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we are still years out from the Democratic primary, and I think it is genuinely deranged that there’s people out there who believe there’s no other choice and thus we must rally around the flag of, all people, Gavin Fucking Newsom to save the republic

It is 2026 and there is zero practical or strategic reason to genuflect before the feet of notorious dead-eyed chucklefuck Gavin Newsom

You cannot credibly claim that you’re supporting Gavin Newsom in lieu of any other viable option right now. You are doing it because for some inexplicable reason you have failed to notice he has horrendous political instincts (beyond hiring a good social media team he does not deserve).

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He hasn't even been able to emerge from Kamala Harris's shadow in the primary polling, and Harris barely exists in the public sphere as of late. That alone should be a terrible sign for Newsom's campaign

Gavin Newsom is invited to stop doing utterly brain-dead shit like “going on Ben Shapiro to weasel-word in a week when the Democratic base is baying with justified and holy rage for revenge against ICE for murdering moms and flash-banging babies.”

Oh I’m sorry, Newsom invited Shapiro on his show whereupon he let that wretched little weasel run rough-shod over him, which is even more embarrassing

I've said this before but everyone not in california hates him for being californian and everyone in california hates him for being gavin newsom; he has no shot

Governor Podcast can just yeet himself onto a ranch or whatever Hoover Institution sinecure they can come up with after he’s done.

It’s happening because to people who understand politics through nothing but horse races, the only way to address the clear disintegration of American society is to talk about the biggest horse race you can find. A faux realism that’s actually putting your head in the sand.

Hiring a social media team is literally nothing. He's the actual governor with real power, not some rando online. He could be doing things, instead he's hanging out with his fascist pals and talking about how much he agrees with them.

It's not literally nothing, the other guys have hired bland PR people who could be replaced by LLMs. And he did do something: the gerrymandering scheme. I want someone better than Newsom, which is why it is frustrating that all other Democrats aside from Pritzker are hiding and whimpering.

Posting slop isn't accomplising anything. Meanwhile, he's talking about carrying on Charlie Kirk's work and agreeing with Ben Shapiro that ICE is necessary. What part of that is taking action against fascism? Please be specific.

That's a hell of a take, given that the slop Newsom's social media posts is made by LLMs. Which is my point: slop is slop, and not posting at all is a better strategy that flooding the world with slop.

I am a notoriously wishy-washy fuck up with absolutely no political experience, a permanent scowl, droopy jowls, and penchant for tripping over my words, and I would be a better Democratic candidate than Gavin "Neville Chamberlain" Newsom.

Those of us who do not live in California, do not share the same negative opinions because we don’t have the information. Is it Newsom‘s voting record? Is it his character? Something in his past? Let’s hope our fascist media does a better job vetting candidates this time around. Don’t count on it.

Yeah, they think he actually posts all the social media trolling. And maybe they like his hair? Dunno. But I don't think he'll survive the actual primary season, and we can all "look forward" to there being a new "clear winner we must all must rally behind" every week once that hits. ... yay...

Very likely some of them are doing it because they're getting paid. The sleazy silicon-valley VC crowd might be looking for a Democratic backstop to Trump. Newsom's an obvious choice, and astroturfing up a chorus of support on social media would be completely in character.