California's high-speed rail project was always a loser. People already have so many affordable ways to get from San Francisco to L.A. and vice versa. The "bullet" train was never going to reach the advertised speeds, and was going to cross the most sparsely populated part of the state, for much more than the cost, per passenger, of an airplane ticket. So when Gov. Gavin Newsom canceled the project upon taking office in 2019, it was a rare moment of sanity.
But then Trump did the unthinkable: he demanded that federal taxpayers be given back some of the billions of dollars they had spent on the boondoggle. After all, in the world of real estate development, if you cancel a contract to build something, you don't get to keep the money.
Now Biden is giving California nearly $1 billion back -- even though the state is flush with cash, including over $75 billion in budget surplus funds and nearly $30 billion in "COVID relief" from the federal government. The high-speed rail, even with that money, is no longer going to connect major cities, but rural communities.
Yet another reason Californians, and Americans, should miss Donald Trump.
This week, we are tackling two major areas of contention between the Trump administration and Democrat governors: fighting crime, and redistricting. The president is sending the National Guard to blue cities -- and blue states are trying to stamp out Republican representation. Is this a civil war situation?
Special guests:
- Bradley Jaye -- Breitbart News congressional correspondent, on redistricting
- Tom Manza, California Business and Industrial Alliance, on Gavin Newsom
- Jon Fleischman, veteran California political expert, on the special election
- Dan Backer, veteran political lawyer and consultant, on corruption
- DJ Mark Anthony, on a recent visit to Rome and visiting Pope Leo XIV
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This week's portion is the last of the month of Av -- also known as Menachem (Comforter) Av -- which begins in mourning and ends in celebration and anticipation of the New Year and the process of repentance and renewal.
In a similar vein, the portion features Moses offering the Israelites a choice between a blessing and a curse. They are masters of their own fates: if they obey God's commandments, they receive the blessings -- and vice versa.
The key commandment is to reject idol worship. There is said to be something magnetic about the practice of worshiping idols in the new land, such that it would be constant moral battle, both individually and collectively, in the land.
Nowadays, according to Jewish tradition, humanity has lost the urge for idol worship (and the antidote, which is divine prophecy) -- but there are several near substitutes, such as lust or excessive appetites for worldly pleasures.
We are wired for compulsive behaviors, bad habits, and even addictions. These ...
We have so much to talk about this week -- Trump's efforts to negotiate peace through negotiation, and Gavin Newsom's efforts to divide Americans through gerrymandering. We'll also talk about Playboy leaving LA and California.
Special guests:
Frances Martel - Breitbart News foreign editor, on Russia & Ukraine
Bradley Jaye - Breitbart News congressional correspondent, on Newsom
Harmeet Dhillon - DOJ Civil Rights Division chief, on the fight against DEI
Jessica Vaugn - Playboy model on political commentator, on California
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