PBD Podcast: Steve Hilton candidate for California Governor

Steve Hilton is one of two prominent Republican candidates for Governor of California, alongside Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco. With the jungle primary set for June 2, 2026, there had been serious discussion on the right about the possibility of two Republicans advancing to the November general election.

On the PBD Podcast this week, Hilton broke down the latest polling — showing him narrowly leading or tied near the top — and warned about the real risk that two Democrats could squeeze into the top two spots. That outcome would shield lame-duck Governor Gavin Newsom from full accountability for the state’s failures. He even suggested Sheriff Bianco should consider dropping out to consolidate the Republican vote and prevent a Democrat-only general election.

Hilton is an unusual figure in this race. A former Fox News host of The Next Revolution, he previously served as a top political strategist and aide to former UK Prime Minister David Cameron. He moved to the United States in 2012 and became a citizen. He has cited a major falling out with Cameron over immigration policy — an issue the UK continues to grapple with.

Now a recent immigrant from England, Hilton is running to lead the Golden State. California has elected an Austrian-born movie star with a thick accent as Governor — so why not a sharp-minded Englishman with a concrete plan to fix the mess? I could get behind that.

Here's the podcast in question [VIDEO]

Matt Walsh takes on the real history of Civil Rights

 As always I will withhold judgement until seeing this. Matt Walsh is known for his rather sarcastic take on controversial issues such as trans-ideology, anti-racism, and of course often on the news of the day. I'm curious what direction he'll take on the Civil Rights movement.

Here's a trailer [VIDEO]

Adam Carolla: Katie Porter Keeps EMBARRASSING Herself!

 I find the California Governor's race very interesting. We have a jungle primary (or top-two primary) which means of the candidates who are running in the primary only two - regardless of their party - will make it to the general election in November.

The polls so far show that two Republicans may be the top two in November Sheriff Chad Bianco and  former British political strategist and former FOX News host Steve Hilton. And all the Democrats which include former Congressmember Katie Porter and formerly included former Congressmember Eric Swawell who was forced to withdraw and resign from Congress.

Katie Porter is the subject of the below video from Adam Carolla's podcast. There was an ad that made that made her look a bit more reasonable or relatable. However, she still does have the reputation of an explosive temper. Check out what Adam's talking about below [VIDEO]

Amazing CNN is broadcasting the California Governor's debate! Now more of us gets to see the Democrats go after each other and the two Republicans get by unscathed. And we see Katie Porter try to say don't question her temperament.

I've been watching a lot of the candidates go back and forth whether in interviews or in debates. There are a few Democrats that are saying some reasonable things. Especially the Mayor of San Jose Eric Mahan. Based on some of the things that he's saying I could trust him to actually run California.

I don't know about the odds of Hilton and Bianco to get in the top-two. And worse still California is so far off the rails if either of them gets elected they may immediately face a recall. I hope not though.

I hope everyday Californians are ready for normal. And that might mean they might have to shut out Democrats for a time.

And if I may add with the fall-out from the misadministration after the wildfires in California last year I think the LA Mayoral race could be interesting. A Republican named Spencer Pratt has been making some good noise in his race against the seemingly clueless incumbent Karen Bass though time will tell if the residents of the City of Angels Brotherly Love is ready for yet another Republican in over 30 years to take command of America's 2nd largest city.

I do hope Californians are ready for a real change in the nation's most populous state also.

District of Columbia Retrocession & Virginia Gerrymandering

 How about a history lesson? 

Up until the 1840s, the District of Columbia was a perfect square. The Washington, D.C. that we know about today lies within the state of Maryland, however, the city/county of Alexandria, Virginia was the other part of the square. In 1846, was the retrocession of the Alexandria area - the Virginia portion of D.C. back to the State of Virginia.

Here's a map I found on Reddit about what D.C. would've looked like if the Retrocession had never happened.

Via Reddit

You may want to know why is this being brought up?

Michael Franzese interviews Tommy Robinson

 

[VIDEO] Tommy Robinson is an activist making his rounds in conservative (right-wing) circles that has a lot to say about immigration and his thoughts on Islamic immigration. What he says seems infuriating, however, when you consider the whole idea of illegal immigration or unlimited immigration you might want to rethink what that entails.

Why does it seem like they want to fill up western nations with people who have little in common with the society? Could it be an invasion?

President Trump's address regarding the current Iranian campaign

 

[VIDEO] An address he delivered last night at the White House heralding his accomplishments with the month long military action against the Islamic Republic of Iran and his main goal which is to prevent that regime from gaining nuclear weapons. I'm sure he wants this to come to a swift end, however, the regime change hasn't happened yet.

I have to see where things are with that regime, Trump had claimed they were seeking a ceasefire and that the Islamic Republic is coming to the table. This inspite of the fact that they claimed they will never negotiate.

I do wonder who's actually in charge over there.

O'Reilly on the recent 'No Kings' marches

 I got a hint of these "No King's" rallies going through downtown Chicago over the weekend. Don't know how I view them, perhaps just another progressive march - and being heavily pushed by outlets such as CNN or MSNB....MS NOW, etc. And perhaps this is just another protest against President Donald Trump.

I see this Talking Points Memo from Bill O'Reilly he talks about this as you will see below. These rallies aren't organic, they're heavily funded by a variety of billionaires and you have to question if there is really a critical mass of people who are upset with President Trump. [VIDEO]

Bill O'Reilly is right. No solutions, no problem solving, just get Trump out. We don't want his solutions.

I could go back to 20 years ago, when this energy was directed toward George W. Bush, and rightfully Americans were asking questions about the military actions in Afghanistan and especially Iraq. However, the same kind of thing there, march for peace and then what else. Was the message peace or anti-war back then or was it just we "hate Bush".

How can anyone take these rallies very seriously?

The airstrikes on Iran

 After watching Elimination Chamber this evening and following the news primarily online in addition to TV news regarding the strikes on Iran. These strikes are substantial and see that amongst other gov't officials killed in Tehran, the strikes claimed the life of Supreme Leader of Iran Ayatollah Khamenei.

All I can say to that is wow. I was watching the emergency PBD podcast this morning and the Iranian regime seemed to announce that the Ayatollah has planned to speak, however, later on Saturday the regime confirmed that the Supreme Leader was killed. I was looking for some official confirmation as President Trump said he was killed in these strikes, and the Israeli gov't said he was dead.

Now I see that there were some retaliatory strikes by Iran on American military targets in the Middle East and Israeli targets.

At this point the only thing I can ask is what now? Will the Islamic Republic of Iran survive these airstrikes? Will the people of Iran rise up against the regime as they had been since about December last year?

Does this mean that the Pahlavi dynasty will return? 

Oh yeah a little history the Pahlavi family ran iran until 1979 when Iran was known as the Imperial State of Iran - Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was the King before he was overthrown in a revolution. In Pahlavi's place was the previous Supreme Leader of Iran the Ayatollah Khomeini. And we had well over 46 years of a very theocratic gov't that was considered a state sponsor of terrorism.

These airstrikes were as a result of stalled talks on Iran's nuclear program. The concern is that the theocratic regime would acquire nuclear weapons and use them. Last year in airstrikes US & Israeli had struck a severe blow to the Iranian nuclear program.

Either way most of the day on Saturday sees the emerging military operations over the skies of Iran and how long with this continue since the sitting executives of the gov't there had essentially been decapitated.

Here are President Trump's remarks on the airstrikes on Iran [VIDEO]

Ben Shapiro: Reaction to Finance Bros

 

[VIDEO] While he reacts to a couple of clips of "finance bro" Dave Ramsey, the first clip he reacts to shows a young man thinking a $1K emergency fund is a stupid idea. I disagree with that although Shapiro isn't wrong to talk about how long $1K can go in an emergency, and for sure it won't last long.

Dave Ramsey advocates for that in his baby steps. If nothing else having $1K on standby is a start and you won't be staying there for sure, eventually you can grow to save enough for at least several months of living expenses.

Personal finance isn't a strong interest for me, however, you do want to know where your money is going.

Casey Neistat: NYC scum

 Let me start off with while I though this was yet another Casey video and following what's been going on in NYC as of late, now I realize there's a pattern.

I primarily follow more right wing sources for news. Bill O'Reilly has talked about the situation in NYC and Matt Walsh of Daily Wire also had talked about. Any discussion about the administration of Mayor Zohran Mamdami - he just entered office last month - seems to show severe incompetence.

One thing being discusssed among O'Reilly and Walsh is that a number of dead homeless people have been found as a result of the weather. There was a policy in NYC that Mayor Mamdami failed to follow where homeless encampments are cleared and the homeless have to take shelter in a warming center.

Allow me to add as of Feb 4, 2026, 17 homeless people were found dead as a result of the weather in NYC.

Walsh especially noted that NYC sanitation workers cleaned up the area around the Mayor's home and yet we see piles of snow around the city. As Casey himself documents the piles of snow are also very filthy with trash and waste (human and animal).

Check it out, it was released three days ago. [VIDEO] 

It's safe to say not a great start to an administration that wants to show the "warm embrace of collectivism".