amend Proposition 47 will qualify for the November 2024 ballot. Assembly Democrats are attempting to commandeer the initiative.”…
https://tinyurl.com/5n8e8bmz
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Prop 47 was knee jerk bandaid fix for problems AB-109 created, namely county jail overcrowding by making it more difficult to charge Felonies for crimes committed. IF Prop 47 is reversed jails in CA’s 58 counties will be in crisis due to overcrowding. In short clueless DEMs have REALLY screwed up and don’t have a clue on how to fix problem exclusively of their own creation.
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Perhaps DEM politicians of CA should be asked
who do you represent, law abiding hard working citizens of CA or criminals ? ? ?
Time will tell if these pieces are true.
‘Joe Biden Approved Iran’s Assault on Israel ‘Within Certain Limits’ ‘
https://tinyurl.com/3h54kvdn
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‘Iran’s foreign minister: We informed the US our attacks on Israel will be ‘limited’ ‘
https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-796999
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‘A Turkish source says Biden green-lit Iran’s attack on Israel’
https://tinyurl.com/mrxc72cw
Will the world survive ? ? ?
https://tinyurl.com/bdhrvr6h
Think gas is expensive now?
Biden Is Raising Oil Drilling Royalties and Fees on Federal Land
Good timing Joe!
https://tinyurl.com/2d753a9z
Making oil too expensive to replenish the already historically low U.S. emergency reserves. The goal of the Biden administration must be economic collapse; there is no other possible explanation for decisions so detrimental to America.
Another reason to dislike the letters B-L-M.
Trump made history today for being the first former president to be tried for criminal charges. Will his strategy of violating the gag the insults order cause a mistrial to buy him time or just cost him money? Was he shamed when the world found out Stormy spanked him with Forbes magazine? What is the over/under contempt citations count?
He’s sleeping in court today. That’s how important this persecution.
Nobody cares. It’s election interference from loser democrats. Not a problem
He did make history. Best example yet of what a sham the US justice system has become.
Obviously the Russia collusion hoax did not teach you a damn thing DOH. We pity your ignorance.
DOH has mastered the “willing suspension of disbelief”
Never forget that Stormy Daniels said that the affair and “hush money” never happened.
Coward biden is scared to debate TRUMP. He will be do it. He’s a chicken
DOH,
Hypothetical question, Trump gets thrown in jail and Biden runs un opposed. Would you be happy about this scenario?
@ DYNO….. you aren’t actually expecting an answer are you?
DOH is like Biden… he doesn’t debate because he can’t.
“History teaches that war begins when
governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.”
–Ronald Reagan
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Accurate view in political cartoons, click to enlarge
https://www.creators.com/read/tom-stiglich/04/24/368902
https://www.creators.com/read/tom-stiglich/04/24/369311
https://www.creators.com/read/tom-stiglich/04/24/369307
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Leftist media and usual talking heads, Israel should do nothing.
Hmm, how would that idea have been received here after Pearl Harbor or 9/11 ? ? ?
Street Gangs and terrorists both understand one thing,
violent overwhelming lethal retaliation.
Make the price of any future violence to terrible to risk.
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‘President Reagan’s Address to the Nation on U.S. Air Strike against Libya – 4/14/86’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13xx1J5FdNE
Transcript of speech
https://tinyurl.com/4bafdpjp
What would situation be if Reagan were President now ? ? ?
CHum
Biden is a chicken beta male, just like his supporters. I can’t believe he won’t debate KING TRUMP
Commie show trials are fun.
“A 16-year-old student at Central Davidson High School in Lexington, North Carolina was suspended for three days last week after using the term ‘illegal alien’ during a vocabulary assignment in his English class.”
https://tinyurl.com/5n985pva
Better sit down for this one, Read up using URLs about DEM politician history.
Recall when “minor- attracted persons (MAPs) ” was being pushed ?
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“California lawmakers next week are set to debate a proposal that would ramp up the consequences for consumers of the child sex trafficking industry.
Under California law, purchasing or soliciting a child for sex is a misdemeanor carrying a maximum penalty of up to a year in jail, or a minimum of two days in jail, and a $10,000 fine.
Sen. Shannon Grove” (republican) “is trying to change that with SB 1414, which would classify the crime as a felony, carrying a maximum penalty of up to four years in prison and a $25,000 fine.”
https://tinyurl.com/yc856hyc
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SB-1414 Crimes: solicitation of a minor. (2023-2024) session
https://tinyurl.com/r9ctspzm
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What is astounding to me is existing misdemeanor status of crime, especially in a state that has a super majority DEM controlled of state legislature and a DEM governor.
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What is it about DEMs and children ? ! ! !
‘CA Democrats Author Bill to Protect Sex Offenders Who Lure Minors’
“No sex offender registry if perpetrator within 10 years of age of the minor”
https://tinyurl.com/ww8ukrpv
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SB-145 Sex offenders: registration. (2019-2020) session
https://tinyurl.com/bdenr4vs
By the way His Imperial Majesty Emperor newsom signed the law.
‘California Democrats Protect Offenders Who Lure Minors’
https://tinyurl.com/2rdaueww
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If you value children’s SAFETY,
tell us again why you elect DEMs ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Can you believe that trafficking children in Calif is only a misdemeanor ,so that liberals can keep doing it.
These lax child predator laws have the stench of Weiner all over them. Buying a kid only gets you 1 yr in jail, max? Pathetic.
its ok to be a pimp in Calif,as long as your workers are children
‘California’s Senate Democrats Reject Bill to Make Purchasing a Child for Sex a Felony‘
“Democrats rejected Grove’s proposal to make the buying of children for sex a prison felony, and blindsided her and hijacked her bill when they forced hostile amendments”
https://tinyurl.com/a6h8pfkp
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So I’ll ask the questions again,
What is it about DEMs and children ? ! ! !
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If you value children’s SAFETY,
tell us again why you elect DEMs ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
They certainly do take care of their own.
Trump quietly pays off mortgage for family of slain New York police officer.Noleftist media dares mention it.
On a lighter note 2/3 of all electric buses in Calif are not working and cant be repaired
BUT, But, but,
it sounded like such a good idea on social media . . . . . . .
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‘Google FIRES 28 employees over their involvement in
$1.2B Israel contract protest inside New York and California offices’ …
“Soon after an internal investigation, Google vice president of global security Chris Rackow announced the termination of 28 employees in a companywide memo.
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The memo reportedly read: ‘They took over office spaces, defaced our property, and physically impeded the work of other Googlers.
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‘Their behavior was unacceptable, extremely disruptive and made co-workers feel threatened.
‘Behavior like this has no place in our workplace and we will not tolerate it.
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‘It clearly violates multiple policies that all employees must adhere to – including our code of conduct and policy on harassment, discrimination, retaliation, standards of conduct, and workplace concerns’.
https://tinyurl.com/369m54nb
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FAFO . . . . . . . an Yup they found out
Thinking about buying a house in this biden harris economy ? ? ?
Today’s 30-year fixed mortgage rates
7.125% Rate 7.287% APR
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Latest (4/16/2024) government reports both housing starts and building permits both DOWN.
Just recently Time magazine has listed Gavin Newsom as a top 10 influencer.
Here is a top ten list of what Newsom has accomplished for California.
1) number one in taxes
2) number one in homelessness
3) number one for people on welfare
4) number one for many businesses leaving the state
5) number one for people moving from the state
6) number one for highest gas prices
7) number one for highest utility prices
8) number one for state debt at 80billion dollars and counting
9) number one for prisoners released early from prison
10)number one for spending 24billion dollars on homelessness that can’t be accounted for
That’s a lot of influence none of us need…..
“Former Attorney General Bill Barr said Wednesday he will vote for the “Republican ticket” in the November presidential election”. Barr said Wednesday he thinks “the real danger to the country — the real danger to democracy, as I say, is the progressive agenda.”
“Trump may be playing Russian roulette, but a continuation of the Biden administration is national suicide, in my opinion”
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4599759-bill-barr-republican-ticket-vote-2024/
More lies from Biden today as he is called out for saying that he is the first family member to go to college after years of saying his grandfather went to college on a scholarship,causing many public figures to say he is a pathological liar
He also said his Uncle was shot down in New Guinea in WWII and eaten by cannibals…. really.
Actual story is the plane had mechanical trouble and crashed into the ocean & he drowned.
I hope Trump can resist making any “You’re Fired” jokes for awhile.