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California’s 2026 Ballot: No More Blank Checks, Yes to Real Accountability


California voters have 14 statewide measures on the November 3 ballot.Vote ”’no” to more blank checks and “yes” to real accountability.

I’ve reviewed the official summaries, the Legislative Analyst’s reports, and both sides of the arguments. Here’s my take so your eyes won’t glaze over when deciding these propositions.

Protesters outside California Capitol holding signs reading “NO MORE BLANK CHECKS TO RUIN CALIFORNIA,” “Stop Reckless Spending,” and “Fiscal Responsibility Now.”

One principle guides several of my no votes. With the Democrats dominating the Legislature for years, it’s insane to hand over another temporary tax hike or bond measure. Temporary almost never stays temporary in Sacramento, and the record of spending taxpayer money carefully or effectively is weak. Stop writing blank checks.

The propositions at a glance


Prop 1: $11.25 billion housing bond, mostly for affordable rentals and some veteran loans. Large borrowing to be repaid over decades from the General Fund.

Prop 2: Doubles the rainy-day fund cap from 10% to 20% and changes the Gann limit rules.

Prop 3: Makes the higher income-tax rates on top earners permanent (currently set to expire in 2031). Funds mainly for schools.

Prop 4: Allows public financing of campaigns at the state and local levels.

Prop 5: Changes the recall process so that there is no simultaneous successor election when a statewide officer is recalled.

Prop 37: Creates a second-mortgage program for middle-income buyers of new homes, backed by up to $25 billion in bonds that borrowers repay.

Prop 38: $8.4 billion bond for immunology and immunotherapy research, with a large share directed to a specific institute.

Prop 39: Requires government-issued ID to vote in person (or the last four digits on mail ballots), plus free state voter ID cards and improved citizenship verification reporting. (Ballotpedia)

Prop 40: A one-time 5% wealth tax on people and trusts with more than $1 billion in covered assets, mostly for healthcare.

Prop 41: Requires audits of programs funded by new special taxes and blocks new taxes that try to circumvent the Gann spending limit. Direct conflict with Prop 40.

Prop 42: Bans new state taxes on retirement savings, personal assets, and similar holdings after January 1, 2026. It also conflicts with Prop 40.

Prop 43: Restores the two-thirds voter threshold for local special taxes (earmarked taxes) and closes the simple-majority loophole for citizen initiatives.

Prop 44: Requires federally qualified health clinics to spend at least 90% of revenue on “program services,” with penalties for falling short.

Prop 45: Speeds up CEQA review for essential projects (housing, water, transportation, clean energy, and more) by setting clear deadlines and tightening lawsuit rules. CEQA is the California Environmental Quality Act, the 1970 state law that requires detailed environmental studies and can lead to lengthy lawsuits before many projects can move forward. (Official CEQA overview; LAO analysis of Prop 45)Full list of qualified measures: California Secretary of State. Overall ballot overview: Ballotpedia 2026 propositions.

Why you should vote No on Props 1 through 5

These measures expand spending power, lock in higher taxes, or weaken accountability. California already carries heavy debt and continues to face budget pressure. Another multi-billion-dollar housing bond, a larger rainy-day fund that simply enables more spending, permanent high-income tax rates, taxpayer-funded campaigns, and a softer recall process all move in the wrong direction. Vote no on each of them. Sacramento has shown it cannot be trusted with blank checks.

Why you should vote No on 37, 38,40 and 44

Prop 37 further complicates housing finance without fixing the real supply problems. Prop 38 piles on more debt for research that already receives substantial public and private funding; the heavy earmark is hard to justify. Prop 40 is a one-time wealth tax that looks appealing on paper but risks more capital flight and legal challenges. It is not a serious long-term solution. Prop 44’s rigid 90% spending rule for safety-net could force clinics to cut necessary work.

Vote Yes on 39,41-43 and 45

Prop 39 is basic election integrity: show ID, and the state will provide a free card if needed. Props 41 and 42 put real guardrails in place: audits for transparency and clear limits on taxing personal savings or evading the spending cap. They matter especially as checks against Prop 40.

Prop 43 restores the traditional two-thirds requirement for local special taxes, so a bare majority cannot lock in tax hikes. Prop 45 is the practical reform California needs. It keeps environmental review but sets real timelines so housing and infrastructure can actually be built.

The bottom line


No on 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 37, 38, 40, and 44.
Yes on 39, 41, 42, 43, and 45.


These votes favor holding the line on spending, strengthening election rules, protecting local taxpayers, and reforms that help the state deliver results rather than more process. When Sacramento keeps asking for more money while mismanaging what it already has, the answer should be simple: no more blank checks.

Read the official Voter Information Guide and the Legislative Analyst’s Office analyses before you vote. These are my takes, based on the facts.

Make your own call. On California’s 2026 ballot, the path is straightforward: no more blank checks, yes to real accountability.

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Get out and vote!

If you sit out this midterm because some conservative influencers say it’s a wasted vote, or if you vote Democrat because gas and diesel prices are high, you are being played. Get out and vote!

Republican voters encouraged to participate

If your vote or apathy hands either chamber back to the Democrats, you are giving the globalists exactly what they want. Get out and vote!

I am aiming this piece at Republicans and at Democrats who have not yet fully surrendered to the hive mind. If you are angry with President Trump over fuel prices, step back. The same forces that have spent years trying to break him are manipulating you.

The dirty little secret is obvious to anyone paying attention: global speculators deliberately keep these prices elevated because of worries about war. Could this also serve to influence the midterm election?

Regardless of the motive, gas and diesel prices will come down afterward. Book it.

President Donald J. Trump is the most pro-energy president in modern history. “Drill, baby, drill” is not a slogan for him; it is policy. He has already put more oil on the market through actions in Venezuela and the ongoing campaign that is choking Iran’s ability to close the Strait of Hormuz. Yet the media, the Democrats, and a handful of grifting “America First” voices are working overtime to convince you that Trump is the reason you are paying more at the pump.

The real drivers are global speculation and calculated disruption. Every time Iran fires on a tanker or launches another missile, the markets spike.

Iran is holding out not because it has a winning hand, but because high U.S. fuel prices are its best remaining hope of putting Democrats back in power to restrain Trump. Ukraine’s strikes on Russian diesel refineries serve the same purpose :raising prices so voters blame the White House. (They also suit those in Europe who still want a wider war with Russia.)

What does it say about the Democratic Party when a U.S. enemy and longtime terrorism sponsor roots for its success?

Iran is on the ropes. America is applying both economic and military pressure. The only real question is when Tehran taps out, not whether.

The most likely window is after the midterms: precisely when the political incentive to keep prices elevated disappears. Relief will come then.

But this election is about far more than the price of a gallon of gas.

This election is about whether Trump finishes restoring American sovereignty over our borders, energy, industry, and foreign policy. He is rebuilding the American System of domestic manufacturing, abundant energy, a strong military, and prosperity as the foundation of national security.

For over fifty years, globalists and the deep state were systematically dismantling that system. They shipped manufacturing overseas and restricted energy production in the name of climate ideology. Then these new world-order types told Americans we were now a “service economy.”

That was managed decline, weakening every nation-state’s ability to act in its own interest. This, so global institutions such as the UN, the WHO, and the various “international” courts could claim the final say. President Trump is reversing that decline. Those who benefit from the old order are desperate to stop him before the work is complete.

High fuel prices are their temporary tactic to demoralize you. Do not fall for it. Show up and use your power at the ballot box. Remember, there are more of us than them. We show up in overwhelming numbers; we win.

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A massive Psyop

Psyop: 1. a military operation usually aimed at influencing the enemy’s state of mind through noncombative means

2.someone or something used by the government to influence the population’s opinions and attitudes— Merriam-Webster.com

Be prepared. Look and listen. Steel your mind, because a massive Psyop is being waged against you.

Case in point: AI.

PSYOP text with symbolic psychological operations imagery

A little over a month before the midterms, have you noticed a recent uptick in doomerism and blackpilling about this new technology? It’s about as subtle as a fart in an elevator full of people.

AI is going to destroy humanity, to paraphrase this hyperventilating news cycle, which all began with doomsaying prophecies from three key Anthropic figures. CEO Dario Amodei is calling for AI industries to slow the pace of development out of concerns about serious risks; Evan Hubinger, a top safety/alignment researcher, is convinced there is a greater than 10% chance that AI “could kill all humans” within the next decade; and Jacob Coxon, a researcher, recently resigned after saying AI could cause human extinction by the end of the decade.

AI fear contrasted with reality

But never fear, Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders has drafted legislation to have the federal government regulate AI. Former President Barack Hussein Obama is urging Democrats to make AI the centerpiece of their platform. AI companies are calling for government regulation. So-called “America Firster” Steve Bannon is even supporting Bernie Sanders’ AI regulatory legislation, and Netflix is preparing to air an anti-AI documentary.

Coincidence? That’s laughable. Coordinated is more like it.

First, a frightening declaration of impending doom on social media, made by tech developers so disgusted by what they are part of that they resign, goes viral, triggering multiple media reports. All of a sudden, Sen. Sanders, an avowed socialist, announces his legislation calling for massive government regulation of AI.

Then, right on cue, some private AI companies begin begging for government regulation of their product, citing their fears of what the technology could become.

Finally, the light-bringer, Obama, steps out of the shadows and offers a solution to fear: more government. You could see this coming from a mile away: a setup for a Democrat/globalist false flag, like the COVID lockdowns.

The Democrat/globalist playbook runs like this: flood the airwaves with fear-stoking news reports, roll out a documentary starring their preferred experts on the so-called invisible threat that only they can solve, then stage the frightening event that conveniently arrives right on schedule. They think we’re fools.

They’re the fools.

Here’s the reality: Whatever the media, leftists, and conservative turncoats support, my knee-jerk reaction is to oppose it. If this unified force of anti-Americanism tells me to fear something, it must be beneficial. I see an ever-growing number of patriotic Americans sharing this view.

Why, after numerous examples to the contrary, are we to now believe that Obama, Sanders, and the legacy media are looking out for us?

Also, private companies are so worried about their creation that they are begging the federal government to regulate it? That makes no sense.

I’m no cynic, but experience has shown that money and power motivate elitists. When you understand their inherent lack of benevolence, the motives behind their pontifications begin to make sense.

For instance, large AI companies calling for government regulation mean they want to choke out smaller competitors. They want to eliminate consumer choice and create a monopoly.

Think realistically: AI is happening, and nothing can stop it. The question is who will control it. If the United States doesn’t, then China, the EU, or some other rival of America will dominate by default.

Who would you rather have holding the reins of AI?

This is not a new tactic. It follows years of globalist fear campaigns: from the environmental movement, the 1970s population explosion scare, the 1980s ozone depletion panic over aerosol deodorants and hairspray, Y2K, climate change, and the COVID lockdowns. Each time, the left ginned up fear and panic over a future or invisible enemy, pushing people to believe only the experts had the answers.

In every instance, the experts’ solutions led to less personal and societal freedom through arbitrary regulations and proscriptions.
And speaking of COVID, many of you may remember that Netflix aired a documentary on pandemic preparedness in January, just weeks before the Wuhan outbreak and the WHO’s declaration of a global pandemic.

The globalists are trying to plant those seeds again: this time with AI. The manufactured emergency could arrive before the midterms or the 2028 presidential election.

This false flag might target banking and utilities, or it could hit closer to home: cell phones, personal computers, smart TVs, or everyday appliances. Whatever form it takes, globalists are telegraphing their playbook.

They always do.

The game plan is the same: an invisible virus threatens humanity and only government and the global elites can save us. What is different this time around is that more people are on to this ruse.

Stay vigilant. Reject the fear. Do not let their coordinated campaign of demoralization succeed. MAGA is winning, and they know it.

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On influencers

Influencer is a word I’ve come to notice and dislike instantly. When you hear the term social media influencer, doesn’t it sound Orwellian? As if someone is openly admitting they are there to shape how you think.

Speaker connecting with audience symbolizing unified consciousness and one voice
A speaker connects minds with an audience symbolizing unified consciousness and collective voice.

As Americans, we should be bothered by that. Hell, it should piss us off.

There are influencers across the political spectrum, but for this piece, let’s focus on the so-called conservative influencers.

What I’m about to say may irritate some people, but many conservatives became vulnerable to influencers because we spent years being vilified by the media and mainstream culture. We were labeled racists, sexists, bigots, and homophobes simply for holding views that, not long ago, were considered normal American opinions.

As a result, conservatives became eager to rally around anyone who sounded like they were finally articulating what we were thinking. The moment someone appeared intelligent, confident, and willing to fight back, we granted them credibility almost automatically. We quoted their podcasts, shared their clips, and repeated their talking points in conversations as if they were gospel.

Over time, I realized that many of these figures were not truly leading a movement. They were managing an audience.

Some of these influencers say just enough to keep people emotionally invested while steering them away from meaningful action. They keep the audience angry, engaged, and constantly consuming content, but rarely move beyond that. It’s like slowly releasing steam from a pressure cooker just to make sure it never explodes.

People start believing they are fighting for the country after spending hours listening to podcasts, watching clips, reposting commentary, and arguing online. But consuming political content is not the same as political action. At some point, outrage becomes entertainment.

In recent months, many people began noticing cracks in the façade as several prominent conservative figures started turning against President Trump and attempting to fracture MAGA support. You know the names: Candace Owens, Alex Jones, Tucker Carlson, Megan Kelly, Ben Shapiro, and others.

Clockwise from left to right: Candace Owens, Megan Kelly, Tucker Carlson, Ben Shapiro, Nick Fuentes and Alex Jones

Carlson especially stands out to me.

I remember telling friends around 2020 that something about Tucker didn’t sit right with me. This was in the aftermath of the 2020 election, when millions of Americans were questioning the integrity of the vote. Whether or not people agreed with those concerns, I felt Carlson seemed unusually eager to move on from the subject and redirect attention elsewhere.

At the time, I even submitted a piece to a mainstream conservative website questioning Tucker’s loyalty. Apparently, the article struck a nerve, and the site’s head published a counterpiece alongside mine.
Not going to lie, I started second-guessing myself afterward. I wondered whether I had unfairly criticized the guy or misread the situation entirely.

Then Fox News fired Tucker, and for a while I thought maybe I had been wrong. Some of his independent work was genuinely solid. I even wrote publicly that I might have misjudged him.
But his recent attempts to divide MAGA only reinforced my original instinct.

And that’s the main point of this article.

If your gut tells you something about a public figure feels off, don’t ignore it just because that person is popular, polished, or constantly praised online. You do not owe blind loyalty to influencers, commentators, or political celebrities.

The word influencer itself should make Americans uncomfortable.

We are descendants of people who rebelled against kings, crossed oceans, fought wars, built businesses, raised families, and carved a nation from the wilderness because they refused to be controlled. Americans were never meant to sit around waiting for internet personalities to tell them what to think.

Despite all the propaganda meant to convince us otherwise, we are not helpless, weak, or stupid.

Trust your instincts. Think for yourself. And take everything influencers tell you with a grain of salt.

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The MAGA “Fracture” Narrative Isn’t Organic—It’s Being Sold

The Goal is to suppress voter turnout for the midterms

You’ve heard the claim: MAGA is fracturing. But what if that MAGA “fracture” narrative isn’t organic: what if it’s being sold? In other words, pushed, amplified, and repeated to create the very disengagement it predicts?

Courtesy: Politico.com

The media keeps repeating it. Political insiders echo it. Even some conservative voices are starting to lean into it. The message is clear: Trump supporters are supposedly turning on him, disappointed, divided, and ready to walk away.

I don’t buy it.

What I see instead is a coordinated effort to create that perception: loud enough, constant enough, and emotional enough that people start questioning what they already know to be true.

Because that’s how you weaken a movement. If you can’t defeat it outright, you convince its own people it’s falling apart.
Over the past few months, the talking points have been everywhere:
• “Trump is too focused on foreign policy.”
• “He’s ignoring the economy.”
• “This isn’t what voters signed up for.”
• “Nothing’s happening fast enough.”

You’ve probably heard some version of this from friends, social media, or commentators who claim to speak for the base.

But step back for a second.

Who is actually pushing this, and why now?

If you look closely, a lot of this “internal criticism” is being amplified by voices that were never fully on board to begin with. Some of the loudest critics today were openly skeptical, or outright hostile, to Trump in previous cycles. Now suddenly, they’re positioning themselves as protectors of the movement, warning that it’s lost its way.

That should raise an eyebrow.

At the same time, legacy media outlets are more than willing to spotlight every disagreement and frame it as evidence of a civil war. We’ve seen this playbook before: selective amplification, repetition, and narrative framing used to shape perception rather than simply reflect it.

That’s not accidental.
Division is the objective.

If enough Trump voters believe that the movement is fractured, or that Trump has somehow “betrayed” them, the outcome is predictable: people disengage. They sit out. They tune out right when it matters most. And that has consequences.

If Republicans lose one or both houses of Congress in the midterms, the policy agenda stalls. Gridlock returns. And the door opens, again, for endless Democrat investigations and political theater.

Now let’s talk about the substance behind the criticism.

Conservative influencers tell us Trump is failing on the economy because his focus is overseas; that this isn’t what voters wanted.

But what do the underlying trends suggest?

The United States is attracting major investment in the energy, infrastructure, and manufacturing sectors, which are directly tied to long-term economic strength. Capital flows, domestic production, and industrial investment don’t move on headlines; they move on fundamentals. And right now, those fundamentals point toward continued energy development and the reshoring of key industries.

President Trump and Japan Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi after Japan pledges $56 Billion investment to bolster U.S energy and infrastructure

That matters. That’s not narrative, that’s tangible economic direction.

On foreign policy, the concern has always been endless wars: open-ended conflicts with no clear objective. Voters are right to be wary of that. But limited, strategic actions are not the same thing as the prolonged nation-building efforts that defined the last two decades.
That distinction rarely makes it into the headlines.

Here’s the bigger point: movements don’t collapse because of disagreement. Disagreement is normal. It’s healthy.
They collapse when their own people start to internalize a narrative built to weaken them in the first place: when frustration turns into disengagement.

Right now, there’s a clear effort to shape perception, attempting to turn uncertainty into doubt, and doubt into apathy.
And that’s where voters need to be careful.

MAGA has grown stronger over the past decade and is certainly not as fragile as some would have you believe. However, anti-MAGA forces are trying to convince enough people to lose confidence at the exact moment their participation matters most.

At some point, it comes down to a simple choice: Trust what you’re seeing, or trust the narrative being handed to you.
And history shows those aren’t always the same thing.

Oh, and one final note…
If you’ve been hearing the “fracture” narrative everywhere lately, it’s worth asking:
Are you seeing it?
Or are you buying the narrative?

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It’s not Republican v. Democrat-It’s about direction

Look, I’m sure you’ve been as frustrated with the Republican Party as I have. Too many in leadership come off as weak, reactive, and more concerned with playing it safe than actually winning. And yeah, sometimes it feels like they’re doing just enough to irritate their own voters heading into the midterms.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, flanked by Senate Leaders speaks to the press

So, let’s just say it plainly: this isn’t about Republican versus Democrat anymore.

This is about direction. It’s about leadership. And right now, the driving force behind the Republican Party is Donald Trump. There is no version of the GOP that wins nationally without him. That’s just reality.

President Donald Trump, the driving force of the GOP

Make America Great Again (MAGA) isn’t some side movement: it is the energy of the party. And that’s exactly what makes the establishment uncomfortable. They’ve spent years trying to manage it, soften it, or sideline it. That hasn’t worked, and it’s not going to.
Take the SAVE America Act as a perfect example. Requiring proof of citizenship to vote should be a political layup. Polling consistently shows broad public support for voter ID, including among independents and even some Democrats. And yet, delay, hesitation, and excuses are the refrain of Senate Majority Leader John Thune and usual RINO (Republican in Name Only) suspects. We hear about the filibuster, about not having the votes, and about not wanting to open the door to amendments.


Let’s be honest: If the Democrats were in the majority, do you think they would hesitate to nuke the filibuster? Not a chance. They change the rules immediately.


Yet, there may be a workaround to Senate Majority Leader Thune’s trepidation.

As explained by From Real Clear Politics:
“Reconciliation allows Congress to pass legislation affecting federal spending and revenues with a simple majority vote. Debate is limited, and the 60-vote threshold does not apply. It is a standard part of the congressional process that both parties have used when priorities demand action.Democrats used reconciliation to finalize key provisions of the Affordable Care Act. Republicans used it to pass the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The precedent is clear and well established.”

Republicans also used budget reconciliation to pass the Big Beautiful bill in 2025.

That’s the kind of thinking voters want to see: less handwringing, more action.

But here’s the reality: despite your frustration with the GOP, you can’t sit out the 2026 Mid-Term Election. Because in the short term, the mission is simple: win. Hold the House. Take the Senate. Build a majority strong enough to actually move an agenda. And yes, that may mean supporting candidates you dislike. That’s politics. It’s not always clean or easy, but it’s how you get results.

The bigger picture matters more.

We’re on the cusp of something major here: a new golden age for America. Trump is not only remaking the political, economic, and national security framework of America, but his policies and decisive actions are doing the same to the geopolitical order that’s been in place since the post-World War 2 era.

So yeah, be frustrated. That’s justified. But don’t lose sight of where this is going.


If the party drags its feet, voters can and should hold them accountable. That’s how this works. But walking away entirely? That just hands the advantage to the other side.

For now, stay focused. Stay engaged. Play the long game like Trump is doing.

You don’t have to love every piece of the machine, but if you want it to move in your direction, you still have to help push it.
All good? Good.