• egrets@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    I agree about the latter, he’s a centrist Democrat at best, but he’s got a lot at stake directly opposing the Trump administration on their latest actions as the US slips into dictatorship, and I’d hardly call that cowardice.

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      he’s got a lot at stake directly opposing the Trump administration

      If you compare his verbal sparing with Trump to his militant crack downs on the homeless and the state’s minority groups, the Trump opposition is revealed as entirely performative.

      California Uber Ailes. The state has been friendly with fascists practically since its founding, from the slums of Vernon to the weapons labs of Silicon Valley.

      Newsom is fully on board with apartheid in his state, so long as its on his terms.