It seems apparent to close observers...

Editor's note: ...after Tucker Carlson's interview with Hunter Biden, as unsavory as a character as Hunter Biden is, that California's Governor White Teeth and Hunter Biden (thrown under the bus by the Democratic syndicate) are going to be selected for the US presidency and vice president in the 2028 election cycle (the Greek calendar cycle) respectively by the Democratic Party criminal outfit. This seems to be a real possibility despite Biden joking about this possibility. As far as Newsom and Biden are concerned, they have no leadership qualities, they haven't built careers on any identifiable meritocracy or particular talent. Newsom and Biden are, by any honest measure, political placeholders, characters elevated not by talent or vision but by family names and donor money, propped up by the same entrenched mafia state that have hollowed out any remaining Democratic Party credibility. California's high-speed rail is a two-decade wealth transfer dressed up as infrastructure: voters approved $33 billion for a bullet train, and what they got instead was $14.6 billion vaporized into the pockets of politically connected consultants and contractors, zero miles of usable track, an authority that admitted it couldn't even verify what it was paying for, and a deputy project chief investigated for steering contract money toward a firm he personally held stock in. What better definition of racketeering do Americans need even though legally this is not what a wasted $14.6 billion is considered?
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Report: Newsom's High Speed Train to Nowhere is Not Arriving Anytime Soon

August 15, 2026 | By Jonathan Turley

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has been frantically trying to restart a presidential campaign that appears moribund, with polls showing him losing in some states to figures such as Pete Buttigieg and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. In his absence, his multibillion-dollar high-speed train also seems to be going nowhere fast. A new report from the state inspector general revealed that the train will be delayed again and that the public is being kept in the dark about ongoing problems with Newsom's signature project. Oh, and one more thing: the project will run out of money by December 2027.

 

Benjamin Belnap's report revealed the project is again running out of money. It found missing details in the project's 2026 business plan, and concluded that the project will again be out of money by next year.

The state has already spent $18 billion, but it will need at least another $18 billion to finish the first segment. It could take roughly $200 billion more actually to complete the original San Francisco-to-Los Angeles line.

Even with billions more, the current segment will not be completed until 2034.

Voters approved a $9.95 billion bond issue in 2008 under Newsom's predecessor after absurdly low cost estimates. Newsom has been a champion of the project. Influential figures and companies stood to make a fortune, and the key was to secure a "buy-in" worth billions, so that it would become increasingly difficult to abandon the project as overruns and delays sent costs soaring.

Now the official estimate of future ridership has dropped by 25%, and it demands billions more to complete a project delayed by decades. Remember that this entire project was meant to create a rail line of only 171 miles.

One would think that the California voters would be marching to the capital with pitchforks and torches over such breathtaking incompetence and waste. However, they appear to have been conditioned to accept the lowest level of performance from their public officials.

The response of Democratic leaders is crushingly predictable: they are pledging to seek a federal bailout to cover their own incompetence. The Democratic nominee for governor, Xavier Becerra, is promising to fight to get back federal funds that were cut off by the Trump Administration. While promising to seriously review any problems in the project (as if they are not obvious), no one has been held accountable for this financial train wreck. Instead, all Democrats can do is demand that citizens around the country help bail out their boondoogle.

Yet, the Inspector General is describing a failure of leadership where no one is making any real decisions:

"Exploration of specific financing mechanisms is a positive step, but because the Authority might run out of funding as soon as December 2027, and the financing strategy the Authority uses has the potential to significantly affect the amount of interest it will need to repay, the Authority and state lawmakers have little time for delay in deciding upon a strategy and implementing it."

Belknap indicated that those in control are simply shrugging off the problem, noting that “[b]ecause the Authority has thus far not demonstrated a willingness to establish and reinforce a process that ensures accuracy and transparency in project reporting, we have directed our report recommendations to the Board.”

Please go to Jonathan Turley's website to continue reading.

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Newsom's bullet train is California's own "Road to Nowhere": $14.6 billion spent, zero miles of usable track laid, and a destination that keeps receding further into the future with every new budget revision: