MOMENTS AGO: @J_Gallagher4CA (R-East Nicolaus) was sworn in by Speaker @MikeJohnson as the newest member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
The former California Assembly Minority Leader succeeds the late Rep. Doug LaMalfa for the remainder of the term representing California's 1st Congressional District.
Incredible. This feels surreal to see James in Congress. I know this moment isnāt lost on him. No doubt he will make his mark in DC and help the north state!
Congratulations @J_Gallagher4CA
Ok⦠most of you know I was in the organic baby formula business, but what you donāt know is I dabbled in diapers as well.
I also know this baby2baby ānon profitā and have had past interactions with them.. Iāll leave that out for now..
Letās dive into this absolute grifting nonsense. Prepare to be shocked.
California is about to spend $20 million of taxpayer money to give 100,000 newborns 400 diapers each through Baby2Baby.
Do the math with me:
100,000 babies Ć 400 diapers = 40 million diapers
$20,000,000 Ć· 40,000,000 = $0.50 per diaper!!!!!
Now walk into any Costco in California and you can buy the same quality diapers for .12 to .15 cents each!
Thatās $48 to $60 for 400 diapers.
So the state is paying 8ā10x more per diaper than a regular family buying in bulk.
They couldāve just handed every low-income new mom $100 cash and told her to go to Costco. Sheād get more diapers, better ones if she wanted, and still have money left for formula, wipes, or whatever the hell she actually needs.
But nah⦠that wouldnāt let Gavin and his connected ānonprofitā girls running the show there cut ribbons, take photos, do galas and be friends with celebrities and brag about the āfirst-in-the-nationā program while skimming their cut for āadministrationā and āpartnerships.ā
This is peak government stupidity!!!
Spend way more money to feel good and look good, instead of just trusting parents with their own damn money.
Weāre not helping babies. Weāre funding another bloated nonprofit-government grift.
Math doesnāt lie. The diaper math is brutal.
What a scam and a joke!!!!!
Congressional Redistricting Amendment in Virginia has passed.
Letās look at the numbers:
Total Votes: Expected > 3.1M.
Total Registered Voters (2024): 6,434,637
Total Voters in 2024 Presidential: 4,535,314
Total Voters in 2025 Gubernatorial: 3,433,340
I met with two Waymo reps a few years back. Even then, you could tell they were dodging real safety concerns and didn't seem to care much about the problems.
It's just more proof their 'autonomous' system isn't what they sell it as.
Claim: āFL is not good for anyone under 55ā
Reality:
1. Universal school choice for all parents including homeschoolers
2. Strongest Parents Bill of Rights in the nation
3. No sales tax on baby items
4. Lowest in-state college and university tuition in the nation (and hasnāt increased a penny since Iāve been governor)
5. #1 economy among the states 3 years in a row
6. 50 year low in the crime rate
7. Most active state in supporting federal deportation of illegal aliens
8. #1 state for new business formations
9. Best beaches, best fishing, best boating and best theme parks
10. #1 public higher education system (10 years running)
If you're a Democrat legislator in California who writes a bill to protect children from being sexually trafficked, the Speaker will strip you off your bill, humiliate you & continue to protect sex slave buyers while wearing jeans supposedly in support of rape victims.
You can always count on James to stand tall against the cowards, the morally rotten, and the degenerates in CA. A true leader with an unyielding moral compass, fighting for whatās right.
Today proved something the Capitol doesnāt want to admit: Republicans still matter. Until this morning, any mention of protections for 16/17 year olds from being purchased for sex was going to be stripped from the bill.
After @AsmRepublicans applied pressure, Dems scrambled to *at least* expedite (non-substantive) amendments with the recognition they must protect ALL minors. That didnāt happen until we forced the issue.
The amendments are deeply flawed and donāt do a thing to protect 16/17 year olds. But, together with the public and even @CAgovernor@GavinNewsom, we moved the football down the field.
We must continue to hold #caleg accountable to ensure protections for every minor child from being purchased. With your help, Iām confident we can get this done.
@ZavalaA@EytanWallace@danielapardotv
Spoke w/ Assem. Public Safety Chair Nick Shultz about blocking bill to make it a felony in CA to buy 16- & 17-year-olds for sex.
When I asked if he's ok with what's happening on Sacramento's blade, he didn't like premise of my question but hopes law enforcement keeps engaging..