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Editor's note: ...California's Governor Newsom is claiming about California and you will soon see through the gaslighting, duplicitousness and the credit he gives himself for making California's economy larger than Japan's with nominal GDP reaching $4.1 trillion. California's unemployment rate is at 5.3 percent which is higher than the national average. California is facing a $12 billion budget deficit caused by soaring costs for social services and has the highest state tax of any state. California is facing structural economic problems rather than temporary issues. California's tax system ranks 48th overall on the 2025 State Tax Competitiveness Index and the unemployment rate doesn't tell the full story of California's unhealthy labor force, which is near the bottom nationally. Non-partisan data sources paint a more concerning picture than federal and mainstream media reports. Newsom is totally plugged into the mainstream alright including federal agencies. The gap between mainstream media and the alternative media is closing fast. Newsom's policies support the view that California's high-tax policies are creating competitive disadvantages that drive businesses away and potentially harm long-term economic growth. Californians continue leaving the sate for Florida and Texas. Newsom unloads his nonsense on Instagram as well where a lot of people actually believe he alone is responsible for California's "success."

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$100 Million In Palisades Relief Disappears In Democratic Party's NGO Network

By Tyler Durden | July 23, 2025

Investigative journalist Sue Pascoe of Circling The News dropped a bombshell: $100 million raised during the celebrity-packed FireAid benefit concert may have disappeared. The money was initially intended to support homeless residents of Pacific Palisades after a devastating wildfire destroyed thousands of homes. Instead, Pascoe reports the funds were funneled through a complex web of NGOs - potentially diverted toward unrelated causes.

"So I looked at the initially they gave $50 million to about 120 nonprofits. And I looked at these nonprofits and one of them said, we help mobile home parks. And there are two mobile home parks in the Palisades. And so I contacted the people there. They had never received any money. They had never heard of that," Pascoe told Fox 11 Los Angeles during the interview.

🚨 Fire victims lost everything, but not a single dollar from the $100 MILLION raised ever reached them.

California Democrats funneled it to nonprofits instead.

This is what corruption looks like. Thank you @FOXLA, @MarlaTellez, and Sue Pascoe for exposing it. pic.twitter.com/FbYTzjdq8I

— California Republican Party (@CAGOP) July 21, 2025

Public records indicate that FireAid appears to be a pop-up NGO, created solely to assist the thousands of Pacific Palisades residents left homeless after the wildfire destroyed their community.

"Donate directly to FireAid today to help us start rebuilding our community," Fire Aid states on its website, adding that the funds will be "immediate relief" channeled through "more than 120 nonprofit organizations, reaching over 150,000 Angelenos."

Yet according to Pascoe, she told Fox 11’s host, "I don’t think they’re helping the victims at all." The newscaster told Pascoe that her team has reached out to Attorney General Rob Bonta about where the $100 million went.

Where did the money go? We all know the answer: it disappeared into the Democratic Party's NGO black hole.

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Here is Circle The News' full report: "FIREAID Concerts Net $100 Million: Fire Victims Ask Where’s the Money?"

What do El Nido, Home Grown, Vision y Compromiso and L.A.’s Home for Native People have in common? They all received FireAid Grants.

On April 21, this editor received a query from a reader, "Do you have any information as to where one can apply for the Fire Aid Concert Funds? I never could figure out where to apply for those funds?”

To support those residents in Pacific Palisades and Eaton who had lost homes – and in some cases – all their earthly possessions in the January 7, 8 and 9 Fires, a Fire Aid Benefit Concert was held on January 30, 2025. FireAid raised an estimated $100 million – and, if they want, people can still donate at https://fireaidla.org.

The Annenberg Foundation was tasked with administering the funds. This editor emailed that organization after the reader’s inquiry and asked, “How much of the funds were spent specifically for the Palisades and which nonprofits in that community are receiving money?"

Please go to Zero Hedge to continue reading.

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CalPERS reflects data showing that 26,000 California state retirees received pensions of $100,000 or more, representing 4% of total retirees but collecting 17% of total CalPERS payouts in 2018. These people will not vote against Newsom. It's possible that this number of retired employees could include all of California's public employees (state, local, school districts) rather than just state employees:

Almost 80,000 California Retirees Receive Over $100,000 In Pension Pay

California's Massive Public Pension Liabilities Offer a Warning to Other States

As parts of California continue to collapse under the corporate Bolshevik Newsom's watch Trump issues EO to bring back 'insane asylums' including for California to clean that shit hole up:

Another well established, profitable business, prepares to exit California. All due to the over-regulations, high taxes, homelessness & crime, rampant in the blue state.
A phone call from the state's Gov, might intervene. But, of course, he won't do that... pic.twitter.com/ORqkOIMcjm

— Denny Crane (@Louie1A2A) July 22, 2025