I think Newsom is succeeding bc:
1) he's a dick
2) he's male
3) his day job is dealing w/unrest (& fires that Trump made harder to fight)
4) he's got staff
Compare Newsom's job with Jimmy Gomez--who spent much of Friday at the Federal building (and who organized a presser most lefties ignored)
1) he's a dick
2) he's male
3) his day job is dealing w/unrest (& fires that Trump made harder to fight)
4) he's got staff
Compare Newsom's job with Jimmy Gomez--who spent much of Friday at the Federal building (and who organized a presser most lefties ignored)
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honestly one of the most encouraging recent developments is the naked opportunism of Governor Gavin Newsom, and I pray that there are copycats
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I am fearful that Virginia’s elections make it a logical target for military occupation and ICE raids during in person voting.
This thread outlines my concerns:
https://bsky.app/profile/brendanamartin.bsky.social/post/3lrdedplx522z
I thought his address was the most important one I’ve heard in the Trump era, more the Senate prosecutors’ arguments in his impeachment trials.
- he is a dick
- he has a dick
- his day job is dealing with dicks
- he's got a bunch of other dicks working for him
🤣 All joking aside, I think you are spot on with this hypothesis.
Love reading your stuff Marci
(Not a political comment)
They did everything to make life better for the poor, the sick, the disabled, the non-whites, but they were rejected.
No one listened to their warnings.
Nobody appreciated their efforts.
* California has a lot of media.
* He delivers that media clicks/eyeballs regularly
* California media doesn’t really want to piss him or his team off
* Trump is an easy and lazy target especial in California
@gomez.house.gov
But isn't that part of the point? Newsom is white male--he's being seen. Gomez is, IMO, doing his job very well. But his job is primarily attending to the needs of his constituents.
Where's Arnold?
That article actually misrepresents what Newsom was doing.
Everyone is a dick. Half the population is male. All leaders have staff. Millions of people are working hard to fight trump....
But he's also doing a lot of constituent work and he's putting in a shit-ton of time that people should be LOOKING OUT FOR bc, as you said, he's in the middle of the alleged war zone (and the son of immigrants).
Part of the point is, he's doing his job. And seems to be rising to the moment.
Did you know that Schumer had a presser abt contempt power last week? Did you know that contempt power will be protected (at least somewhat) in reconciliation?
O ¿por que no los dos?
It would be nice to know the major contributing factor.
It's also the case that "the media" paid a great deal of attention--but that media was primarily right wing outlets and process shitholes who used it to create the appearance of disarray among Dems.
I know about the contempt power part and when the Parliamentarian shoots it down I hope the Senate Republicans will respect the decision.
I think the odds are more likely, the Republicans will ignore the ruling when it goes against them.
If so--success!!
But these are things that Schumer and others in DC were working on bc it's ALSO really important.
One thing I'm increasingly aware of is that, unfortunately, shit is still happening on Elon's Nazi bar. That's WHERE Newsom is being an asshole to Stephen Miller (stealing my beat, the asshole).
Make sure you find Newsom's star war memes.
We can't understand how a lying, bankrupt, narcissistic, disloyal, bullying debt renegade is more electable than a black woman
US joint 76th
Look at the countries that aren't so "backwards"
Just quite a bit more truthful than Trump's reposts and
posts of "I hear" etc.
Politics is a dirty business: it's the constant negotiation of power. We owe the people who combine that skill with a commitment to public service a debt of gratitude.
Take the wins where you can get them, and don't boo your own team.
If you want an idealistic agenda imposed without compromise, well, that's what we have right now.
Think it over.
My rep, Hakeem Jeffries, is busy in the district, does an holds the caucus together, takes a ton of shit in the media, and leaves AOC room to do what *she* does best: media. #leadership
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No one person can magic our problems away. This attitude defines both the celebrity obsession and daddy-daddy that Trump exploits so well. 1/
He's smart and politically savvy re dealing with TACO & the neanderthals.
1. The "real world" of laws, policy, court cases, etc. C-SPAN stuff.
2. The Information Environment
The right has a unified strategy and has for decades.
Dems do not, and have largely ceded or ignored #2.
Pressers on C-SPAN and awkward social media videos do not cut it as a strategy for #2.
#1 is also important! It's also valuable to have folks like you publish about it!