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Dems and their BS again, while they acuse us. This election is very off...
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Aries-Atlas retweeted
MORE CALIFORNIA FRAUD! California’s high-speed rail boss Ian Choudri quits after inspectors catch nearly $600,000 in consultant luxury travel waste on a project with zero trains running.
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Ian Choudri stepped down late Wednesday and blamed “important personal and family priorities.”
In his letter he called leading the authority “one of the most meaningful and rewarding chapters of my professional life” and insisted he had fixed the mess. Board chair Steve Kawa said the exit shows “commitment to accountability and transparency” and declared “Californians deserve a project they can trust.”
Newsom’s office called it a positive step while finance director Joe Stephenshaw takes over as interim CEO.
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Inspectors found consultants billed roughly $600,000 for unallowable trips between 2024 and 2026. That included first-class flights, late-night rideshares near Choudri’s Folsom home, and visits to a nightclub plus an escape room.
One consultant flew Denver to Sacramento 30 times in a year and charged big travel-time fees. Staff signed off with almost no questions.
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The board had already yanked Choudri’s power to approve contracts under $25 million. Voters backed the rail in 2008 expecting San Francisco to Los Angeles service by 2020 for a few tens of billions.
Costs have ballooned past $126 billion and maybe $231 billion with service possibly not until 2040.
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Only a Central Valley stretch is under construction and no high-speed trains operate. The authority also lost about $4 billion in federal money for missing deadlines.
Environmental clearance and a trainset contract are done but most of the line still has no funding.
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Think its time we just shut down this money pit to nowhere?
And prosecute the fraudster’s who have stolen wasted public cash?
Are they going to do it again? I live outside of Sacramento. I've seen the ratios on every post and every platform...
You can't convince me that @XavierBecerra is ahead of @SteveHiltonx . No enthusiasm, ratios everywhere, a basement campaign...
Are they going to steal another election?
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Took my tween and her friends trick-or-treating last night in my Red County neighborhood that is full of courts. Many parents were staying on the main road and letting the kids make their rounds through the courts.
Talked to many parents from Sacramento County. They made the drive because the neighborhood is "so safe", people are "so friendly", the community really goes "all out", "no teens running around making trouble"...etc
The sheriff's department was rolling through, playing Halloween music and spooky sounds over their PAs and handing out candy...
I couldn't help but wonder how they plan to vote. Our community didn't happen by accident. @SteveHiltonx
Let's be clear. Becerra is not proposing to REPLACE the gas tax with a mileage tax. He wants a mileage tax IN ADDITION TO the gas tax.
They will never have enough of YOUR money.
Becerra is not the status quo; he is far worse.
WE CAN'T AFFORD FOR PEOPLE TO BE VOTING WITH THEIR "FEELINGS". Vote with your wallet. Red or blue, wake up and vote Hilton.
Aries-Atlas retweeted
“Imagine running for office on a promise to raise taxes, in an election when the top issue for voters is ‘affordability.’”
Hey Democrats and Republicans and all voters of California State senate 22
ask this question of Grok
Has Susan Rubio @SenSusanRubio voted for higher taxes
See the answer you get
Do you want to pay higher taxes?
Aries-Atlas retweeted
SACRAMENTO: This is the squalor Becerra gave Newsom an "A" grade on.
Just two miles away, Italian marble is being shipped in to the Capitol building so our useless politicians can sit in their palace. It SHAMES us!
ENOUGH of the piss and shit on our streets! VOTE!!!
Aries-Atlas retweeted
🚨 WOW! STEPHEN MILLER: "How did we end up with 60 senators in the first place in 2008 to pass Obamacare?! Because Democrats rigged the ALASKA ELECTION then with a fake case against then-Senator Ted Stevens. There is a HISTORY here where Alaska Democrats have tried corruptly to steal the vote of the Alaskan people." 🤯
"To lie so casually, so repeatedly, so comfortably, it's generally SOCIOPATHIC! And they lied again and again and again and again when everyone knows the truth. The only reason that Dan Sullivan has a fake Dan, a decoy Dan running against him is because Democrats orchestrated it." @StephenM
This is the same thing they want now.
Steal the seat, throw their own operatives under the bus, throw up their hands and say, "oh well, the seat is still blue!" and expect us to forget
SEE THROUGH IT AND VOTE FOR DAN S. SULLIVAN (incumbent Senator)!
Aries-Atlas retweeted
🚨 NEW: Becerra’s missing migrant children found living on Skid Row.
I went there with @VenturaReport, and it was horrifying. Toddlers living in tents and broken-down RVs, surrounded by drug needles, filth and violence.
Becerra says he’s “proud” of his record at HHS. We can’t let him win this election! VOTE!
Just a little insight into another way California screws businesses that very few discuss, and that is the equipment tax depreciation schedule.
It's the most business hostile state for a number of reasons, but this one is huge, especially for start-ups who haven't recognized a profit yet.
The state makes it impossible to get your feet off the ground.
1. Significant Year-One Cash Flow Disadvantage
Federal tax law allows businesses to instantly deduct 100% (or a high percentage depending on the year) of equipment costs through bonus depreciation or Section 179. California denies this immediate tax relief for any purchase exceeding $25,000.
The Penalty: If a California business buys a $150,000 piece of manufacturing machinery, they can write off the full $150,000 on their federal taxes right away, drastically reducing their federal bill. On their California return, however, they can only write off a tiny fraction in year one (using standard multi-year MACRS schedules).
The Result: The business must pay a much higher state tax bill in the year of purchase. This drains liquid cash that could otherwise be used immediately to hire employees, fund inventory, or reinvest in growth.
2. High Out-of-Pocket Administrative Costs
Because California does not conform to federal rules, businesses cannot use a single unified tax ledger. They are forced to pay for dual-track bookkeeping.
The Penalty: CPAs and accounting departments must maintain, track, and reconcile two completely separate sets of depreciation schedules for the exact same asset—one for the IRS and one for the California Franchise Tax Board (FTB).
The Result: This structural complexity translates directly into higher annual accounting fees and increased administrative burdens, an overhead cost that businesses in conforming states do not have to bear.
3. Out-of-State Competitive Disadvantage
Most states conform closely to federal tax guidelines regarding bonus depreciation or offer much higher Section 179 limits to incentivize local business growth.
The Penalty: A business operating in a conforming state (like Texas or Florida) can buy equipment, immediately erase a massive portion of their tax liability, and use those saved dollars to out-compete or underbid a California company.
The Result: California businesses are left with a higher cost of capital and slower asset-recovery timelines, making it financially harder to scale at the same pace as out-of-state competitors.
While the business eventually recovers the tax benefit over the asset's full lifespan (e.g., 5 to 7 years), the time value of money means a dollar saved today is worth far more than a dollar saved years down the road.
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Aries-Atlas retweeted
🚨 BREAKING: Steve Hilton announces plan to cancel High Speed Rail, turn it into the Government Failures National Monument.
Aries-Atlas retweeted
BOOM: @SteveHiltonx does it again—absolute FIRE 🔥 ad
And he’s right…the downfall of California is totally absurd. It’s also a drag on the entire country.
California is the Leading Edge of America’s Destiny™️—so take it back!
Aries-Atlas retweeted
I just love him! 🤣😆🤣
Take a minute to listen to @XAVIAER and if you’re not following him, what are you waiting for?
Aries-Atlas retweeted
This is the best explanation between left and right I have heard in a long time! #RepublicanValues #democraticvalues
Aries-Atlas retweeted
3 hours after Charlie Kirk was shot, a Steam group told members to encrypt about 'a very specific thing that happened'. Its name was engraved on a casing in an evidence bag 40 hours later. Discord sealed a million messages and said nothing happened. I focused on Steam.
The four engraved casings turned out to be the cipher. Each phrase has a home on Steam: a group, a wall, a game, a song. Every one of those homes was awake before the public knew a name.
Tyler Robinson, the man charged, is in none of those rooms. Lance Twiggs, his partner, is in all of them. The investigation never looked.
The story only makes sense with Tyler in it. He is not. Lance is. The people who own these words celebrated the killing, groom kids in the open, laugh about hacking the FBI, and are still posting under their own names. A man is on trial for his life, and the platforms are sitting on the rest.
Part one. The warning comes first, with the characters they hid inside its title. 🧵
@billiewebbb & @DiligentDenizen
ALT load in 4k. That goes for all photos
Aries-Atlas retweeted
🚨 CRIME OF THE CENTURY UNCOVERED 🚨
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. just dropped a BOMBSHELL that should shake America to its core.
When he walked into HHS, he found the ultimate betrayal:
Xavier Becerra and the Biden administration gutted the anti-fraud team that was supposed to protect $2.2 TRILLION in taxpayer money every single year.
There were only 80 people watching over 50 states and 5 territories.
Becerra transferred 76 of them out.
Only 6 people left.
Six.
For 4 MILLION transactions a day.
It was an open invitation for the thieves.
And they came running.
Phony hospices in Los Angeles billing $6,000 a month for patients who didn’t even exist.
Durable medical equipment fraud — tens of billions stolen.
Autism services — tens of billions more looted.
The store was left wide open… and they cleaned it out.
RFK Jr. is calling it exactly what it is: a deliberate dismantling of the last line of defense against the greatest government fraud in modern American history.
This wasn’t incompetence.
This was the crime of the century.
And the American people just found out who left the vault door unlocked.
Aries-Atlas retweeted
Back in December, Candace asked for proof that Charlie Kirk had pre-appointed Erika as CEO… and Erika offered a TRANSCRIPT of a video 🤣🤣
this is basically the equivalent of being hungry and somebody offering you a photo a sandwich
I am genuinely not sure where this rumor is coming from as it would appear Turning Point USA is launching another cannon of Z-list influencers into our orbit, who will prove all too eager to lie for cash…That aside, allow me to state this unequivocally: at no point before, during, or after our meeting did Erika Kirk ever offer to allow me to see Charlie Kirk’s autopsy.
She has never made that claim publicly nor could she, because it simply never happened.
The only document Erika offered to allow me to view was a typed transcript from Charlie’s Aspen event, which she alleged was proof Charlie passed the organization onto her. I declined to see/read the transcript of the video because the offer itself was nonsensical. It would have made sense to show me the video itself—not a transcript of it.
Hope that clarifies matters.
