Gov. Gavin Newsom said he was working behind the scenes to block a proposed tax on billionaires’ wealth and was committed to defeating the measure if it reached the ballot.

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      You don’t support him because he is a moderate.

      I fucking hate him because he personally destroyed the possessions of the poorest of his constituents

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      He’s not a moderate, he’s a standard establishment Democrat loser, the kind that got us here. He’s the same as Schmuck & Jeffries.

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            Yeah I don’t see the point of MAGA-lite it’s been tried all over Europe and never works, people want full MAGA over diet MAGA.

            The only countries kind of holding their shit together are those where a center-left party has been dragged left by being in coalition with a left wing party (Spain, Portugal, etc)

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      he’s a fuckin nazi who pays lip service and does pr stunts to seem moderate. see also: uk’s starmer.

      they’re cryptofascists.

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      You don’t support politicians in America. This is a first past the post system. You just begrudgingly vote against the worst one and work like mad to get ranked choice.

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    He says he’s scared the billionaires will leave California. Just like they didn’t leave NYC when Mamdani was elected.

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      Where are they going to go? They became billionaires in this economic system, and even if they have to pay more in taxes, they’ll still be in the friendliest economic system on the planet.

      If there were a better place, they’d already be there.

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    of course he is.

    No matter what he says, he is ultimately, at the end of the day, a puppet for the rich, and he will manipulate the laws as he sees fit for their benefit.

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    No surprises there. This is always who he was. Just because he mocked the right wing in their own style people seemed to think he was different than the larger neo-lib whole.

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    This guy cannot leave office fast enough. Keep him away from any potential DNC primaries.

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    If he successfully stops this but the fallout prevents him from being the 2028 president nominee, sorry California but it’s worth it.

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    Despite his Very Funny social medias posting, this man is a Shill for the Rich. Thank you for Attention to this matter.

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    I have a feeling this is going to turn out like the rent control referendum, all the political and media establishment is lining up to save the property values of there rich overlords.

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      I don’t get why homeowners want high property values, sure your home is worth more, but to access that wealth you got to be homeless.

      Seems like a bad deal