Gavin Newsom's Eight Years of Economic Failure
3 Martini Lunch – Political Humor & Commentary
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4.6 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 16 January 2026
⏱️ 28 minutes
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First, they welcome polling from throughout Latin America showing broad support for Maduro being ousted from power. In some places, the margin is more than 60 percent and even Mexico, which had the lowest approval for Maduro's ouster, still approved by 12 percent. But the big question about Venezuela remains - what comes next?
Next, they shake their heads as Gov. Newsom submits a nearly $350 billion budget for his final year in office, a massive increase from when he first took office. Jim lists many different economic categories in which California ranks among the worst states despite having so many natural advantages.
Finally, Jim and Greg cringe as Virginia Democrats open their legislative session by pushing the radical agenda many feared was coming. At the top of the list is a constitutional amendment to enshrine abortion with no exceptions. They also thank outgoing Gov. Glenn Youngkin for four years of relative sanity before he leaves office tomorrow and the onslaught of awful legislation ramps up.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the three martini lunch. |
| 0:04.9 | Grab a stool next to Greg Carumbus of Radio America and Jim Garrity of National Review. |
| 0:10.3 | Three martini's coming up. |
| 0:13.1 | We've made it to Friday again. |
| 0:14.8 | That's a good martini all by itself, but we got an actual good martini today, too, |
| 0:19.0 | as we'll be taking a look at just how popular |
| 0:21.4 | the United States removal of Nicholas Maduro from power in Venezuela is not only in Venezuela, |
| 0:26.9 | but throughout Latin America. The numbers are pretty darn lopsided, which is a great thing. |
| 0:31.6 | We'll also be taking a look at the final budget submitted by California governor Gavin Newsom. |
| 0:37.6 | And let's just say he's not trying to trim the fat. |
| 0:41.0 | He's not trying to streamline anything. |
| 0:43.3 | He has got a ton of goodies in there. |
| 0:45.5 | And it's just bloated, bloated, bloated, especially compared to where things started even for him nearly eight years ago. |
| 0:52.1 | And we'll be taking a look at the brand new legislative session |
| 0:55.7 | in Virginia, which started on Wednesday. And already the Democrats are doing exactly what we feared |
| 1:01.6 | they would do. And today is the final day for Republican Virginia governor, Glenn Yonkin. |
| 1:07.4 | So we'll have a couple things to say about that as we exit. |
| 1:15.3 | But first of all, let's talk about, you know, if you're bracing yourself for what the Democrats are about to do in Virginia, BetterHelp might be a really good idea for you. |
| 1:19.2 | And this episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. |
| 1:21.8 | And as you start 2026 and you're thinking about, all right, fresh year, everything's going to be better this year. |
| 1:28.6 | And then you see that some of these same problems have not gone away. |
| 1:31.6 | Well, how are you going to deal with them? |
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