HE LIKELY DOESN’T CARE:

BLUE STATE BLUES: California agencies discuss what to cut as state deals with $35B deficit.

In January, the Governor’s Office projected only a $3 billion budget shortfall next year, well under the Legislative Analyst’s Office projections of an $18 billion shortfall in its budget released in November 2025.

Since that time, the conflict in Iran and an $8.6 billion increase in tax revenues have improved the budget outlook, but increasing costs in Medi-Cal spending has complicated the revenue picture, Palmer said. He noted nothing is final in the next version of the governor’s budget.

Newsom made it clear in January that he is attempting to solve the budget problems not only in 2026-27, but the following fiscal year as well, Palmer told The Center Square.

Meanwhile: The cost of High-Speed Rail is now estimated at $231 billion.

Ditching HSR would patch plenty of holes in the budget, but then what would Dems do for graft?

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Brandon Gill Gives a Master Class on Questioning an Abortion Ghoul. “Texas Representative Brandon Gill is the youngest Republican in Congress but he is, as the old saying goes, wise beyond his years. On Tuesday, the 32-year-old first term congressman provided a blueprint for all of the GOP elders of the village on how to deal with any vile abortion ghoul who is being questioned by lawmakers.”

WELL SAID:

Personally, I’m a big believer in tit-for-tat. It’s science!

OTHER PEOPLE’S MONEY, IT’S LITERALLY AN UNLIMITED RESOURCE!

California is still in the Gradually way of going broke. The problem with the Suddenly part is that it comes so suddenly

DON SURBER: The B in EBT stands for Bentley. “In one red state alone, more than 14,000 people with EBTs (food stamp recipients) own luxury cars.”

50 YEARS LATER THEY’RE STILL LYING ABOUT REAGAN.

In 2076 they’ll be lying about Trump.

COMMIES ARE LAZY AND DUMB:

Also evil.

CHANGE: Nebraska First to Enforce Medicaid Work Requirement.

State officials say they’re prepared, training staff and sending letters, emails and texts to people who could be impacted.

Health policy experts, advocates and other states will be watching closely.

“It can be used as a lesson for other states, both where things go well and where things don’t go well,” said Jennifer Tolbert, deputy director of KFF’s Program on Medicaid and the Uninsured.

The work requirement is part of a broad tax and policy law that President Donald Trump signed last year. Nebraska Republican Gov. Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen announced in December that the state would implement it eight months before it was required, saying the aim was “making sure we get every able-bodied Nebraskan to be a part of our community.”

Exit quote: “Under the change, many Medicaid participants ages 19 through 64 will have to show that they work or do community service at least 80 hours a month, or are enrolled in school at least half-time.”

Those conditions aren’t exactly arduous.

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NO GUARANTEE OF FUTURE RESULTS:

DEFUND THE UN:

HEY, BIG SPENDER:

“TO MISTAKE [PAM BONDI’S] FIFTEEN-MONTH TOUR FOR FAILURE IS TO MISUNDERSTAND THE ARCHITECTURE OF POWER ITSELF:”

SASHA STONE: Jimmy Kimmel Isn’t Worth It, Mr. President. “Does Kimmel deserve to be fired? I can’t care. To care would mean he mattered enough to bother, and he doesn’t. He’s not that important. He’s only important when Trump notices him, and then he becomes a story.”

CONTROL THE BOTTOM FIVE PERCENT AND SOCIETY LOOKS A LOT NICER:

BRACE YOURSELF FOR MAXIMUM GASLIGHTING:

FROM HOLLY CHISM:  Soul Inheritance.

#CommissionEarned

Fresh out of college, Evelyn Alexander’s first order of business was finding a place to live. One she could afford on her small inheritance before her job started. None of the local rental agencies had anything in her price range, but…she found a small Victorian house for sale, the only one mostly untouched in a decaying neighborhood of subdivided rental houses.

Complete with a ghost. A very attractive ghost. A very attractive ghost with a strong dislike of the idea of anyone changing his house. So, of course, she bought it. A cranky ghost for a roommate was still a better option than the tiny studio with criminal neighbors.

Between working to restore her new house, embezzlement at work and a murder next door, Evelyn has her hands full. As she works to get on her feet as a productive adult (and not fall in love with a ghost she can’t have), the problems start to snowball. And it’s only compounded by learning that her house has far more secrets than just a single, cranky (attractive) ghost…

MAJOR DISCOVERY: