Another Massive Fraud Scandal Exposed in California
3 Martini Lunch – Political Humor & Commentary
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🗓️ 18 March 2026
⏱️ 28 minutes
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First, they break down Wednesday's heated clash between Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul and Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin during Wednesday’s confirmation hearing for Mullin’s nomination to replace Kristi Noem as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. Sen. Paul chairs the committee holding the hearings. Why do they dislike each other so much and what does it mean for the confirmation process?
Next, they highlight newly released undercover videos from Nick Shirley and James O'Keefe that appear to expose widespread fraud across Southern California. What exactly do the videos show, and how is Gavin Newsom and his team responding to the growing scrutiny?
Finally, they get a good laugh out of Kathy Hochul openly lamenting the exodus of wealthy residents from New York and urging them to return so the state can collect more tax revenue. But how she said it is also very telling.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the three martini lunch. |
| 0:04.4 | Grab a stool next to Greg Carumbus of Radio America and Jim Garrity of National Review. |
| 0:09.3 | Three martini's coming up. |
| 0:11.7 | So glad you're with us for the Wednesday edition of the Three Martini Lunch. |
| 0:16.7 | So much to get to. |
| 0:17.7 | It's a wild day on all of the stories we're going to be talking about today. |
| 0:21.8 | But Jim, it's pretty rare that you see fireworks right out of the gate in a confirmation hearing |
| 0:27.1 | when the chairman of the committee and the nominee are from the same party and are both members of the United States Senate. |
| 0:33.6 | But that's exactly what we got today in the Homeland Security and Oversight Committee of |
| 0:38.9 | the Senate, because Rand Paul is the chairman. Mark Wayne Mullen of Oklahoma is the nominee to replace |
| 0:45.0 | Christy Nome at Homeland Security. But these two have a history, a relatively long history. They |
| 0:50.0 | don't like each other. And apparently Senator Mullen made some pretty strong comments about Paul a while back, |
| 0:57.1 | including suggesting that he understood why his neighbor did what he did to Rand Paul in that assault a few years back. |
| 1:05.2 | But don't hear it from me. |
| 1:06.9 | Hear it from Rand Paul. |
| 1:08.2 | Here's the first thing he said in his opening statement. |
| 1:10.1 | You were confronted by constituents that were angry because you voted against my amendment to stop all funding for refugee welfare programs. |
| 1:18.7 | Instead of explaining your vote to continue these welfare programs for refugees, you decided to transfer the blame. |
| 1:25.9 | You told the media that I was a freaking snake and that |
| 1:29.2 | you completely understood why I had been assaulted. I was shocked that it would justify and celebrate |
| 1:36.3 | this violent assault. That caused me so much pain and my family so much pain. I just wonder if someone |
| 1:43.6 | who applauds violence against their political |
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