[LI] This pisses me off so much. The State has an $18Bil structural deficit and they're trying to make it worse. Hopefully Trump slams CA and Newsom
The quest for new Medi-Cal participants may prove difficult...as California’s immigration rates have plunged after the enormous success of the Trump administration’s border control efforts.
As we head into 2026, it appears that California is poised to begin the New Year with an $18 Billion debt and could easily be double that amount.
California will face a nearly $18 billion budget deficit in the new fiscal year due to higher than expected spending, despite an economic boon largely driven by AI enthusiasm and strong revenue, the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office said Wednesday.
To make things worse, the $17.7 billion shortfall could balloon to an annual $35 billion by fiscal year 2027-28, as spending continues to grow and debts come due, the office warned in its annual fiscal outlook.
As the next presidential election cycle looms, these numbers could prove difficult for Gov. Gavin Newsom to explain on the campaign trail. In an attempt to stem the fiscal bleeding, he is attempting to control the cash flow my cutting off some of the generous benefits given to illegal immigrants in the state.
As an added bonus, California’s deep blue bureaucrats are blaming President Donald Trump for forcing them into fiscal and constitutional responsibility.
Many illegal immigrants in California will become ineligible for Medi-Cal coverage in the new year, according to new guidance from state officials.
…at which point the sign-ups will become null and void, right? So why bother?
The Department of Health Care Services, which administers the state’s Medicaid program, called Medi-Cal, announced the move in August. The department stated on its website that immigrants with "unsatisfactory immigration status" will not be able to sign up for Medi-Cal on Jan. 1. That’s a reference to illegal immigrants.
"Federal cuts approved by Congress, Trump-era tariffs and ongoing attacks on our undocumented communities have created true fiscal strain for people in states like California," said Assemblymember Dawn Addis, D-San Luis Obispo and chair of the Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Health.
"In response, the legislature acted to protect care by minimizing and postponing reductions in coverage," Addis told The Center Square in an emailed statement on Tuesday. "The cost of the federal government’s erosion of healthcare is extremely high — both in tens of millions of dollars to our state and in real health consequences for Californians."
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ref #2 above - exactly what you would suspect.
CalPers Board is entirely loaded with SEIU members and democrat political appointees.
" AI Cite: "SEIU stands for the Service Employees International Union, a large labor union representing about 2 million diverse workers in healthcare, public services (like government and schools), and property services (janitors, security guards) across the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico, fighting for better wages, benefits, respect, and a more just society for working families. They work to empower workers in various sectors to have a voice, secure family-supporting pay, affordable healthcare, and better working conditions.
What they do:
Organize Workers: Bring underpaid, often non-unionized workers into the union to collectively bargain for improvements.
Advocate for Policies: Push for higher minimum wages (like $15/hour), paid sick leave, affordable healthcare, and protections for essential workers.
Build Global Alliances: Partner with unions worldwide to challenge multinational corporations and raise labor standards globally.
Support Diverse Sectors: Represent nurses, home health aides, janitors, security officers, child care providers, and government employees.
Key goals:
Economic Justice: Ensure workers, not just corporations, benefit from the economy.
Dignity & Respect: Uphold the value of all workers and the services they provide.
A Just Society: Create a world where all families and communities can thrive. "
…one of the very rough men since his youth — in the CIA-linked Afghan army’s Zero Unit described as a death squad, which left the father of five with severe PTSD after they were evacuated during the fall of Afghanistan as part of Operation Allies Welcome in 2021 and settled in Bellingham, Washington state, though he did his best as an Amazon driver to support his family, but alternated isolating in a dark room with occasionally going on manic cross-country drives to cope. This may have been his version of death by cop...
the Afghan national accused in the liquidation-style murder attempt on two National Guard troops in late November in Washington, D.C., was hit with federal first-degree murder charges on Tuesday. Unfortunately, one of the two victims perished as a result of the attack.
Now he could face the death penalty , according to the Department of Justice.
Prosecutors also alleged that the Afghan refugee tried to buy even more guns before his attack on American troops on Nov. 26.
The criminal complaint, filed in DC US District Court, brought the gun-related, assault and murder counts against the 29-year-old father of five for the shooting of West Virginia National Guard soldiers Sarah Beckstrom, who later died, and Andrew Wolfe, who is still recovering from his wounds.
Jeanine Pirro, the US attorney for the District of Columbia, said the case is transferred from Superior Court to the District Court in an escalation of possible consequences for the alleged shooter.
Pirro wrote:
"The transfer of the Rahmanullah Lakanwal case from Superior Court to District Court ensures that we can undertake the serious, deliberate, and weighty analysis required to determine if the death penalty is appropriate here.
"Sarah Beckstrom was just 20 years old when she was killed and her parents are now forced to endure the holiday season without their daughter. Andrew Wolfe, by the grace of God, survived but has a long road ahead in his recovery."
Prosecutors also said the suspect tried to buy even more guns before his twisted shooting spree.
The FBI revealed that Lakanwal purchased a stolen .357 Magnum Smith & Wesson revolver for the shooting about two weeks before he drove across the country from his home in Bellingham, Wash.
On Oct. 15, he also contacted an individual to “find” even more firearms for him — including an AR-15 rifle and a stockless, AK-47-style “Draco” pistol — but only ended up being able to get his hands on a revolver, the affidavit alleged.
It had previously been reported stolen from a home in Washington state.
Lakanwal had already been charged in a Washington, D.C., Superior Court with numerous charges, including murder, and had pleaded not guilty to all of them. He is next due in court for those counts on January 2.
But this move by the DOJ ups the ante and could lead to the death penalty. He’s certainly deserving:
Lakanwal is accused of shooting Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom and Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, both members of the West Virginia National Guard who had been deployed to the nation's capital, in an ambush-style attack on Nov. 26. Beckstrom, 20, was shot in the head and died from her wounds the next day.
Wolfe, 24, was also shot in the head and critically wounded. As of earlier this month, he was able to breathe on his own and could stand with assistance. His medical team said on Dec. 12 that he was ready to transition from acute care to inpatient rehabilitation, noting in a statement that he had made "extraordinary progress."
[Rudaw] Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako, Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, has come under criticism for using the word "normalization" during a Christmas celebration in Baghdad—a term widely associated with normalizing relations with Israel and prohibited under Iraqi law.
"Mr. Prime Minister, there is talk about normalization, and I hope that the new government will ensure that normalization is in Iraq and with Iraq," Cardinal Sako said in his speech at St. Joseph's Chaldean Cathedral in Baghdad on Wednesday.
Speaking at the same event, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudan ...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans... i responded to the Christian leader.
"In Iraq, we do not need normalization; rather, we need brotherhood, love, and coexistence. This is a moral, religious, constitutional, and legal commitment that governs our relationships. The term ’normalization’ does not exist in the Iraqi lexicon, because it is linked to an occupying entity that stands against land and humanity, and which all heavenly religions reject," said Sudani, referring to Israel.
The Iraqi parliament passed a bill in 2022 which criminalizes relations with Israel. The main part of the bill bans "the establishment of diplomatic, political, military, economic, and cultural relations and any other sort of relations with the invading Zionist entity."
The penalties stipulated by the law range from life imprisonment or temporary imprisonment up to the death penalty for those convicted under its provisions.
The normalization of ties with Israel as part of the Abraham Accords is a US-led joint Middle East peace initiative. Four countries - the United Arab Emirates, Sudan, Bahrain, and Morocco - have announced normalization agreements with Israel, with America's support.
The United States is seeking to expand the initiative by bringing in additional countries, including Saudi Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula, largely made up of sand and oil rigs. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual haj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Formerly dictatorial and steeped in Olde Tyme Religion, deferring to Salafist holy men on all issues, it has now done a 180 and is making a serious effort to modernize, so as not to be left in the sand by its Gulf Arab neighbors. The holy men have been shoved to the background and the nation is now still dictatorial but somewhat rational. That doesn't make them trustworthy, but it's a start... and Syria.
Prominent Iraqi Shiite holy manMoqtada Tater al-Sadr ...hereditary Iraqi holy man and leader of a political movement in Iraq. He had his hereditary rival al-Khoei assassinated shortly after the holy rival's appearance out of exile in 2003. Formerly an Iranian catspaw, lately he gagged over some of their more outlandish antics, then went back to catspawry when the check cleared... also reacted to Cardinal Sako’s statement.
"Normalization is a crime, and Iraqi law prescribes punishment for it. Anyone who promotes it or calls for it—whoever they may be—will not escape punishment," he said. "The competent official authorities must swiftly carry out their duties; there will be no place for normalization or its legitimization in Iraq."
The Cardinal’s office said in a statement on Thursday that he did not mean normalization of relations with Israel.
"The normalization he referred to is not political normalization with Israel. His Beatitude has repeatedly condemned the brutal aggression against Paleostine (Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... )," read the statement.
"Rather, what he meant was civilizational and cultural normalization with Iraq. Abraham is from Mesopotamia (today’s Iraq), the cradle of civilizations. Iraq is a vast museum from Basra to Zakho. Therefore, the government should pay attention to this, attract tourists to Iraq, and make this a fundamental economic resource, since oil will eventually run out," explained the office.
Iraq is among the countries that openly and strongly support the Paleostinian cause, with some pro-Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... gangs in the country having targeted US and Israeli interests in the region over the issue.
[IsraelNationalNews] A new research by Lt. Col. (ret.) Jonathan D. Halevi and the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs (JCSFA) revealed the extent of Qatar's deep and ongoing involvement in advancing a jihadist mindset among the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas.
The research stressed that, "Qatar is not a neutral mediator but rather a state that provided Hamas with political sanctuary, financial lifelines, ideological reinforcement, and global reach. Through hosting Hamas leadership, sustaining aid flows that bolstered Hamas governance, and supporting clerical networks that sanctified violence and genocide, Qatar enabled Hamas’s transformation into a heavily armed, ideologically driven organization capable of carrying out the October 7 attack and seeking to expand its terror campaign beyond the region."
The documents and testimonies examined during the research point to broad political and financial support that Qatar provided to Hamas, enabling the organization to accelerate its military capabilities development.
As part of this, an unprecedented tunnel network was established, a local arms industry was built, and thousands of fighters were trained. All this was aimed at developing a comprehensive offensive plan, which was implemented in the October 7, 2023 attack.
..."Ignoring the ideological and state infrastructure that enabled the October 7 attack endangers not only Israel but also regional and international stability," Halevi concluded. "The fight against terrorism cannot be limited to rhetorical condemnations - it requires exposure, accountability, and concrete actions against the states that enable it." Nobody ever said that being a Jew is easy.
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Gee, ya think?
It must be all their funding of Hamas and antisemites at Columbia that tipped them off.
Why do we have an airbase there? To defend Qatar? To ensure the Muslim Brotherhood has a safe homebase to plot genocide?
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So, Qatar is just like the U.N.
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I remember a video of somebody researching some of the last of the Arabian Gazelles and some Qatar sheiks showed up and gunned them all down within 5 mins. They have been out of control self-centered aholes for a long long time.
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...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula, largely made up of sand and oil rigs. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual haj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Formerly dictatorial and steeped in Olde Tyme Religion, deferring to Salafist holy men on all issues, it has now done a 180 and is making a serious effort to modernize, so as not to be left in the sand by its Gulf Arab neighbors. The holy men have been shoved to the background and the nation is now still dictatorial but somewhat rational. That doesn't make them trustworthy, but it's a start...
