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Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com

Newsom: "He's not screwing around. He wasn't screwing around when he called Greg Abbott for 5 seats, said he was entitled to 5 seats. Why does he do that? Because he knows he's going to lose the election unless he rigs the election before one vote is cast. That is what we're up against."

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Fresh Prince of Wallachia
@gruntmusic.bsky.social

As I understand the position, it is our duty to defeat the people who are cheating and rigging the election, while they get to cheat as much as they want. Might I suggest that we instead refuse to continue allowing cheaters to participate? This is a democracy. It is based on fair elections.

bermynick.bsky.social
@bermynick.bsky.social

You need to be the majority to ensure those standards are re-established. That's why the Repugnicans have more clout than the percentage of support deserves. They knew they had to tweak every little advantage they could find [gerrymandering, voter purging etc] and they were focused and unscrupulous.

wkpeters48.bsky.social
@wkpeters48.bsky.social

Trump can not lose the election he's not mentally wired to lose. Trump is afraid of being humiliated he can't take that he will do anything illegal to win, he may not go to jail but he will not do anything to keep anyone else out of jail. No empathy!!

Mr Bill 😯
@mrbill420.bsky.social

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misshay99.bsky.social
@misshay99.bsky.social

I refuse to let anyone make me hate him. We've all sat our a** at home watched the worse things happen. Black qualified children are being pushed out of Ivy league schools bc if they are admitted they will sued my ancestors died on this soil. Newsome is better than ANY REPUBLICAN!

petergriffin28.bsky.social
@petergriffin28.bsky.social

Full stop. Let the DNC / Democratic convention run its course, but for people to nit-pick so-and-so Dem is this, that or the other with The Prince of Darkness, Satans spawn sitting in the White House destroying our democracy is complete bull shit.

Gene47
@gene47.bsky.social

Trump will continue his efforts to suppress the vote, consider; dismantling of the FEC, purging voter rolls, stopping mail in voting, gerrymandering, the effort to get the SAVE act passed, voter intimidation by ICE goons and more nefarious acts prior to 11/3.

themusingsofmsj
@themusingsofmsj.bsky.social

Trump's been rigging the election for quite awhile. So, if we have to travel miles to vote, we travel miles to vote. Communities and Churches should be on the front lines to get people to the polls. The only way to stop this madness is to vote the GOP out of existence.

What are we going to do?
@lorencethegreat.bsky.social

Omg stop with the misery and the circular firing squad attitude in this thread! The worst Democrat is still a LOT better than the best MAGA Republican! Newsom is waaaay better than Dump or Cruz or Rubio or any other criminal GOP candidate. Stop expecting perfect!

Moldy Teeth
@moldyteeth.bsky.social

Why does he do that? It’s not because he knows he’ll lose the election. It’s because he’s corrupt to the core. He doesn’t leave anything to chance. And he rationalizes it by insisting he’s a victim and is entitled.

3mcj.bsky.social
@3mcj.bsky.social

People please listen. We are not voting for president this year. That is only dividing us. Listening does not equate with choosing this messenger as our candidate in 2028. Focus on the urgency of these midterms. We are voting to try to recover our government in November.

Simon
@simon437.bsky.social

Politics is just a high-stakes game of "I’m not touching you" played by people who have forgotten that the rest of us are the ones actually getting touched.

therecognizer.bsky.social
@therecognizer.bsky.social

I still don't want Newsom for president though - he's way, way too friendly with Silicon Valley greed and hypocrisy and has resisted the decades-overdue $M tax in California. He trolls Dump amazingly though, almost none better. #landfillTrump

Cerebro's Dreams
@cerebrosdreams.bsky.social

All of us fucking know this already. God damn, he was criminally indicted for it and sacked the US Capitol with a fucking kill-mob when he lost! The problem isnt people not understanding this. The problem is that no one seems to be doing jack shit about it.

Just Kris
@justkris2.bsky.social

YEs! I blame the Supreme Court. Three states wanted him OFF the ballot for that. He sued and SCOTUS overturned it. If that wasn’t bad enough SCOTUS then gave 🍊 immunity for crimes while in office. The GOP cowards wouldn’t impeach and here we are. NO Guardrails. It sucks.

Onyx Turtle
@onyxturnerturtle.bsky.social

While I agree that our first priority should be getting the orange and his lackeys out of office, I don't think that corporate dems are the answer. With how bad things are now, if a corporate dem got into office they wouldn't fix things, just continue with a slower burn. We need true representation

Funkybat - Kevin W.
@funkybat.bsky.social

I dislike Gavin, but it’s not even in the same galaxy as my utter detestation of Trump and the Christofascists. But that isn’t a point of the argument. The point is the Democrats have a lot of great leaders to choose from, and Gavin isn’t even in the top five. No authenticity to the dude.

Funkybat - Kevin W.
@funkybat.bsky.social

I think I speak for the majority of Democrats in this country when I say that if it ends up being Gavin at the top of the ticket in November 2028, of course we’re going to do everything in our power to get him over the finish line. But we’re way out from that, and there is no reason to lock in now.

reallydebl.bsky.social
@reallydebl.bsky.social

He’s entitled — HA!! He was entitled to 11,780 votes in GA (“fellas, give me a break”) and he’s entitled to House seats… the most pathetic, spoiled, entitled, brat we’ve ever publicly had to deal with

Raja🍁Adnan🍁Kashmire
@kashmire.bsky.social

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Bill Walter
@billwalter.bsky.social

The gerrymander situation is worse than it was two years ago, voters are facing a +25R seat disadvantage.

Jon Cooper@joncooper-us.bsky.social

Gerrymandering handed the GOP majorities in the House in 2022 and 2024.

Bamboozer
@bamboozer2112.bsky.social

YEP! Trump is desperate, a caged animal that has started two wars as a diversion, and has the nuclear codes. It has already been suggested he might try and use a nuclear strike.We now pay the price for national stupidity run wild and free. And this ain't good old days neither.

Captain Coal 🇺🇦
@coalj.bsky.social

Research Newsom's efforts in Solano county, California forever, the network states, deregulation for corporate tech fascists to build "sovereign cities" free of the burden of democracy, state, and federal laws/taxes/rights.

Captain Coal 🇺🇦
@coalj.bsky.social

I lived in Solano county for 10 years. Wow, do you even know what California Forever is, who funds it, what the proposed project is, why 70% of Solano county residents oppose it despite Newsom supporting it, or what a network state is?

Aliéne
@alienedc.bsky.social

Why does he do that? Because he can and because the Republican Congress and Supreme Court let him. But the voters don’t have to. We can stop him.

womenvote2025.bsky.social
@womenvote2025.bsky.social

all of these macho high testosterone guys: wigs, makeup, women trailing to cover flaws. Lutnick afraid to travel to the site of the meeting Unlike Biden .Trump has to scoot out in a laundry basket.Wow, is that ever manly? Not one of them is a real man. A real man takes care of the less fortunate.

taylorjone.bsky.social
@taylorjone.bsky.social

I’m not American, but I am watching all the comments and if people don’t get their shit together, you’re gonna lose your democracy. I am not for or against Newsom, but he understands the Mission right now at this moment, get Trump and his administration out. The world is counting on you please!

R7
@r7plays.bsky.social

every time Newsom comes up I remember how he loves wrecking homeless people's stuff up, how he treats the most vulnerable amongst us. I also remember how hard it is for homeless people to recover from that damage. Dude is an untrustworthy worm, he hangs out with trump's little freaks like Bannon.

Doug Profitt
@doug-profitt.bsky.social

It’s not just that Trump knows he has to cheat. Trump doesn’t know how to do ANYTHING without cheating. In fact, I’ll bet you can’t name a single thing that Trump has done LEGALLY. He ENJOYS being a criminal. He THRIVES on the CON.

Kern Daly
@kerndaly.bsky.social

My hear breaks for the 20% of the crew that are women The choice of Thailand was deliberate for all the reasons you are mentioning, now add that to the direct misogyny that these women sailors are operating under. Since they broke the ship & the crew, they are putting a woman capt on board

frankcefaliello.bsky.social
@frankcefaliello.bsky.social

Every single member of this regime, the republican party who support his treasonous behavior & the 6 of the 9 not so supreme court judges should be indicted, tried, convicted & sent to jail. They have violated oath of office, constitution, rule of law & due process. VOTE BLUE UP AND DOWN THE TICKET!

standforwolves
@standforwolves.bsky.social

rump, his voters/supporters, & Republicans in Congress are working hard to undermine our trust and confidence in elections. They need not produce evidence or show in a court of law that there is fraud and you cannot trust the results.

MayhemMel!
@melindameyer.bsky.social

Shortly after Abbott gave Trump his 5 seats this is how Texas responded. Before the Iran war, ICE killings, tainted beef and Trumps 2.2 billion illegal windfall Texas showed Abbott he could shove those seats up his and Trumps ars.

kmbailey59.bsky.social
@kmbailey59.bsky.social

So do something about it! They know exactly which districts down to the polling places and even individual voters to target in order to stay in power, and the DNC should too. Flood those places with countermeasures. Stop talking about it - stop it!

DesignerDave
@designerdave.bsky.social

Isn't Newsom the douchebag who rounded up and ejected the homeless when a Chinese dignitary came to visit? Didn't Newsom help kill universal healthcare from starting in California?

Captain Coal 🇺🇦
@coalj.bsky.social

Newsom's literally pushing the construction of sovereign corporate fascist cities that don't have any rights, let alone a right to vote. That's the whole point of the network state movement. These two issues are one and the same issue.

Marvin Cummings
@marvincummings.com

🪖🤳🏿Leftists who don't see this guy as 10x better than tRump is how Republikkklans win elections they're supposed to lose. Also explains who's fueling the rise of the alt-right.

Marvin Cummings
@marvincummings.com

As if Bernie Bros aren't running shit candidates. We all know white male Bernie Bros see Newsome as part of the Establishment and are moving like a trojan to splinter the party. Lucky for ya'll Germany is on the rise against the Establishment too.

👁Pooka😉Boo🫵
@ipookacboou.bsky.social

It's a good point; however, people on both sides have had it with both sides, hoping drumpfry-dumpty would take an axe to everything. Well, that was an epic failure. Now, we need to drop the puppy love and support the progressive social democrats.

Moose 'n Squirrel
@unlikelysuperheros.bsky.social

I cannot speak for "we," but as for you and me, we should both have some idea and plan accordingly. For now, I plan to keep to myself as I'm counting on a massive turnout which will make your question moot for 2026.

Grannies for Democracy
@charlie-love.bsky.social

Or, like the ⬇️ and dirty republican running 4state office in MO, who attempted 2plant cocaine on his opponent. Seriously, there isn’t a SINGLEdishonest, disgusting, sick, unethical tactic a republican will not use to get elected or stay in power. Including a riot in the US capital.

Bean Sidhe
@bahnsidhe.bsky.social

The energy the DNC needs is in Michigan, not California. The energy the DNC needs is in New York, not California. Gavin is trading in a 2007 Nissan Altima for a 2027 Nissan Altima. He's still driving an Altima. Little Brother Mamdani and Big Brother El Sayed. That is the energy the DNC needs.

Studio89 Designs
@studio89designs.bsky.social

He can't rig shit. All the Trump regime is doing is creating the situation to spark doubt in the minds of Americans. That's all they're after. They want Americans to doubt the immutable integrity of American elections. The second that happens, the floodgates open up.

Cerulean Butterfly
@ceruleanbutterfly.bsky.social

I don't think they've planned the situation out that significantly. Trump and Musk are just bragging about accomplishments they haven't actually accomplished. "I'm so powerful that I rigged the elections everyone believes are inviolate!"

Captain Coal 🇺🇦
@coalj.bsky.social

Newsom is helping silicon valley tech fascists build sovereign cities outside of state and federal law, taxes, rights. This isn't a "leftist grievance" it's helping the enemy bypass democracy and rule of law.

Captain Coal 🇺🇦
@coalj.bsky.social

Research Solano county, California forever, the network states, deregulation for corporate tech fascists to build "sovereign cities" free of the burden of democracy, state, and federal laws/taxes/rights.

jfgnv145.bsky.social
@jfgnv145.bsky.social

Here's a more balanced article from the NYTs - free read - than the New Republic hit piece you linked. Newsome is clear in his support, which by the way, includes labor unions. The ongoing process reported on indicates that the undemocratic takeover charge is BS. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/b...

nytimes.comA Shipyard? A Bunch of New Houses? In California, Not This Year.A legislative setback for a manufacturing and housing proposal shows how hard it remains to build in the largest state — and why a backlash against billionaires could make it even harder.
ANZAC
@anzac69.bsky.social

The ONLY thing that can stop him is if ALL of you vote on PAPER ballots... The electronic voting machines are RIGGED in his favour!

Lattice Mindset
@latticemindset.bsky.social

For years, the world had to listen to America's shit about how great their democracy was. In the end, all it took was a crazy old orange painted man that just said...nah...I'll just rig the election because I'll lose to possible topple over democracy. You can't make this shit up. 😆