I’ve spent 15 years reporting on California elections. I know well the problems with elections administration here.
If you see people screaming “fraud,” it’s safe to say they’re full of shit.
Documented cases of elections fraud in CA are extremely rare.
https://t.co/4tW7ssyKJr
NEWS: Just fired veteran correspondent Scott Pelley says 60 Minutes has lost its DNA
He alleges new CBS News management "instructed me to inject falsehoods and bias into a politically sensitive story" this season. (He says he ignored or refused.)
FULL STATEMENT
In the past two weeks, the president has lied that he’d have won California with an honest vote count, that California doesn’t allow people to vote in person, and that California mails out 15 million excess ballots. All absolute nonsense. https://t.co/lCo2EJ9oMv
We aren’t talking about this enough.
Trump’s lawsuit against his own IRS, the one that he settled to create the $1.776 billion dollar January 6 slush fund, was over the leak of his tax returns. But they were leaked when he was in charge of the IRS.
So Trump settled his lawsuit against his own IRS with his own DOJ over the leak of his own tax returns, which were leaked while he was President the first time and running the IRS.
Make it make sense!
Trump: “I have a contractor that built my pools, did an Olympic pool at my clubs. He can do the reflecting pool for $1.3M in less than 2 weeks.”
*A no bid contract and 6 weeks later, the budget is now $13.4M
Trump: “I don’t know the contractor. Never used them before.”
Economy then vs now:
GDP growth:
2024 2.8%
2026 1.6%
Inflation:
2024 2.9%
2026 3.8%
Wages:
2024 rising faster than inflation
2026 rising slower than inflation
Unemployment rate:
2024 4%
2026 4.3%
Jobs added per month:
2024 >120,000
2026 76,000
Jobs vs Unemployed:
2024 7.6 million job openings vs 6.9 million unemployed
2026 6.8 million job openings vs 7.2 million unemployed
National Debt
2024 $35.5 trillion
2026 $39 trillion
Deficit
2024 $1.8 trillion
2026 CBO projection $2 trillion
Uninsured Americans:
2024 27 million
2026 CBO projection 30 million
Gas prices per gallon:
December 2024 ~$3.00
Today $4.43