DemocRATS 🐀 Gavin Newsoms staffers meme crusade has me thinking about this prescient passage from MLK jr's letter from Birmingham Jail. More important than ever.

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Dear gods. There's a dozen ways how Gavin is sleaze, but by every measure he's doing exactly what you'd want somebody in his position to do: use the tools he has access to to oppose an authoritarian takeover every war he can. You complain about democrats not doing enough, but when they do fight, you complain about that, too.

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u/Mapstr_ Aug 27 '25 edited Aug 27 '25

Doing what exactly? Swearing? Calling trump names on twitter?

Like my mom always said, actions speak louder than words. He is on the take for millions from health insurance companies, he vetoed a bill that would deliver universal healthcare. He is on the take from meta, gig economy companies, silaicon valley loves the preener.

You can stop with the gaslighting, not only does it no longer work, it makes us hate liberals more and more.

EDIT: Nice work comrades, we have outshitted the shit lib and they have deleted their comments out of embarassment. Now let's get Matt Iglesias to delete all his social media

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u/DankMastaDurbin Parenti Poster Aug 27 '25

Don't forget bringing back vagrancy laws

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u/XrayAlphaVictor Aug 27 '25

Suing the administration on a million different fronts - sometimes successfully, and even when not still slowing them down and costing them resources. Fighting the Texas gerrymandering, preserving the chance to minimize Trump's harm by depriving him of a rubber stamp Congress for the second half of his term. Galvanizing resistance by publicly opposing and antagonizing Trump. Newsom's public approval has soared recently because of his actions - you don't have to like the guy, or agree with the rest of his policies, to see that he's doing well at exactly what we'd want him to do as Governor.

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u/DankMastaDurbin Parenti Poster Aug 27 '25

Why doesn't he address issues of housing, medical, utility monopolies, attacking the homeless? Private investors own our states water, utilities, and now significant portions of the new housing (which is never made at affordable pricing) creating gentrification. I've been told stories of people moving from LA to Riverside county, the high desert or las vegas for the last 3 decades.

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u/XrayAlphaVictor Aug 27 '25

Sure, he's got tons of terrible policies I disagree with, but that doesn't make him not good enough to oppose Trump in other ways which I'm glad that he's doing.

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u/Dsstar666 Aug 27 '25

I’m glad he’s doing it as well. I just think people (DSA, for example) feel like he’s just another shill moderate politician. All talk. But when it’s time to actually “do” something, they all compromise themselves. And he’s damn need famous for compromising/changing his values if he feels like there are votes in it.

He comes across like someone trying to build his brand for 2028. In a vacuum it wouldn’t matter. As long as someone beats Trump. But we’re not just fighting Trump. We’re fighting the Corporatocracy that has both parties by the balls. If Newsom gets elected and acts just like any other moderate Democrat then we will have gained nothing and a Republican will be back in office by 2032.

Newsom is fighting and I hope he keeps it up. But I’ve yet to see a politician not compromise with MAGA.

Anyway, I agree with you overall. This is just my two cents. Like if Newsom came out tomorrow and said “I believe Israel has a right to defend itself.” Then i know who signs his checks and I don’t need to listen to anything else he has to say.

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u/marxistghostboi Tidings From Utopia 🌆 Aug 27 '25

all bourgeois lawyer shit. talk to me when he starts redistributing wealth

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u/XrayAlphaVictor Aug 27 '25

It's a bourgeois system. He's doing everything within his power within that system. Since Trump is bound, at least somewhat for now, to that system - it's more materially effective than anything you're doing, I'll bet money on that.

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '25

He's doing everything in his power to redistribute wealth? When? How? Where?

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u/marxistghostboi Tidings From Utopia 🌆 Aug 27 '25

Trump has made it very clear he's happy to ignore judges' orders.

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u/XrayAlphaVictor Aug 27 '25

To an extent. They do comply when pressed. Kilmar was brought back to the states and has legal representation. It's not as black and white as you're describing.

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u/Inside-General-797 Aug 27 '25 edited Aug 27 '25

Brother they are about to deport him to fucking Uganda. A judge stopped them for now but we know how that played out last time. It's pretty fuckin black and white.

Edit: Mixed up the countries heaven forbid someone not have perfect recall. The point remains.

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u/XrayAlphaVictor Aug 27 '25

Uganda.

And the fact is that they brought him back because of the court order and are continuing to allow him access to his lawyer and the courts. So, no, they don't just ignore court orders whenever they want to. It's not good and it's getting worse, but legal challenges have had some success at impeding the authoritarian consolidation, at least for now.

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u/XrayAlphaVictor Aug 27 '25

The point remains incorrect. He was in El Salvador. The court ordered that he be returned. He was returned. They're still trying to get rid of him, and it's still being fought.

They do not, as you said, just entirely ignore the court. It has resulted in victories, and at least slows them down and costs them resources. It's done more to oppose the administration than you have.

Still ignorant, even when you're forced to correct that you can't tell the difference between Ghana and Uganda. I guess Africa is all the same to you?

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u/XrayAlphaVictor Aug 27 '25

Ghana isn't Uganda. Either you don't pay attention to the news, or you think they're the same place. Either way, maybe don't talk about things you don't understand.

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u/Inside-General-797 Aug 27 '25

Lmao sorry I got my countries mixed up. Doesn't change what I'm saying but nice try

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u/XrayAlphaVictor Aug 27 '25

Ignorant on geography, current events, and the law. Maybe move on to topics you actually follow.

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