{"id":2602175,"date":"2026-05-13T11:46:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T15:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/legal-laundering-newsom-dumps-20-million-into-non-profit-with-connection-to-wife-pays-0-55-for-diapers-that-cost-0-15\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T11:54:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T15:54:57","slug":"legal-laundering-newsom-dumps-20-million-into-non-profit-with-connection-to-wife-pays-0-55-for-diapers-that-cost-0-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/legal-laundering-newsom-dumps-20-million-into-non-profit-with-connection-to-wife-pays-0-55-for-diapers-that-cost-0-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Legal Laundering? Newsom Dumps $20 Million into &#8216;Non-Profit&#8217; With Connection to Wife &#8211; Pays $0.55 for Diapers That Cost $0.15"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flegal-laundering-newsom-dumps-20-million-into-non-profit-with-connection-to-wife-pays-0-55-for-diapers-that-cost-0-15%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2602175&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The text argues that public trust in government is at an all-time low because voters believe officials follow different rules than ordinary Americans-especially regarding how those officials and their connected circles obtain or benefit from money.<\/p>\n<p>It uses a california example involving Gov. gavin Newsom\u2019s \u201cGolden State Start\u201d program,which the article claims provides free diapers to new parents through the nonprofit Baby2Baby. The piece argues that while the initiative is presented as compassionate and taxpayer-backed support, critics say the spending figures don\u2019t add up. It cites claims that millions of dollars from the 2025-2026 budget were used, and that more funding was sought afterward, then repeats a math-based critique suggesting the state pays far more per diaper than it would cost families to buy in bulk at stores like Costco.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond the pricing dispute, the article alleges the program also raises concerns about insider connections and nonprofit-linked influence, including claims about leadership ties and relationships with other politically connected groups. It contends that this pattern-glossy programs with public relations benefits followed by revelations that costs are inflated or captured by aligned networks-reinforces the broader belief that political insiders operate differently from the people who fund government.<\/p>\n<p>The article concludes that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-gop-stands-united-against-raising-debt-limit\/\" title=\"McConnell: GOP stands united against raising debt limit\">real issue isn\u2019<\/a>t diapers or whether struggling parents deserve help, but credibility: voters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyt-promoted-idea-that-trump-loyalists-might-have-killed-capitol-police-officer-one-month-later-they-issue-significant-update\/\" title=\"NYT Promoted Idea That Trump Loyalists Might Have Killed Capitol Police Officer. One Month Later, They Issue Significant Update.\">increasingly suspect<\/a> government initiatives are less about direct aid and more about a recurring \u201cgrift\u201d benefiting consultants, nonprofits, and politically adjacent insiders.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>For a whole lot of different reasons, it feels \u2014 accurately so, by the way \u2014 that institutional trust in government officials is just at an all-time low, across the board.<\/p>\n<p>But one of the chief criticisms amid all those reasons?<\/p>\n<p>The indisputable fact that bureaucrats appear to operate by a different set of rules than your average American, particularly when it comes to the thorny subject of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/democrats-try-push-new-stock-trading-ban-despite-biggest-offenders-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accumulating wealth<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>(It\u2019s both deeply funny and disturbing that emulating the Pelosi <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nancy-pelosis-husband-buys-millions-electric-vehicle-stocks-democrats-push-green-energy-handouts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stock movements<\/a> would generally yield you some serious gains.)<\/p>\n<p>A recent example of this comes from California, where local biker gangs have taken to laundering their illicit funds through a baby diaper scheme.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, wait. What\u2019s that? Hell\u2019s Angels have nothing to do with this and it\u2019s actually the California first family under the microscope? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gavin-newsom-caught-juicing-book-sales-reach-nyt-best-seller-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Figures<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Newsom recently rolled out his \u201cGolden State Start\u201d program, described by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/newsoms-golden-state-start-promises-400-free-diapers-per-baby-california-grapples-budget-woes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a> as \u201ca taxpayer-backed freebie for new parents, promising hundreds of diapers for every baby born in California under a new statewide program.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Minus bilking taxpayers, that certainly sounds noble enough. Raising a family is not easy, and even the smallest aid for expectant families can go a long way.<\/p>\n<p>But what happens when we dig into the Democratic numbers behind the curtain?<\/p>\n<p>Well, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/05\/10\/us-news\/gavin-newsoms-20m-diaper-deal-torn-apart-with-shocking-figures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>, Newsom\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/department-of-education-awards-taxpayer-dollars-to-program-training-teachers-in-critical-race-theory\/\" title=\"Department of Education Awards ... to ... Training Teachers in Critical Race Theory\">taxpayer-funded program<\/a> is being \u201ctorn apart\u201d due to the simple fact that the numbers just aren\u2019t adding up.<\/p>\n<p>The outlet reported that Newsom\u2019s \u201cprogram has come under fire for using $7.4 million in taxpayers\u2019 cash from the 2025-2026 budget, as well as seeking an additional $12.5 million for the next year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Peter Basios, who helped found an organic baby formula company, offered his sobering analysis of Newsom\u2019s numbers on X:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Ok\u2026 most of you know I was in the organic baby formula business, but what you don\u2019t know is I dabbled in diapers as well.<\/p>\n<p>I also know this baby2baby \u201cnon profit\u201d and have had past interactions with them.. I\u2019ll leave that out for now..<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s dive into this absolute grifting\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0ud0P9KtMi\">https:\/\/t.co\/0ud0P9KtMi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Peter B (@realpeteyb123) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realpeteyb123\/status\/2052921811998765526?\">May 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s dive into this absolute grifting nonsense,\u201d Basios began. \u201cPrepare to be shocked. California is about to spend $20 million of taxpayer money to give 100,000 newborns 400 diapers each through Baby2Baby. Do the math with me: 100,000 babies \u00d7 400 diapers = 40 million diapers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c$20,000,000 \u00f7 40,000,000 = $0.50 per diaper!!!!! Now walk into any Costco in California and you can buy the same quality diapers for .12 to .15 cents each! That\u2019s $48 to $60 for 400 diapers. So the state is paying 8\u201310x more per diaper than a regular family buying in bulk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey could\u2019ve just handed every low-income new mom $100 cash and told her to go to Costco. She\u2019d get more diapers, better ones if she wanted, and still have money left for formula, wipes, or whatever the hell she actually needs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut nah\u2026 that wouldn\u2019t let Gavin and his connected \u2018nonprofit\u2019 girls running the show there cut ribbons, take photos, do galas and be friends with celebrities and brag about the \u2018first-in-the-nation\u2019 program while skimming their cut for \u2018administration\u2019 and \u2018partnerships.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is peak government stupidity!!! Spend way more money to feel good and look good, instead of just trusting parents with their own damn money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not helping babies. We\u2019re funding another bloated nonprofit-government grift. Math doesn\u2019t lie. The diaper math is brutal. What a scam and a joke!!!!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brutal, but Basios\u2019 numbers don\u2019t lie. And speaking from experience, Costco diapers really are the way to buy in bulk for new parents.<\/p>\n<p>This would all obviously be a bad look on its own. But there\u2019s one more wrinkle that really makes this whole operation smell.<\/p>\n<p>As the New York Post pointed out, Newsom has taken even more flak due to the reality that he\u2019s pumping copious amounts of taxpayer dollars into a \u201cnonprofit\u201d led by an executive who also just happens to sit on the board of Newsom\u2019s wife\u2019s gender equity advocacy group.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest problem about this entire scandal? Americans have seen this movie too many times before.<\/p>\n<p>A politician unveils some glossy, feel-good initiative with a heartwarming name and carefully staged photo ops, the media dutifully applauds the compassion on display, and only afterward does the public discover that the actual numbers behind the project are utterly insane.<\/p>\n<p>Somewhere along the way, the priorities shift from helping ordinary people to creating an elaborate ecosystem of consultants, nonprofits, connected activists, and politically adjacent insiders all feeding at the taxpayer trough.<\/p>\n<p>And that is exactly why institutional trust continues circling the drain.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not merely that people believe politicians waste money \u2014 voters have astutely believed that forever. It\u2019s that Americans increasingly suspect the waste is often the point.<\/p>\n<p>Every bloated contract, every conveniently connected nonprofit, every \u201cpublic-private partnership\u201d involving friends, donors, or family associates reinforces the same corrosive perception: There is one set of rules for the political class, and another for the people forced to finance it.<\/p>\n<p>When families are pinching pennies just to afford groceries, rent, and gas, watching Sacramento burn millions on <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >wildly inflated diaper math feels<\/a> less like governance and more like legalized money laundering wrapped in the language of compassion.<\/p>\n<p>And ultimately, that\u2019s what makes stories like this so politically toxic for Democrats like Gavin Newsom, who so very obviously has his eyes set on a 2028 presidential run.<\/p>\n<p>The issue obviously isn\u2019t diapers. The issue isn\u2019t even whether struggling parents deserve help. Most Americans would probably say they do.<\/p>\n<p>The issue is credibility. 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