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Looks like Gavin Newsom is going to bat for California Forever, the Network State "tech utopia" project backed by Marc Andreessen and other tech billionaires. 70% of local residents oppose it. But the billionaires hired Newsom's favorite lobbyist. Welcome to Sacramento. nypost.com/2026/07/29/u...

nypost.comExclusive | Inside Gavin Newsom’s desperate bid to save billionaire pals’ dream cityNewsom has been quietly whipping support for California’s billionaire-backed megacity as it faces the loss of a key tenant.

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This is the statue in the lobby of the California Capitol. It depicts Columbus importuning Queen Isabella. So in the lobby is a statue literally commemorating lobbying.

I’ve always wanted to read the 10 years on report from Galt’s Gulch where the bitchiest, most entitled babies in the world would reinvent slavery with more steps and “discover” the concept of basic civic services as their overgrown Xanadus rot and they starve because none of them want to do work.

It’s stuff like this that builds real opposition to his presidential ambitions. The Panera Bread min wage dodge is another example. If Dems ride the anti-corruption theme the way the Hungarians did he shouldn’t even be considered.

I hate to share a New York Post link, but they had the scoop. Other California media outlets seem very blah about the whole thing.

Back in 2025, I predicted that CF would try to go around local officials and seek authority from the state. (They had hired Sacramento-facing consultants) Last month, I pointed out that they'd hired Newsom's bestie, the French Laundry guy bsky.app/profile/gild...

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Remember when Gavin Newsom got busted for partying at the French Laundry during the pandemic lockdowns? It was a birthday party for his favorite lobbyist and close friend. That lobbyist/friend's firm now works for California Forever. And Andreessen Horowitz. And Coinbase. 🤝

Sacramento is for sale, and that includes Newsom, who is hungry for billionaire donors to fund his presidential campaign. My very 1st story about the Network State positioned California Forever as a contest between billionaire power and people power. Truth time. newrepublic.com/article/1777...

newrepublic.comThe People of Solano County Versus the Next Tech-Billionaire DystopiaIf these Silicon Valley plutocrats have their way, a swath of Solano County will be transformed into their own nation-state.

Yeah, this is the big problem with Newsom. He's that perfect plastic smiling face that knows how to tell you what you want to hear... But his entire morality is for sale, and we can't afford him.

The absurdity of thinking that threatening impacts from "outside" can be fenced off cracks me up given that I am again today in Idaho breathing choking poisonous smoke from wildfires far away. #oneair #onewater #oneplanet #dontfencemein

I live 20 miles east of this proposed city. It's primarily served by a 2 lane road. The proposal doesn't include an upgrade to this road. That would require tax dollars. Also the plan is a little short on water. These micro states require a larger infrastructure, tax dollars, larger government etc..

why don’t you pitch it to some of the mid-level campaign staff of people who are running for 2028 to get them to get it into the papers and TV? Or ask dem 2028 candidates Newsom is supporting socializing the losses of a far right Libertarian slave state that don’t want human rights. Do you agree?

the daily republic out of fairfield keeps up to date with this … the governor's office and state legislation, the opposition contends, is just the latest of those efforts. It hired […] Darrell Steinberg and Bob Hertzberg to help guide and lobby that effort. www.dailyrepublic.com/news/governo...

dailyrepublic.comGovernor's office urges cooperation in Solano shipyard, manufacturing proposalFAIRFIELD — The governor's Office of Business and Economic Development has sent a memo to the Solano County Board of Supervisors and state elected officials calling for collaboration in development

Thinking about this again today, and has anyone else noticed how Gavin Newsom looks like Christian Bale's character from "American Psycho" 30 years later?

GRRRRR - the lyrics of the Dead Kennedys song “California Uber Alles” come to mind. “ lock your doors, close your minds, it’s time, for the two minute warning…”

I keep telling people Gavin isn't who they think he is and they keep replying "I guess you're gonna vote for President Vance then? Gavin's a fighter and we need fighters!!!!" and I'm like but who does he fight FOR?

For the 100th time: he is NOT the answer to Trump. Hes a useful tool. No more. He WILL throw your stupid ass under the bus the moment it's more convenient. Yes, even YOU cishet white dude taking this in thinking "surely he's on MY side..." You too. No. He is not. You're just further on the list.

Sorry, this probably should've been a quoteskeet instead of a direct reply. My bad. It's directed at the weird ass army of non-Californianz who somehow have gotten it into their head that this asshole is our only hope. You good.

And it’s not like they did it once or a few times. They made the juvenile aping Donny stuff the bulk of how the campaign communicates with the public on social media. I don’t effin’ care! Say things I care about! I could give af about your DJT routine ffs! After this latest reporting? Ugghh. No way.

Pritzker, AOC, Beshear, Buttigieg, there’s a laundry list of people I’d put before Newsom on the presidential hopefuls list. Newsom has zero recognition or ability to build a coalition outside of California. He’s the definition of an empty suit.

Newsom sucks and I hate that anyone thinks he’s even an option for president. He’s got red flags for narcissism like Trump and his regime collaborators.

I suspect the people of California are sick of Newson. I also suspect that the rest of the country will find him not worth a second thought. Just another bought politician. A shallow man without principles.

Traffic on 80 between Sacramento and the Bay area is bad now. I can't imagine what it will be like if this exurban hellhole gets built.