Over on rightondaily.com there is a fellow who hangs out in the comment section. His comments are longform and rambling in nature. Leo Naranjo actually makes Joe Biden seem cogent.
Per my internet search engine, this is Leo Naranjo
Naranjo was one of the 100 million folks who ran for governor this past June, he got a whole 8,000 votes! He has been crowing about getting .01% of the vote saying he out performed expectations. Grab a participation trophy my guy!
Naranjo fancies himself a Trump wannabe; he calls people names and makes outlandish statements without any proof. He called Hilton a “Brit” and claims Hilton was forced on us. First of all, Naranjo calling him a “Brit” just shows his ignorance as a human, and boy I hope Hilton can get some sleep tonight knowing a retired loser called him a name! Hilton was not forced on us Leo. Your guy Trump endorsed him, making him essentially a lock for the top two. Naranjo then goes on to say Hilton can’t win…. Wow, great analysis there! You are telling me in a state as dark blue as California that a Republican cannot win? My God! when Fox News has an opening for a political analyst, I’ll recommend you!
But enough about Leo Naranjo and his pathetic life.
Steve Hilton can help. While Leo has no chance of being able to realize it, Hilton’s presence on the ballot will drive Republicans to vote. Most people look at the top of the ticket races and decide whether to participate in voting or not. Show me a ballot with Xavier Beccera and Tom Steyer (D vs D) and I am not likely to even vote. Be honest just for a second, no one cares about the other statewide races and unless you are super dialed-in political nerd. Most voters likely cannot name a candidate. However, with Hilton on the ballot, I will vote and vote for every race down ticket. It will not help in my area as no race is competitive, but it could very well help elsewhere. In some parts of the state, we do have races we are targeting or trying to hold where a mere 500-2500 votes could make the difference. This is where Hilton comes in. He could help us get those extra votes just by being on the ticket. This could be the difference between winning and losing a targeted race.
Trust me, no one with a functioning brain (doesn’t include you Leo), thinks Hilton can or will win, its about strategy.
Leo, go grab your participation trophy, but find a hobby; preferable one not requiring sharp blades or sharp wits. Typing longform comments on someone else’s blog is pathetic. Oh, the Sith Lord told me you are a totally different person at the local CRA meetings. Go figure. An internet tough guy calling people names from behind the anonymity of his keyboard has a name on this blog, Troll.
Exactly what the title of this blog says. We have an election in November. It seems like everyone is saying the Democrats will win big. I am somewhat skeptical. Both parties are nominating whack jobs which can sink the whole party if not kept in check.
Three New York Democrat Congress nominees: Check out these 3 pieces of work.
Two Democratic socialist House candidates who were endorsed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) — Darializa Avila Chevalier and Claire Valdez — won their primary bids last week. Brad Lander, a former member of the Democratic Socialists of America and close ally of Mamdani’s, also won his.
Chevalier gets worse somehow:
Avila Chevalier, a sociology PhD student whose victory sent shockwaves throughout the Democratic establishment, has been under fire for a since-deleted Twitter account, previously reported by CNN, that included phrases such as “seize the means of production,” along with calls to abolish police, prisons and borders. Other controversial tweets include one that said Black and Arab men are both “Fetishizing ugly colonizer women” and another that describedwiping her dirty hands on the American flag in lieu of a napkin.
As an undergraduate, Avila Chevalier attended Columbia University, where she organized with Students for Justice in Palestine, and after graduation became involved in pro-Palestinian campus protests over Israel’s war in Gaza. She also attended a controversial October 8, 2023, pro-Palestinian rally in Times Square — one day after Hamas’ attack on Israel — that featured speeches and rhetoric praising the attack.
Claire Valdez doesn’t seem much better:
“Two and a half years ago, Israeli leaders clearly stated their intent to carry out a genocide in Gaza,” she said in an X post on June 3. “And that’s exactly what they did. I was in the streets with so many New Yorkers protesting our complicity and to free Palestine.”
“This fascist administration is kidnapping our neighbors from their immigration court check-ins,” she said in a 2025 post to X. “What is Albany waiting for? State leaders cannot ignore this emergency any longer. We cannot allow ONE MORE neighbor to be targeted.”
Brad Lander isn’t great either:
Lander says his first priority in Congress will be to “vanquish Trump’s fascism” and abolish ICE, and accused billionaires of “rigging our economy.” He has described himself as an “ally” to the black community, and in a 2022 candidate survey for the comptroller job shockingly accused himself of possible white supremacy. In 2020, Lander called for police to suspend arresting criminals and demanded most inmates at Rikers be released. He also advocated for cutting NYPD’s budget by $1 billion in a letter to constituents, according to the New York Post.
All three are running in safe districts. Welcome to Congress!
Ken Paxton Republican Senate Candidate Texas:
So, he knocked off a moderate. I’m sure the far right is giddy. Problem is Paxton has more skeletons in his closet than a graveyard. Check these out:
In 2015, Paxton was indicted on state securities fraud charges relating to activities before taking office; he pleaded not guilty. After Paxton fulfilled a pretrial agreement for restitution to the victims, ethics training, and community service, the charges were dismissed in 2025.
In May 2023, Paxton was impeached by the Texas House of Representatives by a vote of 121–23, leading to his suspension. The articles of impeachment included allegations that Paxton gave preferential treatment to a political donor who bribed him, misapplied public resources and made false statements against whistleblowers, obstructed justice in the securities fraud trial against him, and made false statements regarding his financial interests. In September 2023, the Texas Senate voted 16–14 to acquit Paxton of all articles of impeachment, ending his suspension from office.
He also had an affair leading to divorce. On July 10, 2025, Angela posted on X that she had “filed for divorce on biblical grounds”. The court filing alleged Ken Paxton was at fault and had committed adultery, and that the couple had not lived together since June 2024.
Graham Platner: Democrat for Senate in Maine. This guy might be the worst of all time.
No word yet on how much the Southern Poverty Law Center is spending on his behalf
During his 2026 Senate campaign, Platner faced scrutiny over a skull-and-bones tattoo on his chest that resembled the Totenkopf symbol used by the NaziSchutzstaffel (SS) and SS-Totenkopfverbände. In an interview on Pod Save America, Platner said he and other Marines received the tattoo while on leave in Croatia in 2007 and that he had been unaware of its historical association at the time. He later covered the tattoo. CNN and Jewish Insider reported a former acquaintance’s allegation that Platner had previously called the tattoo “my Totenkopf”, which Platner denied.
Damn they are nominating a real life Nazi!
In October 2025, various news outlets reported on Reddit posts Platner made between 2013 and 2021 in which he called himself a “communist“, wrote that “all cops are bastards“, agreed with a post calling rural white Americans “racist and stupid”, and in some posts referenced political violence and armed resistance. In a 2013 Reddit discussion about anti-rape underwear, Platner wrote that people worried about assault should “take some responsibility for themselves and not get so fucked up they wind up having sex with someone they don’t mean to.”
Mental health (PTSD) as an excuse. Check
In May 2026, The New York Times and other news outlets reported that in 2025 Platner’s wife, Amy Gertner, told a senior campaign aide that he had been sexting with multiple other women. The Platner campaign’s political director, Genevieve McDonald, alleged that Gertner had said it was as many as a dozen women. A Platner campaign official said he had been communicating with no more than six, and that the conduct had stopped before the campaign launched. Gertner said the matter had been resolved through counseling.
Anthony Weiner walked so Platner could run!
In June 2026, The Times reported allegations that Platner engaged in disturbing and physically threatening behavior toward women he had dated. A former girlfriend described by The Times as “a Virginia conservative who has worked for right-leaning groups and Republican campaigns” alleged that Platner had grabbed her repeatedly with enough force to leave marks and once twisted her arm behind her back, pushed her into a room, and locked her in against her will until morning. Platner has denied these allegations and called them “politically motivated”.
Good Effing God!
One last late entrant!
Colorado Congress candidate Melat Kiros:
Colorado Democratic Socialist candidate Melat Kiros recently argued how the 9/11 and 10/7 terror attacks were “inevitable” after US and Israeli military actions in the Middle East. 9News journalist Kyle Clark followed by asking if she believed the 9/11 terror attacks were also an “inevitable consequence” based on its foreign policy.
Inevitable in the sense that we destabilized a lot of the Middle East, which led people to believe that another act of violence was the only response. And again, just like I said before, our responsibility is to get rid of those conditions that lead to violence in the first place,” Kiros said.
Good Lord!
In closing.
Part of the issue for the far left is the 3 New York candidates as nominees with 2 beating long term incumbents. They will be in the next Congress! The babe in Colorado hits the ballot tonight so we shall see. Again, that’s a far left district, so win and she is in. Paxton and Platner are horses of a different color. In Texas, the GOP will now need to spend a lot of money to save Paxton and win the seat, polling shows it neck and neck. This is money that should be spent elsewhere. Texas is also huge so it will take quite a bit of money. Paxton’s issues will play in Texas more so than other parts of the country. Platner in Maine is a big issue that was a race where he beat out their popular Democrat governor for the nomination. His baggage is coming out and yikes. This was a seat deemed winnable for the Democrats, who knows now.
If I’m the Republicans, I’m using the language of those nominees in New York and tying their words around the entire party in November. One man’s opinion.
This is another wild blog to write. You likely read my blog about dating in 2026, well this puts a whole new spin on the relationship world these days. Full disclosure: I am not married nor ever have been.
This story starts with a very good friend of mine in a volunteer group. We were talking about relationships at an evert and my friend told me I need to put myself out more. Likely out of concern but also that the older you get the more, uh let’s say baggage, appears in the dating scene. His wife agreed. While their suggestion was for me to get a puppy which probably could work, except that I am gone from the house for about 12-14 hours a day, making that a nightmare scenario for fido. So, their next suggestion was that I wear his wedding band when I’m out and about. I at first thought the suggestion was kind of gay in nature, like would a girl let another girl wear their lingerie, seems odd? But I said I would do it, somewhat regrettably. Disclosure: my friend and his wife are not swingers they are married with 2 very young children.
So, heeding their advice, I wore my buddy’s wedding band to my gym at my next work out. Boy was I reluctant but did it anyway.
Wow!
The results were unworldly. I had two women openly hit on me while I was on the treadmill. Oh, and I don’t consider a girl smiling or saying “hi” hitting on me by the way. A third women gave me her phone number while I was at the squat rack. While outside at the pool area doing farmer carries, two other women openly were hitting on me. While laying out at the pool after working out, a “cougar” (I put her at around age 55) actually was openly propositioning me asking if I wanted some action. I don’t know her motives, but I think the outside family bathroom (thanks Gavin!) locks from the inside, and we could have smashed there.
Contrast this to my normal workouts, I have never, in 20 plus years of going there for my workouts, been hit on, at all.
This was a wild ride that day. (OK “ride” might not be the best choice of words but anyway) for 1.5 hours I felt like an N’Sync or Backstreet Boys singer (I’m dating myself here. I know another sketchy word choice). But to be honest, the women hitting on me made it clear that they weren’t wanting or desiring to be girlfriend material.
This was during my work hours from 3:00-4:15 PM, so I believe this group to be stay-at-home mom/wife types. These women were looking for a hook up, or maybe sex on the regular because they aren’t getting much or any from their husband. All of these women expressing interest were definitely very attractive. I guess these babes were from a group that felt that “he is a married man and maybe I was looking for action on the side with a no tell agreement.” I have no idea. I will add cougar lady was very attractive and I did think she was going to, at one point, pull her bikini bottom to the side and offer to get it on in the cabana I was sitting in.
Oh, I didn’t wear the ring the following week…. Nothing but silence from the coeds.
What a time to be alive. Women at gyms or beaches in thong bikinis. Women wearing leggings for every occasion. Women basically not even covering their top anymore. Women often look like refugees from rap videos dressing like they just can’t wait to be exploited again. It’s wild.
Getting said modern women to go on a date with you, on the other hand, is no fun chore.
I will lay out several instances of mine (and one of my friend’s) to illustrate the issues in the dating pool. William is/was not wrong with his description.
Servpro Chick: this attractive vendor came by my office every other month. She would shoot the breeze with me and was, according to my office partner, “very flirtatious.” I asked her out; yep, went on 3 dates with her. If you’re wondering, I thought after that many dates we would end the evening in the bedroom, but on the verge of “scoring” she confessed to me that she was married and had 2 kids. Yep. Maybe she was trying to see if she “still had it” but wow, what a way to treat your household.
Chick from one office down the hall: We actually met at the gym, on the treadmills. We spoke for about an hour. Quite literally two days later, there was a mixer for all employees in the building where we work. I saw her and went to speak to her; she acted like she didn’t know me. Previously we had a normal conversation, and then she brushes me off. This struck me as odd, but in essence why waste each other’s time pursuing further.
Spartan race chick: This one is truly bizarre. We volunteered several times to prepare racecourses for various venues. It happened that we worked together for hours at a time on multiple occasions in the past 2 years. She reached out to me in January and asked for my cell number. Oh yeah, after some texting with her, suddenly she said I just want to be friends. Again odd. Who asks for someone’s number to be friends only?
Dating app guy: This is actually from a coworker of mine. She matched with a guy on Hinge (dating app) and they had been texting each other. A date was supposed to happen Friday night, it was subsequently rescheduled to Sunday due to his “work commitments.” On Sunday, he ghosted her. Monday morning she told me he “unadded” her or something on that dating app. He then sent 3 messages to her saying she is “so beautiful and wanted a chance to make things up to her.” Of course she refused, she also declared she would be deleting the app.
random image from internet of a woman at gym
There is a reason I do not do dating apps. It seems like that universe is filled with people just wanting a hook up, weirdos, whackos like the guy above, and people who don’t look like their profile picture. I’ve heard this enough that I believe this is the rule not the exception. I would rather just sit out that whole exploitation routine. As you can see, the dating pool is limited and not much hope anymore. But boy is the scenery great at my fitness club!
The Chief
Editor’s Note: then there is the issue of whether said dating prospect has all factor equipment or aftermarket modifications. Yuck! Puts a whole new spin on trust but verify. Just sayin’.
I am actually at a loss and can barely find the words for this. William will tell you, half the time I’m interrupting him on our phone calls. For some background, El Dorado County is quite literally about 90% MAGA/Trump country. They gave Gavin the middle finger on covid shutdowns and are probably the reddest part of the state; (They were carved up in redistricting), but I digress.
El Dorado County California
I came across this today on my KCRA 3 news app.
Carl Cacconie, convicted of six counts of lewd and lascivious acts on a child in El Dorado County, has been captured after nearly 10 months on the run, according to the El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office and the FBI Sacramento Field Office.
Cacconie was located in Scottsdale, Arizona, following what officials described as an extensive joint investigation.
I had to re-read that several times. No chance it was El Dorado, no chance. It was. He was allowed to leave and return for his sentencing. For those of you used to getting your court related info from Law and Order, you are typically remanded to custody after a guilty verdict. For some reason this piece of trash was not.
Cacconie was found guilty on July 17, 2025, following a trial at the El Dorado County courthouse in South Lake Tahoe.
An El Dorado County jury convicted him of six counts of committing lewd acts upon a child under the age of 14.
The victim, now an adult, said she was 11 years old when the abuse occurred. She previously told KCRA 3 she remembered being afraid that no one would believe her.
“He was an adult. People would believe an adult before me,” she said. After the verdict, she described feeling relief after years of pain.
“It was a sense of relief,” she said. “All of the tears — it was all worth it in the end. Even though it was one of the hardest things I’ve had to go through, it felt like a huge weight lifted off my shoulders.”
Huh? Damn! It’s like the Michael Dukakis weekend prison passes from years ago.
Michael Dukakis — this is the photo that sank Dukakis’ Presidential aspirations in 1988
Despite the conviction, Cacconie was not immediately taken into custody. According to the El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office, a deputy district attorney requested that Cacconie be remanded into custody while awaiting sentencing. That request was denied.
Instead, Cacconie remained out of custody on $1 million bail after previously surrendering his passport and being fitted with a monitoring device. El Dorado County Judge Michael McLaughlin allowed him to leave the courthouse and return for sentencing on Aug. 25, 2025. Cacconie faced up to 18 years in prison. He never showed up.
“Where is he? He just disappeared,” the victim previously said.
Oh damn, so the guy who is likely looking at the better part of several life terms or like 580 years in jail didn’t show up to his sentencing? Wild. I cannot believe it. Alert the press.
On Aug. 17, 2025, Cacconie’s monitoring device stopped transmitting, according to the District Attorney’s Office. He was last seen in San Francisco on Aug. 22, 2025.
On Aug. 25, the day of his sentencing, Cacconie’s family informed the court that they had reported him missing and said he had left behind his phone, wallet and a suicide note.
The victim’s family said that without the discovery of Cacconie’s body, they believed he was alive. On May 14, 2026, a federal arrest warrant was issued for Cacconie in the Eastern District of California for unlawful flight to avoid confinement, which officials said was meant to aid efforts to locate him. Less than a month later, Cacconie was captured in Arizona.
It remains unclear whether anyone who may have helped Cacconie evade authorities or hide while he was a fugitive is facing charges.
In closing, why was this person allowed to be out on bail? Also, its El Dorado County not San Francisco County where I would expect this bullshit to take place. I hope he gets 580 years in prison, and they bury him under the jail.
Folks this will be a short blog, but I have done a 180 on voter fraud. Specifically, the Los Angeles Mayor race result. That is the specific target of this blog. On election night (keep in mind CA will be counting ballots 32 more days) had Spencer Pratt making the runoff with incumbent Karen Bass. This was a result that was expected if you read the analysis post-election night. The experts were expecting Pratt vs Bass. Whelp a vote drop two days or so after election night gave the 3rd place finisher Nithya Ramen a 3,000-vote lead. The AP called the race today for those 2 finishing in the top 2. Ramen is a far left damn near communist, Bass is very liberal herself and also trained in the ways of Karl Marx. To me it makes zero sense that 2 people that share similar political positions would finish 1-2 with the vote share they got!
While I have zero proof of actual fraud, a large gain of votes by a single candidate will always get my attention. It reminds me of the “vote count stopping” simultaneously in major cities until tomorrow morning in 2020 Presidential election and viola when the count resumed, Joe Biden had miraculously picked up insurmountable vote totals.
You see the issue out here in California is that we send everyone a ballot who is registered. Everyone. You have to mail it in or drop it off to a vote center. That center then sends it to the county clerk where it is processed. The ballots are opened and then the signature is verified. Allegedly. I do not believe they can be verifying signatures as millions of ballots must be counted. Seems like an exercise in futility. The ballots can be postmarked on election day, so they are likely to receive ballots as late as today in the mail. It is also alleged that ballots with no postmark are required to be counted under California election law. Counting will continue.
Current Results on June 9 2026
If you want people to believe there is no voter fraud, why not make the process more transparent? 37 days to count votes? Strange result dumps that make no sense? Saying you verify all signatures when they seem dubious? Once people start thinking there is fraud, it’s hard to get them to change their minds.
Again, while I have no proof, the election result in LA smells; Pratt should have made the top 2. Something is very fishy here.
It is the update you didn’t ask for, but due to the sheer number of folks running, and Eric Swalwell going up in flames, I feel compelled to comment.
There are about 200 folks running to replace Gavin Newsom as the next California governor, and to be honest, most Democrats that I speak with do not like the slate of choices they have.
What folks who live outside of California do not understand is, if you get elected governor, you are essentially a favorite to be the next nominee for President when you decide to run. During recent presidential years, the California Legislature has moved the traditional June primary way up to the beginning of March in an attempt to be relevant to the Presidential nominee selection process. The number of delegates available in California is about 1/5 of what you need to secure the nomination of either Party.
So, to my commentary.
I do not know if the candidates that make it to the November general election will be 1 from the GOP and 1 Democrat or 2 Democrats, it’s really that fluid. Here are the candidates at the top of the field and my thoughts on each.
Sheriff Chad Bianco
Riverside County lawman
He is the MAGA sheriff from Riverside County. He is big into deportation and enforcing the law. (duh). He was/is my likely choice; I get a good vibes from him and feel we need a straight-talking sheriff. That being said, I think he finishes 4th. His talking points are not going to play here except in the very red and sparsely populated areas of the state. Trump endorsed Hilton (for reasons I do not understand) and as a result, his poll numbers fell about 5%. One thing to consider, the CAGOP did not endorse for governor which tells me he has strong backing in the party.
Xavier Becerra
Xavier Becerra a legend in his own mind
I don’t get this guy. His entire campaign is “Trump bad!” He has no ideas. Just so people understand, the housing affordability crisis is even bigger in California than the rest of the US. A burger, fries, and a coke at Burger King is $18. Becerra is your classic “get me in the top 2 vs a Republican and I will win” candidate. He will finish in the top 3. My prediction is vague because he does have support from unions but mostly because his competition is……
Billionaire Tom Steyer
Tom Steyer
He has spent likely a hundred million dollars on TV ads. He wants to break up Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E), which I doubt could happen or actually lower costs, but go for it! PG&E is an evil empire out here in California so picking on them does move the needle. PG&E has said it will spend 10 million to defeat him, classic stupidity as the ads will likely raise Steyers vote total. Steyer is also all in on the billionaire tax that qualified for the ballot in November. (More on that in another blog). Steyer is all in on flaunting his wealth, and I think that’s a mistake in the Democrat Party. Prediction, I think he finishes 2nd-3rd. He has been constantly second in the polling. Credit where it’s due, he actually has ideas.
Steve Hilton
Former Fox News host who hails from LA. He is leading the polls and will finish 1st-2nd. As mentioned, Trump endorsed him, so he has gotten a boost in polling. Trump carries a lot of weight. However, I won’t be voting for him. Hilton gives me an odd vibe; similar to how I feel about Sean Hannity. Hannity claims to hate New York City, yet says I’ve called New York home most of my life. Hannity drives and openly brags about his hybrid car, again it’s an odd vibe for a conservative. Hilton has lived here for years, immigrated from Britain. He doesn’t really have any ideas, it’s mostly boiler plate GOP talking points. He seems like a Country Club RINO Republican that the Republican voters in this state love. On social issues, I’ve heard there is no difference between Hilton and the Democrats. I will say this, I will not cast a ballot for him in either election.
Katie Porker
The babe who berated her staff constantly has zero chance. She will likely be 5th. She has now bizarrely stated it’s because she is a woman. Yup, that’s how I decide who to vote for, you got a vagina; stick to the kitchen and make babies, and while you’re at it, make me a sandwich toots. Maybe if she used the term “birthing person” and not a gender specific one, she would fare better?
Editor Comment:when did Democrats decide a woman has a vagina? Clearly the Chief has not been sufficiently indoctrinated during his employee training classes. I will have HR look into this lapse of judgment. Dear Democrat readers, please excuse his sexist presumptions about the rainbow of genders with which you can identify in the great republic democracy of California.
Closing Thoughts
As you can see, things will be interesting down the stretch here. I only lament that if Trump didn’t endorse, we may have been able to sneak 2 Republicans through. Such is life though. What I do think is exciting is we could have a vast array of finishes when all the votes are counted. I do not typically trust polling, but I feel confident saying Hilton gets one of the two slots. Steyer and Becerra are intriguing. Either could take the other slot. Do Democrats vote for the billionaire? Is simply being anti-Trump enough to get elected? It’s the flip of a coin; Becerra has been the late riser in the polling with Swalwell being eliminated.
Grab your popcorn, buckle your seat belt, and enjoy the ride.
One thing that could be interesting, Billionaire Tom Steyer vs Steve Hilton. While Steyer is simultaneously campaigning for governor and the billionaire tax, Gavin Newsom said he will pour resources into defeating the ballot measure. Democrats do not typically like billionaires. Is it vote blue no matter who? Or could Hilton backdoor his way to the governorship as an Arnold Schwarzenegger? At least Hilton is not promising to blow-up boxes like Arnold did. After all, boxes are a legitimate type of housing in many cities in California. That folks is proof that Hilton is a compassionate conservative.
Blogger Note:This is not about voter fraud it’s about the scary amount of fraud uncovered in the last few months.
It started with “learing” centers in Minneapolis, then hospice care facilities in Los Angeles, now I got a bombshell Fox News alert about Medicaid fraud in Ohio.
Folks, what we must quit doing is blaming one party or the other when it comes to fraud. Both sides do it; both sides may even be in on it together in certain parts of the country. You mean to tell me that a guy with a camera phone/video camera, some free time, and some video editing equipment can uncover a massive fraud in Minneapolis regarding learning centers (schools) but no one else could? Folks, the video and interviews are eye popping. Learning center being spelled wrong on the main entrance sign. Decrepit buildings and essentially vacant interiors. No records of student attendance but they were inspected by the state (allegedly) and were definitely being paid. There are tons of those centers, they exist in every state, and likely in each town, you may not realize it.
In Los Angeles, the story is the same but exchange learning centers for hospice clinics. While I forget the numbers, I thought I saw 248 or so clinics existed in Los Angeles (City of or county-wide I do not recall.) That is an ungodly number. These places must be registered and licensed, also inspected by inspectors. Many of these clinics existed in the literal same building. Again someone(s) were signing off on paperwork, obviously forging/approving licensing and inspections, and paying fraudulent billing invoices for services not rendered. Folks you need to be one sick human being to bill for the dead or dying, and likely for years; when you had zero customers.
Here are the Ohio claims…
Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is calling for a sweeping crackdown on his state’s Medicaid program after a report alleged that companies billed millions of taxpayer dollars from vacant offices, including abandoned buildings with piled-up mail, “out to lunch” signs and no visible staff.
The remarks came after a report by The Daily Wire that allegedly found 288 home healthcare companies listed at the same addresses, including locations that appeared vacant or in disrepair, with no clear signs of active business operations.
While I don’t take his comments or even the article at anything for than face value, this is now state number 3, with more on the way. It’s a national problem. The bigger issue is the people who aid and abet this behavior by trying to play partisan politics.
Time Walz (Governor MN) and Ilhan Omar (Congressmember – Somalia) both came out swinging that there is/was nothing to see here. Blaming racism as most of these businesses were owned by Somalian people. In Los Angeles it was more of the same. We always, here in California, excuse this fraud by claiming it’s a witch hunt, nothing to see here. These baseless claims are obviously done by a far right political blogger wannabe. In Ohio, Mike Dewine, a Republican governor had this to say…
In a statement to Fox News, they insisted Ohio “has extensive oversight mechanisms in place,” noting that these include “Electronic Visit Verification for hourly care, requiring signed daily activity logs, conducting audits and surveys performing background checks on providers, and reassessing medical needs regularly…”
His office also pointed to “internal agency efforts to fight waste, fraud and abuse.”
That’s why these schemes are allowed to exist. They are excused by folks in power, and in some cases, I wonder if these folks are directly in on it. Can you say, Mrs. Newsom and diapers? Common sense will tell you that several clinics at the same literal building suite should raise a red flag. Decrepit, outdated, falling apart buildings as well, but sadly in this country we follow the old military rules of “Don’t ask, don’t tell.” We ask no questions, nor do we “trust but verify”. We not only allow these schemes to perpetuate for years, but actually we encourage it. Get your bill in, we will pay it faster. Jump through some hoops, we won’t even review it. To be fair and honest, most of the corporate structure for these groups are layers of shell companies and LLC’s that are nearly impossible to track down. PO Boxes and corporate legalese make them impossible to track. We should/need to put an end to this, but we won’t. These stories will blow over; nothing will happen and back to business as usual. Heck, we have an election to run.
Speaking of fraud, check this out.
Vice President J.D. Vance just dropped a political grenade: the US government basically ignores fraud under $1.5 million, but he’s promising a crackdown on the big fish.
“We do not prosecute fraud in this country if it’s under $1.5 million dollars per year,” Vance said in an interview with YouTuber Benny Johnson.
Blogger unsubstantiated commentary: I honestly think a lot of this fraud stems from Joe Biden/Kamala Harris open border for 4 years. Untold numbers of people poured across our southern border and through unchecked (to be clear I am not insinuating they are all criminals) and received aid from the government and assistance from government groups (think USAID and other NGOs). I think they got advice on how to get money from our government’s programs and spread out in every direction. Then when they found the hot bed areas for fraud, or government that will look the other way, all their fellow brethren moved in as well. Ever wonder why Dearborn, Michigan and Minneapolis, Minnesota are heavily populated by Muslims? Again, not insinuating all Muslims are bad, but the countries they are coming from are the total opposite climate. There is a reason this fraud is being reported in large numbers only in 3 cities; Minneapolis, Columbus and Los Angeles, the word is out in those cities no one asks questions.
Just my thoughts. As mentioned, two states are pretty leftward leaning, one is rightward leaning. It’s a bipartisan issue.
So, the Supreme Court shot down parts of The Voting Rights Act as being unconstitutional. The act basically made it so majority minority congressional districts cannot really be altered very easily. Basically, I read it as “the other side of the tracks, the inner city or mostly black areas got a seat.” So those protections are gone now, and I think it’s a good thing actually, but likely not for the same reasons you might think.
Likely electoral map as of May 10, 2026
I am not ok with removing a majority black district’s representative when the district will be sawed up like an example I give below. I do think it’s actually good long term, because as things are currently, you essentially created a fiefdom. Once that member got elected, they serve 40 years and essentially do nothing for the district. Then, as a result, falls into a state of disrepair. The other members won’t care about it, and the guy representing the seat may not even live there! In one such example, there is a blighted area near Watt and I-80 near the light rail stations. It’s a drug, gang, crime, and human trafficking haven. It’s been that way for probably 50 years. Think the representative cares? I don’t.
However, here is the part I do not agree with and do not like.
States have now decided to re-district their lines again. The mostly black districts are being whacked 3 or 4 ways. The intent here is just to wipe them out. Louisiana paused their primary election. Tennessee has taken 60% black Memphis and carved it up 3 ways. All seats are now Republican in Tennessee, net +1. South Carolina and Alabama appear to be on the similar path, could they wipe out both Democrats in Alabama? Seems to be tough. Plus 1 in South Carolina probably happens. Louisiana is likely another plus 1. I don’t think they can carve up New Orleans. Texas, California, and New York could do the same as well, now that the voting rights act is gone, likely not this year though. Note: CA & TX redid their maps and made each party likely to gain 5 seats a piece.
I do not believe that our system of government intended for the lines to be redrawn more often than once a decade, since districts are drawn after the census. You should not be dividing up big cities or stretching districts to include swaths of rural areas. This dilutes the vote for both parties. Think about it, where I live, no Republican will get close to winning statewide. My congress seat is overwhelmingly Democrat, ditto with my state rep and state senator. No reason for me to pull the lever. It’s the same in red states. They essentially took the word “election” out and replaced with controllable seat. It also needlessly dilutes the vote. California, like Texas and New York has lots of registered voters from the other party. Check out what Virgina was trying to do; redraw every seat to be safe for the blue team. Tennessee is now safe for the red team.
In closing, I actually think it’s odd that this practice has taken over. It used to be you basically kept the district lines the same, maybe you added or lost a seat and re-jiggering happened. Then there was a push for independent committees to do it. Now it’s rig this thing so no one will lose, and the other party will be locked out.
The Chief
Editor’s Note:I have found here in Idaho that the vast majority of Democrats have registered as Republicans. They run for office as Republicans but vote with the few Democrats in the Legislature. The really odd part is that average Republicans are often ok voting for Democrats (or RINOs if you prefer) as long as the blessed “R” is next to their party designation on the ballot. My current “Republican” State Senator voted to allow boys to use girl’s bathrooms, opposes Idaho’s profile laws, votes for every spending increase, and opposed educational vouchers and other conservative bills. He has a good chance at re-election because he is getting lots of support from Political Action Committees run by large national and international companies. Oh, last election, my “Republican” Senator’s yard signs were often seen with signs supporting Kamala Harris and a ballot measure for Ranked Choice Voting. This what being a “Big Tent” Republican looks like in the real world.
I’m going to educate folks about voter fraud. Yes, I do believe fraud exists, no I do not believe it’s hundreds of thousands or millions of ballots.
I know of one whack job who has said voter fraud is the reason California is not a red state. Folks, if you believe that, you shouldn’t be allowed to vote. That is what I refer to as a hair on fire conspiracy theory. It also makes people think there is no fraud.
I do think fraud exists by both parties; I was told more people are registered to vote than there are people eligible to in just about every county in California. I do believe this to be true.
The problem I have with the Republican approach is they try too hard to prove something that could be proven far easier. The DOJ subpoenaed ballots from Fulton County (Georgia) for the 2020 election where Trump keeps swearing was ripe with fraud. Never has there been an indictment or a report verifying the fraud existed. Again, the lack of any reports tells me that fraud likely did not occur. Chad Bianco (sheriff running for governor) seized a bunch of ballots in his home county of Riverside. Nothing appears to be coming out of that either. In both of these examples, a reasonable conclusion would be “much ado about nothing” conspiracy myth busted.
Why not try a more reasonable approach.
The Republican Party should look to what the CRA did over a decade ago. (The following relates to the CRA statewide convention held around 2011.) The rumor was that there were a bunch of local units that existed only on paper. Said paper units existed solely to endorse preferred candidates of the political class/consultants every 2 years. The membership secretary, Peggy Mew, would not turn over the membership rolls. As a result, some of the officers went to investigate for themselves. When the units were confronted by Aaron and George Park at the convention, my goodness what a show that was. One unit president could not name what date they held their meetings. Another couldn’t name the meeting location. A check was shown from a political consultant paying the fees for several members of different units. Obviously, fraud was occurring. My understanding is the units were shuttered.
What is my point?
Fight the fraud the same way. Folks, I can tell you it exists. Want solid proof? Here in the town 20 or so minutes from me, a city councilman pleaded guilty to voter fraud. He had quite a few ballots, and registered voters living at his house.
Shakir Khan, in January 2024, took a no-contest deal for stashing 41 ballots at his home for the 2020 election. Investigators also found that he had registered 23 people at his home and that his email and phone number had been used to register 47 others.
Folks Lodi is the town this occurred in. It is not very large. Let’s call it 47 ballots of fraud in Lodi, so how many does that equate to in say; Sacramento? San Francisco? Los Angeles? San Diego? I have been told stories of apartments that have numerous active voters registered at them. Maybe start there?
The Marin GOP claims 73 dead people voted in the special election we had a few months ago….
“I, along with others on our committee, have been dissecting Marin County voter rolls for over three years,” Turnacliff said during the public comment portion of the meeting. “ … And based on our analysis of the ballots that were returned for the Prop. 50 special election on Nov. 4, we found 73 people, 73 dead people had voted in that election.”
While some will say 47 and 73 amount to rounding errors, those were recently discovered. As I mentioned earlier, how many more exist? The apartment with 9 people registered to vote who are regular voters may be a place to start. It is not about accusing folks of fraud, it’s just asking a question. I bought my house 10 years ago; the couple I bought it from, I believe, have both passed away. If still listed as active and voting at my address, someone has some explaining to do.
My point is has been and always will be, try to crack the door open. Once it gets cracked open, use a pry bar and force it to be completely open. In my opinion, the Lodi city councilman had some smoke, which turned into a lot of smoke, then a lot of fire. It got to a point that it needed to be investigated and prosecuted.
I am sure there are a ton of these cases that could be made. Quit screaming hair on fire voter fraud conspiracies or waiting for Trump’s DOJ to prosecute or release a report on voter fraud. Sheriff Bianco seizing ballots? It’s a rough look, intentions may have started out being good, but it’s a bad look.
But, but, but our county has a Democrat DA, get the local paper involved. San Joaquin is a blue county; they prosecuted that Lodi councilman. It can and will happen. Crying about the 2020 election makes you sound like a bitter ex-lover. Move on. Yes, there were likely shenanigans, but Trump got elected again and moving on is good.
The Chief
Editor’s Note: I respectfully disagree with the Chief on this issue. I think vote fraud is a huge issue, especially in California. Here is an article from one week ago. Oregon was ordered by a federal court to remove 800,000 names from their voter rolls following a lawsuit from Judicial Watch. “Oregon and nearly all its counties had registration rates exceeding 100% of the eligible population, the highest inactive registration rate in the nation.” Ditto for voter rolls in many parts of the once golden state.
