The most important thing to take out of this:
He knows it’s bad for his inevitable presidential run he’s been focusing on, but he has to do what his wealthy donors want so they keep donating.
If he manages a first term, he’ll still do shit like this, because he needs his donors for term 2.
We need a legit grass roots candidate, because when they keep their donors happy, that’s doing what’s good for average Americans.
Ah yes. The public servants who arent serving the public. Running for any public office should not be a money race. Its been that way for way too long.
If we keep worrying about keeping political donors happy, we’ll never reform anything; that’s the exact opposite of what they want and will do everything to stop it.
Once he gets in office it’ll be, “we need something to campaign on next election” every time reform comes up. On his final term, he’ll say, “if the party is going to earn votes for my successor, I need to play ball this term,” then the cycle will repeat itself.
The lesson here is:
Stop electing neoliberals like Newsom
whats the point of whoring for campaign money if that whoring costs you the support of the voters?
We must always vote for the progressives in local elections to prevent the Newsoms of the world from climbing the ladder
He also vetoed a bill that would have kept private equity out of primary care so keeping a primary care physician has been a nightmare in California ever since. He gave PG&E a pass for murdering over 800 people in paradise because they were neglecting maintenance for shareholder profits. PG&E hiked our rates 6 times this year with his cronies approval and they made record profits. He’s slimy and part of the problem. Don’t ever forget that these evil Nazi tech bros came out of California and were enabled by him in his political career every step of the way.
Don’t ever forget that these evil Nazi tech bros came out of California and were enabled by him in his political career every step of the way.
And this here is key. Every one of those Silicon Valley “techbro” sleazy rapists are where they are today because of corporate USAmerica. Silicon Valley empowered Trump and pushed Vance to be their VP. Silicon Valley is fully to blame platforming Project 2025 and the Heritage Foundation.
I mean really, it was Biden and the Clinton’s doing the 96 telecom act…
They desperately needed something to point to that neoliberalism worked. Most people who supported neoliberalism did it because of:
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The dotcom boom helping the economy.
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The reduction in crime.
1 would have happened no matter what, but neoliberals took credit and said the only reason it happened was not taxing the wealthy.
2 also would have happened without their crime bill, the only effect was the same ever country saw a generation after banning leaded gas.
Neoliberalism has never worked, and it will never work. They just take credit for anything good that happens.
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Billionaire math
Average USA billionaire has about $7b in wealth.
2026 * 365 = 739,490
$7,000,000,000 / 739,490 = $9,465.98
You would need to make $9k per day, for 2026 years, to catch up to the average billionaire wealth right now.
It’s estimated in 2026 that it would cost $37b to end world hunger until 2030.
Also note that Musk, Bezos, and other extreme billionaires are up to 100x of the average here ($700b for Musk). Who is making $900k per day?
This is not natural, it’s not rational, and it’s completely bullshit. You can come up with whatever distraction you want (“wealth & income aren’t the same”), but we should be taxing every dollar above $1b at 99% or higher.
30 years * 365 day = 10,950
$1,000,000,000 / 10,950 = $91,324.20
I could easily live off of $91k per DAY for 30 YEARS.
If you put these numbers against a human time scale we can understand, I don’t see the argument for this level of wealth, especially not as people go hungry, without clothes or food, and children die.
finally an issue the centrists can muster the energy to fight about.
Oh, he’s still not the preordained nominee yet? Still has to prove to the party who his owners are?
Fuck you, Newsom. Eat shit. You’re not the caliber of politician we need or want, and you never were.
“My pain is constant and sharp, and I do not hope for a better world for anyone.”
As is already well known for most, USA only has 2 right wing parties, Democrats that are “normal” right wing. and Republicans that are extreme right wing, and has gone more and more insane over the past few decades.
There can be no doubt among normal reasonable people, that the wealth of the richest people in USA is insane now, and needs to be reigned in.
Of course an annual federal tax to achieve this would be preferable, but since that obviously isn’t happening anytime soon, it is up to the states. No one needs to have $1 billion, no one even needs a tenth of that.
The rich are so sociopathic they believe they are entitled to this, and then they call people working 2 jobs entitled for wanting a living wage and healthcare!It’s disgusting that this has become normalized, it is not normal! It is sociopathic, and only a sociopathic society would allow this, and at the same time have extreme poverty. This is not about making an efficient economy, it’s 100% about the sick entitlement of the rich.
If it doesn’t turn out that man was made in Madame Tussaud’s famous workshop, I will eat my hat.
I have an alternative theory:
We can not let Gruesome Newsom win the Democratic primary. Even if you don’t think there are going to be the 2026 midterms/2028 election: Register as a Democrat (or check here to see how you need to be registered to participate in your state’s primaries) and vote for a progressive in the 2028 Democrat primaries.
The controlled opposition party won’t meaningfully reform the corporatism that got us in this mess? No fucking shit.
THIS MAN IS THE FRONT-RUNNER FOR THE DNC 2028 PRESIDENTIAL
THIS MAN IS THE FRONT-RUNNER FOR THE DNC 2028 PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION
AGAIN, THIS MAN IS THE FRONT-RUNNER FOR THE DNC 2028 PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION
BOYCOTTING THE DNC DIDN’T MOVE THE PARTY LEFT IN 2016
BOYCOTTING THE DNC DIDN’T MOVE THE PARTY LEFT IN 2020
BOYCOTTING THE DNC DIDN’T MOVE THE PARTY LEFT IN 2024
BOYCOTTING THE DNC IN THE GENERAL ELECTION HAS ONLY MOVED THR OVERTON WINDOW FURTHER RIGHT AND GIVEN POWER TO FASCISTS.
IF YOU ASSHOLES SPENT HALF THE ENERGY BACKING PROGRESSIVES IN THE PRIMARIES THAT YOU DID BOYCOTTING THE DNC IN NOVEMBER, WE WOULDNT HAVE EVER BEEN IN THIS MESS.
I mean not sure who’s talking about boycotting the DNC, I’m sure some idiots are going that route… but I do have to point out the obvious problem…
as you are right it’s about backing the progressive candidates. But the key point also is to realize how hopeless the DNC is…
IE if they lose… they say they must have gone too progressive and shift further to the right.
If they win… they say “whew… ok we did well, now we just need to shift further to the right to solidify everything”. They will always shit on the left, always try and push further right.
Now I can agree with you, backing progressives is the way to go… though I will point out, it’s about knowing the DNC is going to do whatever it can to oppose progressives getting into the democratic party.
Any progressives to look out for 28?
I’m sorry I didn’t hear you
If/when Gavin Newsom is the candidate, I’ll vote for someone else, or won’t vote.
Under normal circumstances, sure. If it’s Gavin vs. Trump then I assume you’ll vote for Gavin. Step 1 is get rid of Trump, step 2 is find a candidate that’s actually good. If we can do both simultaneously then that would be wonderful.
With a corprocrat in charge, the republic will be pushed towards collapse and the same violent thugs working for ICE will be cracking skulls before long. They will doom America to fascism or civil war, and the only way you will ever get stability lasting more than a few years is by taking control from them.
Trump will never leave office alive, so give up on an election against him. When there is a choice, you’ll be voting for a JD Vance style Republican who is actually the puppet people seem to think Trump is, or you’ll be voting for a Democrat. If that Democrat is a coastal elite who was only rejected by the fascists because Trump didn’t like him, you’ve already lost. The Democrat will have a better chance in the general regardless, so it’s primary or bust.
Oh yeah, you also need progressives to dominate in 2022 and 2024 down ballot, while the rich only need a king loyal to their corruption.
Voting blue-no-matter-who has given us a parade of Democrats who stand for nothing, do nothing, and eagerly cooperate with fascism. I’m too old to waste another vote on such a charade.
I guess Don Jr. 2028 then.
I hope you are running for office if you are looking for the perfect candidate
