@carrieberry @Tengrain @Heimdall @TonyStark No doubt it was somebody embittered that there wasn’t some kind of “primary” that would have knighted a #Shapiro or #Newsom or someone else who met the gender and skin color qualifications for them. In retrospect, it’s obvious now that Newsom would have been a disaster!
The Comms staff who told him to have a podcast is fired.
Newsom in fight to advance plans for $20-billion Delta water tunnel https://www.byteseu.com/896839/ #45MileTunnel #board #environment #letter #nemeth #newsom #NewsomAdministration #NicoleKuenzi #opponent #petition #project #SacramentoDelta #StateDepartment #StateWaterRegulator #supply #Water
I've loathed Gavin Newsom since before it was cool.
Well, if it actually exists as a Democratic harm, please cancel ‘em both.
PS—You really don’t have to/shouldn’t talk to “winning” Nazis, just appeal to more #Democrats/Non-voters
Stephen Robinson responds to Gavin Newsom's sucking up to the odious Steve Bannon and Charlie Kirk:
"Some people just need to be shunned."
And I heartily agree.
#Bannon #Newsom #CharlieKirk #shunning
https://www.publicnotice.co/p/gavin-newsom-podcast-bannon-kirk-yuck
"#Fetterman and #Newsom should be driving the stake into the #MAGA movement's heart, capitalizing on every failure, every fraction, every fraud, and every shameful disgrace. Instead, they're acting like it's 2016, and Trumpism is some fresh new force they need to accommodate...
"They think they're positioning themselves for the future. They're wrong. They're anchoring themselves to a dying movement, bending the knee just as the walls are ready to cave in."
https://www.theindex.media/this-is-the-dumbest-time-to-buy-into-maga/
Is the #Democratic Party on the brink of a major collapse? What happens when there is no difference between the #DOJ and the #GOP? There is none. Many so-called #Democrats are fake #Liberals. Tulsi #Gabbard turns out to be a far right hawk as #Fascist, if not more so, than Steve #Bannon. John #Fetterman, the little #Zionist, wouldn't hesitate to wave his little Israeli flag when confronted with a veteran. Will Gavin #Newsom become a more handsome version of #Mussolini?
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5195889-newsom-trump-podcast-strategy/
@donray @DemocracyMattersALot #Newsom is verging on Vidkun Quisling territory.
"Unlike our opponents, we don’t believe that love and care is finite.
We don’t believe that trans people are only allowed to exist when they poll well. We don’t believe that there’s a binary choice between supporting broke American citizens and immigrants. We don’t believe that feminism is an attack on men, or that anti-racism is an attack on white people. We don’t believe that justice and peace for Palestine is mutually exclusive with protecting Jewish communities from antisemitism. We don’t believe in either implicit or explicit eugenics for our disabled neighbors. We don’t believe that only some of us deserve healthcare or childcare or a decent education or healthy air or communities free from violence. We merely believe that we all deserve a country that loves us for once. We believe that there is enough to go around, but only if we choose it."
https://thewhitepages.net/p/there-are-two-political-movements
Clear out the trash while you still can in that Party, and same goes for Labour in the UK.
#Newsom & other prominent #Dems are making it clear they do not deserve their leadership roles. If you are unwilling to defend vulnerable people or are more concerned with decorum than you are standing up to fascism, you can fuck right off & we’ll find someone who will.
FWIW I encourage you to engage (run, help, give) to Run for Something. They helped give us that wonderful woman #JasmineCrockett & are helping many more like her run for office.
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/09/gavin-newsom-trans-athletes-democrats
Media Matters: Charlie Kirk and TPUSA are fueled by far-right extremism https://www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk/charlie-kirk-and-tpusa-are-fueled-far-right-extremism #extremism #hate #Politics #Newsom
It's very important to note, though, that those are not the words he said. I think it's also important to note what else he actually did say, that the media is not covering.
That he takes issue with how people are talking down on vulnerable, marginalized communities.
That he denounces the current Democratic party strategy of laying low and performing a "strategic retreat" and just waiting for Trump to push voters their way as a losing one.
That he believes there ought to be space in the Democratic Party for imperfect allies who might not pass every single ideological purity test, but maybe enough to protect some critical policies as opposed to losing every battle.
Actions speak so much louder than words. But even if one were to interpret Newsom’s words on his podcast today in the worst possible light-- that he harbors outright hatred for this inseparable, cherished part of the LGBT community?
Then, all the more credit to him for setting aside such vile, reprehensible views to prioritize the will of his constituents. For governing not by personal bias, but by the duty to lead with their interests in mind.
That is what politicians ought to do.
Gavin Newsom has recognized the Transgender Day of Remembrance and condemned the violence and discrimination that transgender and gender non-conforming people simply for existing.
https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/11/20/governor-newsom-proclaims-transgender-day-of-remembrance-2024/
Gavin Newsom has signed bills prohibiting schools from forcibly outing students' gender identities to their parents.
