President Donald Trump said on Tuesday morning that his administration launched a fraud investigation into California in the wake of the federal government&#8217;s Minnesota fraud probe.
Trump accused California under Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom of being worse than Minnesota when it comes to corruption. Minnesota, another Democrat-run state, that has come under the microscope in the past month over a welfare fraud scheme and allegations that Somali-run daycares have been inflating their enrollment numbers to receive more taxpayer funding.
&#8220;California, under Governor Gavin Newscum, is more corrupt than Minnesota, if that’s possible???&#8221; Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115848359372759872">wrote</a> on Truth Social. &#8220;The Fraud Investigation of California has begun. Thank you for your attention to this matter!&#8221;
The president did not specify what the fraud investigation would look into or which federal agency would lead it. A White House official told The Daily Wire that there was &#8220;nothing to add to the President&#8217;s post.&#8221; In a statement shared with The Daily Wire, Newsom&#8217;s office called Trump &#8220;a deranged, habitual liar.&#8221;
&#8220;This is not complicated. He spends his days posting whatever garbage his shriveled little brain can cough up — and Fox News dutifully treats it like the Lord&#8217;s scripture,&#8221; Newsom&#8217;s office added. &#8220;Meanwhile — in the actual world where adults govern — Gavin Newsom has been cleaning house. Since taking office, he’s blocked over $125 BILLION in fraud, arrested criminal parasites leaching off of taxpayers, and protected taxpayers from the exact kind of scam artists Trump celebrates, excuses, and pardons. Gavin Newsom runs a state. Donald Trump runs his mouth and little fingers.&#8221;
Trump&#8217;s comment on a fraud investigation into California comes a day after two Republicans in the state sounded the alarm on a potential scandal that they claim is wasting up to $250 billion a year. Steve Hilton, who is running for California governor, and Herb Morgan, who is running for state controller, said on Monday that the state&#8217;s welfare program under Newsom has become a bank for &#8220;corrupt cronies and political front groups,&#8221; The New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/01/05/us-news/california-at-risk-of-250-billion-fraud-gop-candidates/">reported</a>.
&#8220;This is what you get from 16 years of one-party rule. Corruption, fraud and abuse on an epic scale. Gavin Newsom and the corrupt Democrat machine have stolen our money and handed it out to corrupt cronies and political front groups,&#8221; Hilton said.
Trump has clashed regularly with Newsom during his second term in the White House, going after the Democratic governor over his response to the Southern California wildfires and the violent demonstrations against federal immigration enforcement in Los Angeles County.
Immediately after being sworn in for a second term in January, Trump ripped Newsom&#8217;s handling of wildfire prevention and called him an &#8220;INCOMPETENT GOVERNOR&#8221; following the deadly fires that ripped through L.A. County last January.
Then, when anti-ICE demonstrations broke out in L.A. in June, Trump blasted Newsom for doing a &#8220;horrible job&#8221; to quell the riots and deployed the National Guard and the Marines. Trump also <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/09/donald-trump-on-arresting-gavin-newsom-id-do-it-00394530" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> he would support his border czar, Tom Homan, in arresting the California governor over accusations that he was impeding federal immigration enforcement.
Newsom, who is viewed as one of the frontrunners to become the Democratic presidential nominee in 2028, continues to condemn Trump&#8217;s immigration operation and his deployment of the National Guard in California. During an interview on Monday, Newsom accused the president of committing fraud and <a href="https://x.com/GovPressOffice/status/2008389201231048783">said</a> that Trump&#8217;s National Guard deployment last year pulled troops away from important work, such as protecting the Southern Border and wildfire prevention efforts.
&#8220;He impacted all of those public safety efforts,&#8221; Newsom said. &#8220;For what? For a show. [Troops] sat there playing video games in many cases, total boredom. &#8230; They [were] sitting there in the armory doing nothing, costing you taxpayers. You want to talk about waste, fraud, and abuse, Mr. President? One-hundred-plus million dollars wasted because of the fraud you perpetuated and the abuse of your authority.&#8221;
After a federal appeals court ruled against Trump&#8217;s National Guard deployment in California, Trump said late last month that troops would be withdrawn from multiple cities across the United States, including Los Angeles. The appeals court ruling came after the Supreme Court declined an emergency appeal from the Trump administration when a lower court blocked Trump&#8217;s attempt to deploy troops to Chicago. Trump argued that the National Guard deployment to multiple U.S. cities &#8220;greatly reduced&#8221; crime and warned, &#8220;We will come back, perhaps in a much different and stronger form, when crime begins to soar again &#8211; Only a question of time!&#8221;

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Editor’s note: This week, we’re reprinting some of our best stories from the past year. In this piece, originally published in June, former college president Greg Salsbury recounts the cost of California’s failed leadership.
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Perhaps it is fitting that legendary Beach Boy and California native son Brian Wilson would pass away in the same year that a New York Times headline would ask, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/11/us/california-turmoil-resilience.html">“Is the California Dream a Mirage?”</a>
The social, environmental and economic disaster that is California has been mushrooming for decades now, with any improvements in the near term looking about as likely as a working bullet train from the north to the south in that state. The litany of negative facts emerging for the state is accompanied by descriptors such as “worst,” “first,” “record,” “ballooning,” “unsustainable,” “disaster,” and “mismanagement.” These ills are detailed in the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-assemblyman-explains-how-state-has-mismanaged-fire-prevention-policies-as-wildfires-rage">myriad</a> <a href="https://www.wsj.com/opinion/bad-policy-served-as-kindling-for-californias-wildfires-forest-water-management-social-justice-c5b94a4f?gaa_at=eafs&amp;gaa_n=ASWzDAif-IufnKaxHOP49zFGTHPZhQuqrXUEi-2TLq3CTiNpkYvlSDqNxFWNzK60iAw%3D&amp;gaa_ts=685d8562&amp;gaa_sig=3-LfR_GHU3tLPG-o-YsVjgoRNU1-opiK9zrnQzURPOZIBNcm7OIKeIV5kTdTHBKbOeKnRJ-BbcIcuJq-0ipu3Q%3D%3D">articles</a> <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/01/11/opinion/catastrophic-wildfires-left-la-in-ashes-due-to-californias-failing-liberal-leadership/">pointing</a> to California’s failed leadership.
Consider the overall economic situation. California went from a state budget surplus of <a href="https://www.hoover.org/research/after-100-billion-surplus-california-now-faces-73-billion-budget-deficit">$100b to a deficit of $73b</a> in just three years. This was driven in part from its decision in February of 2020 to escalate spending significantly while it was <a href="https://www.ppic.org/publication/whats-behind-californias-recent-population-decline-and-why-it-matters/">losing jobs</a>, and for the first time since receiving statehood in 1850, population. Between 2010 and 2023, the state saw 9.3 million people leave while only 6.7 million arrived — with a disproportionate number of the “leavers” in the high-income, high-tax-paying category.
California had the distinction of being rated as the very worst state in which to do business by <a href="https://chiefexecutive.net/california-is-the-worst-state-for-business-2014/">Chief Executive</a> magazine — for ten years in a row. Others were more positive with The <a href="https://sbecouncil.org/2019/05/06/new-report-sbe-council-ranks-50-states-according-to-public-policy-and-tax-climates-for-small-business/">Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council</a> seeing them as only the second worst state, and the <a href="https://www.cato.org/blog/best-worse-states-entrepreneurs">Cato Institute</a> placing them at 48th out of 50 for entrepreneurs.
<a href="https://californiapolicycenter.org/reports/worsttobest/">The California Policy Center</a> concludes:
<blockquote>“For anyone operating a business in California – small, medium or large – the experiences of the last twenty years have been challenging, and it gets worse every year. California’s regulatory environment, its high taxes and exorbitant fees, and the overall cost of doing business are the toughest in the nation. Many businesses have voted with their feet, moving their operations to more welcoming business environments.” </blockquote>
According to WalletHub.com’s report “<a href="https://wallethub.com/edu/best-places-to-retire/6165">Best &amp; Worst Places to Retire (2025)</a>,” which examined 182 cities across the U.S., four out five of the worst cities in which to retire are in California.
The story is equally daunting in a host of other arenas for the state — education, illegal immigration, water, violent crime, theft, housing, insurance, energy, environment, assorted taxes and fees, cost of living, state employee pensions, healthcare, and more. <a href="https://www.consumeraffairs.com/movers/%23editorial">ConsumerAffairs</a>, a consumer news and advocacy organization, compared all 50 U.S. states and Washington, D.C. across five categories: affordability, economy, education and health, quality of life, and safety. California ranked as the single least desirable state to move to. Their conclusion might have been influenced by seeing that, compared to all other 49 states in the nation, California has the:
<ul>
<li>Highest <a href="https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2023/demo/p60-280.html">poverty rate</a></li>
<li>Highest top marginal <a href="https://taxfoundation.org/data/all/state/state-income-tax-rates/">state income tax rate</a></li>
<li>Highest <a href="https://www.redfin.com/blog/most-expensive-states-to-buy-a-house/">median home price</a></li>
<li>Highest <a href="https://taxfoundation.org/data/all/state/state-gas-tax-rates-2024/">gasoline tax</a></li>
<li>Highest number of federal <a href="https://www.datapandas.org/ranking/welfare-recipients-by-state">welfare recipients</a></li>
<li>Highest amount of <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dem-states-blame-most-nearly-400-million-unemployment-fraud">unemployment benefit fraud</a></li>
<li>Highest number of <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/07/22/what-we-know-about-unauthorized-immigrants-living-in-the-us/">illegal immigrants</a></li>
<li>Highest percentage of <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/map-states-most-high-school-dropouts-1872310">high school dropouts</a></li>
<li>Highest rates of <a href="https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/human-trafficking-statistics-by-state">human trafficking</a></li>
<li>Highest <a href="https://247wallst.com/special-report/2024/02/13/this-is-the-state-with-the-most-homeless-people-every-state-ranked/">homeless population</a></li>
<li>Highest level of <a href="https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/z1/dataviz/pension/comparative_view/table/">state pension shortfall</a></li>
<li>Highest level of <a href="https://www.consumeraffairs.com/movers/states-people-are-moving-to-and-from.html">net exodus</a> from the state</li>
<li>Highest <a href="https://www.statista.com/statistics/630090/states-with-the-average-electricity-price-for-the-residential-sector-in-the-us/">cost for kilowatt hours</a> in the continental U.S.</li>
</ul>
While many folks have wryly referred to California as, “the most expensive weather in the world,” an increasing number of people are rethinking that cost — especially when the weather itself is now regularly accompanied by wildfires, mudslides, and earthquakes.
The <a href="https://hgbr.org/californias-economic-challenges-a-growing-exodus-and-policy-concerns/">Hampton Global Business Review</a> concludes, “The allure of California’s beaches and innovation hubs might not be enough to counteract the growing disenchantment among its residents and business leaders.”
While all of this is more than sobering, contrary to the popular narrative, the untenable situation in which the state now finds itself cannot be blamed solely or even largely on the handful of people who have occupied the top leadership roles or even the few thousand in mid-tier management/political roles for the state. To be sure, many of those people have largely been far worse than feckless; they have been actively counterproductive — perhaps even maleficent. But blaming leadership is like blaming guns for shooting homicides. They could not have performed this disservice without the active support of the California voters.
Time and time again, California voters continue to check the box for more of the same people who continue to inflict damage on them for decades now. But more importantly, they knowingly do so. No objective observer can credibly argue that Californians have been fooled or misled by their leaders or the outrageous decisions they have made, or failed to make.
The great scholar, author, and life-long California resident Dr. Victor Davis Hanson has for years <a href="https://goodreads.com/book/show/28121811-the-decline-and-fall-of-california">detailed</a> the disastrous results of many of these decisions — from eliminating fire-preventing forest management, to not only failing to build appropriate dams but blowing up existing dams and eliminating reservoirs, to promoting unchecked and mass illegal immigration.
There was likely no more clarifying moment of truth on this point than when Governor Gavin Newsom faced a recall. His record was damning. There was the bungled and hypocritical mismanagement of the COVID virus response — complete with vaccine shortages, maskless French Laundry dinners with friends, and arbitrary business closure guidelines, a budget deficit that was more than double his own projection, and most importantly, the ignoring or exacerbation of most of the long list of the aforementioned maladies destroying the state.
Not only did the recall effort fail miserably, with Newsom receiving a convincing approval mandate of 62% of the vote, but he was then solidly re-elected in 2022 with nearly that same margin. California voters, no doubt painfully aware of all of these issues essentially said, “Yes, yes, yes! Give us more of this!”
But suppose for just a moment that Newsom had been recalled, that perhaps he had skewered one of the sacred cows big enough to motivate his ouster. Perhaps he drove a diesel car, or contended that there is something wrong about allowing a 250lb biological male athlete to compete with women, or suggested that maybe the unpunished shoplifting limit should be reduced from $950 to say $500, or publicly stated that illegal immigrants are not entitled to the same rights as U.S. citizens. Who would voters have suggested take his place? It almost certainly would have been another entity not dissimilar to Newsom in any significant way.
All of this is exacerbated by the fact that so many logically thinking, hard-working, patriotic Americans are leaving California if they can. With each passing year, the state is left with an increasingly left-leaning voter base — and they like it that way.  Thus, it is folly to believe that California’s ills can be solved as simply as replacing a few, key incompetent leaders. California’s failed leadership is not nearly as problematic as its failed follower-ship. And that is a far harder nut to crack.
Brian Wilson made a career writing songs about the abundant fun, fun, fun available in the Golden State. Were he with us today, begrudgingly or not, he would have to admit that clearly, daddy took the T-Bird away.
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Greg Salsbury, Ph.D. is former president of Western Colorado University and Board of Advisor member for <a href="https://starrs.us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">STARRS.US</a>.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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California’s Department of Motor Vehicles has <a href="https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/news-and-media/california-dmv-extends-date-of-nondomiciled-cdl-action">delayed</a> plans to cancel about 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses held by individuals unlawfully living in the state, giving them an extra 60 days before the licenses are revoked. The extension follows a lawsuit from leftist immigrant advocacy groups, which argue the move is needed to protect people’s ability to work.
The DMV announced Tuesday that it is pushing back the January 5, 2026, revocation deadline to March 6.
Federal officials, led by Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, blasted the Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, accusing California of ducking accountability after issuing licenses that did not comply with federal law and endangered public safety.
Duffy responded to the news by writing on X: “Gavin Newsom is lying. The deadline to revoke illegally issued, unvetted foreign trucker licenses is still January 5. California does NOT have an ‘extension’ to keep breaking the law and putting Americans at risk on the roads.  Miss the deadline, Gavin, and the @USDOT  will act — including cutting nearly $160 million in federal funding.”
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Gavin Newsom is lying. The deadline to revoke illegally issued, unvetted foreign trucker licenses is still January 5.
California does NOT have an “extension” to keep breaking the law and putting Americans at risk on the roads.
Miss the deadline, Gavin, and the <a href="https://twitter.com/USDOT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@USDOT</a> will act —…
&mdash; Secretary Sean Duffy (@SecDuffy) <a href="https://twitter.com/SecDuffy/status/2006203195165462545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 31, 2025</a></blockquote>
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The potential loss of $160 million in transportation funding is on top of $40 million already withheld from California for failing to enforce federal English-language requirements for truckers. Duffy argues the state was caught ignoring rules requiring proof of lawful presence and work authorization tied to the duration of a license. Federal audits found that some licenses remained valid long after their legal status had expired, while in other cases, officials couldn’t even prove that immigration status had been checked.
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Federal scrutiny intensified after a deadly Florida crash in which an illegal immigrant truck driver made an illegal U-turn and killed three people. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said California gave &#8220;an illegal alien a Commercial Driver’s License” who had no “legal right” to be in the United States.
That tragedy highlighted the consequences of weak licensing safeguards. Rather than acknowledge systemic failings, Newsom’s office lashed out at Duffy online, <a href="https://x.com/GovPressOffice/status/1988672753793388708?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">accusing</a> him of lying — even though the DHS and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) identified serious compliance problems, forcing California to finally act.
In reality, California only began revoking the licenses after federal pressure, not out of concern for safety or the rule of law. Even now, the DMV’s  “extension” is being <a href="https://apnews.com/article/commercial-drivers-license-immigrants-california-0eb0b6849e65ae9671fc250109173f83">celebrated</a> by leftist advocacy groups, while trade associations and federal regulators stress that unvetted or ineligible drivers should never have been licensed in the first place. Trucking groups back Duffy’s push to ensure drivers are legally authorized and sufficiently fluent in English to safely operate massive commercial vehicles on American roads.
Newsom’s response, attacking the messenger rather than fixing the system, contrasts sharply with Duffy’s emphasis on enforcement, public safety, and accountability. Duffy has consistently maintained that California violated long-standing FMCSA rules and that his emergency actions were needed because the state refused to comply until penalties loomed.
Meanwhile, California officials continue to frame the conflict around worker protections instead of public safety and legal compliance — despite DHS publicly stating that California issued a CDL to a driver with “no legal right” to be in the country.
In short, the issue reflects a clear divide: Duffy is insisting on law, safety, and federal standards, while Newsom is prioritizing political messaging over serious regulatory failures that could, and already did, cost lives.

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Even as many Americans are poised to see the benefits of the tax cuts written into President Donald Trump&#8217;s signature One Big Beautiful Bill, only a few states have fully adopted the most popular provisions into their own tax codes — and two, New York and Illinois, are actively blocking them.
Under the legislation, American workers will not pay federal income taxes on qualified tips, overtime pay, and car loan interest. Senior citizens will see an enhanced deduction of $6,000. But in a majority of states across the country, those changes will not automatically be rolled into the state tax code, meaning taxpayers may not see the full advantage intended by the provisions in the law.
According to a <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/12/26/us-news/here-are-the-blue-states-blocking-trumps-popular-tax-cut-provisions/?utm_campaign=nypost&amp;utm_social_post_id=634548005&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_social_handle_id=17469289&amp;utm_source=twitter">report</a> published by the New York Post, only four states have fully adopted all of the new tax breaks: South Carolina, North Dakota, Montana, and Idaho. Governor Jared Polis (D-CO) said that because of the way state taxes work in his state, the majority of federal tax cuts would automatically apply to state tax filings.
&#8220;Claims that Colorado is refusing to adopt the majority of tax changes from H.R.1 [One Big Beautiful Bill] are not accurate,” a spokesperson for Polis told The Post. “All tax cuts in H.R. 1 are automatically incorporated into state tax code unless there is specific action to decouple.&#8221;
The reason Colorado&#8217;s state taxes align with the federal tax code is that they are based on federal taxable income — meaning the state only taxes the amount of income remaining after all federal tax breaks are applied. Other states that use the same process are South Carolina, Iowa, North Dakota, Idaho, Montana, and Oregon.
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The majority of states rely on Adjusted Gross Income (AGI), which does not reflect any federal tax cuts, and would have to take legislative steps to allow the cuts included in the recent legislation to trickle down to the state level.
&#8220;Some states start with federal taxable income, so most of the new deductions flow through automatically unless lawmakers opt out,” Adam Michel, director of tax policy studies at the Cato Institute, told the Post. &#8220;Many more states—blue and red—start with adjusted gross income or run their own tax system, which means they don’t pick up these new deductions unless they affirmatively pass a bill to do so.&#8221;
Arizona <a href="https://www.azleg.gov/press/house/57LEG/1R/250123GRIFFINHB2081.pdf">passed a law</a> exempting taxes on tips already, and similar bills have been proposed in New Jersey and North Carolina.
Several solidly blue states <a href="https://tax.thomsonreuters.com/blog/state-decoupling-from-federal-tax-provisions/#three-paths-forward">have indicated</a> that they won&#8217;t take those steps, claiming that doing so would quickly lead to budget shortfalls. California, for example, will not adopt the new tax breaks because officials believe the state would lose too much revenue to manage the current budget. In New York and Illinois, where static conformity laws would have caused the tax cuts to automatically transfer into the state tax code, the states are requiring an &#8220;add-back&#8221; for any deductions related to taxes on tips or overtime in order to protect revenue streams.

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California dropped its lawsuit against the Trump administration over its decision to halt billions in federal funding toward the state’s high-speed rail project last week, as the state has sued the administration dozens of times this year already.
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) previously <a href="https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/trumps-transportation-secretary-sean-p-duffy-pulls-plug-4b-california-high-speed">nixed $4 billion</a> for the effort in July amid concerns about the timeline and cost. The project had already cost roughly $15 billion over the span of 16 years. The Department of Transportation, led by Secretary Sean Duffy, sees the lawsuit’s end as a victory for the administration.
“An exhaustive investigation by the FRA exposed that even after a decade and a half, CHSRA would be unable to deliver on their high speed rail promises on time or on budget,” a DOT spokesperson said in a statement to The Daily Wire.
“Thanks to President Trump and Secretary Duffy, American tax dollars will be spared from being wasted on this train to nowhere and will instead support real projects that improve the lives of rail passengers, local drivers, and pedestrians,” the statement added.
The project was supposed to be completed in 2020, <a href="https://www.foxla.com/news/us-transportation-secretary-announcement-california-high-speed-rail-project" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox 11 Los Angeles</a> reported in February. The estimated cost has surged from $33 billion at its inception in 2008 to a whopping $106 billion.
The idea was first proposed by former Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown in 1979. An initial $1.25 billion for bonds for the high-speed rail was signed by Brown after being cleared by the state legislature in 1982, the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1982/09/04/san-diego-bullet-train-put-on-track-with-125-billion-sendoff/4aa4858a-a555-4949-88b8-c10eb67ad3d8/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Washington Post</a> reported over four decades ago.
A spokesperson for the California High-Speed Rail Authority said that the decision is meant to show that the administration is “not a reliable, constructive, or trustworthy partner” for the effort, which DOT has dubbed a &#8220;boondoggle&#8221; and &#8220;fantasy.&#8221;
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“The Federal Railroad Administration stated that all work performed by the Authority – whether undertaken as part of cooperative agreements or otherwise – remains ‘at risk’ and may not receive funding,” the statement partially read.
However, it was noted that only 18% of the program is federally funded, meaning that it can move forward with the project. Voters green-lighted the project in 2008, and construction began in 2015.
The goal of the project is to expedite travel between Northern and Southern California, intending to reduce travel time between Los Angeles and the Bay Area to under three hours. Minimal progress has been achieved so far, except for some development in Central California between Merced and Bakersfield. DOT cited a state-level inspector general report from February that said the authority might not complete that segment by the 2033 goal.
“We also see this moment as a new opportunity. Federal requirements have, at times, hindered project delivery by adding cost and delays without adding value – creating inefficiencies, constraining innovation, and slowing construction,” the statement continued. “Moving forward without the Trump administration’s involvement allows the Authority to pursue proven global best practices used successfully by modern high-speed rail systems around the world.”

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A group of migrant truckers sued the California Department of Motor Vehicles earlier this week for canceling thousands of Commercial Driver&#8217;s Licenses.
California canceled nearly 20,000 Commercial Driver&#8217;s Licenses after facing pressure from the Trump administration over the issuance of such licenses to illegal immigrant truckers. The federal crackdown started after a string of fatal crashes involving illegal immigrant truckers.
The Department of Transportation has labeled <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/here-are-the-illegal-immigrants-who-made-the-naughty-list-this-year?author=Jennie+Taer&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=2&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Here+Are+The+Illegal+Immigrants+Who+Made+The+Naughty+List+This+Year">California</a> one of the worst offenders of states issuing commercial driver&#8217;s licenses to illegal immigrants, threatening to withhold $160 million in federal funding if they refused to make a change. California gave 17,000 drivers a 60-day cancelation notice after the federal government determined that the licenses&#8217; expiration dates exceeded the time the migrants have been permitted to be in the United States, <a href="https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-12-25/indian-punjabi-truckers-sue-california-dmv-for-revoking-their-licenses" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Los Angeles Times.
The <a href="https://www.asianlawcaucus.org/news-resources/news/cdl-class-action-ca-dmv-cancellation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lawsuit</a>, which was brought about by the Asian Law Caucus, Sikh Coalition, and Weil, Gotshal &amp; Manges LLP, claims that California law requires the DMV to change the expiration dates on the licenses or to give applicants the opportunity to reapply for a corrected license when the errors occur, the outlet reported.
&#8220;The state of California must help these 20,000 drivers because, at the end of the day, the clerical errors threatening their livelihoods are of the CA-DMV’s own making. If the court does not issue a stay, we will see a devastating wave of unemployment that harms individual families, as well as the destabilization of supply chains on which we all rely,” Munmeeth Kaur, legal director of the Sikh Coalition, said in a statement.
“These drivers have spent years anchoring their lives to these careers, only to now face potential economic ruin through no fault of their own—they deserve better, and California must do better,&#8221; Kaur said.
“Our state has a clear moral obligation and legal duty to protect workers who have done everything right,” Katherine Zhao, senior staff attorney at Asian Law Caucus, said in a statement.
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“Without an immediate court-ordered stay, many drivers will lose their jobs through no fault of their own. At a moment when families should be spending time with loved ones, these workers are instead confronting financial devastation and the loss of livelihoods they have spent years building. We are asking the court to compel California to protect workers,&#8221; Zhao said.
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(1) UPDATE: These are the alleged semi-truck drivers who k*lled three people while making a U-turn at an “Official Use Only” turn on the Florida Turnpike
The Florida Highway Patrol is describing the wreck as a homicide investigation <a href="https://t.co/QqYhuidXoD">pic.twitter.com/QqYhuidXoD</a>
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One of the illegal immigrants who was issued a California commercial driver&#8217;s license allegedly killed three people after making an illegal U-turn on a Florida turnpike in August.
Harjinder Singh, who hails from India, was seen in viral dash-cam footage looking unfazed by the crash.
Singh had failed his commercial driver’s license test 10 times in three months before he was given the license in Washington and later California, investigators said.
Singh also failed an English language proficiency test, “providing correct responses to just 2 of 12 verbal questions and only accurately identifying 1 of 4 highway traffic signs&#8221; after the fatal crash, according to the Department of Transportation.

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While Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer kept the federal government shut down, the radical Left was hard at work in California crusading against the patriots who feed and clothe our country.
The latest episode in Governor Gavin Newsom’s war against agriculture comes in the form of redistributing agricultural land in the name of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).
The California Agricultural Land Equity Task Force is thinking up clever ways to steal land from hardworking farmers, ranchers, and agricultural producers to pay reparations to tribes and other minorities in the form of land. Even more troubling, they doubtless plan to use this scheme as a template for future use at the national level.
We won’t allow it.
That’s why on December 11, I sent a <a href="https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/usda-letter-gov-newsom-ca-ag-land-equity-121125.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> to Governor Newsom outlining the substantial constitutional issues with the Task Force’s <a href="https://sgc.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/Full-Report-ADA-FINAL-CLEAN.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">draft report</a>.
In that letter, I note that “the right to own private property and our nation’s agricultural heritage are an inseparable cornerstone of the American dream and ingrained in the very fabric of our nation. The pursuit of a noble lifestyle in agriculture should transcend the pernicious identity-based politics that only serves to drive division.”
I am demanding that Governor Newsom reject and abandon any attempt to pursue the illegal recommendations in the Task Force’s report. It is unconscionable that hardworking farmers are being demeaned and shut out of opportunities simply because they don’t meet the state’s definition of “equity.”
No matter your family history, culture, or skin color, you should have equal access to government programs that can help you pursue the most American way of life: agriculture.
In the report, California proposes incentivizing the transfer of both public and private agricultural lands exclusively to tribal nations, African Americans who are the descendants of slaves, and certain other minorities.
But the blatant disregard for justice doesn’t stop there.
The report also recommends the development of local ordinances to restrict citizens from purchasing land unless they are part of a certain minority group.
This policy would encourage the state and nonprofits to outbid legacy farms at auction and then only offer agricultural leases back to minority farmers after the purchase. Tax credits, debt forgiveness, special funding, and even priority in important farm conservation programs would only be allowed to benefit a few select minority demographics.
In a move we’ve come to expect from the radical left, the report even encourages the adoption of laws requiring “climate”-related agricultural practices for the new minority landowners.
Some might be tempted to dismiss this report as a pipe dream. That would be a mistake.
Newsom and his cronies are reckless fools, but they mean business. This report is thought out and comprehensive.
California agriculture is an economic powerhouse. On its own, it ranks as the world’s fifth-largest supplier of food. That’s why what happens to agriculture in California is vitally important for the rest of the country.
Make no mistake, the proposal being discussed right now would not only hurt farmers in California, but every American.
While the Trump administration is working hard to reduce the price of food across the nation, Gavin Newsom is concocting new ways to drive up food inflation.
This radical DEI agenda needs to be stopped in its tracks, immediately. We are committed to fighting for all farmers, ranchers, and agricultural producers — no matter their ZIP code.
Brooke Rollins is the 33rd Secretary of Agriculture.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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Rapper Nicki Minaj has been engaged in a public back-and-forth with California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, calling him out for his radical stance on “gender affirming” surgery for minors, among other things.
Most recently, Newsom drew another round of responses from Minaj after he posted a wordless compilation on X, punctuated only by a zipped-lip emoji. The 12-second clip featured footage of President Donald Trump alongside the late Jeffrey Epstein, all set to Megan Thee Stallion’s “Hiss” — widely interpreted as a diss track aimed at Minaj.
Minaj responded to the clip, saying, “See Barbz? I told you he was wicked.”
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Dear Barbz,
Pls protect me from that wicked &amp; evil man.
Love,
Barbie.
— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) <a href="https://twitter.com/NICKIMINAJ/status/1999972072550989852?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 13, 2025</a></blockquote>
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“Dear Barbz, Pls protect me from that wicked &amp; evil man. Love, Barbie,” she continued, addressing her fans by their nickname.
“They’re ready to make a career politician with everything to…throw it all away — just like they did to everyone else before him — just to go against me. What’s wild is that he can’t see how this will end,” the singer added in a follow-up. “I must be a pretty powerful gal. Praise God. It is well.”
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The drama began last week when Newsom went all in for transing the kids, even as the concept has been receiving less mainstream support.
“I want to see trans kids… There’s no governor that’s done more pro-trans legislation than I have. No one has been a stronger advocate for the LGBT community,” Newsom said during an appearance on The Ezra Klein Show last week, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nicki-minaj-goes-scorched-earth-on-gavvy-pooh-newsom-tells-him-to-sit-2028-out?author=Virginia+Kruta&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Nicki+Minaj+Goes+Scorched+Earth+On+%E2%80%98Gavvy-Pooh%E2%80%99+Newsom%2C+Tells+Him+To+Sit+2028+Out">reported</a>.
“Imagine being the guy running on wanting to see trans kids. Haha. Not even a trans ADULT would run on that,” Minaj posted on Friday morning in response to the clip. “Normal adults wake up &amp; think they want to see HEALTHY, SAFE, HAPPY kids. Not Gav, The Gav Nots, GavOUT. Send in the next guy, I’m bored.”
“Gavin is the cute boy who got everything handed to him b/c of how cute &amp; sexy &amp; hot &amp; smoking he was. Oohhh look @‘m. Sitting there in that suit with the sneakers on,” she said. “He thinks he’s Tom Cruise only difference is, his next mission IS impossible. He should get another leading role.”
The rapper’s diatribe continued with more criticism for the governor. 
“Oh Gavvy pooh, it only gets worse from here for you, buddy. It’s the end of the road for you, my love. Get on the nearest jet ski &amp; let that beautiful hair blow in the wind. It will make you happier than this race that you will not win. Enjoy life. Peace,” she said.
Amid her criticism of Newsom, Minaj also expressed support for President Trump’s administration.
“God bless this great nation,” she tweeted alongside a message from “MAGA Voice” showing footage of the president saluting during the national anthem at the Army/Navy game. 
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GOD BLESS THIS GREAT NATION 🇺🇸 <a href="https://t.co/HvNmeas0G1">https://t.co/HvNmeas0G1</a>
— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) <a href="https://twitter.com/NICKIMINAJ/status/1999973916056617240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 13, 2025</a></blockquote>
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On Monday, The Washington Post published a <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/2025/12/15/nicki-minaj-jd-vance-nigerian-christians/">piece</a> questioning Minaj’s shift to the MAGA side and noting that she once held a more left-leaning worldview.
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Nicki Minaj Turns Up The Heat On ‘Wicked And Evil’ Gavin Newsom

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Democrats are looking at 2028 and see Republican vulnerability.
What they see is a 2024 election that — while it was fairly solid as a win for Republicans in the Electoral College — was a pretty narrow win in the popular vote. They think that perhaps they can reverse the tide, perhaps take the White House in 2028 with someone like Gavin Newsom.
Thus, Democrats have shifted away from their 2024 failing strategy, taking the least popular parts of their agenda and moving those to the back burner.
We heard all about equity in the run-up to the 2020 election. It was the centerpiece of the Joe Biden campaign. In 2024, it was again the centerpiece of the late-breaking Kamala Harris campaign in 2024.
You no longer hear Democrats talking about equity each and every day the way that they were before. Instead, they are talking about “affordability.” The same thing is true about radical trans issues. The politics of transgenderism are awful for Democrats.
The vast majority of Americans believe that boys are boys and girls are girls, and boys cannot become girls, and attempts to brainwash children into the idea that they are, in fact, members of the opposite sex, or even could be members of the opposite sex, is perverse. Telling a young kid that you might have a girl’s brain in a boy&#8217;s body is not only gnostic and scientifically nonsensical, it is also terribly wrong to do that to children.
That was the general perception among Americans, and it drove huge numbers for President Trump. The single most effective ad of the 2024 campaign was on this issue from the Trump campaign, and suggested that Kamala was for transgenders while President Trump was for you.
If you talk to people in minority communities who swiveled from Democrat to Republican, this was a major issue because the trans issue — which affected a fairly small percentage of the population, went to fundamental truths about our society.
Could you trust people who told such a basic lie: that boys could be girls?
The answer was no.
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So Democrats have decided that they are going to put that on the back burner. One of those Democrats was Gavin Newsom.
A few months ago, Gavin Newsom was doing a podcast with the late Charlie Kirk in which Charlie pressed Gavin Newsom on trans politics. Newsom admitted that boys should not be playing in girls’ sports, admitting that it was unfair.
But — the other day, Newsom — having been asked questions by members of the Democratic base and believing that he is the front runner for the 2028 Democratic nomination — did a podcast with Ezra Klein of The New York Times in which he was asked about his take on trans politics.
Now that Newsom believes that he has to win primaries in the Democratic Party as he prepares for that 2028 run, he swiveled back into a losing strategy for Democrats. 
“I want to see trans kids,” he proclaimed, continuing: “I have a trans godson. There’s no governor that’s done more pro-trans legislation than I have. No one has been a stronger advocate for the LGBTQ community.” 
The normie position is that there is no such thing as a trans kid. There are kids who may have gender dysphoria. That is a different thing. There is no such thing as a kid who is a boy in a girl&#8217;s body, or upon whom we should be performing hormonal therapies and surgeries that are utterly unscientific and permanently damaging to them.
So when Gavin Newsom says, “I want to see trans kids, there&#8217;s no governor that&#8217;s done more pro trans legislation than I have,” that creates a real awkwardness for the Democratic Party. 
This broke into the open because it precipitated a confrontation with Elon Musk.
America, a PAC founded by Musk, posted the video of Newsom, and it went viral. Gavin Newsom&#8217;s press office replied, referring to one of Musk’s sons who identifies as a woman, “We&#8217;re sorry your daughter hates you, Elon.”
It&#8217;s insane to get personal on these sorts of issues.
When I discuss these issues, I try not to get personal. The reason I try not to get personal is because once you&#8217;re into the emotional valence of somebody&#8217;s family, you have a problem.
A few years ago, I spoke at the University of British Columbia in Canada, and it was about this issue. A person got up who identified as a woman. He started personalizing the question, saying, “My family treats me as though I&#8217;m a girl.”
I replied, “You know, I would really appreciate it if we could keep this on the level of the philosophical and issue-based, because once we get into critiquing interpersonal relations, this is going to get very personal very quickly.”
This person kept insisting, ”No, I know that I&#8217;m a woman because my family treats me as a woman.” And I kept saying, “Please, I don&#8217;t want to talk about how your family treats you because that&#8217;s about your family. It&#8217;s about the broader issue, which is the question of public policy and how we ought to deal with these issues as a general society”.
But the person wouldn&#8217;t stop. Finally I said, “The reason that your family is saying to you that you are a woman and confirming you in your delusion is because they are afraid that you will do something bad to yourself, not because they actually believe that you are a woman. They do not believe that you are a girl. They know that you are not. They are trying to humor you because they&#8217;re afraid of what will happen if they do not.”
This person got extremely emotional and rushed out of the room. It was a perfect YouTube clip, but the reason you&#8217;ve never seen that on YouTube is because I went to the organizers of the event and asked them to remove that from the tape of the event, because I knew that this person was going to be damaged by that tape. It would have hurt him.
Not only that, I then found friends of the person and asked this person to come to breakfast the next morning with me to make sure this person was okay.
That’s because when you merge the personal and the political in this way, it gets really ugly, really quickly.
Gavin Newsom&#8217;s press office targeting Musk over his child was truly ugly stuff.
Musk then tweeted back, “I assume you’re referring to my son, Xavier, who has a tragic mental illness caused by the evil woke mind virus you push on vulnerable children. I love Xavier very much and hope he recovers. My daughters are Azure, Exa (she goes by Y) and Arcadia, and they do indeed love me very much.”
The fact that Newsom&#8217;s office went that low is really disgusting, and shows how the Democrats are going to run headlong into their own radicalism on this issue.
Newsom seems like he&#8217;s trying to avoid the issue altogether. But if he is dragged back into discussing this issue, and if Democrats keep making the same moral litmus test as to whether boys can be girls, especially minors, then they&#8217;re going to be in for a world of hurt.

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Rapper Nicki Minaj took a social media sledgehammer to Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) on Friday, mocking him and warning him against entering the 2028 presidential race.
Minaj, fresh off her United Nations <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nicki-minaj-drops-mic-on-nigerias-anti-christian-violence-at-un">testimony</a> calling for the defense of persecuted Christians, initially lashed out at Newsom over a recent interview in which he said, &#8220;I want to see trans kids.&#8221;
&#8220;Imagine being the guy running on wanting to see trans kids. Haha. Not even a trans ADULT would run on that,&#8221; Minaj posted early on Friday morning. &#8220;Normal adults wake up &amp; think they want to see HEALTHY, SAFE, HAPPY kids. Not Gav, The Gav Nots, GavOUT. Send in the next guy, I’m bored.&#8221;
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Imagine being the guy running on wanting to see trans kids. Haha. Not even a trans ADULT would run on that. Normal adults wake up &amp; think they want to see HEALTHY, SAFE, HAPPY kids.
Not Gav
The Gav Nots
GavOUT
Send in the next guy, I’m bored. <a href="https://t.co/627bIhbD1j">pic.twitter.com/627bIhbD1j</a>
— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) <a href="https://twitter.com/NICKIMINAJ/status/1999471516040503316?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 12, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Minaj did not stop there, pivoting to argue that Newsom had only gotten where he was because he fit the description of what a successful politician was supposed to look like.
&#8220;Gavin is the cute boy who got everything handed to him b/c of how cute &amp; sexy &amp; hot &amp; smoking he was. Oohhh look @‘m. Sitting there in that suit with the sneakers on,&#8221; she said. &#8220;He thinks he’s Tom Cruise only difference is, his next mission IS impossible. He should get another leading role.&#8221;
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Gavin is the cute boy who got everything handed to him b/c of how cute &amp; sexy &amp; hot &amp; smoking he was. Oohhh look @‘m. Sitting there in that suit with the sneakers on. He thinks he’s Tom Cruise only difference is, his next mission IS impossible. He should get another leading role <a href="https://t.co/4xPt7BrO1L">pic.twitter.com/4xPt7BrO1L</a>
— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) <a href="https://twitter.com/NICKIMINAJ/status/1999472828463350223?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 12, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Minaj concluded with a few suggestions for Newsom, giving him a few options to fill the time that she said would certainly be wasted if he were to pursue a presidential run.
&#8220;Oh Gavvy pooh, it only gets worse from here for you, buddy. It’s the end of the road for you, my love. Get on the nearest jet ski &amp; let that beautiful hair blow in the wind. It will make you happier than this race that you will not win. Enjoy life. Peace,&#8221; she said.
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Oh Gavvy pooh, it only gets worse from here for you, buddy.
It’s the end of the road for you, my love.
Get on the nearest jet ski &amp; let that beautiful hair blow in the wind.
It will make you happier than this race that you will not win. Enjoy life. Peace. <a href="https://t.co/XYHGPnhEo9">pic.twitter.com/XYHGPnhEo9</a>
— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) <a href="https://twitter.com/NICKIMINAJ/status/1999477712503840860?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 12, 2025</a></blockquote>
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How damaging could Minaj&#8217;s social media posts be for a governor looking to make the jump to the White House? Robby Starbuck argued that Minaj could certainly make a dent in Newsom&#8217;s vote count, especially if she kept at him on policies that are unpopular even among some Democrats.
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&#8220;If Nicki is gonna troll @GavinNewsom from now until 2028 then he has a big problem because Gavin’s counting on the Black vote and Nicki has a big enough megaphone to let them know how evil Gavin’s policies are. Dude lets 13 yr old girls get their breasts cut off in his state,&#8221; Starbuck posted.
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If Nicki is gonna troll <a href="https://twitter.com/GavinNewsom?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GavinNewsom</a> from now until 2028 then he has a big problem because Gavin’s counting on the Black vote and Nicki has a big enough megaphone to let them know how evil Gavin’s policies are. Dude lets 13 yr old girls get their breasts cut off in his state. <a href="https://t.co/HbkwtRE0uS">https://t.co/HbkwtRE0uS</a>
— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) <a href="https://twitter.com/robbystarbuck/status/1999515486686527496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 12, 2025</a></blockquote>
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In the latest display of California Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom’s desperate attempts to lash out at conservative figures for publicity purposes, his press office stooped to attacking former Trump advisor Elon Musk by declaring his own child hates him.
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The nasty attack from Newsom came after he had said in an interview with Ezra Klein, “I want to see trans kids. I have a trans godson,” boasting, “There’s no governor that’s done more pro trans legislation than I have.”
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That clip went viral after the X site for the America PAC, which Musk founded, posted it.
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“I want to see trans kids&#8230; There’s no governor that’s done more pro trans legislation than I have.”
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&mdash; America (@america) <a href="https://twitter.com/america/status/1999123792652628277?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2025</a></blockquote>
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The Newsom Press Office official X account responded by writing, “Correct. We’re sorry your daughter hates you, Elon.”
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Correct. We’re sorry your daughter hates you, Elon. <a href="https://t.co/HeJIm5fJMS">https://t.co/HeJIm5fJMS</a>
&mdash; Governor Newsom Press Office (@GovPressOffice) <a href="https://twitter.com/GovPressOffice/status/1999203789367095643?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Musk has a son, Xavier, who identifies as a woman.
Musk fired back, “I assume you’re referring to my son, Xavier, who has a tragic mental illness caused by the evil woke mind virus you push on vulnerable children. I love Xavier very much and hope he recovers. My daughters are Azure, Exa (she goes by Y) and Arcadia, and they do indeed love me very much.”
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I assume you’re referring to my son, Xavier, who has a tragic mental illness caused by the evil woke mind virus you push on vulnerable children. I love Xavier very much and hope he recovers. 
My daughters are Azure, Exa (she goes by Y) and Arcadia, and they do indeed love me…
&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1999379324768788663?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 12, 2025</a></blockquote>
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In July 2024, Musk <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musk-says-he-vowed-to-destroy-the-woke-mind-virus-after-he-was-tricked-into-allowing-his-son-to-transition">told Dr. Jordan B. Peterson</a> that he was “tricked into” allowing his son Xavier to undergo gender procedures, saying his child was “killed” by the “woke mind virus.”
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Musk called “gender-affirming care,” the Left’s description of the procedures, “a terrible euphemism.”
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“It’s really child mutilation and sterilization,” Musk said. “It’s evil. You’re taking kids who are far below the age of consent. &#8230; It’s very possible for adults to manipulate children who are having an actual identity crisis into believing that they are the wrong gender.”
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“I was essentially tricked into signing documents for one of my older boys, Xavier. This was really before I had any understanding of what was going on, and we had COVID going on, so there was a lot of confusion. And I was told Xavier might commit suicide,” Musk recalled.
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“It’s incredibly evil,” Musk said. “And I agree with you that the people that are promoting this should go to prison. &#8230; I was tricked into doing this. It wasn’t explained to me that puberty blockers are actually just sterilization drugs. I lost my son, essentially. They call it ‘deadnaming’ for a reason. The reason they call it ‘deadnaming’ is because your son is dead, so my son, Xavier, is dead, killed by the woke mind virus.”
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Newsom has made it abundantly clear how hypocritical he is on trans issues; speaking with the late Charlie Kirk last March, Newsom responded when asked about transgender-identifying athletes, “I think it’s an issue of fairness; I completely agree with you on that. It is an issue of fairness — it’s deeply unfair. &#8230; I am not wrestling with the fairness issue. I totally agree with you. I revere sports. So, the issue of fairness is completely legit.”
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Yet last July, the Sacramento Bee <a href="https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article310155150.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com">pointed out</a>, “California will not ban transgender athletes from competing in K-12 school sports or change its anti-discrimination policies to exclude them, becoming the second state after Maine to defy the Trump administration over the issue.”
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Newsom’s press office mocked Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s order to eliminate any sports prizes awarded to transgender-identifying athletes and ban them, calling it “dramatic, fake, and completely divorced from reality.”
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Live look at Linda’s legal claims <a href="https://t.co/0dwc3kvaIe">https://t.co/0dwc3kvaIe</a> <a href="https://t.co/eQkBVowNrN">pic.twitter.com/eQkBVowNrN</a>
&mdash; Governor Newsom Press Office (@GovPressOffice) <a href="https://twitter.com/GovPressOffice/status/1937916016279044129?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 25, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Zach Jewell contributed to this article.
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Actress Halle Berry is not pleased with California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom.
The 59-year-old Academy Award winner tore into Newsom while speaking at The New York Times DealBook Summit on Wednesday, saying she had “zero f**** left to give” at this stage of life and would therefore speak candidly about her opinion.
Berry, who founded the menopause care company Respin Health, was upset that Newsom vetoed a bill focused on menopause and accused the governor of failing women of a certain age.
“Back in my great state of California, my very own governor, Gavin Newsom, has vetoed our menopause bill, not one, but two years in a row,” the “Monster’s Ball” star told the crowd. “But that’s okay, because he’s not going to be governor forever, and with the way he has overlooked women, half the population, by devaluing us in midlife, he probably should not be our next president either. Just saying.”
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“In 2025 there is a lot to still be talked about and discovered and uncovered, especially if you are a woman who is navigating midlife and thoughtfully considering your longevity, because in 2025, I, Halle Berry, and women of my age are simply devalued in this country,” she said at another point in her speech.
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“Our culture thinks that at 59 years old, I am past my prime, and that women my age start to become invisible in Hollywood, in the workplace, on social media. Women are pressured to stay forever 35. We’re complimented if we seem to be aging backwards or defying gravity, as if that’s even possible, and if we somehow manage to look younger than our years, it’s suggested that’s the gold standard that our worth should be measured by.”
The Advancing Menopause Care and Mid-Life Women&#8217;s Health Act that Berry was referring to is a bipartisan bill aimed to boost research, grants, and education for menopause. It would authorize $275 million over five years to increase menopause education for both medical professionals and the public.

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