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Dude's really method acting his trump "parody" isn't he.
Maybe he can send trans people to gulags too. After all, Newsom's message seems to be "Hey, I heard you like fascists... vote for me! I can do a fascism too!"
Experience has shown that trying to out-fascist the fascists always works really well for centrists. Anything but the compassionate, progressive politics people desperately want.
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I was speaking with an older lady about who could be as energizing for the left as Bernie for the next election, I said AOC and maybe Jasmine Crockett on the same ticket. (which is a pipe dream, I'm sure)
Anyway, she said Gavin Newsom, and didn't believe me when I said he's a centrist. And I couldn't understand why she even felt he's a leftist. He must have some good pr somewhere that I'm not looking lol
There's plenty of left leaning Americans who think Doug Ford is a good guy because he says shit about Trump. It shouldn't be surprising.
To be fair, most Americans don't pay any attention to Canadian politics (or any other country tbh). So Doug's jacked up policies go in one ear and out the other because they very broadly don't affect Americans.
Can't really blame Americans for not knowing or caring about politics outside the US, we have to keep up with ones own state, federal, and possibly the politics of neighboring states.
Gavin has done what no one else is doing, punching back, speaking Trump's language. It's getting attention from all quarters. Meanwhile Dems are busy shutting him down preemptively because purity tests. It's another fascinating move from the "we don't want to govern" party.
Punching back is the absolute bare minimum requirement for a supposed opposition party (looking at you Schumer and Jeffries).
But Newsom has been repeatedly demonstrating that he is willing to throw our trans friends and unhoused neighbors under the bus for political points. Ask yourself, if he's willing to betray one group, what's stopping him from betraying any other group should he decide that it's politically expedient?
This has nothing to do with "purity tests"
Thank you for being more eloquent with your reply than I was able to be. That purity test comment made me see red. Where else are disenfranchised groups to go, but to the left? How can we be represented if the only place we can turn refuses to represent us?
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People just remember he was the mayor of one of the most liberal cities in the US, so it translates in their head as him being liberal.
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That pipe dream would be so fantastic!
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Behold the sparkle of champagne.
The crime rate's gone, feel free again.
Oh, life's a breeze with you, Miss Lily White.
Taylor Swifts on the screen today.
Convinced the liberals it's okay.
So let's get dressed to dance away the night.
While they kill, kill, kill, kill, kill the poor.
Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill the poor.
Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill the poor tonight.
Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill the poor.
Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill the poor.
Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill the poor tonight.
While many people believe that substance use, mental illness, or other individual factors are the main drivers of homelessness, extensive research shows that rising housing costs drive more people into homelessness than any other cause.
https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/we-can-end-homelessness-in-america
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Where did all the newsom stans go?
EDIT: the number of downvotes is the number of people who agree with performative cruelty to homeless people.
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Clear encampments by.... Giving them homes to save money?
Fuck Gavin Newsom. The dude is scum. All the people blowing him are the worst
Diet-Fascism™
This is the trick the fascists are playing on us. They've corrupted both sides, and hope we'll believe that the one that is "less fascist" will be able to save us from the one that's "more fascist". NOPE, surprise, it's fascism all the way down! The game is rigged, the trap is sprung, the only winning move is not to play.
If you're familiar with the 4 boxes of liberty, it's time to understand that the ballot box has already failed us and abandon the idea that we can vote our way out of this mess. We're past that. We're firmly in the jury box stage right now and it's not looking too promising with the amount of judicial interference going on, the administration flaunting rulings that don't go in their favor, and the supreme court stacked.
With the fourth box, understand that the first and possibly even most potent ammunition you will ever have access to is free speech. But it will also be the first to run out. Use what's left of it while you still can. Be vocal. Be a shit disturber. Many people need their shit disturbed, some need it to wake them up with the information they're not willing to accept, others need it because they're fascists themselves. Disturb them. Attend protests. Prepare to go on strike. Collective action is more powerful than people give it credit for. The country cannot function without wage-slaves feeling chained to their jobs, clinging to it like a lifeline and too afraid that rocking the boat will see them let go. This is a method of control. Prepare for turmoil and disruption. Find people who can help you and support you when things go south. Seek community and resilience, find people who will look out for you, and do what you can to look out for them. Find ways to organize if you can. There is strength in numbers. The clock is ticking, and it's not going to wait for you to be ready. Get ready now, and get involved. This is everyone's fight, and if you're not already fighting, you're late, get moving.
Newsome is such a two faced piece of shit.
Encampment sweeps kill.
https://www.propublica.org/article/portland-homeless-deaths-multnomah-county
But although the city spent roughly $200,000 per homeless resident throughout that time, deaths of homeless people recorded in the county quadrupled, climbing from 113 in 2019 to more than 450 in 2023, according to the most recent data from the Multnomah County Health Department. The rise in deaths far outpaces the growth in the homeless population, which was recorded at 6,300 by a 2023 county census, a number most agree is an undercount...
These deaths came during the same period that Portland began a two-pronged response to public pressure over homelessness. City leaders began moving homeless people out of public view by removing tents at a rate far surpassing those of its West Coast peers. Since 2021, it carried out 19,000 sweeps, and it dismantled over 20 encampments per day in 2024, according to city records.
At the same time, the city reduced money for stable permanent housing while dramatically increasing its investment in temporary shelters...
They know. It's the actual goal, not an unfortunate fluke of the system.
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And where do you plan to have them go? Because they have to go somewhere. Perhaps instead of fighting a symptom you treat the cause. Like a complete lack of affordable housing. And things like corporations and hedge funds hoarding single family homes that sit empty, often not even on the market because they're treating them as appreciating assets not homes.
I loved that they let a ton of people out of jail when they legalized marijuana and vacated a ton of convictions.
But then they literally just turned people out on the street with zero fucking pathways. No money, no home, no phone, just zero fucking resources.
It was an almost overnight explosion of homelessness in San Diego.
Sure they have always had a homeless population (the weather is particularly ideal for living outside most of the year), but nothing like it turned in to.
Clearing camps won't help. Like you said, you need to solve the root problem.
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Apparently it's really hard to not be an asshole.
Can’t wait to be yelled at to stop complaining and vote for him in 2028
That's already happening...
And he's only the preordained nominee. We haven't gone through the kabuki primaries yet.
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Vote Blue! (Who we tell you to)
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... by making affordable housing and giving it to the needy?
Jesus fuckin Christ. Fuck you, you goddam scumbag.
Here's hoping that AOC or some other progressive wins the white house. Newsom, while better than Trump, is still shit.
As for Cali, I am hoping for Katie Porter or likeminded folk to take leadership when Newsom vacates his office. The homeless and everybody else needs help from someone who genuinely gives a damn.
Would bet cash money the DNC selects- I mean uh he fairly wins the DNC primary for next election cycle lol.
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This sounds an awful lot like Louisiana...
Relocation begins: Jeff Landry's administration clears New Orleans homeless encampments
Louisiana coerced unhoused people into an unheated warehouse – and paid $17.5m for it
It started out as needing to clear everyone out allegedly for security reasons bc of the Bourbon street attacks and the Superbowl, but everyone assumed he was trying to just slap a coat of paint on the city. Then it happened again when there was a big Taylor Swift concert, now it's like every time "we have company" we should just understand Landry will be rounding up homeless people to make the city more presentable.
People keep saying Newsome is just doing this kind of shit to prove he's a centrist Democrat but I'm kinda starting to worry it might be a little more sinister than that.
Word of advice for California, be very cautious about allowing any state police or task force to permanently or semi permanently set up in your cities. If it gets proposed push back as loud and hard as you legally can, no matter what you local government might indicate about it.
Homeless sweep ahead of Taylor Swift concert reveals conflict between city, Troop NOLA
Troop NOLA: What we know about the new Louisiana State Police troop in New Orleans
Mayor LaToya Cantrell 'in alignment' with Gov. Jeff Landry's crime plan for New Orleans
And if you can't stop it from happening make sure your city hammers out even the most obscure details in a contract. If you're not sure if you need to bother with getting it in writing, you do.
I changed the original headline bc it's misleading. It makes it sound like the contract was something city council wanted bc they wanted homeless sweeps. The city pushed for a formal contract bc State police were just doing it without any say from the city on how they rounded people up or where they took them.
okay but did you know he tweeted in all caps?
Someone please tell the Democrats that they can stop now, they've already allowed fascists to ascent to national power. Ease up.
You see, that’s why I just can’t get behind this guy. Sometimes he is on point, other times he is a complete fuckhead. At least he isn’t full-time fuckhead like basically every republican, but that isn’t saying a hell of a lot.
He's never in point. He made some tweets, then he made a knockoff Trump store hoping people would be dumb enough to buy that shit.
He's a scumbag though and through, only interested in advancing his career.
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