Gavin Newsom
June 15, 2026 — John Hinderaker
In an unusual move, Gavin Newsom has publicly announced that he is being investigated by federal law enforcement. Newsom made the announcement on Twitter (liberals may hate it, but if you want people to see your announcement, BlueSky will hardly do). Notably missing from Newsom’s anti-Trump spiel was any suggestion as to what he supposedly is being investigated for: Today, my wife & I joined Donald Trump’s hit list. He
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May 14, 2026 — John Hinderaker
Spencer Pratt and his allies have released one dynamite video ad after another, most AI-generated. I don’t know who Charlie Curran is, but his ads for Pratt are nuclear and may usher in a new era of campaign advertising. This one is a couple of days old: Who said Karen Bass has no accomplishments to run on 😂😂😂 Vote Spencer Pratt. pic.twitter.com/vEEkpoOeR0 — Charles Curran (@charliebcurran) May 12, 2026 Pratt’s
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May 6, 2026 — John Hinderaker
Rita Panahi and I covered those topics, plus a couple more, on her show last night. The clip below begins with Lefties Losing It, and boy, do they ever. I come on after the video clip that starts at 4:22, and am followed by a guy I haven’t watched yet. As usual, I think it is worth your time:
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April 2, 2026 — John Hinderaker
That is the title of a City Journal article by Chris Rufo and others. Exposure of industrial-scale fraud in Minnesota has led to heightened awareness of theft of taxpayer funds in other states, with California at the top of the list. The City Journal article is long and detailed; here are just a few highlights: California is a cash machine. The state collects some of the country’s highest income, business,
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February 24, 2026 — John Hinderaker
If you think Gavin Newsom is crude and clueless, you should get a load of his staff. Now that Newsom is promoting his dyslexia as a political asset (while at the same time getting in hot water for his racism), a reporter from RealClearPolitics reached out to Newsom’s staff to ask whether they have documentation of the governor’s dyslexia. The staffer’s response? “F*ck off.” Among his other failings, Newsom is
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February 23, 2026 — John Hinderaker
This is shocking: Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) … just happily pardoned an attempted murderer. Wow. Because he was wrongfully convicted? No: because he is an illegal alien, and thus is entitled to special privileges: Cambodian Somboon Phaymany did have a green card at one time, but he lost it after being convicted of attempted murder. Newsom’s pardon was an attempt to prevent the deportation of the foreign criminal from the
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February 23, 2026 — John Hinderaker
It is remarkable that Democrats view Gavin Newsom as their candidate for President who isn’t stupid. You no doubt have heard about Newsom’s appearance before a black audience in Georgia, where he said that being dyslexic, having a low SAT score, and being literally unable to read means that “I’m like you,” “I’m no better than you” black people. Amazing. Nicki Minaj responded: His way of bonding with black ppl
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February 23, 2026 — Scott Johnson
John Howard Griffin risked his health to darken his skin and report what it was like to be a black man in the Jim Crow South, circa 1959. He published the expanded version of the resulting Sepia magazine series as Black Like Me in 1961. I read it in the original 1962 paperback edition published by Signet Books. It made an impression on me and millions of other readers. Griffin’s
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October 14, 2025 — John Hinderaker
Gavin Newsom’s official X feed has been getting more and more deranged. Instead of congratulating President Trump on the return of Israeli hostages, or at least remaining silent, Newsom tweeted a photo of Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu along with the actors from “Dumb and Dumber.” This tweet was deleted, apparently after garnering too much adverse comment even for Newsom. You have to wonder what Newsom thinks he is doing.
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September 8, 2025 — Bill Glahn
Newsweek reports, Supreme Court hands Donald Trump new win. You will recall this case, The Supreme Court handed President Donald Trump’s administration another win on Monday, as it cleared the way to allow sweeping immigration operations in Los Angeles. The court overturned a judge’s restraining order which prevented federal agents from stopping people solely based on their race, language, job or location. When the district judge’s original decision came out,
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August 25, 2025 — Scott Johnson
Brittany Bernstein gives a preview of coming attractions in the National Review column “California Gas Prices Are Out of Control — and They’re About to Get Worse” (behind NR’s paywall). Bernstein begins with the widely reported projection by USC Marshall School of Business Professor Michael Mische in his March 2025 paper “A study of California gas prices.” This should do wonders for presidential wannabe Gavin Newsom’s nascent campaign: California gas
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August 20, 2025 — Bill Glahn
From The Hill, Why Bed Bath & Beyond won’t open new stores in California. The once ubiquitous retail chain is attempting a post-bankruptcy comeback, but not in the Golden State. Executive Chairman Marcus Lemonis said the decision isn’t political — it’s a response to the state’s unfriendly business environment. But that’s exactly the point. The decisions, the tradeoffs, the acts and omissions that left California a terrible place to do
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August 16, 2025 — Bill Glahn
This statistic actually explains a lot. From KRON-TV, California unemployment rate worst in the nation. It’s not a new development, it was also true in June. The change this month is that it appears California has broken the tie with Nevada to hold first place all alone. KRON reports that the Golden State’s unemployment rate has edged up to 5.5 percent. In June, South Dakota had the nation’s lowest unemployment
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August 14, 2025 — Bill Glahn
From KTLA, Feds conduct apparent raid just outside Newsom press conference in downtown Los Angeles. So much winning, I’m not sure where to start. Federal agents were in attendance as Gov. Gavin Newsom took to downtown Los Angeles Thursday to promote his redistricting plan… …Just outside in the Little Tokyo area, however, about 100 federal agents gathered, presumably for another immigration raid. A star-studded affair, Mayor Karen Bass spoke with
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June 20, 2025 — John Hinderaker
President Trump called up a modest number of California National Guardsmen to protect federal property and personnel during the Los Angeles riots. Governor Gavin Newsom brought a lawsuit alleging that Trump’s action was illegal. That case was initially heard by a Democratic Party judge in San Francisco, Charles Breyer, who ruled in Newsom’s favor and granted a temporary restraining order against Trump. The administration promptly appealed to the 9th Circuit
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June 10, 2025 — John Hinderaker
California’s senior officials, including Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, take the position that federal immigration law does not govern, and cannot be enforced, within their jurisdiction. This is in spite of the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution. It is not the first time that a state has sought to nullify the enforcement of federal law. The Nullification Crisis of 1832-33 was a signal moment in American
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May 14, 2025 — Bill Glahn
California is facing a $12 billion budget deficit, so of course, Gov. Gavin Newsom blames Trump. From The Hill newspaper, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) announced a $12 billion deficit Wednesday in the May revision of his state budget proposal, casting blame on the Trump administration for creating an unpredictable economic environment. It’s been my experience, which dates back as far as the previous century, that life itself is unpredictable. The Hill
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