More than $100 billion over budget and five years late, Governor Newsom’s high-speed rail project has settled on a new strategy: shortcuts -- including one through the middle of Shafter, Calif. In other news: The secret life of NYC’s David Bahnsen, Newsom tells ABC’s Jonathan Karl he’s a border hawk, we remember the 1947 flight of Howard Hughes’s Spruce Goose, and what Ronald Reagan said about tariffs that Ronald Reagan Presidential Library officials can’t remember. Music by Metalachi.Email Us:<a href="mailto:dbahnsen@thebahnsengroup.com" target="_blank">dbahnsen@thebahnsengroup.com</a><a href="mailto:will@calpolicycenter.org" target="_blank">will@calpolicycenter.org</a>Follow Us:<a href="https://twitter.com/DavidBahnsen" target="_blank">@DavidBahnsen</a><a href="https://twitter.com/WillSwaim" target="_blank">@WillSwaim</a><a href="https://twitter.com/TheRadioFreeCA" target="_blank">@TheRadioFreeCA</a>Show Notes:<ul><li><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-10-30/rich-new-yorkers-who-fear-higher-taxes-have-nowhere-else-to-go" target="_blank">New York’s Golden Handcuffs: Why the City Has a Special Hold on the Rich</a></li><li><a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/trump-is-mad-at-canada-but-not-for-misquoting-reagan/" target="_blank">Trump Is Mad at Canada, but Not for Misquoting Reagan</a></li><li><a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/newsom-us-faces-5-alarm-fire-warns-country/story?id=126994453" target="_blank">Newsom says US faces '5-alarm fire' and warns 'we won't have a country'</a></li><li><a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-11-01/the-feds-want-to-know-more-about-the-people-on-food-stamps-how-newsom-responded" target="_blank">The feds want to know more about the people on food stamps. How Newsom responded</a></li><li><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/gavin-newsom-slams-donald-trumps-vanity-ballroom-as-knock-off-versailles/" target="_blank">Newsom Gives Trump’s Vanity Ballroom Brutal New Nickname</a></li><li><a href="https://www.kcra.com/article/what-is-newsoms-role-california-capitol-annex-project/69197419" target="_blank">What is Gov. Gavin Newsom's role in the California Capitol Annex project?</a></li><li><a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-10-25/exxonmobil-lawsuit-california-greenhouse-emissions" target="_blank">Exxon sues California over new laws requiring corporate climate disclosures</a></li><li><a href="https://www.wsj.com/opinion/californias-war-on-oil-finally-prompts-a-response-companies-law-policy-wildfires-blame-b8c3a964?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqeYkKu2aNw9p2YvgU2MJ1rlmku7TBN3RYObcVwUgT06ckZnqCHv6gxd60JV9FY%3D&gaa_ts=68ffa613&gaa_sig=Lpg35kVLyU2xXc9ddXy5s5Aazag2U37tn6bI7670lk72hFqa9pCmI6R-h_Q7cxKZBTYBxYSQawQjxftu8MJxkQ%3D%3D" target="_blank">California’s War on Oil Finally Prompts a Response</a></li><li><a href="https://www.thecentersquare.com/california/article_55faf935-81b3-457e-9cb3-006fd895dbdf.html" target="_blank">CA state retirement fund lost 71% of $468M put in clean energy, won’t say how</a></li><li><a href="https://www.sfgate.com/centralcalifornia/article/why-calif-town-standing-against-high-speed-rail-21129073.php" target="_blank">Why an entire Calif. town is standing up against the high-speed rail</a></li><li><a href="https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/10/30/idaho-official-investigating-millbrae-police-chief-for-property-tax-break/amp/" target="_blank">Idaho official investigating Millbrae police chief over property tax break</a></li><li><a href="https://edsource.org/2025/high-school-principal-grindr-investigation/744008" target="_blank">Principal resigns after investigator finds Grindr app used to pursue sex with student</a></li></ul> Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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