We are only now starting to witness the aftermath of the legislation and policies put in place by blue states as a means to control prices. California under Governor Gavin Newsom may have staged its own economic demise (the final nail in the coffin) after laws were passed requiring even greater state interference into oil refineries and gas stations.
Gavin Newsom 's major refinery law, ABX2-1 (signed Oct 2024), gives the state power to mandate minimum fuel storage levels and control refinery maintenance to prevent price spikes, empowering the California Energy Commission (CEC) to stabilize supply. This builds on earlier efforts (like SB X1-2) creating an oil market watchdog (DPMO) to increase oversight, aiming to stop refiners from manipulating supply for profit, while also adding data reporting requirements for companies.
In response, companies are shutting down refinery operations in the state.
Lawmakers in California at both the state and federal levels are warning that refinery closures could push prices higher while leaving the state more dependent on foreign oil. At the center of the warning is the planned shutdown of two major refineries: Valero’s Benicia facility and Phillips 66’s Los Angeles plant. Together, the closures would eliminate nearly 20% of California’s in-state refining capacity.
Experts suggest prices could go as high as $10-$12 per gallon as a result of the supply squeeze, spreading outside of CA to Arizona and Nevada. Republican lawmakers say that the loss of in-state production threatens not only consumer prices at the pump but also the state’s military readiness; a matter of national security.
The refineries make jet fuel and diesel and gasoline for military bases across California. California is home to more than 30 military bases, many of which rely on fuel refined in-state. Gavin Newsom has mostly dismissed concerns as exaggeration, asserting that foreign shipments of fuel will fill the supply gap. (COULD NOT HAPPEN TO A NICER BUNCH OF FOLKS.)
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The German government is signaling times of austerity are ahead for Germans, with German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil (SPD) even saying there could be years of belt-tightening.
Klingbeil, a member of the far left SPD, is preparing the German public for a period of financial hardship, even as the country spends at least €50 billion a year on migrants, including for their housing, education, security, and integration. In addition, tens of billions have already headed to Ukraine, with another €19 billion directly from Germany planned.
Speaking on the ZDF program “Das Jahr 2025,” the SPD chairman warned of “very challenging years” ahead, stating that citizens would “also have to be asked to do something.”
https://www.zerohedge.com/personal-finance/german-govt-signals-challenging-years-austerity-ahead-while-spending-billions
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Youth unemployment has risen to its highest level in a decade worldwide.
https://citizenwatchreport.com/youth-unemployment-has-risen-to-its-highest-level-in-a-decade-worldwide/
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North Carolina Man Charged With ‘HATE CRIMES and KIDNAPPING’ After Detaining Hispanic Men Who RAMMED His Truck and Tried to Flee — Police Won’t Provide Clarity on the Charges (VIDEO)https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/12/north-carolina-man-charged-hate-crimes-kidnapping-after/Comedian Dave Chappelle came out guns blazing against critics of his appearance at the Riyadh Comedy Festival, in late September and early October, explicitly calling out Bill Maher and taking a shot at Israel.
“Dave Chapelle was in the press today, saying that you can speak more freely over here than in America,” to which Louis C.K. responded, “I don’t know if that’s true.”
“Oh, it’s not true. Do your honk on Mohammed, Dave.”
WATCH:
Chapelle responded during the show, saying, “I didn’t tell them to put this in the paper. I just said it on stage. I said, ‘It’s easier to talk in Saudi Arabia for me than it is in America,’”
“I’ve known Bill since I was like 18/19, years old, and I’ve never said this publicly, but f*ck that guy,” Chappelle said. “I’m so f*cking tired of his little smug cracker ass commentary. These motherf*ckers act like because I did a comedy festival in Saudi Arabia, I somehow betrayed my principles.”
“They said, well, Saudi Arabia killed a journalist. And rest in peace, Jamal Khashoggi. I’m sorry that he got murdered in such a heinous fashion,” he continued in a nod to Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed by Saudi agents in Istanbul.
“I mean, look, bro, Israel’s killed 240 journalists in the last three months, so I didn’t know y’all was still counting.”
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It’s always a good thing to see the conditions of a conquered nation if you lose. Worse though, is knowing White South Africans voted for this on March 17, 1992 when the question of ending Apartheid was put up as a referendum. Of 2.7 million votes cast by White people on that fateful day, 68% voted “yes” to start negotiations and hand power over to black majority rule.
35 years later, more than 5,000 buildings – in the ruins of nation boasting a space program and nuclear weapons in the 1970s and 1980s – have been “hijacked” by an organized criminal element, proving those 31% of Whites who voted ‘No” in the 1992 referendum were right.
https://www.unz.com/sbpdl/the-complete-collapse-of-the-black-government-in-south-africa-more-than-5000-commercial-and-residential-buildings-across-the-nation-hijacked-by-criminal-syndicates/
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The Telegraph reported:
“Matt Vickers, the deputy Tory chairman, told a presenter to ‘come back and ask’ about a pact before the general election in 2029 if his party’s fortunes had not improved.
Kemi Badenoch, the Conservative leader, has ruled out an outright coalition with Nigel Farage’s party, but many Tory MPs expect either an unofficial pact before polling day or a formal joint ticket.”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/12/save-britain-tories-are-open-coalition-poll-leaders/
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Macron betrayed Merz FT French President Emmanuel Macron “betrayed” Friedrich Merz by failing to back the German chancellor’s push to steal Russian assets frozen in the EU to fund Ukraine, the Financial Times has claimed. Earlier this week, EU leaders failed to agree on the European Commission’s controversial proposal to use Russia's immobilized central bank funds to finance Kiev’s military and economy.
https://swentr.site/news/629845-ft-macron-betrayed-merz-eu-ukraine-loan/
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