James V. Lacy

Politico best seller-Author of Taxifornia - Reagan Adm. General Counsel, conservative activist & pundit.

[James V. Lacy @JamesVLacy1]

Hakeem Jeffries today on Fox: “Iran is stronger now than it was 100 days ago.” Artificial Intelligence: “No, Iran is structurally and economically weaker than it was 100 days ago.” I guess just more lies from AI.

[James V. Lacy @JamesVLacy1]

Spencer Pratt ahead by only 7,000 votes on tonight’s Saturday night count tally. What a stunning reversal in late ballots. I’m not sure now Spencer will make it through next tally. Too many ballots left uncounted. Sickening to watch.

[James V. Lacy @JamesVLacy1]

Pratt will not come in third. First big dump today added 13% of vote to total 76% in. That dump is real data evidencing the likely final trend. It did not change much on margins. Pratt lost little and is still only 5 points behind Bass, and Raman is 7.1% behind Pratt. Trends in data do not show in the end Raman can pick up more than 2.2 points on Pratt, at best. It is a Bass/Pratt runoff. Raman is going to be third.

[James V. Lacy @JamesVLacy1]

Spencer Pratt is 30.1% just 4 points & 27k votes behind Bass w/63% vote in. And is 8 pts ahead, crushing Raman. Last week’s flawed LA Times poll had Pratt losing by 3 pts to Raman. Truth is 11 point difference in Pratt’s favor. Yet - Five column headline today with thumb on scale for Bass victory & casts doubt on whether Pratt will make runoff. It is just more bias. This cake is baked, Pratt is in, and in fighting distance of November win. Better position than Caruso 4 years ago! Regardless of LA Times multiple biases, the story is Pratt’s win not Bass’.

[James V. Lacy @JamesVLacy1]

Spencer Pratt now leads Bass in reliable McLaughlin poll, 30% to 29%. (Raman is not on top.). McLaughlin has polled accurately for Trump & Reagan. This runs contrary to flawed LA Times poll, which manipulates the “turn out” model, showing Pratt third. https://t.co/8Z4rLONYvw

[James V. Lacy @JamesVLacy1]

New UC Berkeley-L.A. Times election eve poll has Bass at 26%, Raman at 25% & Spencer Pratt at 22% among “likely voters.” DON’T TRUST IT! Same poll flubbed Nov. 2020 election & predicted Prop. 22 (Uber/Lyft measure) would lose, when it won handily. This poll skews Left and has lousy track record.
https://t.co/IZgl3XaHmH

[James V. Lacy @JamesVLacy1]

Brad Sherman’s opponent insists she is not a Chinese spy. https://t.co/P4kBgmUsBj

[James V. Lacy @JamesVLacy1]

Matt Mahan’s campaign is toast. Reed Hastings wants his $1,000,000 back. Thus sinks the most reasonable Democrat running for California Governor. https://t.co/VLK7X0Xs8D

[Darrell Issa @DarrellIssa]

Carl DeMaio is a liar and a grifter. He has spent $934,267 he supposedly raised to pass Voter ID in November to bash Republicans in June primaries. Conservative donors did not contribute to his campaigns to fund attack ads against Republicans that are not even running against him.

Carl’s 2026 primary so far: lie about good conservatives, break campaign finance law, grift off conservative donors and impersonate the Republican Party with fake voter guides.

Carl is spending YOUR donation to attack solid conservative Republicans.

[James V. Lacy @JamesVLacy1]

Spencer Pratt’s campaign for Mayor of LA centers on a populist, anti-establishment platform targeting public safety, homelessness, & government accountability. Mayor Karen Bass’ campaign centered this week on free teeth for meth addicts. @Johnnydontlike @FlashReport @RealWillONeill @floydbrown @johngizzi

[James V. Lacy @JamesVLacy1]

Bill Bloomfield just gave $1,000,000 to a PAC dedicated to defeating Steve Hilton for Governor of CA. A native of West Los Angeles and the South Bay, Bloomfield’s residence in giving the million dollars is listed as Park City, Utah. @Johnnydontlike @DuaneDichiara @FlashReport @LATSeema

[James V. Lacy @JamesVLacy1]

New Steyer attack ad on TV on Becerra attacks him essentially for being Steyer. @Johnnydontlike @FlashReport @RealWillONeill @CAGOP

[First Lady Melania Trump @FLOTUS]

Kimmel’s hateful and violent rhetoric is intended to divide our country. His monologue about my family isn’t comedy- his words are corrosive and deepens the political sickness within America.

People like Kimmel shouldn’t have the opportunity to enter our homes each evening to spread hate.

A coward, Kimmel hides behind ABC because he knows the network will keep running cover to protect him.

Enough is enough.  It is time for ABC to take a stand.  How many times will ABC’s leadership enable Kimmel’s atrocious behavior at the expense of our community.

[James V. Lacy @JamesVLacy1]

@DuaneDichiara I don’t recall who he actually hired I just recall I was a finalist and he lost the subsequent election when Republicans still had a chance in CA.

[James V. Lacy @JamesVLacy1]

I interviewed to be his Chief of Staff. He asked me a hypothetical question. It was “Grover Norquist wants me to sign his “No Tax Pledge.” How would you advise me? I said, “I advise you to sign it.” He responds “f@$& you.” I explain he wants to win election in his own right and he needs to own the tax cut space. He responds “there is a war going on” and “it would be patriotic to vote for a war tax.” Years later, after I didn’t get the job and he didn’t win the election, he actually told me I was right. The only person I have ever told this story too is former Congressman Chris Cox, who urged Seymour to hire me. My career has done well regardless, as has your Duane. Seymour was a nice man and I think more highly of him now knowing he gave you a start. @FlashReport @Johnnydontlike @RealWillONeill

[James V. Lacy @JamesVLacy1]

@ThePatriotsPray This article may help your understanding of all the foreign flags at CPAC - https://t.co/PYhroweGoX

[James V. Lacy @JamesVLacy1]

I published this in 2014. https://t.co/wShrPPBcaW

[Molly O’Shea @MollySOShea]

BREAKING: David @friedberg says "California is functionally bankrupt"

"People don't realize how screwed California is, & I worry that if California falls, so does the union.

"$250 billion to $1 trillion short."

"This is because for California to get rescued would be a big cost to red states, & I think it creates in the years ahead a lot of tension."

"California's functional bankruptcy is a major risk to the country. & I think we need to figure out what we can change to fix it."

How we got here:
"California has a public pension system, & that public pension system retirees have paid into it & they get some benefits out, & the amount that they're owed back out is somewhere between $250 billion - $1 trillion dollars more than has been paid in.

$250 billion to $1 trillion short.

If it was the federal government, it would be like, okay, we'll just print more money. California doesn't have the ability to print money, so California has to pay this out, and you can't restructure retirement benefits.

There is a Supreme Court case in California that said that once an employee has been offered retirement benefits, even if they're currently an employee, you can never restructure their retirement benefits.

It has to stay forever, and the state cannot declare bankruptcy. There's no way for the state to functionally declare bankruptcy. There's no law to allow it. No state has ever declared bankruptcy, and the retirement benefits sit senior to the bonds in California.

So you have to pay out the retirement benefits before you pay out all the bond holders that have loaned California the money that they use to run all their programs and services."

Hill & Valley Forum 2026 (@HillValleyForum)

[James V. Lacy @JamesVLacy1]

California is not as liberal as you think, even according to the Democrats! https://t.co/4FYwM9Gh3U