David Benning

Community volunteer and political activist.

[Dr Jordan B Peterson @jordanbpeterson]

To the Americans:

I've travelled all over the world. I've familiarized myself with many places, and met many people. And I'm a Canadian, although I’m privileged to reside once again in the States.

And here's something I've noticed, and it’s a key element of America's continuing greatness:

You bloody Americans value success, and you believe in its existence.

This is something that doesn't really happen anywhere else in the world. Even in other free democracies—the United Kingdom; Finland, Sweden, and Norway; Australia, New Zealand and Canada; Germany, France, and the Netherlands (great countries all)—a counterproductive cynicism too often reigns.

Success is equated with exploitation.
Ambition is looked upon with contempt.

This happens sometimes in the United States too—particularly among the miserable progressives, who confuse their resentment, ingratitude and unearned skepticism with wisdom.

But in your great country, by and large, striving is admired and success celebrated.

This means that more people strive and succeed in the US than anywhere else. And it's increasingly obvious. You remain stunningly more innovative and productive than any people anywhere else on the planet.

And so I say, as all should who are fortunate enough to live in the western world, let alone America:

Thank God for the United States.

Thank God for the wisdom of its founders.
Thank God for its faith in the free market and in the natural rights of man.
Happy birthday, you damn Yankees and Southerners.

Long may your admirable country dominate the world.

Long may your freedom and hope provide an example to those suffering everywhere at the hands of their malevolent states.

May your two and a half centuries of unparallelled success be just the beginning.

Your country is the light of the world, and the city on the hill.

Thank God for the USA.

Happy 250th.

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson

[Kevin Kiley @KevinKileyCA]

There's a reason Newsom doesn't even show Californians the map they're voting for on the ballot. Because they would reject it. Princeton University analysts gave it an "F" grade and called it one of the two worst gerrymanders of the last 50 years.

[Susan Shelley @Susan_Shelley]

A plane will take you from LA to SF in 75 minutes.
A car will take you from LA to SF in 5 hours & 45 minutes.
High-Speed Rail may take you from Palmdale to Gilroy in 2045.
Did you know: the price of gasoline is higher in CA because of fees that fund the bullet train. Now you do.

[David Benning @DavidBenning]

@TuckerCNews 👍

[David Benning @DavidBenning]

@JDVanceNewsX 👍

[Steve Garvey @SteveyGarvey6]

In case you missed last night’s final US Senate debate between @AdamSchiff and me, this video had the highlights. I’d love to hear your thoughts!

[Susan Shelley @Susan_Shelley]

Attention California: You're being played. You're paying higher electricity and gasoline bills for nothing. And they're going up again.

[David Benning @DavidBenning]

@Gutfeldfox @kilmeade @tomshillue @MorganOrtagus @KatTimpf @PlanetTyrus @FoxNews @kilmeade did a good job with the show today. Good job Brian and team!

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Wow, Google has a search ban on President Donald Trump!

Election interference?

[Mike Netter @nettermike]

How is it working out?

[Houman David Hemmati, MD, PhD @houmanhemmati]

🚨 CALIFORNIA NEEDS AN IMMEDIATE MORATORIUM ON ALL “HOMELESS HOUSING” DEVELOPMENT🚨

A major scandal has revealed the depths of the Homeless-Industrial Complex in CA, with evidence Step Up on Second has been pocketing millions of homeless $ w/many empty & nonexistent projects.

Per LATimes: “Last month, a state audit found that California hasn’t adequately tracked the outcomes of $24 billion it’s spent on programs to fight homelessness, including Homekey, over the last five years. The seven housing projects by Shangri-La and Step Up offer one example of how difficult it can be to balance urgency and oversight. Shangri-La received its Homekey grants directly, upfront, according to the Department of Housing and Community Development. “This was the program structure, to disburse upfront in order to quickly acquire the projects,” said a spokesperson for the department. What exactly happened to the more than $114 million that Shangri-La received is unclear, but court proceedings, including the recent filings involving Step Up, have begun to reveal some possible answers…

The complaint accuses Holmes of stealing money meant for affordable housing and spending it on personal expenses — including a $46,000-a-month rental home in Beverly Hills, Louis Vuitton and Chanel handbags and a $5,000 monthly lease for a Ferrari Portofino — and taking out loans against Shangri-La properties to cover up his alleged embezzlement. (Holmes’ attorney has yet to respond in court, and did not respond to requests for comment from The Times.)…

According to the agreements between Shangri-La and Step Up, obtained by The Times, Step Up stood to earn 15% to 25% of potential future profits on the projects, as well as $3,000 per unit in “pre-development” fees on some of the buildings upon closing.”

We are being SCAMMED. Time to end this immediately and acknowledge that this entire process has been one gargantuan failure. For a small fraction of the money we have already spent, we can still solve many of these problems. It may not make developers, extraordinarily wealthy, but it will address our budget deficit while also solving so many problems that we faced today.

[Kevin Kiley @KevinKileyCA]

An audit finds California claimed $52 million in reimbursements from the federal government for providing healthcare to illegal immigrants. This is illegal under federal law.

The state is about to spend $3.1 billion per year expanding coverage to everyone here illegally.

[Susan Shelley @Susan_Shelley]

Why is he "outraged" when the L.A. City Council is committed to welcoming and paying all the expenses of our unhoused neighbors? Is Burbank not a neighbor?

[Susan Shelley @Susan_Shelley]

Can taxpayers send the bill for the clean-up and the CHP/LASD/LAPD overtime to the organizations that paid for the encampment? Can we deduct it from the chancellor's severance check?

[Susan Shelley @Susan_Shelley]

Thanks to the narrow victory of Proposition 1 in March, $2 billion of borrowed money will be thrown into the Project Homekey program, and here you can see an example of this public-private partnership's outcome: alleged embezzlement followed by bankruptcy.
https://t.co/kbXR2bu2oi

[David Benning @DavidBenning]

Legoland is awesome! We spent a couple of days there last week with my daughter and her family. The kids are ages 3, 5, and 7. Stayed in the themed Legoland hotel. Such a great experience! #LEGOLANDCalifornia

[Susan Shelley @Susan_Shelley]

Coming up at 12:35 on the John Phillips show on 790 KABC and https://t.co/syTsffG6ej. Listen in!

[David Benning @DavidBenning]

@Susan_Shelley Great interview!

[Susan Shelley @Susan_Shelley]

Prop. 1 is $6.38 billion dollars of borrowed money (costs us $12 billion with interest) to pay for about 11,500 beds. Sobriety is optional, by law.
The state has a $68 billion budget shortfall because of overspending.
Just say no. Ballots mail out in early February.

[Susan Shelley @Susan_Shelley]

Sunday's column for the Southern California News Group looked at the obstacles that L.A. County Registrar Dean Logan has thrown in the path of voters who lawfully attempt to check the accuracy of election results, signature verification and voter rolls. https://t.co/ckmGgVM1WA