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Morning Buzz: USC-Nebraska Report Card

QUARTERBACK

Jayden Maiava had his first stinker of 2025. He completed an atrocious 9 of 23 passes. How many future opponents will try to emulate Nebraska’s zone defense? It used to frustrate Graham Harrell’s Air Raid at USC.

Grade: F

RUNNING BACK

All hail the King! Nebraska has a terrible run defense but you can only play what’s in front of you. King Miller exploited the weak rushing defense and should have gotten more than 18 carries but you know Lincoln Riley.

Grade: A-

WIDE RECEIVER

Who thought a team could hold Makai Lemon to two catches for 18 yards? Or maybe that’s Lincoln Riley holding Lemon down by not getting him involved enough in the offense. Whatever the reasons, the group struggled all night.

Grade: D+

OFFENSIVE LINEMAN

Three false starts including two by Tobias Raymond. How many will USC have when they go to Oregon? On the plus side, Kaylon Miller entered the game after Alani Noa got hurt and did a nice job. Don’t forget Maiava got sacked three times and had two intentional groundings.

Grade: C

DEFENSIVE LINE

Anthony Lucas had seven tackles but let’s not lose track of the fact Nebraska rushed for 188 yards. That’s a lot when you consider the Huskers had no passing attack in the second half.

Grade: C+

LINEBACKERS

Was it a tour de force for the linebackers or did they simply make tackles because Nebraska ran 40 of 62 plays? I know what I think. It’s kind of crazy how few two-dimensional teams USC has faced this season. Oregon and UCLA could be wake-up calls.

Grade: B

DEFENSIVE BACKS

Let’s get it right: This game proved nothing about the secondary. Nebraska’s passing game was nothing special with Dylan Raiola, although he found some usual weak spots. I am mystified by some of Nebraska’s playcalling.

Grade: C

SPECIAL TEAMS

Ryon Sayeri kicked field goals and continued his excellent season. I’ll pretend not to notice the kick off that went out of bounds. USC has the fewest punts of any team in the country and it’s a good thing because the Trojans are bang average on punts.

Grade: B-

COACHING

Lincoln Riley started out with that strange formation on third down that didn’t work. He didn’t run the ball enough the fact King Miller averaged 7.2 yards per carry and the passing game never made any adjustments. But he squeaked out a victory against a hapless opponent, so he is happy.

Grade: D+

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    4. KAM: Murderous Muslim Socialist Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani Is The New Face Of The Democrat Party!

      DON: Mamdani Declares War on President Trump, Capitalism, and Traditional America in Radical New York City Victory Speech, Thrilling Cowardly Gabby.

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    1. KAM: For the third successive presidential election, the polls of 2024 collectively underestimated popular support for Trump, an outcome that the report characterized as indicative of “lingering challenges” for pollsters in identifying and interviewing Trump’s followers.

      This tilt has persisted even though many pollsters adjusted their survey methodologies and techniques following their misses in presidential elections of 2016 and 2020. Data presented in the report also showed that pollsters overall have underestimated support for Republican candidates in four of the past six presidential elections — the three in which Trump led the ticket and in 2004, when President George W. Bush won reelection.

      The report mentioned, in passing, that 60 percent of 81 national polls conducted during the closing two weeks of last year’s campaign indicated that Harris was leading Trump.

      The report did not discuss that finding in detail.

      DON: Prepared by a 16-member committee of pollsters, academics and journalists, the report drew upon pre-election polls that had been released publicly, noting: “Many internal or proprietary polls—especially those commissioned by campaigns—never appeared in public.” Ironically for a study that tapped “public polling,” the report avoided referring by name to individual pollsters and how they fared in 2024.

      For example, the report includes only one, oblique reference to the campaign’s single most stunning polling error — that of the usually accurate Iowa poll.

      Three days before the election, the poll reported Harris had opened a 3-point lead in the Hawkeye State, which Trump had carried twice before. The results suggested that, assuming the Iowa poll was accurate, then Harris’s chances of winning the presidency were enhanced.

      The Iowa poll was off by 16 points — Trump won Iowa by 13 points!!!!!!!!!!!!

      Cowardly Gabby loves her fake polls.

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      1. The Village Idiot can say whatever she wants to. Trump is much better than what we had! The entire world knows it, even if half our country doesn’t

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  4. MELANIA JUST FILED FOR DIVORCE CLAIMING PHYSICAL ABUSE AND MENTAL CRUELTY AND SAID TRUMPY LIKED TO TIE HER UP AND WHIP HER. OH MY.

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  5. Let’s see F for the quarterback, D for the wide receivers and a D for the play calling pass happy coach. Did we score? How did we win? I would kick Maiava up to a D based on the runs he made in the second half. We did score two touchdowns in the half and a two point conversion.

    Riley was asked about the need to get Lemon more touches. He’s been neutralized two games in a row. Didn’t say much other than “when the defense schemes to stop one player there are more opportunities for others.” How about some crossing routes.

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    1. Scottie got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning.

      F for QB? Four or five of Maiava’s passes were dropped.

      And the defense that frustrates the air raid is 7 back, so why is that the WRs fault? When there are 7 back, you run, run, and run some more.

      I thought his grade for the OL would be an F, given that two false starts led to a FG instead of possible TD and a 4th down that was not converted.

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      1. Agree 67. Sometimes you just need to take what the defense is giving you. We had three big runs in a row, got to the seven yard line and Riley then calls three straight pass plays. Why? Punch it in. Make a statement early in the game that our line is going to dominate your defense. Nobody is impressed by the coach’s need to be clever. We could have forced them to change defenses or rushed for 300 yards.

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  6. KAM: Brain dead vile antisemitic and racist Board Pest Board Cancer Cowardly Gabby aka Sparrow Calypso aka TebowObama aka Charlie Bucket the UCLA Fan aka The Guy who posts as Buddhakarma & So Cal’s Wife & Michael Guarino & Trojan RJJ & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse and TrojanFan 1-3 & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young and KATHY and Foreskin Thoughts and SCOTTLOVESTHEROOOOOTTÞ and Manureman and eric  and Smacky is The Coward of the County!

    Plow Horse

    February 3, 2025 at 2:27 pm

    If there is one thing we can be certain of regarding Cowardly Gabby’s threats, he will never back them up. All talk, no walk – the blog pu**y

    DON: BWWWWWWWWWWWWAAAAAHAHAHAAAAAAAAA!!!

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  7. KAM: Brain dead vile antisemitic and racist Board Pest Board Cancer Cowardly Gabby aka Sparrow Calypso aka TebowObama aka Charlie Bucket the UCLA Fan aka The Guy who posts as Buddhakarma & So Cal’s Wife & Michael Guarino & Trojan RJJ & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse and TrojanFan 1-3 & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young and KATHY and Foreskin Thoughts and SCOTTLOVESTHEROOOOOTTÞ and Manureman and eric  and Smacky spends 25 years of her life stalking a USC sportswriter’s blog and she doesn’t find that to be a little weird?

    DON: Apparently she likes getting humiliated daily by the posters here….

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    1. KAM: Democrats in already deep blue states and cities just voted to destroy their deep blue states and cities even faster.

      DON: And that’s somehow a dunk on us – how exactly?

      😂

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    2. “Walk the walk!” LOL!! Even though they deny being responsible for the 2M+ lives lost due, in part, to the dementia, incompetence & weakness they opted for in 2020.

      Her alternate reality sounds interesting.

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    1. KAM:

      😂
      😂
      😂

      Democrats expectedly won a few elections in deep blue cities and states.

      🤡

      I’m happy to see New York City vote to kill itself. It’s the only way some people will learn. Let Mamdani get the policies he wants, all of them.

      DON: Let them have “Democratic Socialism” good and hard for four unfettered years.

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  10. KAM: KAM: I love how Plow Horse always exposes brain dead Vile antisemitic and racist Board Pest Board Cancer Cowardly Gabby aka Sparrow Calypso aka TebowObama aka Charlie Bucket the UCLA Fan aka The Guy who posts as Buddhakarma & So Cal’s Wife & Michael Guarino & Trojan RJJ & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse and TrojanFan 1-3 & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young and KATHY and Foreskin Thoughts and SCOTTLOVESTHEROOOOOTTÞ and Manureman and eric  and Smacky:

    Plow Horse

    June 22, 2024 at 1:28 am

    Gabby says “you lost my attention after the first senstance.”

    Maybe that is why he didn’t do very well in school.

    DON: BWWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!

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    1. KAM:  Vile antisemitic and racist Board Pest Board Cancer Cowardly Gabby aka Sparrow Calypso aka TebowObama aka Charlie Bucket the UCLA Fan aka The Guy who posts as Buddhakarma & So Cal’s Wife & Michael Guarino & Trojan RJJ & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse and TrojanFan 1-3 & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young and KATHY and Foreskin Thoughts and SCOTTLOVESTHEROOOOOTTÞ and Manureman and eric  and Smacky and George Munger always lies. Remember this “smart political post?”

      Gabby

      November 6, 2024 at 12:04 am

      HARRIS WILL BE ELECTED PRESIDENT TONIGHT

      HOORAY FOR KAMALA

      DON: BWWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!

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      1. Gabby said he has never used the word “HOORAY” when posting in this blog. Sounds like you got caught impersonating real Gabby again.

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      2. KAM: Here’s a concept,  Cowardly Gabby aka Charlie Bucket the UCLA Fan aka TebowObama aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & Michael Guarino & Buddhakarma &LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf & Kathy & Foreskin Thoughts & Frank Young, why don’t you stop hijacking every other poster’s username for the last 20 years……you look like a dumb—-ass

        ……and apologize for being a d i c k

        DON: Senile Joe Biden is your man-crush.

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      3. Here’s a concept,  Cowardly fake Gabby aka scott wolf, why don’t you stop hijacking real Gabby’s username for the last 3 years……you look like a dumb—-ass

        ……and apologize for being a d i c k

        senile trump is your man-crush….enjoy the mushroom

        BAAAAAAMMMMMM….CROTCH…..

        KICK!!!!!

        kick

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      4. KAM: Vile antisemitic and racist Board Pest Board Cancer Cowardly Gabby aka Sparrow Calypso aka TebowObama aka Charlie Bucket the UCLA Fan aka The Guy who posts as Buddhakarma & So Cal’s Wife & Michael Guarino & Trojan RJJ & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse and TrojanFan 1-3 & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young and KATHY and Foreskin Thoughts and SCOTTLOVESTHEROOOOOTTÞ and Manureman and eric  and Smacky and George Munger thinks it’s good for her to constantly impersonate the other posters here…

        DON: But she can’t take a dose of her own medicine!

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      5. Fake gabby, aka cowardly scott wolf thinks it’s good for her to constantly impersonate the other poster here known as the real Gabby

        JOE: But she can’t take a dose of her own medicine! Sounds like a limp<<>dic magat to me

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      6. You know you’ve struck a nerve, when she has to resort to copying & pasting your post and tweaking it ever so slightly to fit her twisted view of reality.

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  12. KAM: It’s so fun rubbing Cowardly Gabby’s nose in all the vile disgusting stupid posts she has made here the last 25 years.

    DON: She needs to be taken off the streets of LA’s Skid row and involuntarily incarcerated at Atascadero State Mental Hospital the rest of her meaningless existence.

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      1. KAM Cowardly Gabby’s hared of USCV get in the way of her life.

        DON: She has wasted 25 years of her life her impersonating posters and spewing her hate for everything decent in America.

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  14. trump just said the election results from last night were not good for the republicans…..

    he knows the “BLUE WAVE” is coming.

    fake gabby hardest hit…….OUCH!!!!!!!!!

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  15. I just asked Google A. I. what will happen if New York City loses [as predicted] 15% of it’s tax base due to Mamdani’s election….the reply was “attempting to implement any ONE of Mamdani’s ambitious socialist programs, for example free public transit, will quite possibly bankrupt the city even if there is NO loss of tax revenue.”

    Sybil IS right about some things, though. Trump is in trouble. He hasn’t alleviated the harm done to working class American families caused by Biden [they are still struggling mightily to make ends meet]. And his mass —rather than targeted deportation of felons and misdemeanants — efforts are not popular with American voters.

    Trump should be very worried about what happens to him in 2026. Without Charlie Kirk organizing voter turn out and personally heading Turning Point USA the repubs seem more lost than usual [and they were a hapless party to begin with].

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    2. MG: What’s your source for saying that most votes do not support mass deportation as oppose to one that only targets gang members and felons. I thought that would be unpopular too but a few months back I saw a study that 70% wanted all the illegals deported. (I would like to see the Muslims such as Ilhan Omar deported given that they have no interest in assimilation and hate our country.) I don’t think that is a practical solution. Perhaps deport everyone who came during the last five years based on a lack of ties to the community and the treason perpetuated by the Democratic party in opening the borders to unvetted immigrants. And I would like to see the welfare freeloaders and EBT fraudsters deported. If they can not show they have been continuously employed and paying taxes on their wages for the last 5 years move them out. We don’t need anymore deadbeats. And anyone who voted while illegal would be ineligible. They also need to become fluent in English before they are offered a pathway to citizenship. And pay a fee equivalent to at least twice what the Coyotes were paid to bring them here.

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      1. Why don’t we deport you…….it would solve your hatred for illegals

        By the way, illegals are not eligible for government entitlement programs, yet have to pay taxes into SS and Medicare, programs they will never benefit from.

        You sound like a phucking racist

        BARSTOW?

        trump FOR PRISON 2028

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      2. “Illegals are not entitled to government entitlement programs.” Correct. But under Newsom the past few years they have been given Medi-Cal/Medicaid benefits which is a tremendous expense to the taxpayer. It is bankrupting the health care system. The Big Beautiful Bill cuts this off. That is why we are going through a government shutdown because the Dems are angry that there illegal voting base are being denied benefits that were designed for citizens only. Amazing that you are so ignorant that you would make this idiotic statement on day 35 of the shutdown.

        And they falsify statements to receive snap benefits. And they vote in our elections even though it is illegal to do so. Consequently, this is an independent basis for deporting them in addition to the fact they entered illegally.

        Investigate what the Muslims have done to Europe and tell me that you want them in this country. France, Holland, England all want them out. There was a huge rally in Dearborn Michigan about a year ago and the people broke into a “Death to America” chant. Many of these were the 100,000 or so Syrian refugees that Obama let into the country.

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      3. you dumb$$$ass, illegals can receive Medicaid on an emergency basis. Why would it be ok to deny medical aid to someone in a life-or-death situation because of their citizenship status?

        Democrats want the ACA tax credits extended, which affects everyone who buys insurance through state-provided exchanges. You really need to get educated on this stuff. I see why numerous law firms have fired your azz

        It must suck to be sooooooo racist. I am sure it’s a generational thing with you and your family

        Perhaps a good ass%%%whipping might get your head screwed on right

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      4. Yes everyone can get emergency medical care regardless of citizenship status. That has been around forever and nobody wants to change it. But Newsom who administers Medi-Cal in California extended it to cover full medical care to illegals. That is what the controversy is about. And the shutdown is not about ACA subsidies. Those do not expire until December. Its about free medical care to illegals and it is on page 59 of the 1.5 trillion dollar Democrat increased spending proposal. Do you ever get it right? I bet you flunk your DMV written exam more than once.

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      5. says the guy who took 5 tries to pass the state Bar exam…….I heard you were told that perhaps you didn’t have the mental capacity to practice law……just saying.

        Aid to illegals is not the issue…..stop the lying……newsmax has you all screwed up between the ears

        THE BLUE WAVE IS COMING AND YOU RACIST MAGATS ARE GOING TO TAKE ANOTHER ASS%%%WHIPPING AT THE BALLOT BOX

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      6. KAM: “By the way, illegals are not eligible for government entitlement programs”-  Politifact says Cowardly Gabby is a liar!

        California’s $174.6 billion Medicaid program provides health care coverage for about 15 million children and adults with low incomes or disabilities. That includes about 1.6 million immigrants in the U.S. illegally, including about 221,000 children.

        Immigrants receive free Medi-Cal coverage under current rules, California Department of Health Care Services spokesperson Anthony Cava said.

        Immigrant enrollees receive comprehensive coverage for medical, dental, mental health, vision, substance use treatment services and prescription drugs. The state also has an option covering emergency and pregnancy-related services.

        Longtime federal law allows people to receive emergency or labor and delivery services regardless of their immigration status, and California pays for other Medi-Cal costs for immigrants without lawful status.https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2025/may/16/gavin-newsom/free-healthcare-immigrants-California-Trump/lol

        DON: Cowardly Gabby is such a lying libtard!

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      7. fake gabby: California pays for other Medi-Cal costs for immigrants without lawful status.

        you’re right, for once……so what’s the phucking problem.

        Plow was crying about what the federal gov paying for illegals……in your own words, you said they don’t the state does.

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      8. A lot of illegals go to the ER for things most people would go to Urgent Care for. Because they know they won’t be turned away or charged! The Village Idiot isn’t smart enough to acknowledge this.

        Another thing is, she is one of those fools who claims they pay more into the system than they take. One of the MANY things those so-called studies don’t take into account are car accidents they cause without being licensed OR INSURED!! We pay for those with our deductibles and higher premiums!!

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      9. The blog dunce obviously doesn’t know the difference between a private hospital and a county hospital……I am not surprised, the guy is limited between the ears

        the blog dunce says that illegals are the only ones driving around getting in accidents with no licenses or insurance…..so, no magats are doing what he’s crying about……interesting!

        the freak just makes up s h i t to sound relevant….

        As of 2024, nearly 1.8 million undocumented immigrants in California had received a driver’s license, which mandates proof of identity, residency, and insurance. 

        the dunce gets slapped around like a pinata AGAIN…….embarrassing!

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    2. Being great at athletics is their identity. For many of them, it is hard to adjust when their playing days are over. What’s my purpose now that I can no longer play? A lot of depression, substance abuse, ect. Very few have a successful new career and they typically retire in their late twenties to early thirties. Not surprising that most of them have trouble financially even if they did very well in their playing days.

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      1. NOW YOU’RE AN EXPERT ON LIFE AFTER RETIREMENT FROM A SPORTS CAREER.

        IF YOU CAN’T DAZZLE THEM WITH BRILLIANCE THEN BAFFLE THEM WITH BULL$HIT

        YOU STILL CAN’T GET YOUR HEAD AROUND THE FACT THAT OIL IS A COMMODITY

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      2. Cowardly Gabby: If expert on retirement means I know a helluva lot more than you, the answer is yes. Afterall, retirement presumes you had a working life and accumulated retirement funds. Those requirements exclude you from the discussion.

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      3. KAM:  brain dead Vile antisemitic and racist Board Pest Board Cancer Cowardly Gabby aka Sparrow Calypso aka TebowObama aka Charlie Bucket the UCLA Fan aka The Guy who posts as Buddhakarma & So Cal’s Wife & Michael Guarino & Trojan RJJ & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse and TrojanFan 1-3 & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young and KATHY and Foreskin Thoughts and SCOTTLOVESTHEROOOOOTTÞ and Manureman and eric  and Smacky is an expert in lies. She was just proven a liar when she claimed illegals in California only get emergency care.

        DON: It’s funny how Cowardly Gabby lies about things that can be so easily debunked. She really is a street walker in LA’s Skid Row.

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      4. While federal law generally prohibits undocumented immigrants from receiving federally funded Medicaid/Medicaid-type benefits, California uses”state funds” (supplemented or authorized accordingly) to provide this coverage.

        We are talking about the Federal Gov……….FOCUS!

        JOE: It’s funny how Cowardly fake Gabby,, aka scott wolf lies about things that can be so easily debunked. She really is a street walker in LA’s Skid Row.

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      5. Cowardly dipsh*t: You were just quoted the statistics on Medicaid benefits in California and yet still won’t concede that you are wrong. Pathetic. Here we go again:

        “California’s $174.6 billion Medicaid program provides health care coverage for about 15 million children and adults with low incomes or disabilities. That includes about 1.6 million immigrants in the U.S. illegally, including about 221,000 children.”

        Medicaid is a Federal program administered by the state under the heading of Medi-Cal. All the health care costs by the state under the program are reimbursed by the Federal government.

        By the way, who gave Gavin Newsom the authority to give illegal immigrants free health care paid for by the state or federal taxpayer when the federal government denies these benefits to non citizens. Under what statute was he granted this authority. Do we need to have a “no kings” march in California. This Newsom guy acts like a dictator. I hear that he changes the voting laws on a regular basis, the ultimate sign of a dictator. He wants illegals to vote. It is a crime now to ask for an ID at the polls. And anyone who receives state benefits or a driver’s license is automatically registered to vote. Illegals receive both.

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      6. horse plow: All the health care costs by the state under the program are reimbursed by the Federal government.

        WRONG WRONG WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!…..GET EDUCATED DUMBASS……YOU’RE EMBARRASSING…

        ONCE AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!

        While federal law generally prohibits undocumented immigrants from receiving federally funded Medicaid/Medicaid-type benefits, California uses”state funds” (supplemented or authorized accordingly) to provide this coverage

        SEEMS YOU CAN’T GET YOUR HEAD AROUND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN “STATE FUNDED” VS. “FEDERAL FUNDED”…….IT’S REAL SIMPLE STUFF……

        While federal law generally prohibits undocumented immigrants from receiving federally funded Medicaid/Medicaid-type benefits, California uses”state funds” (supplemented or authorized accordingly) to provide this coverage

        While federal law generally prohibits undocumented immigrants from receiving federally funded Medicaid/Medicaid-type benefits, California uses”state funds” (supplemented or authorized accordingly) to provide this coverage

        While federal law generally prohibits undocumented immigrants from receiving federally funded Medicaid/Medicaid-type benefits, California uses”state funds” (supplemented or authorized accordingly) to provide this coverage

        WHAT PART ARE YOU NOT COMPREHENDING?

        ……..ALSO, THE FEDERAL GOV. ONLY PAYS A PERCENTAGE OF MEDICAID COSTS FOR LEGAL CITIZENS………YOU LOOK LIKE A TOTAL DUMBASS ONCE AGAIN!!!!!!!!

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    1. KAM: A Texas Democrat who has put his wholesome Presbyterian Christianity at the forefront of his senatorial campaign…. may not be as wholesome as he seems.

      James Talarico, a member of the Texas House who is hoping to win evangelicals back to the Democratic Party, follows a range of escorts, OnlyFans models and p o r n stars on social media.

      According to a review by Axios, Talarico “follows 10 Instagram accounts of women who are popular p o r n actors, OnlyFans models, and have accounts on escort sites.”

      KAM: Talarico is a Cowardly Gabby Democrat!

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