From the TYSK Insider
Newsletter dated: 27June2026
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It is no secret Democrats/Socialists love spending money
– as long as it isn't their own. If any are new to the grift and need a
little guidance they should look no further than to California's Gavin
and Jennifer Siebel Newsom. Exclusive | Gavin Newsom Spent $57K Jetting Around Europe on Tab of Wealthy Donors, Robotaxi FirmGov. Gavin Newsom’s ever-cozy relationship with wealthy donors and special interests helped fund $57,000 worth of flights, hotels and meals as he sought to raise his global profile and rub elbows with elites in Davos, Munich and London, according to records obtained by The Post.The overseas trips — which included appearances at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland in January, followed by the Munich Security Conference in Germany and a climate summit in London in mid-February — were financed through the California State Protocol Foundation, a nonprofit that exists to cover the governor’s expenses. Newsom’s unprecedented expansion of behested payments — a controversial practice that allows elected officials to act as an intermediary for unlimited contributions from wealthy donors and special interests, including those with business before the state — drew immediate criticism from Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton. “It’s just the latest example of the total corruption of our system of government in California,” Hilton told The Post. “The fact that something like behested payments even exists is an insult to every California taxpayer who expects their government to be working for them — not special interests.” Newsom, who is now the subject of a federal investigation, used his European jaunts to bolster his profile on the international stage — he is weighing a run for president in 2028 — while repeatedly casting California as a foil to President Trump. “I should’ve brought a bunch of knee pads for all the world leaders,” Newsom quipped in Davos, referencing merch he sells to help fund his federal political action committee, Campaign for Democracy. ================= FBI probes Jennifer Siebel Newsom’s taxes as her gender-obsessed nonprofit lost $1M in 5 yearsJennifer Siebel Newsom‘s gender-focused film nonprofit is burning through cash with revenues drying up — a potentially concerning pattern for the wife of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is reportedly the subject of a federal tax investigation.Federal authorities have not publicly disclosed what prompted the probes into Newsom and his spouse, which came to light last week, but a source with knowledge of the matter confirmed to The California Post that investigators have been examining Siebel Newsom’s taxes. The Post’s review of the last five years of IRS filings for The Representation Project — the nonprofit Siebel Newsom founded to distribute her documentaries and promote gender equity initiatives — shows an organization increasingly dependent on donations while continuing to opaquely spend large sums of money to distribute Siebel Newsom’s films. Tax experts contacted by The Post were befuddled on what to make of the expenses and salary the first partner receives for reportedly 40 hours a week of work. “It’s very difficult to know how effectively the money is being spent,” said Gary Krausz, an audit partner at Gursey Schneider LLP who reviewed the filings for The Post. “They could be paying [Siebel Newsom] $150K and she could be sitting on Instagram posting stories all day.” For the last fiscal year ending in March 2025, The Representation Project reported paying Siebel Newsom $161,250 as the nonprofit’s founder and chief creative officer. That was a raise from the $150,000 she received in prior years, according to the nonprofit’s Form 990 filings with the IRS. The payments appear to have been directed to Girls Club Entertainment LLC, Siebel Newsom’s for-profit film company, which has a history of failing to file legally required paperwork in a timely manner. Siebel Newsom’s films have been accused of being heavy-handed, progressive social crusades. Her first project, “Miss Representation,” criticized the media’s portrayal of women while “The Mask You Live In” deconstructed masculinity. “The Great American Lie” railed against inequality and capitalism and “Fair Play” mewed about the division of household labor. Despite more than a decade of filmmaking, only Siebel Newsom’s first documentary earned a Rotten Tomatoes score above 70%, while three others have failed to attract enough critics to even receive a rating. Identifying all the donors who have helped prop up the first partner’s flagging film career is impossible based on limited public records, but the list includes a consisted cast of wealthy donors — such as Lisa Stone Pritzker and Susie Tompkins Buell — who have helped bankroll Gov. Newsom’s political activities in recent years. =============== Gavin Newsom solicited $340M in ‘behested payments’ from special interests, filings revealGov. Gavin Newsom’s bid to seize control of the narrative around multiple federal investigations is backfiring, with critics using the governor’s accusations of Trump-led ‘lawfare’ to revive long-running questions about pay-to-play politics in California.State records show Newsom has solicited more than $340 million in donations from wealthy donors and special interests — some of which have received preferential treatment and millions of dollars in state contracts — while also taking pains to prop up the political activities of his wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom. A review of state disclosure records shows Newsom has reported 1,325 behested payments totaling $347,240,506 since 2011, when he was serving as lieutenant governor. The payments — legal under California law, but a controversial if not illegal practice in some other states — are reported once they hit $5,000 from a single source in a calendar year, and they must be for a charitable, governmental or legislative purpose. Criticism and memes of Newsom’s habit of soliciting donations have been gaining steam since the governor announced on Monday he and wife are the focus of multiple federal probes. Assemblymember David Tangipa (R-Fresno) called the governor’s excessive use of behested payments “a loophole for political influence peddling.” “While something may be legal, we all know that it’s wrong,” Tangipa told The Post. Newsom’s use of the controversial fundraising tool exploded in 2020, when he reported $226.5 million in behested payments — about 65% of his total since 2011. The busiest stretches came during the heart of the pandemic: $35.8 million in April, $33.9 million in May, $30.5 million in July, $38.4 million in September and $28.1 million in October. Blue Shield gave a $20 million donation in September 2020, and months later Newsom awarded the insurer a $15 million, no-bid contract to help distribute California’s vaccines. Since 2020, Newsom has reported $330.7 million in behested payments. The giving shifted from emergency response to climate programs, workforce initiatives, immigrant services, wildfire recovery, official state travel and the California Partners Project, the nonprofit co-founded by Siebel Newsom. FPPC records list roughly $4.8 million for the California Partners Project since 2020. That pot of money includes $2.3 million from the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, which has benefited from decisions by Newsom. He appointed its chairman, Greg Sarris, to the University of California Board of Regents in 2023. The tribe gave $500,000 in April 2024, months before Newsom’s office urged federal officials to reject a rival Koi Nation casino project, and another $500,000 in April 2025, about a month before California sued to block the project. Dan Schnur, a teacher of political communications at USC and UC Berkeley, previously told The Post that the governor’s excessive use of behested payments to his wife’s charity is an “obvious loophole” in campaign finance law. “They are not breaking any laws,” Schnur said, “but [Newsom] is following this law more aggressively than any other politician in modern memory.” ============= Click on the headline for each article to read the full details. It is really outlandish how brazen the schemes and spending are. If, and that is a BIG if, the media would give honest coverage to the grifting by Democrats in general the public would throw them out on their ears. Sigh! What a pipe dream. As always -- FEEL FREE TO CIRCULATE THIS MESSAGE EVERYWHERE
"To compel a man to furnish funds
for the
propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical." —Thomas Jefferson
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