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The Sad State of Gavin Newsom’s California

By Andy Caldwell

Apr 12, 2026
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Have you heard of the bombshell report titled “Gavin Newsom’s Empire of Fraud?”

What follows are direct quotes from the introduction to the exposé conducted by the think tank “The Manhattan Institute for Policy Research”:

California’s Cash Machine

The state collects some of the country’s highest income, business, and fuel taxes, and now spends more than $3…

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