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Newsom in ALLCAPS: (Original Post) applegrove Saturday OP
Love it! SharonClark Saturday #1
It's pretty funny, I gotta say Prairie Gates Saturday #2
FDT ** DoBW Saturday #3
Go Gavin! BlueKota Saturday #4
The man is a very effective gadfly. marble falls Saturday #5
Gavin Newsom is a genius! He skewers TFG like nobody else. He does it with STYLE! CaliforniaPeggy Saturday #6
The beauty is that, you know the "proper" media really, really wants to scold Newsom Bluetus Saturday #8
And he writes his own material. SergeStorms Saturday #14
A million Gavin's and we bluestarone Saturday #7
Even a DOZEN would do the trick. nt maddiemom Sunday #36
K&R spanone Saturday #9
OHM MYYY! AllaN01Bear Saturday #10
"CRYPTO SCAMS" oasis Saturday #11
Still hasn't Just Jerome Saturday #12
All Caps pfitz59 Saturday #13
That was brilliant! Kash "Money" Patel! ananda Saturday #15
Whoa! Nasruddin Saturday #16
Hmm, I don't see it at that govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov account progree Saturday #17
It's on X. Newsom posts more on X than on Bluesky. Same for a lot of accounts on both platforms. highplainsdem Saturday #18
Yes, I saw the X account before posting what I posted above. I just don't believe X account is really an official progree Saturday #20
X does NOT sell the gray verifications for government accounts. It's the blue checkmarks on X that are highplainsdem Sunday #21
I'm well aware that good Democrats have and post on X accounts. I just don't believe this particular progree Sunday #22
Axios story, from August, on Newsom using his official press office account like this: highplainsdem Sunday #23
archive link to save people without an Axios account the trouble of looking for the full article progree Sunday #24
And in case you doubt Axios, here's a story from ABC7 in Los Angeles showing the tweets from highplainsdem Sunday #25
Enjoyed reading....TFP. OAITW r.2.0 Sunday #27
I'm sure he's kept advised of them. highplainsdem Sunday #31
Here is the actual post from Newsom's REAL, verified X account. Done and dusted this issue is. Celerity Sunday #28
Yes. I posted it in reply 18. Progree refused to believe it anyway, which is why I linked to news stories highplainsdem Sunday #30
Yes, those press accounts pretty much convinced me it's a real account that is what it says it is. progree Sunday #33
"Real verified X account" -- Because X says so with it's little verified thingy? progree Sunday #32
Wow! Nice to see the truth in bold caps for a change. All 100% TRUE! Martin68 Saturday #19
Nothing to add. The Gov. sez it all. OAITW r.2.0 Sunday #26
Yes indeed!!! calimary Sunday #41
("A TAX!!!") live love laugh Sunday #29
They need to work in Low IQ into his next parody rant. spudspud Sunday #34
Too good malaise Sunday #35
"DOZY DON'S SICKOS" needs to go viral. RandomNumbers Sunday #37
I love that moniker... llmart Sunday #38
If you think crypto will screw us all over, just wait until you see what AI brings to us all. Scalded Nun Sunday #39
applegrove............ Upthevibe Sunday #40
I love Gavin and his posts! CTyankee Sunday #42
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER! Vinca Sunday #43
LOVE IT !! nt Exp Sunday #44

Bluetus

(2,052 posts)
8. The beauty is that, you know the "proper" media really, really wants to scold Newsom
Sat Nov 29, 2025, 08:15 PM
Saturday

for behaving beneath the dignity of the office. But they can't say a word because they have been ignoring this exact shit from Trump for 15 years.

In many ways, this is more about the media than it is about Trump.

SergeStorms

(19,840 posts)
14. And he writes his own material.
Sat Nov 29, 2025, 08:58 PM
Saturday

Unlike some demented Big Orange Pig who likes playing president on "Truth"social, but hates acting like an actual president in the White House. At least half of his "truths" are written by his slimy reptilian henchman, Martin Bormann Stephan Miller.

progree

(12,621 posts)
17. Hmm, I don't see it at that govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov account
Sat Nov 29, 2025, 10:25 PM
Saturday
https://bsky.app/profile/govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov
I might have bought this until I saw the part about Vance too busy with 'the couch'

I don't see it here either --
https://www.gov.ca.gov/category/press-releases/

highplainsdem

(59,208 posts)
18. It's on X. Newsom posts more on X than on Bluesky. Same for a lot of accounts on both platforms.
Sat Nov 29, 2025, 11:04 PM
Saturday

The butterfly for Bluesky that you see is from Bill Madden's account. He posted the screenshot. The gray government verification below for Newsom's press office shows it's from X. Bluesky just uses blue checkmarks for all verified accounts.


progree

(12,621 posts)
20. Yes, I saw the X account before posting what I posted above. I just don't believe X account is really an official
Sat Nov 29, 2025, 11:48 PM
Saturday

account. I've read X sells those "verifications". It's going to take me a lot more than a "verification" checkmark on an X account.

The butterfly for Bluesky that you see is from Bill Madden's account.


I didn't go by that at all. I looked at https://bsky.app/profile/govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov (see my above post).

You may be right that he posted on an X account with the address @GovPressOffice
(there's 50 governors in the U.S. -- why would a state government choose an X account name that is so vague?)

and not at Blue Sky

or at the https://www.gov.ca.gov/category/press-releases/

I think it's more likely that the X account is fake.

highplainsdem

(59,208 posts)
21. X does NOT sell the gray verifications for government accounts. It's the blue checkmarks on X that are
Sun Nov 30, 2025, 12:10 AM
Sunday

available to subscribers on X.

That Bluesky account for Newsom's press office has only 8.2K followers.

The X account, which has been the official account since 2013, has 673.9K followers.

That's why they're more concerned with posting on X, where they reach nearly 100x as many people.

You're going to miss a hell of a lot of official messages if you think only the Bluesky accounts are official. AOC, for instance, and a !ot of other Democratic politicians still use X much more than Bluesky.

progree

(12,621 posts)
22. I'm well aware that good Democrats have and post on X accounts. I just don't believe this particular
Sun Nov 30, 2025, 12:15 AM
Sunday

account is real. Or that he would use the juvenile debunked couch slur. But that's just me.

X does NOT sell the gray verifications for government accounts


Who told you that?

Celerity

(53,270 posts)
28. Here is the actual post from Newsom's REAL, verified X account. Done and dusted this issue is.
Sun Nov 30, 2025, 01:51 AM
Sunday

highplainsdem

(59,208 posts)
30. Yes. I posted it in reply 18. Progree refused to believe it anyway, which is why I linked to news stories
Sun Nov 30, 2025, 02:07 AM
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showing that is Newsom's press office on X.

progree

(12,621 posts)
33. Yes, those press accounts pretty much convinced me it's a real account that is what it says it is.
Sun Nov 30, 2025, 02:17 AM
Sunday

A verified checkmark on an Elon Musk & Co webpage alone doesn't do it for me.

progree

(12,621 posts)
32. "Real verified X account" -- Because X says so with it's little verified thingy?
Sun Nov 30, 2025, 02:13 AM
Sunday

There are no fake accounts on Elon Musk's platform with verified checkmarks on them that claim to be official accounts? None whatsoever?

Up thread we've been discussing this particular account in a couple of roundy-rounds. This is not a new revelation to us.

On the other hand, I'm pretty much convinced it's real from the Axios and ABC links that highplainsdem supplied above.

I have no regrets whatsoever in raising the issue, and certainly no regrets about not automatically giving a helluva lot of credence Elon Musk's website checkmarks. But now that we have some strong evidence that it's a real account from other than Musk&Co, I'm pretty much convinced.

I think the official https://www.gov.ca.gov website should have a list of their official social media accounts and links, but I can't find any such. It might be there somewhere; it's a vast website. Some organizations that I'm familiar with do have such for just such situations, since impostor websites and accounts are numerous.

CTyankee

(67,667 posts)
42. I love Gavin and his posts!
Sun Nov 30, 2025, 02:34 PM
Sunday

I hope it makes Dump furious. Maybe he'll have a fatal heart attack...

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