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C Moon

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4. Newsom has been onto trump since COVID. Trump was being a 100% ahole toward California...

Reply to Figarosmom (Original post)

Mon Oct 6, 2025, 03:59 AM

23 hrs ago

and Newsom was doing everything he could to protect the state that he governed. He saw early on that trump was going to mess with blue states and give to red states.
I think Newsom knows more than most about how to handle the bastard.

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Newsom and JB have become the Democratic leaders I Guess [View all] Figarosmom Yesterday OP

I could see that Oregon Attorney General in a Democratic DOJ Captain Zero Yesterday #1

He IS leadership, he's governor of California, doing his job. betsuni Yesterday #2

I mean for 2028 Figarosmom Yesterday #3

Please. The EC is in the Constitution & will need a Constitutional Amendment to get rid of. Hekate 13 hrs ago #8

Superman did his supernatural feats all by himself, so we know anything is possible without worrying about votes betsuni 12 hrs ago #12

The Supreme Court has ALREADY BEEN "PACKED" by the right-wing. Adding justices Jack Valentino 6 hrs ago #23

What I think is reasonable and what I think can actually be done are two different things... Hekate 3 hrs ago #24

The problem with adding justices to the Supreme Court is that there would be tit for tat escalating responses each time Midwestern Democrat 3 hrs ago #25

This is some pie in the sky TheProle 13 hrs ago #10

Newsom has been onto trump since COVID. Trump was being a 100% ahole toward California... C Moon 23 hrs ago #4

I'm not saying he's the best candidate for 2028, because California is very blue. C Moon 22 hrs ago #5

California is blue on the coasts, with a very red interior. Nothing is easy or guaranteed. Hekate 13 hrs ago #9

The interior of CA is red, but it also lightly populated. maxsolomon 9 hrs ago #16

That's what saves us, when we get out the vote sufficiently Hekate 8 hrs ago #18

Agreed. But I was saying for the rest of the country Newsom could be a hard sell for a Democratic gov from California. C Moon 1 min ago #26

Newsom has absolutely done the best he could against Trump, who hates us like poison Hekate 13 hrs ago #11

A lot of it can be attributed to ideological purity. Some are trolls, of course. BannonsLiver 10 hrs ago #14

Indeed that is so Hekate 8 hrs ago #19

You guess? ancianita 21 hrs ago #6

Nope, it's still early and still watching Figarosmom 13 hrs ago #7

Not really. IMHO, at this point it's ancianita 11 hrs ago #13

Your last sentence is definitely not me Figarosmom 9 hrs ago #17

Yeah, it is. You just mistakenly think Dems are running "too early." ancianita 8 hrs ago #21

❤️ your reply Hekate 8 hrs ago #20

Bernie isn't a Democrat. ananda 9 hrs ago #15

Yet his record of voting WITH Democrats is higher than some Dems in the Democratic Caucus. Fact. ancianita 7 hrs ago #22