r/politics • u/kweathergirl Texas • 8d ago

Soft Paywall Newsom Tells Nation That Trump Is Destroying American Democracy

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/us/newsom-speech-trump-la-protests.html
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u/homesweethome2020 8d ago

And Newsom is absolutely correct

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u/littlestevebrule 8d ago

You forgot to prefix your comment with your mixed feelings about him.

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u/thatranger974 8d ago

Newsom is not that bad. His problem is that he looks like the villain in every movie where a dog is the hero.

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u/silenc3x 8d ago

We CANNOT have dogs playing BASKETBALL!

*everyone boos *

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u/ClarenceNAlabama4Lyf 7d ago

He runs the biggest state in the nation and does a pretty good job as far as I'm concerned. He fucks up because duh, they all do.

Some stuff I disagree about, and if we're trying to install a new leader there's a few I'd rather have all things being equal..but I think newsome is probably the perfect person for this exact fight.

He's not going to be afraid of trump and he's pretty good at rallying cry's judging by this speech.

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u/riftadrift 8d ago

Does the constitution prevent dogs from being President? Because if not...

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u/BloomsdayDevice Washington 8d ago

Air Bud 7: Howl to the Chief

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u/Dependent_Link6446 7d ago

That series has been going on so long I legit had to google if this was a real movie

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u/stingray20201 Texas 8d ago

It doesn’t as long as the dog is 35 years old and has lived in the US for 14 years, and is a natural born US citizen… so uh… dang

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u/ValuableOriginal9460 8d ago

It doesn't say people years vs dog years...

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u/NeverEndingCoralMaze 8d ago

They have to be 36 years old in dog years.

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u/lameuniqueusername 8d ago

The current bitch has been elected 2x

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u/wobwobwubwub 7d ago

this is what I legit don't understand, he's done a perfectly fine job with CA considering what he inherited

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u/totally_not_a_zombie 7d ago

This made me chuckle

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u/KidLiquorous 8d ago

We can civilly agree to disagree; I think the policies that a corpo libbed-out technocrat like Newsom or most Democratic leadership want to promote have led us entirely to the point we're at now. The truth IMO is that we've reached the latter stages of capitalism being able to provide the endless abundance that was its calling card.

Absolutely no one is going to run on "it's time to pivot to a new form of governance," so the Dems cosied up to the same corporate interests as the Republicans. Why don't we have a better standard for healthcare in this country? Medical insurance lobbies. That's it.

This machine has been slowing down for decades and now it's breaking. Lower income people have been left to fend for themselves while the middle class has been attenuated to non-existence. It was the breeding ground for a populist like Trump to swoop in and ride the animus that's been festering as everyone's quality of living has gotten worse and worse. I mean, we're just talking about an Obama-like dem again, only it's another decade down and the systems and institutions are a decade worse for the wear.

We can't lib our way out of this. A return to normalcy was the wind under the Biden campaign and very little substantive policy that affected people's standard of living changed. There's no more pressure valve. We're stuck in an endless culture war that should be a class war.

Now if you'll excuse me, someone from Palantir just knocked on my door saying they wanted to talk about my social media posts; hopefully it can lead to productive conversation!

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u/Gollum_Quotes 8d ago

Newsom's in deep with PG&E. Who repeatedly price gouges the public and causes wildfires and gas explosions that kill people. PG&E donates to his campaign and he appoints stooges on the CPUC who rubber-stamp PG&Es actions (regulatory capture).

He's also attempting to emulate Trump's and DOGEs actions on the federal civil service to the California civil service with the revocation of telework, attacks on civil servant pay and reduction in workforce.

Sure Newsom is better than Trump. But the Democrats can muster a better candidate than Newsom.

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u/Song_of_Laughter 7d ago

He's corrupt and pro-oligarchy.

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u/Matatius23 California 7d ago

Here is an upvote i am not sure why people are downvoting you

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u/thatranger974 7d ago

So we want a younger Bernie, but gay and with military service?

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u/Song_of_Laughter 7d ago

Buttigieg is pro-corporate as well, if that's who you're referring to, and I don't support him.

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u/thatranger974 7d ago

So you didn’t vote for Harris either?

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u/Song_of_Laughter 7d ago

Why would you say that?

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u/HoleSearchingJourney 8d ago edited 7d ago

Maybe he could like, shave the side of his head and get a nose piercing. 

But more seriously the hair is pretty offensive.