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California Gov. Gavin Newsom tries to rebrand himself ahead of a potential presidential run
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this post was submitted on 19 May 2025
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The Democratic leadership has failed and kicking out Hogg was the last straw.
If the choice is between burning everything down and a slower burn- I’m taking the direct route.
Newsom will not get my vote under any circumstances. He is as craven and corrupt as Trump, only smarter -which means we all lose.
No. There is no justification for genocide. Full stop. But when both parties are all for it, one must make a choice. Voting third party is a choice for the right wing candidate; there is no logic to voting third party in our current system.
Biden was as much a killer and murderer as Trump; he just ostensibly did it within the law. It’s not an important distinction for morality- but it is politically.
Harris was too insecure and allowed herself to be hobbled by the conservative interests in her own party. Telling her to stop going after big business was the worst piece of advice she chose to accept, and she lacked the spine to be anything other than another Biden- but I voted for her anyway- there is no other logical choice.
The country needs AOC, Bernie, or even maybe Ro or Jasmine. But the big business interests of the Democratic Party are fighting against them and it is our job to fight those interests every bit as much as we fight Trump. Maybe even more.
When Trump beat Hillary I thought, oh, ok It has to get a lot worse first for the average American before it gets to healing. Maybe for a generation. Maybe many. Probably unlikely it's ever like it was 30+ years ago again TBH. Squandered quickly in the span of history. A blip.