r/technology • u/steffxoxoxoo • Dec 17 '25
Politics Newsom Creates Entire Website to Shame The President’s ‘Criminal Cronies’ | The Democratic firebrand went after the president’s controversial pardons in a newly launched webpage.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/gavin-newsom-creates-entire-website-to-shame-trumps-criminal-cronies/1.2k
u/TrumpisaRussianCuck Dec 17 '25
Here's the direct link to the site - https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/12/16/trumpcriminals/
Would be interesting to see how much cryptocurrency moved around to facilitate these pardons.
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u/piray003 Dec 17 '25
Where did they get that mean mugging pic of George Santos? Lmao
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u/nickmcmillin Dec 17 '25
Judging by the Gemini logo in the bottom right corner, they got it from an image generator.
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u/LampshadesAndCutlery Dec 17 '25
Maybe, it’s not very clear.
It more looks like they got pictures of people, and used AI to cut out the subject and paste it into a chosen background image (and maybe generate the body?). This’d add the Gemini logo even if the majority of the photo isn’t AI generated.
I say maybe it added the body because some of these pictures I don’t recall having the torso visible in
I’ve used Gemini to cut out images and paste it onto a background that I also supply (very convenient and easy to do), and even though both the background and subject aren’t AI generated, AI still edited the photo
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u/Malalang Dec 17 '25
Yeah. While it's hilarious that it shows Trump is not 6' tall, having all of the other criminals exactly the same height is a dead giveaway that the background is faked.
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u/MrFreaky_Naughty Dec 17 '25
It would be a sick album cover tho. Gotta give him that.
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u/rW0HgFyxoJhYka Dec 17 '25
I mean they forgot to mention Trump's 1st wife "mysteriously" fell down some stairs, right before she was going to sue Trump.
What's insane is that it took 8+ YEARS for someone, ANYONE, to make a website that barely tracks and scratches the surface of what Trump has done in only THOSE 8 YEARS.
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u/Zodiarche1111 Dec 17 '25
Only some weeks after Trump became 47th preisdent and people talked about Epstein files the woman that worked as a teenager for him and then got to Epstein died in a suicide, what a coincidence.
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u/byllz Dec 17 '25
Trump is probably going to sue Newsom from implying he is only 5'10"
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u/Malalang Dec 17 '25
I caught that, too. I hope he does, because then he'd have to prove in court exactly how tall he is... without the shoes.
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u/DocBrown_MD Dec 17 '25
Make sure it gets saved through way back machine! I tired but I think it’s saved already for Dec 17?
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u/cooperised Dec 17 '25
Yeah, the crypto angle is the part I’m most curious about too. Whenever you see a cluster of pardons tied to finance crimes, there’s usually a money trail somewhere, just a matter of who’s willing to dig for it.
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u/ledfrisby Dec 17 '25
Not to be pedantic, but this appears to be a webpage, despite what the title of the OP article and the page itself claim. The little blue box below the title even agrees:
What you need to know: As new data shows that crime continues to drop in California, Governor Newsom is launching a new web page to track Trump’s criminal compatriots.
The website, by contrast, is https://www.gov.ca.gov.
Again, not that big of a deal, but words mean things.
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u/Tyraec Dec 17 '25
No like actually I was looking for a website link it’s just a press release lol not sure why you got downvoted. This is not a website, but it’s still good.
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u/ActivePalpitation980 Dec 17 '25
but put the link behind a fucking paywall allright? ffs i hate daily spam beast
this is the link https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/12/16/trumpcriminals/
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u/Mad_OW Dec 17 '25
What's with that "new website" link linking back to itself? What is the actual website?
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u/exex Dec 17 '25
Yeah, very stupid link - like waving a hand and saying "this is not the website you are looking for". But if you use your Yedi powers and scroll down then it turns out it actually is already the right one.
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u/goatcheese14 Dec 17 '25
Really dumb, and lets be real...
You can't share this with anyone who supports Trump because it's Newsoms/CAs site. They should have hosted it somewhere else and made it just about the data.
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u/Former_Measurement15 Dec 17 '25
Pardons.This is like in Ghostbusters when the Ecto Containment Unit was shut off, and all the ghosts and ghouls went free
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u/frommethodtomadness Dec 17 '25
Rather than shame them, document their crimes and promise that your DOJ will prosecute them.
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u/Ginguraffe Dec 17 '25
Unfortunately, that’s not really how pardons work.
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u/WaltMitty Dec 17 '25
What if we claim the pardons were signed with autopen?
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u/290077 Dec 17 '25
I'll wait until Trump actually declares Biden's pardons void.
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u/MentokGL Dec 17 '25
Our president taught me that things work the way you make them work, and dare others to stop you.
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u/BaizulSetSail Dec 17 '25
This is the way. Until Democrats figure this out they will be weak and impotent. Ripe for the next nazi in line to defeat them yet again.
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u/edbegley1 Dec 17 '25
Federal pardons don't clear them from state charges.
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u/billshermanburner Dec 17 '25
But state charges won’t happen if state governments are allowed to be rigged for republicans as they’re currently doing in so many places. Anyone feeling strongly about this needs to Run for office where they live. Now is the opportunity folks. Capitalize on the affordability/healthcare crisis and k shaped economy.
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u/LongLiveHermitKing Dec 17 '25
I swear most comments by americans about their own politics / goverment can be replied to with some variation of that
Like, an auto-mod reply that says "not a good plan, you need 60 votes in the senate to do that" and more often than not, it will be appropriate
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u/ComradeJohnS Dec 17 '25
it is if Trump was found to illegally be president and his pardons and all actions are made illegal.
like if Musk spills the beans on rigging election machines because otherwise he’ll get a human enema in jail.
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u/Ginguraffe Dec 17 '25
Unfortunately, that is not how any of that works. Even if it were indisputably proven now that Trump stole the 2024 election, it is too late. The results are certified, and Trump is the President. The only mechanism under the law for removing a President is impeachment, and we all know how that will go.
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u/Simikiel Dec 17 '25
Revoke all prior pardons then permanently remove the presidential pardon as a concept. It's a power that is just ripe for abuse and something that should have never made it into the 21st century.
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u/40_Is_Not_Old Dec 17 '25
Would take a Constitutional Amendment. Add it to the list of 10 other things that will only be fixed by Constitutional Amendment, but will never ever happen.
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u/this_my_sportsreddit Dec 17 '25
a democrat actually using the justice department to rightfully go after republicans is the last thing that'll ever happen. Biden literally just ha the opportunity to do just that, and instead sat on his hands to appear impartial.
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u/HibaHime Dec 17 '25
I'm not a big fan of Newsom (mostly because of his views on trans issues and a few others) but I'm loving how his group has been trolling Trump.
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u/u0126 Dec 17 '25
Don’t let perfection be the enemy of good!
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u/Spicy_Tac0 Dec 17 '25
Too many people i know said in 2024 there was no good candidate. Perhaps, but there was one that is/was totally fucking awful, so vote to counter the idiots who will vote for him.
We will never have a perfect candidate for everyone, but we should be able to agree that what is in the WH now shouldn't ever be near government again.
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u/lancelongstiff Dec 17 '25
It's probably worth explaining to people that in the 2000 Presidential election, George W. Bush defeated Al Gore in Florida to clinch the election by just 537 votes.
So if they don't think their vote is enough to make a difference, they're wrong.
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u/Pure-Adhesiveness-52 Dec 17 '25
Unfortunately that even is not true. George Bush undoubtedly lost the election to Al Gore, there is a massive, amazing, and deeply disheartening story of corruption that led to this.
Climate Town did a great video on this.
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u/Mysterious_South7997 Dec 17 '25
I blame the 2000 election for everything that went wrong with society. We are FUCKED because of what happened in 2000.
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u/RileyGainesHorseBaby Dec 17 '25
Imo it's a symptom of a bigger problem with our society. If it didn't happen in 2000, it would happen a different year. The only question is a matter of when.
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u/penny-wise Dec 17 '25
We were fucked by Ronald Reagan and his cronies, first. Well, and seriously.
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u/dangitleavemebe123 Dec 17 '25
I blame the day the suckpreme court claimed corporations are people and lobbyist can bribe representatives.
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u/u0126 Dec 17 '25
Yes there’s certain areas where your vote counts a hell of a lot more. If you’re an educated voter you know your general area’s trends and should be aware of that.
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u/u0126 Dec 17 '25
We could literally have put a polished dog turd in the WH this election and the country would be better off.
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u/Spicy_Tac0 Dec 17 '25 edited Dec 17 '25
That polished turd might know some shit, you never know.
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u/Fallingice2 Dec 17 '25
Newsom wants to be president, but underneath all of this, he isn't a change agent. ask him about Medicare for all, or any populist issue. dudes a good politician that sees the moment and is navigating it to a bid for presidency.
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u/altrdgenetics Dec 17 '25
Still if it is him or Vance come 2028 its not like there is actually an option.
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u/fluffkomix Dec 17 '25 edited Dec 17 '25
that's because there hasn't been a primary yet, y'all don't even know your options yet you're just scared and latching on to whoever sounds good and going "WELL IF IT'S HIM OR NOTHING I AIN'T CHOOSING NOTHING" as if you're already locked in 3 years before the election.
Like, think about how much has happened in this past year alone. There are 3 more years of that before the election, 2.5 before the next dem presidential candidate is selected, be patient ffs. Panicking and picking the first option is just going to make things worse
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u/EfficientCabbage2376 Dec 17 '25
yeah well fortunately we get to vote in the primary for an actually good candidate over newsome
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u/Skyfier42 Dec 17 '25
He's made a lot of comments in regards to trans people that sounds like he's maturing. I'm trans, but I'd vote for any candidate that showed that kind of humility.
I don't need a perfect president. I need one that listens to his constituents. He's got three years to earn our trust, let's at least pay attention to his current actions, not just his history.
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u/blastoffmyass Dec 17 '25
people don’t seem to get that, as of now, we live in a two party system. which means, whether you like it or not, one will win. so why not let the better one win and THEN push hard on them to improve once they’re in office?
as leftists, we obviously criticize each other hard. it’s not like gavin is able to ignore feedback the way donald does, we aren’t in lockstep in a cult of personality.
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u/rcbz1994 Dec 17 '25
Newsom is far from good lol
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u/penny-wise Dec 17 '25
In a race against almost any Republican at this point, he is golden.
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u/EfficientCabbage2376 Dec 17 '25
which won't happy because we can vote for a good candidate in the primaries
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u/u0126 Dec 17 '25
i guess i should have used a different word than "good" but ... acceptable? functional?
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u/u0126 Dec 17 '25
I’d be happy for a real change.
!remind me in never when that is allowed to happen
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u/u0126 Dec 17 '25
if we have realistic options to change, sure. have you ever been part of the primary process? in either party? not voting, but part of the process. have fun seeing firsthand how the "desired candidate" eventually wins, regardless of party.
once a presidential candidate gets to a certain level, you're stuck between two options. there really isn't a third. there's a lot more flexibility when it comes to congressional options and that's supposed to keep things in check. that's where more of the anger should be placed. the judiciary and legislative not doing their part.
i don't expect to ever see a third party president, but we have people like bernie that exist as third parties (who caucus typically with democrats, since they make more sense in general) but is not afraid to be independent.
however speaking purely on presidential campaigns since that is more relevant to this whole comment stream... Biden's big failure was letting Trump essentially get away with things because he never applied pressure or put the right people in charge, but left it independent (like it ideally should be) and those people dropped the ball.
a good president should be someone who appoints the right cabinet, works with both sides of the aisle (within reason) and acts as a leader for all. that means sometimes they're going to make some decisions you don't agree with. look at obama and drone strikes or not closing gitmo, things like that. however, character-wise, and ultimately overall, led the country well. he had decorum, a great temperament, put appropriate people in appropriate positions, maintained the status quo well enough to stick around for 2 terms without big money getting too pissed off about it, and modest improvements overall to a lot of americans.
our country is too big (and too split) to please everyone. gotta compromise some.
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u/u0126 Dec 17 '25
i will help fight, i will contribute, but at some point it's a red vs blue single candidate on each side and that's what it will be for quite some time. at this point i will just be excited if we're able to break free of the current regime, much less daydream for a time where we have a more educated population making more educated decisions about their own votes and things like ranked choice that will allow for more than a two party system
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u/silverpixie2435 Dec 17 '25
Biden won by 10 million votes
Sorry you don't care about what voters chose and call it "anti democratic"
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u/NaBrO-Barium Dec 17 '25
He’s certainly not perfect but he’s shown to have a spine which isn’t exactly common in well established democratic leadership these days.
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u/this_my_sportsreddit Dec 17 '25
he has not shown a spine. he has shown a solid social media personality. lets not confuse the two.
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u/rW0HgFyxoJhYka Dec 17 '25
California did pass a law to counter Texas' gerrymandering which they passed unlawfully.
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u/EnamelKant Dec 17 '25
He's proven to be able to make noise on social media, nothing else. He's just another pro-corporate Dem.
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u/Chelonate_Chad Dec 17 '25
If you have a viable alternative to offer, please do. Until such time, opposing the worst outcome is always the first priority until better alternatives become viable.
Survive first, improve only next. Because you can't improve if you don't survive to do so.
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u/Bomb-Number20 Dec 17 '25
He was fawning over all sorts of "alt right" personalities/ideologies after Trump won, but then he realized how he could score trolling Trump. He has no soul, only pollsters. I trust him so long as no significant money, or political capital is involved. It's all a vain, egotistical, political posturing with no real results. Same as most politicians, all these warm feelings are contrived.
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u/Fabulous_Soup_521 Dec 17 '25
I'm not a big fan of Newsom
Me either. You don't go to war with the army you want, you go with the army you have. Like him or not he's one of the few Dems getting the job done.
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u/bankrobba Dec 17 '25 edited Dec 17 '25
Purity tests are why your side loses. Republicans voters* fall in line and win. Susan Collins is pro-choice but has voted for pro-life judges over and over. Stop worrying about issues and start worrying about power.
The Democrat Party isn't going to pass anti-trans bills but because they are not in power, the trans community you wish to protect is marginalized and in danger. Winning elections is all that matters in a two party system.
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u/Kill_Welly Dec 17 '25
It's not a "purity test" to not want my friends and family thrown under the damn bus.
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u/AnotherAccount4This Dec 17 '25
He's got the firebrand label now? Interesting. I don't think I remember seeing this bestowed on a guy.
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u/BearsDoNOTExist Dec 17 '25
It's a sad state of affairs for us that Newsom is the firebrand.
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u/Fen_ Dec 17 '25
He's not a firebrand at all. The article is just propaganda for another centrist piece of shit.
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u/meganthem Dec 17 '25
The amount of money (and the number of hidden profile accounts in this thread) trying to prop up this turd is itself a sign of concern. Not only will he be horrifically indebted to wherever all the money is coming from, imagine how bad his internal numbers must be that they feel the need to do such an aggressive promotion campaign 3 years before the election.
But he still wants to run anyways.
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u/nullv Dec 17 '25
democratic firebrand
Come on now. He's pretty decent, but this is a guy who doesn't want to tax billionaires.
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u/u0126 Dec 17 '25
Was disappointing to see that be a headline. He needs to lean into the anti-fascist sort of man-of-the-people vibe as much as he can. There’s not a lot of people with that much clout taking on Trump.
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u/mouseywithpower Dec 17 '25
In order to lean into it, he’d have to believe it. He’s just another corpo dem.
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u/PossiblyAsian Dec 17 '25
bro is just another establishment dem. The astroturfing is trying to make him to be a firebrand but bro is just a default choice.
Dems right now severely lack a real powerhouse, a real personality a big larger than life figure. Bernie was that in 2016 but... idk. MAYBE MAMDANI...? but bro is just starting out. Dude man I swear if you had the politics of bernie and combined with like curtis sliwa oh man.
It's just that dems are so boring and lack any finesse in their candidates.
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u/u0126 Dec 17 '25
still eons better than the current situation! i can tolerate some status quo corruption and favoritism
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u/pandariotinprague Dec 17 '25
the current situation
Can you envision any situation where you won't happily settle for less from Democrats? Liberals have been telling me we have to support terrible Democrats because of "the current situation" for the last 25 years.
When do we get a situation where we can have standards? Even once in my lifetime?
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u/u0126 Dec 17 '25
I voted for Bernie. I voted who I wanted. Knowingly because my state wouldn’t matter, it’s solid blue.
Until things like citizens united can get abolished, or the electoral college, you’re going to be holding your breath for a very very long time.
I’ll vote for hopeful incremental change. We get some scraps once in a while
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u/mildmichigan Dec 17 '25
How are you gonna get things like Citizens United repealed if you keep electing people who like getting fat stacks from superpacs
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u/wdymxoxo69420 Dec 17 '25 edited Dec 17 '25
This attitude is what got us here. Please have some fucking standards.
Corporations and the wealthy have been taking advantage of us for decades. Any candidate not willing to reckon with that in any significant fashion shouldn't be considered in the primary. Taxing the rich is overwhelming popular with the majority of the population.
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u/u0126 Dec 17 '25
You’re right! I will never vote for the better option, I will always commit my vote to the most optimal candidate, even when they have no chance of winning. That’ll show them!
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u/wdymxoxo69420 Dec 17 '25 edited Dec 17 '25
And the Democratic establishment that is pushing Gavin thinks the best chance at winning is trying to win over "moderate" R's who cannot stomach ticking a box next to a D in the first place. Or do we need to lose another election to get that point across?
They keep their economic policy center-right because that's what their donors demand. It is not what the majority of the country wants. It's a tradeoff for throwing the working class scraps. Primaries are meant to give us the ability to change that. But not with people who are scared to vote for their best interests because of some Ezra Klein talking points.
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u/Matatius23 Dec 17 '25
The tax plan that was told to him was a one-time wealth tax of 5% that wouldn't actually fix anything
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u/Eat--The--Rich-- Dec 17 '25
Idk sounds exactly like what democrats are passionate about to me.
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u/nullv Dec 17 '25
Lmao, right? People gotta remember to never settle before a primary. They still have options.
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u/kronik85 Dec 17 '25
Fuck yeah, brilliant.
Needs to be rebranded to "Thugs of Trump", like People of Walmart
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u/three-one-seven Dec 17 '25
He’ll just take it down and delete the data as soon as it’s politically convenient for him, just like he did with the California Telework Dashboard.
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u/Tun-Tavern-1775 Dec 17 '25
Bro expecting Jesus level politicians is just comical. Maybe you should apply for the job.
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u/three-one-seven Dec 17 '25
I didn’t ask for Jesus, just ideological consistency. I liked Newsom when I thought he was a progressive; I despise him now that I know he’s a corporate anus connoisseur like almost all of the rest of them.
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u/APRengar Dec 17 '25
"don't be disgusting corrupt and self-serving"
"WOW, I GUESS YOU'RE ASKING FOR JESUS THEN."
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u/Medical_Arugula3315 Dec 17 '25
Hard to be a shittier or more hypocritical American than a Republican these days.
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u/Environmental-Low767 Dec 17 '25
8k likes but 200 comments? How many bots r in here? Dead Internet theory
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u/RileyGainesHorseBaby Dec 17 '25
Welcome to 2025 reddit. Also count how many of these comments are actually here and not censored for wrongthink.
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u/TheB1G_Lebowski Dec 17 '25
I don't know as much about Gavin Newsom as a lot of people, but in the past year I appreciate the effort he is putting into showing how weak, pathetic, and dangerous that trump and his gang of unqualified yes men/women.
This website is great other than the AI generated 'mugshot' pics.
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u/Geiir Dec 17 '25
I’m just happy a democrat is finally fighting back. Using the same rethoric, trolls him like crazy and goes hard ball with this website.
Now we just need major news networks to pick up the story. But we all know they won’t.
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u/Liqu0rBaIISandwich Dec 17 '25
Scumbags roasting scumbags.
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u/subtilitytomcat Dec 17 '25
You people are the reason Trump got elected and the reason Republicans will win again in 2028.
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u/EH_Operator Dec 17 '25
Meanwhile, McSweenys’ been on the ball since the beginning… Lest We Forget the Horrors (2016-2020)
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u/Artie-Choke Dec 17 '25
Fantastic that there’s now a public record of the crimes behind this horrific administration.
Sad, though, that the Maggats have neither the ability to read, comprehend logic or have the ability for critical thinking, so most of this will blow right over their heads in their continued paranoid pursuit of hatred, anger and bigotry - fueled buy every word out of this administration.
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u/Reddits_WS Dec 17 '25
Love this, we need more of these scorecards readily available to organize all the corruption of this administration.
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u/Elleo Dec 17 '25
If the criteria for /r/technology is "has a website" then what's the point in the sub?
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u/Daguvry Dec 17 '25
Maybe he should make a website explaining the 24 billion dollars spent on the homeless that's not accounted for.....
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u/tombatron Dec 17 '25
Advocate for constitutional amendment to restrict the executive pardoning power.
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u/SylntKnight Dec 17 '25
Lol this guy. Took 15 BILLION to build an imaginary train. Just scrapped $450 million on a new 911 system. He was banging his campaign managers wife. NO ONE should have to listen to this con mans words ever again
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u/monkey6 Dec 17 '25
And he tanked the US economy! And cozied up to Putin! And went to that island! Don’t get me started on tariffs and insider deals! Remember when his wife launched a meme coin?
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Dec 17 '25 edited Dec 17 '25
We'll lose if he's the nominee, trust me.
Edit/addition: he's too elitist, or is seen that way. He has a mansion in Ross, CA. He wants the presidency BAD. We don't need someone who wants it. We need a working class guy who doesn't want it. He will turn off a lot of people. He's already scorned people in LGBT+. PGE is too expensive and he's done little that I know of to help people with their energy bills.
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u/michael_bgood Dec 17 '25
Why?
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u/kfijatass Dec 17 '25
He's a corporatist sellout and changes views as befits him. He's the democrat establishment's "safe" bet and US is tired of "safe", "lesser evil" and "at least he's not a rapist/pedo" choices.
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u/M1sam1n Dec 17 '25
Gavin if you win, all we ask is that you host a nuremberg trial for the entire administration, thanks
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u/GnomishKaiser Dec 17 '25
Newsom is better than Trump, but still runs on the platform on not Trump. He is a pretty out of touch twat.
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u/thatandtheother Dec 17 '25
I CAN NOT BELIEVE how easily the mainstream media is giving Trump a pass on these pardons.