The Aporia · Roads of death should be higher priority than failed high-speed fail

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🔮 It might just work, because Becerra may think he has an excuse to continue funding it, under new leadership.

2026-10-30 · assertive framing · Ian Choudri’s resignation should not save high-speed rail

🔮 Even former Obama administration staffers were appalled that he might move ahead to the general election.

2026-10-29 · assertive framing · Vote Steve Hilton for California governor over establishment hack Xavier Becerra for real change

🔮 But socialist City Councilwoman Nithya Raman is an extremist who will make things even worse.

2026-10-29 · assertive framing · Experienced Karen Bass is a far better vote than radical socialist Nithya Raman in the LA mayoral race

🔮 Dolores Huerta, who died Wednesday at the age of 96, will always be remembered as a towering figure in the history of the American labor movement.

2026-10-29 · assertive framing · Dolores Huerta — labor leader who revealed Cesar Chavez’s secrets

🔮 Instead, it will only link a couple of towns in the Central Valley, at a cost of over $200 billion, by 2032 at the earliest.

2026-10-26 · assertive framing · Steve Hilton has the only good idea for California’s failed fake train dreams

🔮 And if the 20,000 number — which Essayli called “the floor” — turns out to be to accurate, that would be an even more explosive revelation about how far our elections have fallen.

2026-10-25 · assertive framing · Despite Rob Bonta’s dastardly push to stop voter ID, there’s a simple way to get it passed

🔮 And parents, and not schools, may be left to grapple with years of fallout from a kid’s “exploration” of gender dysphoria.

2026-10-24 · assertive framing · Feds put California school districts’ ‘TMI’ student questionnaires on notice

🔮 The socialist city councilwoman, who’s running to “fail up” to the mayor’s office, has proposed a new plan that has the potential to incur new, hampering costs on a city already suffering from a $1 billion budget deficit.

2026-10-23 · assertive framing · The real reason ‘Rubber-stamp’ Raman wants more wildly expensive public toilets

🔮 They exploited the most vulnerable — so they could live large on taxpayers’ money.

2026-10-22 · assertive framing · California’s $2 billion medical fraud shame hid in plain sight — all we had to do was look

🔮 When will Gavin Newsom and his party learn that fraud doesn’t pay?

2026-10-22 · assertive framing · California only has itself to blame for Medicaid funding cuts due to fraud

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California GPE · 6× Brightline ORG · 2× CHP ORG · 2× Amtrak ORG · 1× Brian Liles PERSON · 1× Florida GPE · 1× Gavin Newsom PERSON · 1× Las Vegas GPE · 1× Victor Davis Hanson PERSON · 1× the California Highway Patrol ORG · 1×

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Yet instead of spending more to address bread-and-butter infrastructure issues, California has spent a decade and-a-half throwing billions of dollars out the window as it attempts to build a bullet train that has been dogged by cost ove runs, mismanagement, and lack of investor interest.

framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-03

🔮 That boondoggle’s projected price tag has soared from the original $33 billion to somewhere between $60 and $100 billion — without a single foot of track yet laid.” Ten years and two Gavin Newsom terms later, the high-speed rail is expected to cost twice as much.

2026-10-03 · New York Post

Roads of death should be higher priority than failed high-speed fail · assertive framing

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A new report by the California Highway Patrol (CHP) suggest that our roads have become death traps. asserted

roads → suggest → Patrol

It is an intolerable situation that demands an urgent response. asserted

that → demand → response

The report suggests that there are 10 fatalities on California’s roads every day, and that every part of the state has been affected over the last two years. uncertain

part → suggest → years

Last week, CHP officer Brian Liles was killed on California’s Highway 99, the deadliest road in the country. asserted

Liles → kill → country

It runs through the Central Valley and has long been recognized by locals as a serious problem. asserted

It → run → problem

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Sign → sign → California

The road narrows in a way that makes it extremely dangerous for people who are unfamiliar with it. asserted

who → narrow → it

Conditions can change suddenly, traffic can slow without warning, and the results are often catastrophic. asserted

results → change → warning

Local writer Victor Davis Hanson wrote a decade ago: “Running parallel to the southern portion of the 99 is an underused, subsidized Amtrak passenger rail line. asserted

line → write → 99

Not far away is yet another rail corridor, where the state is plowing up some of its best farmland to build the first link of high-speed rail. asserted

state → plow → rail

That boondoggle’s projected price tag has soared from the original $33 billion to somewhere between $60 and $100 billion — without a single foot of track yet laid.” Ten years and two Gavin Newsom terms later, the high-speed rail is expected to cost twice as much. asserted

rail → project → much

And still not an inch of track has been laid. asserted

inch → lay → track

that → spend → interest

The one hopeful spot for high-speed rail in California was a proposed line from the LA area to Las Vegas, to be run by Brightline. asserted

spot → propose → Brightline

Last month, Brightline filed for bankruptcy. asserted

Brightline → file → bankruptcy

It has failed to attract enough riders in Florida, and it faces severe financial pressure in Southern California as well. asserted

it → fail → California

What was once a promising project, funded my private secotr investment, seems to have hit trouble as soon as the federal government stepped in with cash under President Joe Biden. asserted

government → fund → Biden

Government money seems to be the kiss of death. asserted

money → seem → death

It is now crumbling, outdated, and dangerous. asserted

It → crumble → ?

Each new accident, each new death is a reminder of the price we pay for that neglect. asserted

we → pay → neglect

Roads of death should be higher priority than failed high-speed fail

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