Gavin Newsom, the governor of California, reminds me of a man in a pub I used to regular. He was quiet, annoying, and didn’t know what he was talking about. When it became clear that he had a profound understanding of America and its history, I abruptly stopped talking elections with him.  ,
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He was the concept of a loudmouth. That describes Newsom properly.
Blowhards speak loud and quickly, hoping that we’ll miss their ignorance and pay attention to the bombastics. Lately, Newsom attempted to blame the oil companies for the rise in petrol prices by calling for a special session of the California government.
” Hard-working folks being fleeced by the greed of these oil companies. These cost spikes go straight in their pocket”, the governor said. If people backed that nonsense, they ought to lose their right to vote.  ,
Reason.com ‘s , Steve Greenhut bemoans Newsom’s “resistance agenda”, in which he is seeking to” Trump-proof” some of California’s wilder flights of imaginary lawmaking.
The new special session will probably earmark an additional$ 25 million to the California Department of Justice so it can” Trump proof” the state by preparing a variety of lawsuits against expected GOP actions regarding climate change, transgender, abortion, water, and immigration policies. State frequently disagree with the authorities, and the opposite. The earlier Trump administration faced 100+ lawsuits from liberal California, just as traditional Texas faced similar numbers in opposition to the Biden-Harris edicts.
That mark may help Attorney General Rob Bonta, but it’s a round mistake in California’s$ 290-billion 2025 resources. A cynic might suggest that the main point is to drive headlines and advance Newsom’s position as the national leader of the Trump resistance ( perhaps with an eye toward the 2028 election ) and that legislators could easily find those extra funds during the course of legislative business.
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On the other hand, Newsom proceeded to undermine the privileges that people have against crooks by consistently removing hurdles to criminals who were able to plunder their business after being elected in 2018. He cheered the crooks on every step of the method. Next came the reaction, and presently Newsom is scrambling to describe himself as an anti-crime hero.
In 2023, he” surged” state authorities resources to Oakland, where the city started to appear calm on Saturday night as a sedate version of Dodge City. He has increased the state’s police force, but he wants more concession from the town: a more lexible “hot quest” plan that will allow Oakland officers to do and detach criminals.
” We’re going to expand that commitment, but not for an open-ended period of time”, Newsom said. We’re at the point in time when we need to see some comparable help and changes in policing. Here in Oakland, in order to acquire extending this state funded relationship, we specifically are going to need to view changes in the quest policy”, he said.
ABC 7 even reported:
In July of this year, Newsom quadrupled the number of CHP swings worked in Oakland, from 42 to 162 regular shifts. Four decades after Newsom announced that the state would be implementing 480 Sheep surveillance cameras in and around Oakland as part of its effort to fight crime, the announcement was made.
The camcorders allow researchers to identify vehicles by searching for crime-linked vehicles by car type, produce, color, license plate position, missing/covered plates, and other special features like car stickers, decals, and ceiling racks.
More than 1,400 suspects were detained statewide, according to Newsom, and more than$ 13 million in stolen goods were recovered by the CHP.
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In a single breath, Newsom is blatantly anti-crime fighter in the next, but he also sounds like a born-again anti-crime hero in the next. This is an effort by Newsom to be all things to all people.
Just like any other political candidate.  ,
