Authorities in California are investigating who is behind the transportation of 16 migrants who ended up on the doorstep of a diocese in Sacramento Friday after being flown on a private charter jet from New Mexico. 
The Venezuelan and Colombian migrants entered the United States in El Paso and had been processed by American immigration officials with court dates for asylum claims, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/texas-migrants-flown-california-6bbd3a8a72b2a4438e1f5f163b12f780" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Associated Press. After crossing, “individuals representing a private contractor” offered to get them to their final destination, said Eddie Carmona, campaign director for PICO California, a nonprofit that <a href="https://picocalifornia.org/who-we-are/">describes</a> itself as &#8220;spiritually-rooted individuals who take action for racial and economic justice in California.&#8221; From El Paso, the migrants were transported to New Mexico and then to California, ending up at the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento. 
&#8220;They were lied to and intentionally deceived,&#8221; <a href="https://abc7news.com/sacramento-migrants-texas-california/13340619/">said</a> Carmona.
No politician or group has claimed responsibility for the transportation of the migrants, the Los Angeles Times <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-06-03/california-investigating-who-sent-16-migrants-from-texas-to-doorstep-of-sacramento-diocese" target="_blank" rel="noopener">notes</a>. California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom said he met with some migrants alongside California Democratic Attorney General Rob Bonta, who said authorities &#8220;can confirm these individuals were in possession of documentation purporting to be from the government of the State of Florida.”
“We are working closely with the Mayor’s office, along with local and nonprofit partners to ensure the people who have arrived are treated with respect and dignity, and get to their intended destination as they pursue their immigration cases,” Newsom said in a <a href="https://www.gov.ca.gov/2023/06/03/governor-newsom-statement-on-migrant-arrivals-in-california/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>. 
“My Administration is also working with the California Department of Justice to investigate the circumstances around who paid for the group’s travel and whether the individuals orchestrating this trip misled anyone with false promises or have violated any criminal laws, including kidnapping,” Newsom added. 
While admitting he was still investigating and collecting evidence, Bonta suggested the incident could be “state-sanctioned kidnapping.&#8221; He added, &#8220;We must condemn the cruelty and hateful rhetoric of those &#8230; who refuse to recognize humanity.&#8221;  
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Today I met with over a dozen migrants who were brought to Sacramento by private plane, with no prior arrangement or care in place.
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“Human trafficking is not only despicable; it’s a felony,” Sacramento Democratic Mayor Darrell Steinberg said in a statement. “Whoever is behind this must answer the following: Is there anything more cruel than using scared human beings to score cheap political points?”
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<a href="https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/migrants-dropped-off-at-diocese-of-sacramento/103-10705bec-da21-43d2-9318-344fcac46530" target="_blank" rel="noopener">According</a> to ABC 10, &#8220;The migrants did not know where they were and only had a backpack&#8217;s worth of belongings.&#8221; 
The L.A. Times notes a similar incident happened last year when eight Venezuelan migrants were transported from Texas to Sacramento. In that case, it was also unclear who paid for the flights.

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California Governor Gavin Newsom accused the CEO of Target of &#8220;selling out the LGBTQ+ community&#8221; after the retail giant pulled some gay- and trans-themed merchandise from its shelves amid a customer backlash.
The company had faced criticism after aggressively marketing items including transgender swimsuits in conjunction with Pride month. But in a replay of the backlash faced by Bud Light after the beer brand hatched a marketing deal with transgender-identifying influencer Dylan Mulvaney, customers reacted with disgust. That prompted the chain to first move Pride month displays to less prominent areas of some stores and then to pull some of the controversial merchandise altogether.
“CEO of Target Brian Cornell selling out the LGBTQ+ community to extremists is a real profile in courage,” Newsom tweeted. “This isn’t just a couple stores in the South. There is a systematic attack on the gay community happening across the country.”
“Wake up America,” Newsom added. “This doesn’t stop here. You’re black? You’re Asian? You’re Jewish? You’re a woman? You’re next.”
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CEO of Target Brian Cornell selling out the LGBTQ+ community to extremists is a real profile in courage.
This isn’t just a couple stores in the South. There is a systematic attack on the gay community happening across the country.
Wake up America.
This doesn’t stop here.… <a href="https://t.co/1vRgukaT0g">https://t.co/1vRgukaT0g</a>
&mdash; Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) <a href="https://twitter.com/GavinNewsom/status/1661201623736287232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 24, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Target, which offers over 2,000 products as part of its Pride Collection, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/23/business/target-lgbtq-merchandise/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Reuters on Tuesday that it was yanking some LGBTQ merchandise. According to the outlet, merchandise no longer available includes a sweater that read “cure transphobia not trans people” and a “too queer for here” tote bag.
“Since introducing this year’s collection, we’ve experienced threats impacting our team members’ sense of safety and well-being while at work,” Target stated, adding, “Given these volatile circumstances, we are making adjustments to our plans, including removing items that have been at the center of the most significant confrontational behavior.”
So far, only products with the LGBTQ brand Abprallen, a London-based designer of products that sometimes mixes imagery and messages about gender with the macabre, have been removed.
Target has come under fire after marketing other products including “tuck-friendly” and “extra crotch coverage” female swimsuits, “gender fluid” mugs, “queer all year” calendars, and books for children as young as 2 years old that celebrate LGBTQ perspectives. The swimsuits were only marketed and sold to adults, according to a spokesperson for the company.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/target-slammed-after-offering-female-swimsuits-that-have-extra-crotch-coverage-are-tuck-friendly">Target Slammed After Offering Female Swimsuits That Have &#8216;Extra Crotch Coverage,&#8217; Are &#8216;Tuck-Friendly&#8217;</a>

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Gavin Newsom Blasts Target CEO For ‘Selling Out’ LGBTQ Community After Retailer Pulls Trans-Themed Merchandise

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California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom&#8217;s office said conservative media incorrectly presented his previous comments that appeared to indicate he did not support paying reparations to black Californians who were descendants of slaves and he is, in fact, open to the idea.
&#8220;The sensationalized framing in pieces published by outlets like Fox News and others is inaccurate,&#8221; Anthony York, chief communication advisor for Newsom, told <a href="https://archive.ph/pETLA#selection-1505.71-1505.120" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Sacramento Bee</a>. &#8220;The Governor looks forward to reviewing the final report — and all recommendations — when complete.&#8221;
Last week, the nine-member <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-reparations-task-force-approves-plan-giving-up-to-1-2-million-to-each-black-resident" target="_blank" rel="noopener">California Reparations Task Force</a> recommended that the state issue a formal reparative monetary apology, including distributing up to $1.2 million to eligible black California residents based on calculated dollar figures in categories ranging from mass incarceration to housing discrimination and other alleged injustices.
Newsom, who appointed five of the nine task force members, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gavin-newsom-praises-reparations-task-force-doesnt-endorse-plan-for-1-2-million-payouts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">praised the committee&#8217;s work to &#8220;advance systemic changes&#8221;</a> — but stopped short of endorsing its recommendation for cash payouts.
The governor told Fox News Digital on Tuesday that finding a way to address the &#8220;legacy&#8221; left behind by the institution of slavery was a complicated issue that was &#8220;about much more than cash payments.&#8221;
York told the Bee that Newsom has not declined to support issuing cash reparations payments to black residents, and he will meet with state lawmakers and review the final report.
California Democratic Sen. Steven Bradford, a task force member, told <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/10/california-officials-response-on-slavery-reparations-00096312">POLITICO</a> he wouldn&#8217;t count on state lawmakers to approve payments and that the comments from Newsom were &#8220;acknowledging political reality,&#8221; as reported by the outlet.
&#8220;I&#8217;m realistic enough to know that we might not have colleagues who are willing to do that,&#8221; Bradford said.
&#8220;I think he&#8217;s setting a real realistic expectation that there probably won&#8217;t be check payments in the tune of or the amount that we&#8217;ve batted around for the last two years since we started this process,&#8221; he added.
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Newsom signed Assembly Bill 3121 into law in 2020, authored by then-Democratic Assemblywoman Shirley Weber, which created a task force to explore how eligible black California residents could receive compensation for an exhaustive list of injustices since the state entered the Union in 1850. Although California joined the Union outlawing slavery, the draft states that it did not pass laws at the time to guarantee freedom.
Panel members recommended an apology from the California legislature that should include a &#8220;censure of the gravest barbarities carried out on behalf of the State.&#8221;
&#8220;Reparations are not only morally justifiable, but they have the potential to address long-standing racial disparities and inequalities,&#8221; Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) told The Associated Press.
According to the task force&#8217;s report, black communities impacted by mass incarceration and over-policing aligning with the national War on Drugs could receive about $115,260 per person, or $2,352 each year they lived in California from 1971-2020.
Panel members said black residents impacted by lending and zoning redlining by banks between 1933 and 1977 could receive $3,366 for each year they resided in California, capping at $148,099. Another method created by the panel calculated gaps between black and white &#8220;housing wealth&#8221; at $145,847 per person. Other alleged injustices and discriminations in health estimated $13,619 per person for each year lived in California.
Based on a New York Times analysis, a black person living in California for 71 years — the average life expectancy of black residents in California in 2021 — could receive up to $1.2 million. Some economists projected to The Associated Press that California could owe more than $800 billion in reparations, which more than doubles the state&#8217;s annual budget.
Newsom&#8217;s clarified stance on the reparations plan comes days after he announced a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gavin-newsoms-revised-budget-will-make-californias-budget-deficit-worse-even-as-state-mulls-enormous-reparations-package" target="_blank" rel="noopener">greater-than-anticipated state budget deficit</a> of roughly $31.5 billion — a $9 billion increase from the $22.5 billion deficit in the budget he proposed in January.
Task force members are scheduled to release the finalized report by July 1. If lawmakers approve the plan, the state will create a new agency to oversee the program, determine eligibility, and distribute funds.

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Newsom’s Office Now Says He’s Open To Reparations Payouts, Media ‘Sensationalized’ Previous Remarks

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/california" target="_blank" rel="noopener">California</a> Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gavin-newsom" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gavin Newsom</a> announced Friday that his state is already experiencing a greater-than-anticipated budget deficit.
In a press conference Friday, Newsom said that his budget proposal for the upcoming year had ballooned from $297 billion in January to $306.5 billion. As such, California is now facing a potential deficit of roughly $31.5 billion dollars, a $9 billion increase from the $22.5 billion deficit in the budget he proposed in January. The worsening budget shortfall comes even as the state proposes a gigantic reparations plan that dwarfs the state budget.
“This was not an easy budget, but I hope you see we tried to do our best to hold the line and take care of the most vulnerable, most needy, but still maintain prudence,” Newsom said during the press conference, via the <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-05-12/california-budget-deficit-need-to-know" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Los Angeles Times</a>. “I have been very mindful of how concerned people have been about the impact on these fundamental core issues: education, homeless housing, healthcare, mental health, climate policy, public safety, broadly, and of course the issues of economic development, jobs, workforce development.”
Newsom has planned a series of cuts and offset spending in an effort to mitigate the state&#8217;s need to borrow. According to the <a href="https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article275315916.html?utm_campaign=trueanthem&amp;utm_medium=social" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sacramento Bee</a>, the revised budget pares back an additional $1.1 billion in spending, on top of the $5.7 billion in &#8220;reductions&#8221; to key pillars of his agenda — including climate, transportation, housing and workforce initiatives — which he originally proposed in January. However, the Los Angeles Times notes that much of the &#8220;reductions&#8221; are rollbacks of planned increases, not actually cutting spending below current levels. Furthermore, part of the additional $1.1 billion paring comes from moving unused monies into the state&#8217;s general fund.
In addition to rolling back spending increases, the budget proposal plans to add $7.4 billion in deferred spending for child care, transportation, and education. It also delays some $695 million in spending until later years. The plan also includes $3.9 billion in &#8220;trigger reductions,&#8221; temporary cuts he can re-instate if California&#8217;s fiscal state improves later.
The budget closes the remaining gaps with $4.9 billion in borrowing and new revenue, $7.5 billion from shifting funds around, and $450 million from the state&#8217;s safety net reserves, leaving $450 million remaining. The <a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/california-budget-deficit-18088922.php" target="_blank" rel="noopener">San Francisco Chronicle</a> notes that Newsom plans to add to the reserves to hedge against a future recession, which is part of why the budget increased despite an increasing deficit.
Even as Newsom plans to use financial gimmicks and moving money around in order to make his state&#8217;s ends meet, California&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-reparations-task-force-approves-plan-giving-up-to-1-2-million-to-each-black-resident" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Reparations</a> Task Force proposed its plan to repay residents who were descended from slaves or victims of discrimination. The nine-member panel, which became the first such task force in the United States to form in September 2020, advanced the plan recommendations in Oakland, California. The draft includes calculated dollar figures based on categories ranging from mass incarceration to housing discrimination, and other alleged injustices.
Based on a New York Times analysis, a black person living in California for 71 years — the average life expectancy of Black residents in California in 2021 — could receive up to $1.2 million. Some economists projected to The Associated Press that California could owe more than $800 billion in reparations, which more than doubles the state’s annual budget.
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Newsom himself <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gavin-newsom-praises-reparations-task-force-doesnt-endorse-plan-for-1-2-million-payouts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lauded</a> the principle of the committee, but did not endorse the proposed payouts.
Brandon Drey contributed to this report.

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GOP Reveals Damning Case Against Biden Family
In a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-republicans-lay-out-damning-case-of-biden-familys-alleged-corruption" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press conference today</a>, Republican lawmakers laid out detailed evidence showing that at least nine members of President Joe Biden’s family took in millions of dollars from foreign sources. This allegedly began during the Obama administration while Biden was vice president. The lawmakers — who are all members of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee — revealed bank records showing payments as high as $10 million from foreign companies to Biden’s son, Hunter Biden. South Carolina Congresswoman Nancy Mace says the money was moved through a series of shell companies she believes were designed to cover the Biden family’s tracks.
“This could be the most corrupt scheme in American politics, where a sitting vice president … where we saw members of his family, nine of them so far, there may be more that were enriched from countries all over the world,&#8221; Mace said. 
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Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) released a memo prior to the news conference revealing that the Biden family allegedly set up more than 20 companies to take in foreign money, possibly in exchange for influencing policy.
&#8220;The Bidens have received millions of dollars from China,&#8221; Comer said. &#8220;It is inconceivable that the president did not know about it. The White House refuses to correct the president&#8217;s statements. Showing the president is now using the federal government to run interference for his families and his own role in these schemes.”
Border Chaos
 The first 550 of an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/in-major-reversal-biden-resurrects-trump-border-policy-ahead-of-title-42-repeal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">expected</a> 1,500 active-duty U.S. troops arrived at the southern border on Tuesday. The Biden administration is beefing up border security ahead of an expected surge when Title 42 is repealed late Thursday. Today, the president gave a warning.
“It&#8217;s gonna be chaotic for a little while,&#8221; the president said.
Biden officials have put in place what they describe as a &#8220;comprehensive, multi-agency, multi-country plan&#8221; to &#8220;humanely manage the border.&#8221; 
That plan includes over 24,000 law enforcement personnel and 1,100 processing coordinators alongside the military reinforcements. And in a major reversal for Biden, it also includes putting in place Trump-era border policies that Biden once criticized, such as rejecting asylum applications from migrants who didn’t first request asylum in countries they traveled through, such as Mexico. 
For migrants who are processed, an administration memo reportedly directs Border Patrol agents to quickly release them into the U.S. without a court date or way to track them.
U.S. Army Sergeant Sentenced Over BLM Killing
A U.S. Army sergeant who was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/army-sergeant-sentenced-for-death-of-black-lives-matter-protester" target="_blank" rel="noopener">convicted</a> in the shooting death of a Black Lives Matter protester was sentenced to 25 years in prison today. His lawyers argue it was self-defense. Thirty-five-year-old Daniel Perry shot and killed 28-year-old Garrett Foster at an Austin, Texas, BLM rally in 2020, in what he claims was self-defense. Prosecutors said Perry initiated the incident when he drove into a crowd gathered at the protest. Foster — who was carrying an AK-47 — then approached Perry’s car while motioning for him to roll his window down. Perry then shot Foster with a handgun. Perry told police that he believed Foster was going to aim the firearm at him. Texas Governor Greg Abbott has submitted a request to pardon Perry to the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles.
Inflation Rises
The consumer price index <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/headline-inflation-ticks-downward-as-some-product-categories-continue-to-surge" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rose 4.9%</a> between April 2022 and April 2023, marking a slight decline from elevated <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/inflation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">inflation</a> — even as higher price levels continue to constrain household budgets. Food prices were flat, but energy prices rose 0.6%, and housing prices, which are one of the largest contributors to the overall month-to-month increase, rose 0.4%.
Santos Arrested
Rep. George Santos (R-NY) has been federally <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/george-santos-arrested-indicted-on-13-counts-relating-to-fraud" target="_blank" rel="noopener">indicted</a> and was arrested today on 13 counts relating to campaign finance fraud and other charges, including false statements to Congress, theft of public funds, and wire fraud.
&#8220;It&#8217;s a witch hunt! It makes no sense. … You have Joe Biden&#8217;s entire family receiving deposits from … foreign destinations into their bank accounts … and yet no investigation is launched into them!&#8221; Santos said.
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SANTOS: &quot;It&#39;s a witch hunt! It makes no sense&#8230;You have Joe Biden&#39;s entire family receiving deposits from&#8230;foreign destinations into their banks accounts&#8230;and yet no investigation is launched into them!&quot; <a href="https://t.co/0oRixUtYlH">pic.twitter.com/0oRixUtYlH</a>
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Over-The-Counter Birth Control Pill?
Today, an <a href="https://www.axios.com/2023/05/09/fda-advisers-birth-control-over-the-counter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FDA advisory panel</a> unanimously approved making birth control pills available over the counter. The FDA still has to accept the recommendation, but the U.S. could be one step closer to birth control being available without a prescription.
Newsom Throws Cold Water On Reparations Bill
And, California Governor Gavin Newsom <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/california-gov-newsom-declines-back-reparations-checks-says-slaverys-legacy-more-cash-payments" target="_blank" rel="noopener">declined</a> to endorse recent recommendations from a state reparations panel task force which would have sent as much as $1.2 million each to descendants of slaves in California. The Taskforce was created in 2020 in the wake of the George Floyd riots, and on Monday released a preliminary report advocating billions of dollars in wealth redistribution to make up for the sins of slavery.
 Newsom told Fox News that the group’s independent findings and recommendations are a “milestone” in the bipartisan effort to advance justice and promote healing. He also said that dealing with the legacy of slavery is about “much more than cash payments,” and noted that many of the recommendations put forward by the Task Force are critical action items already being addressed. Newsom pledged to advance what he called “systemic changes that ensure an inclusive and equitable future for all Californians.&#8221;
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Wednesday Afternoon Update: GOP Reveals Damning Case Against Biden Family, Santos Arrested, Border Chaos

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California Democratic Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gavin-newsom-celebrated-svb-bailout-without-mentioning-his-wineries-are-clients" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gavin Newsom</a> praised the work of his state&#8217;s appointed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-reparations-task-force-approves-plan-giving-up-to-1-2-million-to-each-black-resident" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Reparations Task Force</a> – which he said had done important work to &#8220;advance systemic changes&#8221; — but stopped short of endorsing its recommendation for cash payouts of up to $1.2 million.
Newsom, who appointed five of the nine members of the task force, told <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/california-gov-newsom-declines-back-reparations-checks-says-slaverys-legacy-more-cash-payments" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News Digital</a> on Tuesday that finding a way to address the &#8220;legacy&#8221; left behind by the institution of slavery was a complicated issue that was &#8220;about much more than cash payments.&#8221;
&#8220;The Reparations Task Force’s independent findings and recommendations are a milestone in our bipartisan effort to advance justice and promote healing. This has been an important process, and we should continue to work as a nation to reconcile our original sin of slavery and understand how that history has shaped our country,&#8221; Newsom told the outlet.
&#8220;Dealing with that legacy is about much more than cash payments. Many of the recommendations put forward by the Task Force are critical action items we’ve already been hard at work addressing: breaking down barriers to vote, bolstering resources to address hate, enacting sweeping law enforcement and justice reforms to build trust and safety, strengthening economic mobility — all while investing billions to root out disparities and improve equity in housing, education, healthcare, and well beyond,&#8221; Newsom continued. &#8220;This work must continue.&#8221;
&#8220;Following the Task Force’s submission of its final report this summer, I look forward to a continued partnership with the Legislature to advance systemic changes that ensure an inclusive and equitable future for all Californians,&#8221; he said, noting that while some of the work had already begun, he was committed to continued efforts to &#8220;advance systemic changes that ensure an inclusive and equitable future for all Californians.&#8221;
The task force, as Newsom noted, is set to submit a final report later this summer — and the California State Legislature could then determine a path forward for their recommendations, sending it to Newsom for his signature after that.
The recommendations as they stand currently are based on how long residents have lived in California — and what kind of discriminatory policies may have affected them in that time — and call for payments ranging from several thousand dollars to more than $1 million.
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As the Fox News Digital Report <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/california-gov-newsom-declines-back-reparations-checks-says-slaverys-legacy-more-cash-payments" target="_blank" rel="noopener">breaks down</a> some of the numbers, black residents who were impacted by bank red-lining and lived in California between the early 1930s and the late 1970s could receive $3366 per year — up to $148,099. Similarly, black residents who lived in the state between 1970 and 2020 could receive an additional $2,352 per year because of &#8220;over-policing and mass incarceration.&#8221; For some black residents, the total payout could be as high as $1.2 million.
According to a <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/05/07/california-task-force-oks-reparations-plan-that-could-cost-state-800b/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from The New York Post, the total reparations bill could land in the neighborhood of $800 billion — more than double California&#8217;s annual budget.

Governor Gavin Newsom

Gavin Newsom Praises Reparations Task Force — Doesn’t Endorse Plan For $1.2 Million Payouts

Gavin Newsom Praises Reparations Task Force — Doesn't Endorse Plan For $1.2 Million Payouts

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Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gavin-newsom" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gavin Newsom</a> (D-CA) directed the state National Guard and California Highway Patrol to help in the fight against fentanyl trafficking in San Francisco.
As part of a new partnership, the agencies are tasked with identifying personnel and resources to assist San Francisco following a <a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/drug-overdose-deaths-2023-17904060.php" target="_blank" rel="noopener">41% spike in fentanyl overdose deaths</a> in the first few months of this year.
“We are providing more law enforcement resources and personnel to crack down on crime linked to the fentanyl crisis, holding the poison peddlers accountable, and increasing law enforcement presence to improve public safety and public confidence in San Francisco,&#8221; <a href="https://www.gov.ca.gov/2023/04/21/public-safety-partnership-sf/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Newsom said</a> in a statement on Friday.
Newsom&#8217;s office said the collaboration, which also includes the San Francisco Police Department and and the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office, will be focused on drug suppliers and traffickers rather than seeking to criminalize those struggling with substance abuse in a city that has recorded <a href="https://sf.gov/sites/default/files/2023-01/2023%2001_OCME%20Overdose%20Report.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">several hundred</a> <a href="https://abc7news.com/sf-overdose-fentanyl-tranq-narcan/13096367/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">accidental overdose deaths</a> annually in recent years.
The agreement will &#8220;lead to the formation of a new collaborative operation between all four agencies focused on dismantling fentanyl trafficking and disrupting the supply of the deadly drug in the city by holding the operators of large-scale drug trafficking operations accountable,&#8221; the governor&#8217;s office said.
Newsom paid a visit on Wednesday to San Francisco, a city he once led as mayor, and surveyed the Tenderloin neighborhood, which has been hit hard by <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/gov-newsom-makes-surprise-visit-to-san-franciscos-crime-ridden-tenderloin-neighborhood/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">crime and the fentanyl crisis</a>. The trip took place a couple weeks after San Francisco Mayor London Breed requested federal assistance to arrest and prosecute drug dealers while the city contends with a short-staffed police department, according to <a href="https://abc7news.com/mayor-london-breed-sf-drug-crisis-san-francisco-opioid-epidemic-police-staffing-tenderloin-drugs/13067352/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">local ABC affiliate KGO</a>.
“I want to thank Governor Newsom for this critical support to help break up the open-air drug dealing happening in our city,” Breed said in a statement Friday. &#8220;Our Police Department and District Attorney have been partnering to tackle this issue and increase enforcement, but our local agencies can use more support. With the Governor’s leadership and clear direction, our state enforcement agencies can partner with us to make a difference for our residents, businesses, and workers who are living with the impacts every day.&#8221;
During Newsom&#8217;s visit to Tenderloin, activist JJ Smith pressed the governor on what he is doing to stop the fentanyl crisis, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/gov-newsom-makes-surprise-visit-to-san-franciscos-crime-ridden-tenderloin-neighborhood/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to CBS News Bay Area</a>. JJ Smith recalled Newsom saying he is working on the issue, a response which the activist felt was inadequate.
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&#8220;They&#8217;re so busy worried about giving them a safe place to use drugs,&#8221; Smith said. &#8220;Why not find out let&#8217;s give them a safe place to get off drugs.&#8221;
Newsom, who is widely seen as a top future presidential contender for the Democrats, says he has already invested more than $1 billion to tackle the opioid and fentanyl crisis in California. His new budget request seeks another <a href="https://www.gov.ca.gov/2023/03/20/master-plan-for-tackling-the-fentanyl-and-opioid-crisis/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$96 million in funding</a> to tackle the problem.

Newsom Directs National Guard To Combat San Francisco’s Fentanyl Crisis

Newsom Directs National Guard To Combat San Francisco's Fentanyl Crisis

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It looks like even the Oakland Athletics are joining the mass exodus of Californians fleeing for a better life.
On Thursday, one of the MLB&#8217;s most iconic franchises announced that it has purchased land in Las Vegas, Nevada, after searching and failing to find land for a new stadium in Oakland.  Now, the A&#8217;s will be building a gigantic $1.5 billion, 35,000-seat stadium in Sin City for the ball club, <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/36241520/oakland-agree-purchase-land-las-vegas-strip" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to ESPN.
&#8220;For a while, we were on parallel paths [with Oakland], but we have turned our attention to Las Vegas to get a deal here for the A&#8217;s and find a long-term home,&#8221; team president Dave Kaval told the Las Vegas Review-Journal. &#8220;Oakland has been a great home for us for over 50 years, but we really need this 20-year saga completed and we feel there&#8217;s a path here in Southern Nevada to do that.&#8221;
The move has the full support of MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred, but Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao isn&#8217;t too pleased about it. The city has now officially ended talks with the team to keep them in the city.
&#8220;I am deeply disappointed that the A&#8217;s have chosen not to negotiate with the City of Oakland as a true partner, in a way that respects the long relationship between the fans, the City and the team,&#8221; Thao said in a statement given to ESPN. &#8220;Yet, it is clear to me that the A&#8217;s have no intention of staying in Oakland and have simply been using this process to try to extract a better deal out of Las Vegas. I am not interested in continuing to play that game — the fans and our residents deserve better.&#8221;
Of course, Oakland residents would likely turn around and tell Thao that they deserve better from the city government, too, particularly from the district attorneys&#8217; office. <a href="https://freebeacon.com/california/california-judge-stops-soros-prosecutor-from-slashing-triple-murderers-sentence/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">George Soros-backed</a> prosecutor Pamela Price is implementing <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rogue-progressive-prosecutors-promote-lawlessness-not-reform" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the kind of policies</a> that have contributed in large part to the skyrocketing crime that we see around the country. For example, Price attempted to grant a plea deal that would have cut a triple murder sentence to just 15 years, instead of the 75-to-life sentence typically doled out for those types of heinous acts, Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/prosecutors-quit-over-soros-funded-das-radical-agenda-families-vow-fight-back" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Thankfully that deal was blocked by a judge, but as <a href="https://www.city-journal.org/article/price-is-not-right">pointed</a> out by City-Journal this week, Price reacted by rebuking the judge in that case on social media. City-Journal also noted that Oakland residents already organizing for a recall of Price, who only entered office just a few short months ago.
While the A&#8217;s didn&#8217;t specifically mention state policy as a contributing factor for their pending departure, one can&#8217;t help but imagine that California&#8217;s oppressive business climate and general governance insanity under Governor Gavin Newsom (D) may have contributed to the decision to go to income-tax-free Nevada.
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The team certainly wouldn&#8217;t be alone in closing up and shop and leaving, if that had any role. A recent report indicates that 500,000 Californians left the state between <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/02/18/over-500000-people-left-california-in-two-years-report/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">April 2020 and July 2022</a>. Since 2018, Nearly 118,000 Californians moved to Nevada according to one data.
And unfortunately for the beleaguered state, it looks like the Oakland Athletics are going, going gone as well.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

Oakland Athletics logo, Governor Gavin Newsom

Even The Oakland A’s Are Leaving California

Even The Oakland Athletics Are Leaving California

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Three <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/energy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">electric</a> utility companies in <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/california" target="_blank" rel="noopener">California</a> proposed a fixed-rate billing plan under which high-income households would <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/taxes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pay</a> more than low-income households.
California Democratic Gov. <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/gavin-newsom" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gavin Newsom</a> signed a <a href="https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB205/2021" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bill</a> last summer requiring energy utilities to impose a “rate component” in their power bills to collect revenues to fund the state’s energy infrastructure. <a href="https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2023-04-11/a-fixed-monthly-charge-is-coming-to-your-electric-bill-will-it-make-caifornia-rates-more-affordable">According</a> to the Los Angeles Times, the law requires &#8220;a fixed monthly charge based on household income.&#8221; Pacific Gas and Electric, Southern California Edison, and San Diego Gas and Electric recently introduced a proposal intended to reduce fees for most households by imposing higher costs on wealthier families, a plan which the California Public Utilities Commission must approve by the middle of next year.
“We have listened to and heard from our customers that fundamental change is needed to provide bill relief,” SDG&amp;E CEO Caroline Winn said in a <a href="https://www.sdgenews.com/article/sdge-submits-rate-reform-proposal-designed-stabilize-and-lower-energy-bills" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>. “When we were putting together the reform proposal, front and center in our mind were customers who live paycheck to paycheck, who struggle to pay for essentials such as, energy, housing and food.”
California households with income less than $28,000 per year would pay a $15 fixed fee on their monthly electric bills in SCE and PG&amp;E areas, while those in SDG&amp;E areas would pay $24 per month. Families with annual incomes between $28,000 and $69,000 would pay $20 per month in SCE areas, $34 per month in SDG&amp;E areas, and $30 per month in PG&amp;E areas. Those with income between $69,000 and $180,000 would meanwhile pay $51 per month in SCE and PG&amp;E areas and $73 per month in SDG&amp;E areas.
The most severe monthly fees would occur for households with annual income above $180,000, which would pay $85 per month in SCE areas, $92 per month in PG&amp;E areas, and $128 per month in SDG&amp;E areas, according to details of the plan published by local news outlets.
“We understand that our customers are dealing with rising costs of all kinds and are working to keep customers’ bills as manageable as possible,” SCE CEO Steven Powell said in another <a href="https://energized.edison.com/stories/sce-proposes-bill-relief-for-lower-income-customers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>. “SCE believes an income-based fixed charge will provide benefits to millions of customers, particularly those most in need of energy bill relief. It will also make it easier for more Californians to afford clean energy technologies.”
The legislation says that California, while a “leader in driving the affordable and equitable transition to a clean reliable energy system,” experiences grid disruptions from “extreme events from climate change, including heat waves, wildfires, and drought, combined with other factors, such as supply chain disruptions.”
With an effective tax rate of 13.5%, California is among the most heavily taxed states in the country, according to an <a href="https://taxfoundation.org/publications/state-local-tax-burden-rankings/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">analysis</a> from the Tax Foundation. The state also has among the most progressive income tax systems in the nation, meaning that wealthy households supply an outsized portion of state revenues relative to other households, according to another <a href="https://itep.org/whopays/#:~:text=Some%20states%2C%20such%20as%20California,have%20very%20progressive%20income%20taxes." target="_blank" rel="noopener">analysis</a> from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.
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Voters in California recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/one-blue-state-passes-another-blue-state-rejects-hefty-new-taxes-on-millionaires" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rejected</a> a millionaire tax hike on a ballot measure during the midterm elections but <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/los-angeles-realtors-scramble-to-sell-posh-estates-before-new-mansion-tax-enters-into-effect" target="_blank" rel="noopener">approved</a> a measure that imposed a “mansion tax” for the sale of certain luxury real estate. More recent legislative proposals include a “worldwide wealth” tax that would <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-bill-would-create-new-worldwide-wealth-tax-even-for-people-who-flee-the-state" target="_blank" rel="noopener">impact</a> both current and former California residents, who would have to pay based on the value of assets such as stocks, savings accounts, art collectibles, and pension funds.

California Power

California Electric Companies Propose Higher Earners Pay Greater Fees Than Lower Earners Under New State Law

California Electric Companies Propose Higher Earners Pay Greater Fees Than Lower-Income Households Under New State Law

Energy

Taxes

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/babylon-bee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Babylon Bee</a> CEO Seth Dillon said Wednesday that the satire outlet, podcaster Tim Pool, and Minds, Inc. filed a <a href="https://envisage.law/mtb-v-ca/">lawsuit</a> against California&#8217;s attorney general, alleging a new law regulating social media companies violates the First Amendment.
In a Substack <a href="https://sethdillon.substack.com/p/the-babylon-bee-is-suing-californias?r=1b5q9&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a>, Dillon wrote that the plaintiffs filed the complaint against California attorney general Rob Bonta to stop state officials from enforcing AB 587, a new law that took effect this year that requires social media companies to file quarterly reports detailing content moderation policies with the Attorney General&#8217;s Office.
Such content moderation policies include several speech categories the state could label as misinformation/disinformation, extremism/radicalization, and hate speech. Failing to file reports could lead to the state imposing fines for non-compliance.
According to the lawsuit, AB 587 was &#8220;written with the express intent to discourage expression&#8221; of constitutionally protected viewpoints and failed the <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/vagueness_doctrine#:~:text=1)%20A%20constitutional%20rule%20that,Amendments%20of%20the%20U.S.%20Constitution." target="_blank" rel="noopener">vagueness doctrine</a> of the Fourteenth Amendment, which requires criminal laws to state explicitly and definitely what conduct is punishable.
&#8220;If Big Tech is tasked by the state with eliminating hateful or misinformative content, they&#8217;ll stuff everything they don&#8217;t like into those categories, including opinions, jokes, and even factual statements,&#8221; Dillon said. &#8220;We&#8217;ve already experienced it first hand.&#8221;
Last year, Twitter banned The Babylon Bee from the social media platform for an article that jokingly named Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary Rachel Levine, a biological male who identifies as a transgender woman, as &#8220;Man of the Year.&#8221; However, Elon Musk, a vocal fan of The Babylon Bee, restored the account after acquiring the platform.
However, while the former Twitter regime worked actively to censor and ban prominent accounts like the Bee, California lawmakers penned the new law that demands more action from social media companies to silence voices the state considers hate and harassment, claiming many of the deadly attacks nationwide share a common thread on social media.
&#8220;They&#8217;re linked to social media shooters who are radicalized, often with a toxic brew of white supremacy and extremist ideology, through the incredible power of social media,&#8221; California State Senator Jesse Gabriel, author of AB 587, told <a href="https://abc7.com/ca-bill-ab-587-social-media-companies-hate-and-harassment-policies/11985656/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ABC</a> last year.
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&#8220;We&#8217;re not telling you what to do, but tell policymakers, and tell the public, what you&#8217;re doing,&#8221; Gabriel added.
Upon signing it into law, California Governor Gavin Newsom said the state would &#8220;not stand by as social media is weaponized to spread hate and disinformation that threaten our communities and foundational values as a country.&#8221;
Dillon, however, argued that lawmakers made the law too vague and called it a censorship bill, despite state officials claiming it&#8217;s about transparency.
&#8220;We need laws that prohibit viewpoint discrimination, not laws that compel it under threat of penalties (and under the guise of good-faith content moderation),&#8221; Dillon said.
&#8220;It&#8217;s a good thing when people are allowed to speak freely,&#8221; he added. &#8220;It&#8217;s a bad thing when Big Tech and the government work together to decide what we&#8217;re allowed to say. Why? Because they often get it wrong. Even worse, they get it wrong on purpose.&#8221;

California Attorney General Rob Bonta speaks during a press conference in Los Angeles

Babylon Bee, Tim Pool File Lawsuit Against California Attorney General Over New Social Media Law

Babylon Bee CEO, Tim Pool File Lawsuit Against California Attorney General Over New Social Media Law

Babylon Bee

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Social Media Censorship

Twitter

A California bill would take the power to set their own curriculum away from local school districts and instead grant it to the state — and potentially steer profits to the wife of Gov. Gavin Newsom.
The purpose of the bill, which would upend the tradition of locally-controlled schools, is to prevent school boards in conservative areas from cutting out content that they deem objectionable. State Assemblyman Corey Jackson introduced the <a href="https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB1078/2023">bill</a>, titled &#8220;Instructional materials: removing instructional materials and curriculum: diversity&#8221; in February. Last week, the Education committee set and then canceled a hearing on it.
In states such as Virginia, liberal school districts have ignored and even defied the Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin on school issues, and efforts to remove critical race theory from curricula have had little impact since each curriculum is set at the local level. The California bill, by contrast, would force conservative school districts in the state&#8217;s many rural areas to fall in line behind progressive politicians in Sacramento.
Existing law says that a &#8220;school district may exclude from schools and school libraries all books, publications, or papers of a sectarian, partisan, or denominational character.&#8221; But this bill would change that so that &#8220;Commencing with the 2024–25 school year, the governing board of a school district shall only remove books, publications, or papers from schools and school libraries with approval from the state board and in compliance with other procedures developed by the state board.&#8221;
It also says that &#8220;Every instructional material adopted by a governing board shall include proportional and accurate representation of California’s diversity in the following categories: (1) Race. (2) Gender. (3) Socioeconomic status. (4) Religion. (5) Sexuality.&#8221;
Jackson was elected last year after serving two years on the Riverside County Board of Education, according to a <a href="https://blackcaucus.legislature.ca.gov/dr-corey-jackson">biography</a> on the California legislature&#8217;s Black Caucus website.
Carl DeMaio, chairman of the watchdog group Reform California, said in a statement that “AB 1078 would eliminate the ability of local education officials to make decisions on curriculum based on the needs and desires of parents and students in their community.” He said parents should conduct &#8220;self-audits&#8221; to find out what their schools are teaching, advocate to modify it if they deem appropriate, and fight against the bill.
Adam Andrzejewski, founder of government watchdog OpenTheBooks.com, told The Daily Wire that &#8220;Through their school boards, who serve the community on public salaries, parents have the right to demand changes. They should not have to ask and likely be rebuffed by a powerful few in Sacramento. Once again, transparency sparks accountability and there’s no place where it’s more important than in classrooms.&#8221;
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OpenTheBooks&#8217; research found that Newsom and his wife are personally responsible for some divisive content in schools, and could stand to profit both from the bill&#8217;s &#8220;representation&#8221; provisions and the restrictions on removing content.
It found that Jennifer Siebel Newsom is <a href="https://therepproject.org/our-board/jennifer-siebel-newsom/">founder</a> of a nonprofit called the Representation Project that produces films on social justice topics, then licenses them and accompanying lesson plans to schools for a fee. Two of the films feature Gavin Newsom. The films are being used in 5,000 schools in and outside of California, reaching 2.6 million students, according to the Representation Project.
Since 2012, the group has received nearly <a href="https://openthebooks.substack.com/p/newsom-twosome-siebel-newsoms-films">$1.5 million</a> in screening revenue, according to its tax filings, though it&#8217;s unknown how much came from schools. The nonprofit sent <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/newsoms-lucrative-woke-scheme-opinion-1783493">$1.6 million</a> to Girls Club Entertainment, Siebel Newsom&#8217;s for-profit firm. In other words, her husband runs the government, the government funds the schools, the schools pay a nonprofit, the nonprofit pays her company, and existing state policies and now a new bill would further pressure schools to license the films.
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“Schools are able to license [from Newsom&#8217;s nonprofit] documentaries about ‘gender justice’ which cover these topics, often including graphic materials, emotionally challenging classroom ‘activities,&#8217; and interviews with the governor himself,&#8221; Andrzejewski said. &#8220;It seems unlikely their chosen bureaucrats would do anything but give the go-ahead for controversial content like those films. These and other lessons with questionable content will be nearly impossible to challenge at the local level.&#8221;
Auditors at OpenTheBooks.com watched Newsom’s movies and read the lesson plans and found &#8220;sexually explicit images, political boosterism, and something called “The Genderbread Person.”
&#8220;Newsom’s film The Mask You Live In features the website addresses of porn sites including Porn Hub, MassiveCams, BDSM.XXX, and Brazzers.com. The pornographic images displayed in the film are tagged with descriptions such as &#8216;domination,&#8217; &#8216;face f&#8212;,&#8217; &#8216;kinky couples,&#8217; and &#8216;…dirty brunettes,'&#8221; it said.
In 2019, a parent in Creekside Middle School filed a complaint after his 12-year old daughter watched a Representation Project film where, the father said, “Some of the images when slowed down were not blurred, and even when they are blurred, it is obvious what is going on. It is absolutely profane and disgusting.”

California Bill Would Block School Districts From Removing Woke Lessons, Could Enrich Newsom’s Wife

California Bill Would Block School Districts From Removing Woke Content, Could Enrich Newsom's Wife

Education

School Boards

If you live in a red state, you better watch out: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/photos-emerge-of-gov-gavin-newsom-at-ritzy-restaurant-allegedly-failing-to-comply-with-health-guidelines" target="_blank" rel="noopener">California Governor Gavin Newsom</a> could be coming to your town as part of his national “Campaign for Democracy” or something.
Well, you might see him moseying around your neck of the woods if you have an effective state legislature and governor passing laws that protect children in the womb and from mutilation, strengthen the education curriculum, take America’s sovereignty seriously, among other excellent initiatives.
If you don’t live in some place like that, then you probably do not need to worry as Newsom is only traveling to states which threaten America as we know it — or how he knows it.
“Let&#8217;s be direct: We can&#8217;t solve a problem without first identifying it,” Newsom said in a promotional video. “The problem in our country right now is authoritarian leaders who are so hell-bent on gaining power and keeping it by whatever means necessary that they&#8217;re directly attacking our freedoms in state after state.”
At this point, one might think Newsom is talking about Soros-backed prosecutors who indict former presidents, governors who kept their states under strict COVID measures for months on end, or even the Big Guy in the White House who effectively labeled 75 million American political enemies of the state last September.
Wrong. He’s talking about folks like Texas Governor Greg Abbott, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders, and more Republicans.
&#8220;That&#8217;s why I&#8217;m launching the Campaign for Democracy,” Newsom continued before listing off a litany of supposed signs of creeping fascism.
“We&#8217;re going on the road to take the fight to states where freedom is most under attack: Our Republican leaders ban books, criminalize doctors, fire teachers, intimidate librarians, kidnap migrants, target trans kids, stoke racism, condone anti-Semitism, force the victims of rape and incest to carry their attacker&#8217;s baby.”
But wait; there’s more!
“Where they ignore the will of the people, they make it harder to vote and easier to buy assault weapons,” he claimed. “They fan the flames of culture wars to distract from the fact that blue states have lower murder rates, better health care outcomes, and higher GDPs.”
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Do you ever notice that the Left constantly breaks norms — such as abandoning the idea that men are men and women are women, and nothing in between — and then accuses conservatives of starting the culture war for disagreeing and fighting back?
“What&#8217;s happening in those red states, it&#8217;s not who we are,” he said solemnly. “It&#8217;s unAmerican, it&#8217;s undemocratic, and all it takes to fight back is a willingness to stand toe-to-toe and say ‘enough.’”
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Now, responding to every claim that Newsom said could take multiple columns. So, let’s just say this: In watching that video, does that sound like a guy creating a new PAC — or somebody who is covertly launching a 2024 presidential campaign as an aging President Joe Biden “keeps” his seat in the Oval office warm for the next Democratic nominee? It might not be a bad bet for the latter, and Newsom is looking to take his fight all the way to the White House.
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Newsom Announces Campaign For … Democracy? Cali Gov Takes A Roadtrip To Red States.

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