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3 Martini Lunch – Political Humor & Commentary

Latest Gavin Newsom Failure Shows Why Voters Flee Blue States

3 Martini Lunch – Political Humor & Commentary

Radio America

Government, News, News Commentary

4.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Join Jim and Greg for the Wednesday 3 Martini Lunch as they break down how the Electoral College map is likely to look after the 2030 Census, another staggering policy failure under California Gov. Gavin Newsom, the Ilhan Omar incident from last night, and the 40th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.

First, they welcome projections showing the next U.S. Census shifting the Electoral College map in Republicans’ favor. Red states are expected to gain eight electoral votes, swing states one, while blue states lose nine. California is poised to lose four while Texas should gain four. If the projection holds, it could give GOP candidates an easier path to the White House starting n 2032.

Next, they react in disbelief to a $236 million California program meant to help mentally ill individuals cycling through homelessness and jail that has reportedly helped just 22 people. Gov. Gavin Newsom insists the number is higher, but even generous estimates point to a massive failure and another example of ineffective governance in deep-blue states.

Then, they discuss Rep. Ilhan Omar being confronted and having liquid squirted on her during a public forum Tuesday night. Omar was not seriously harmed and completed the event. 

Finally, Jim and Greg reflect on 40 years since the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after liftoff in 1986, sharing where they were when it happened and how it became their generation’s defining national tragedy until the  9/11 terrorist attacks.

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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.

0:10.6

Three martini's coming up.

0:13.1

Hey, so glad you're with us for the Wednesday edition of the three martini lunch.

0:17.1

Tons to get to today.

0:18.2

We're going to talk a little bit about what happened with Ilhan Omar last night with that guy running up to her at that public forum and squirting

0:25.0

some sort of a liquid on her we'll get into all the details of that we'll also be taking a

0:29.6

look at a California program under governor Gavin Newsom that spent a lot of money on very few

0:36.1

people that sounds very familiar if you've been following what's

0:39.3

going on in Minnesota. I don't know that there's fraud happening here. What we do know is the money's

0:43.2

not actually getting spent to help people supposedly transitioning out of homelessness or

0:47.9

shuttling between homelessness and jail. But we'll dig into that. We'll also be taking a look

0:53.4

40 years later, the Challenger disaster.

0:57.1

We'll reflect a little bit about it on what we remember from that time.

1:00.8

And for many of us, too young to remember the Kennedy assassination, until 9-11,

1:05.5

that was kind of the incident that was seared into our minds as with the great national disaster when we were growing up.

1:12.6

But the first story we're going to be talking about here, Jim, comes to us from U.S.

1:17.6

Census projections for 2030.

1:20.7

And for those people who are way too focused on politics like us, it's like, oh, okay,

1:25.0

great, population numbers.

1:26.5

But more importantly,

1:32.4

it's going to be looking at what reapportionment is going to look like. How many house seats do different states have, which means how many electoral votes do they have?

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