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The California Exodus Grows

People don’t leave California for Texas for the better weather, they go because they can’t afford to stay in a state with high taxes (if you buy Gov. Gavin Newsom’s “low-tax state” spiel, you are a chump), an outrageous cost of living, and dysfunctional government to boot.

Gavin Newsom’s Empire of Fraud

California is a cash machine. The state collects some of the country’s highest income, business, and fuel taxes, and now spends more than $300 billion per year. And yet, everywhere you look, California seems to be falling apart.

Spanberger’s Californification of Virginia

California has the highest energy and housing costs in the continental U.S., tand he nation’s highest unemployment and poverty rates. But Abigail Spanberger, who has just been sworn in as the new governor of Virginia, has apparently seen these results and has decided she wants to inflict on her state exactly what California has suffered under Democratic management.

Gavin Newsom Declares War on ICE and Is Looking for Snitches

Think of it as a digital neighborhood watch, except instead of tattling on porch pirates, Californians are now encouraged to upload photos, videos, and hot takes about the feds. The California Department of Justice rolled it out, hoping to deputize every iPhone-wielding bystander in order to keep tabs on Washington’s immigration enforcers.