Florida is suing California over its sanctuary policies and decision to issue commercial driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said the Sunshine State filed a lawsuit Wednesday night, citing a fatal crash on a local turnpike caused by an illegal <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/illegal-given-commercial-drivers-license-by-californias-newsom-charged-in-fatal-semi-truck-crash">immigrant</a> truck driver who had a California-issued Commercial Driver’s License (CDL).
The man behind the wheel of the semi tractor-trailer, Indian national Harjinder Singh, 28, made an illegal U-turn in August and killed three people.
“It’s a shame, and that’s why we’re taking Gavin Newsom to the Supreme Court,” Uthmeier told Sean Hannity Wednesday night.
He said Florida intends “to hold them [California] accountable for the carnage that their sanctuary illegal immigration policies have caused to states like Florida across the country.”
“Here in Florida, we can do everything right, we can back the blue, we can enforce the law, we can combat illegal immigration, but we still suffer when Gavin Newsom and liberals on the west coast allow these illegals in, encourage them, enable them to get these driver&#8217;s licenses and then they cross the country and ultimately take lives,” Uthmeier said.
“They care more about their love affair with illegals than protecting American citizens,” he added.
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Tonight, we filed a lawsuit against Gavin Newsom and California in the US Supreme Court because their so-called “sanctuary” policies for illegal aliens are harming states like Florida.
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The Trump administration has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ice-nabs-illegal-immigrant-truckers-with-blue-state-drivers-licenses-let-in-by-biden?author=Jennie+Taer&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=2&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=ICE+Nabs+Illegal+Immigrant+Truckers+With+Blue+State+Driver%E2%80%99s+Licenses+Let+In+By+Biden">commenced</a> a crackdown on the issuance of CDLs to illegal immigrants. Several Republican lawmakers, led by Kentucky Congressman Andy Barr, are this week expected to introduce legislation that would enable the Secretary of Transportation to stop blue states from issuing commercial licenses to illegals, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/republican-bill-takes-aim-at-democrat-states-giving-truck-licenses-to-illegal-aliens?author=Tim+Pearce&amp;category=undefined&amp;elementPosition=8&amp;row=3&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;title=Republican+Bill+Takes+Aim+At+Democrat+States+Giving+Truck+Licenses+To+Illegal+Aliens">reported</a>.
During a recent three-day operation in Oklahoma, ICE agents <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ice-nabs-illegal-immigrant-truckers-with-blue-state-drivers-licenses-let-in-by-biden">arrested</a> 91 illegal immigrant truck drivers, most of whom had California CDLs, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
The Department of Transportation has also launched an audit of states issuing CDLs, while instituting an English-language requirement for truck drivers.

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In yet another move against gun ownership, California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed Assembly Bill 1127 into law, triggering immediate backlash from the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and its partners. The ink was barely dry when, just three days later, SAF, the National Rifle Association (NRA), Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC), a licensed firearms retailer, and two individual plaintiffs filed suit, alleging the law is a direct assault on the Constitution.
Dubbed the “Glock Ban,” AB 1127 prohibits licensed dealers in California from selling semiautomatic pistols with cruciform trigger bars, which happen to include virtually all Glock models and Glock-style handguns. According to the law, which takes effect July 1, 2026, these firearms can supposedly be “readily converted” into machine guns by installing a backplate device — often called a “Glock switch.” The bill’s supporters claim this is a public safety measure designed to target the illegal conversion of firearms into fully automatic weapons.
SAF argues that the banned firearms — Glocks and their clones — are indisputably in “common use” for lawful purposes like self-defense and sport shooting. That distinction matters because, under Supreme Court precedent (District of Columbia v. Heller, 2008), firearms “in common use” cannot be banned. SAF contends that AB 1127 directly violates the Second Amendment because it targets a class of arms that millions of Americans — including Californians — legally own and use every day.
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As SAF <a href="https://saf.org/">put it bluntly</a>: “Because Glock and Glock platform handguns are indisputably in common use… they fall squarely within the protections of the Second Amendment and cannot be banned.”
What’s more, the new law is riddled with inconsistencies. Californians can still <a href="https://www.cagun.law/">privately sell these same </a><a href="https://www.cagun.law/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">firearms </a>through the secondary market, and law enforcement is fully exempt. So if these guns are so dangerous, why the carve-outs?
Legal experts note that Glock switches are already illegal under federal law, meaning AB 1127 addresses a crime that’s already prohibited. But instead of going after the unlawful modification, California’s legislature chose to go after the platform itself — punishing law-abiding gun owners and dealers instead of criminals.
The law has also sparked concern in the firearms industry, as it bans not just Glocks but any handgun with a similar internal mechanism, including brands like Shadow Systems. Unless manufacturers redesign their pistols, these models will be wiped off California’s shrinking “Safe Handgun Roster.” Ironically, the law offers a glimmer of hope for manufacturers — if they can redesign and submit new models that don’t allow for easy conversion, those pistols may be allowed back on the market. Translation: only government-approved, state-blessed models will be allowed. For now.
If AB 1127 survives court scrutiny, it could open the floodgates to more sweeping bans.
With SAF, the NRA, and FPC leading the charge, Jaymes v. Bonta is shaping up to be a legal slugfest with national implications.

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California gubernatorial candidate Betty Yee, a Democrat, told host Piers Morgan that she would be in favor of considering a “gender neutral” Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 2028, arguing that trans-identifying female athletes are women and that biological women would be fine competing against them.
Yee made the comments on “Piers Morgan Uncensored” just days after one of her competitors, former Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-episode-drops-in-katie-porter-drama-staffer-takes-verbal-abuse-for-being-in-my-shot">Katie Porter</a> (D-CA), landed in hot water over two viral videos — one of which showed her berating a staffer, and the other a testy exchange with a CBS News reporter in which she refused to answer any follow-up questions.
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“They are now part of — they have been through transition, a physical transition — and I do believe that they should be able to participate with other female athletes,” Yee said.
“Wow,” Morgan replied. “You&#8217;ve got the Olympics coming to California, to L.A., so are you suggesting that you would allow trans athletes to compete in women&#8217;s sport in the Olympics if you were governor?”
“Well, I think there&#8217;s still a lot of discussion that needs to happen,” Yee said. “I think there&#8217;s a lot of information we need to learn about what&#8217;s really happening with the ability of trans athletes to compete, but my statement is about being able to be sure that they can compete, and right now —”
“My question is whether you think they should compete in women&#8217;s sport in the Olympics,” Morgan interrupted. “It&#8217;s coming to L.A., so it&#8217;s relevant.”
“I think transgender female athletes are women athletes,” Yee declared. “And they should be able to compete.”
“Wow,” Morgan responded. “Really? So if you were Governor of California, you would support biological males who identify as women competing in women’s sport in the Olympics?”
Nodding her head slightly, Yee continued, “They are now identifying as transgender female —”
“You think that makes them — and you think it’s fair that they should then compete in women’s sport?” Morgan asked again.
When asked directly why the sexes were separated in sport to begin with, Yee acknowledged that there were physical differences between men and women — but did not alter her position on trans-identifying men competing alongside women.
Morgan continued to press until he finally suggested that she might prefer a “gender neutral” Olympics — and Yee lamented that it wouldn’t be “tomorrow,” but was still “a conversation worth having.”
Sharing the clip a bit later, Morgan quipped, “If you thought Katie Porter’s campaign to be Governor of California was going badly, let me present one of her rivals&#8230;”
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The National Rifle Association (NRA) filed a lawsuit against California over a “first-of-its-kind” law that effectively bans one of the most popular handguns in America.
On Friday, Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a new bill that bans the sale and transfer of Glock and Glock-style handguns in the state beginning January 1. In a suit filed on Monday, the NRA argues that the law blatantly violates the Second Amendment rights of Californians.
“Our message to Governor Newsom is simple: we will see you in court,” NRA Institute for Legislative Action Executive Director John Commerford said. “Gavin Newsom and his gang of progressive politicians in California are continuing their crusade against constitutional rights.”
“Once again, they are attempting to violate landmark Supreme Court decisions and disarm law-abiding citizens by banning some of the most commonly owned handguns in America. This flagrant violation of rights cannot, and will not, go unchecked,” he added.
California’s <a href="https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billCompareClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1127&amp;showamends=false">law</a> says that gun sellers “shall not sell, offer for sale, exchange, give, transfer, or deliver any semiautomatic machinegun-convertible pistol.” That kind of pistol is defined as “any semiautomatic pistol with a cruciform trigger bar that can be readily converted by hand or with common household tools,” which applies to Glock and Glock-style pistols.
Democrats say the law is intended to crack down on the conversion of Glock-style handguns for use as a machine gun. That action is already illegal under federal law and carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.
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The suit, against California Attorney General Rob Bonta, was joined by two members of the NRA, the Firearms Policy Coalition, and the Second Amendment Foundation. It noted that Glocks were among the “most popular firearms in the nation.”
Commerford told The Daily Wire that the lawsuit shows that the NRA “will not stand by while a rabid anti-gun governor dictates from their office how individuals can exercise their Second Amendment rights. The Supreme Court has opined that you cannot wholesale ban handguns, and that&#8217;s exactly what Governor Gavin Newsom just did.”
The Supreme Court ruling referred to by Commerford is the District of Columbia v. Heller case, where the court ruled that the right to own a handgun for self-defense was protected.

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Voting has already kicked off in California for Proposition 50, which aims to redraw the state’s congressional maps more heavily in favor of Democrats until new maps are created after the 2030 census.
The proposal is meant to counteract Republicans’ gain of five seats in Texas under a redistricting plan approved by Texas Governor Greg Abbott in August, following a hard-fought battle in the state legislature.
“Proposition 50 is a direct response to a Republican power grab orchestrated by President Trump and state leaders in Texas, who redrew Congressional district lines to gain five more seats in the U.S. House of Representatives,” the California Democratic Party’s website states.
“Proposition 50 proposes new lines for many of California’s 52 congressional districts, which would negate the five Republican seats drawn by Texas. Under the proposed lines, Democrats could gain up to 5 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives,” the<a href="https://cadem.org/yes-on-proposition-50-faq/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> website</a> adds, saying that a Democratic majority could “fight back” against President Donald Trump’s agenda.
But if the Texas maps somehow fall through in a court battle, California’s new map, favoring Democrats, would still exist,<a href="https://www.kcra.com/article/california-proposition-50-explained/68888242" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> KCRA</a> reported.
The ballot measure has the backing of California Governor Gavin Newsom and many statewide Democrats, but Republicans and former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger have voiced opposition to the proposition, as have the majority of district attorneys in the Golden State, according to<a href="https://www.sanluisobispo.com/opinion/us-viewpoints/article312447815.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> The Tribune</a>.
“If you believe gerrymandering is wrong, vote NO on 50,” Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA) posted to X on Sunday. “If you believe politicians should be bound by the Constitution, vote NO on 50.”
Still, opponents of the measure face an uphill battle, as a recent co/efficient poll released at the start of October shows that 54% of those surveyed support Prop. 50, whereas 36% are opposed and 10% are unsure, <a href="https://punchbowl.news/article/campaigns/prop-50-polling/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Punchbowl News</a> reported.
Both sides have been mobilizing on the issue, with former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi asking on X for people to volunteer for the effort, saying it would “help promote our vision of a more free, safer, and healthier California for all.” On Tuesday, former President Barack Obama released an <a href="https://x.com/MediumBuying/status/1978087770632380459" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ad</a> saying, “California, the whole nation is counting on you.”
However, opponents are optimistic despite being significantly outspent, according to <a href="https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-playbook-pm/2025/09/29/the-incredible-shrinking-republican-campaign-against-prop-50-00585589#:~:text=But%20they%20are%20not%20doing,turnout%20from%20the%20Republican%20base." target="_blank" rel="noopener">Politico</a>, saying that once the meaning of the proposition’s technical language is explained, people typically oppose it.
On the California Secretary of State’s<a href="https://voterguide.sos.ca.gov/quick-reference-guide/50.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> website,</a> the proposition is tabled under the quick references guide as allowing  “temporary changes to congressional district maps in response to Texas’ partisan redistricting.”
“Yes, with two caveats, turnout and voter contact,” Los Angeles County GOP Chair Roxanne Hoge told The Daily Wire when asked if the proposition can be defeated.
“If we didn&#8217;t have the crazy title in summary that they had, it would be like Prop 36, right. Overwhelming. But given the title and summary we have, it&#8217;s neck and neck,” she added. Proposition 36 was a crime crackdown measure that passed with nearly 70% of the vote in 2024 despite opposition from many notable Democrats.
Election Day is November 4 in California.
California is one of several states that has descended into a redistricting battle. Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe approved an electoral map in September that could benefit Republicans with another congressional seat, but a referendum and legal challenges could jeopardize the plan, according to the <a href="https://missouriindependent.com/2025/09/22/missouri-voters-likely-to-deliver-final-verdict-on-congressional-map-initiative-changes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Missouri Independent</a>.
“I was proud to officially sign the Missouri First Map into law today ahead of the 2026 midterm election,” the Republican said at the time in a statement. “Missourians are more alike than we are different, and our values, across both sides of the aisle, are closer to each other than those of the congressional representation of states like New York, California, and Illinois. We believe this map best represents Missourians, and I appreciate the support and efforts of state legislators, our congressional delegation, and President Trump in getting this map to my desk.”
New York and other states have also mulled new maps, and the debate has put an additional strain on Ohio’s ongoing redistricting process.
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Former Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) is fighting off a wave of self-made crises, the most recent of which features a video obtained by <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/08/katie-porter-tears-into-staffer-new-video-00598942">Politico</a> in which she can be seen swearing at and berating one of her staffers for appearing in her shot while she recorded a video meeting with then Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm.
Porter, who pivoted from her Senate loss to Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA) to a run for the governorship of California when Governor Gain Newsom (D-CA) terms out in a year, paused her meeting with Granholm to tell the unnamed staffer to &#8220;get out of my f***ing shot!&#8221;
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Porter was speaking with Granholm about how much money Americans could save if they made the switch to electric vehicles when one of her staffers walked into the shot behind her. Her tone changed mid-sentence as she began scolding the staffer.
Referencing her work on the House Oversight Committee, Porter claimed a recent study had found that &#8220;if we don&#8217;t electrify our transportation sector, we&#8217;re going to lose more than half a million Californians dying prematurely to air pollution and other problems and the state could lose &#8230; get out of my f***ing shot!&#8221;
The staffer attempted to offer Porter additional data related to the topic at hand, but Porter continued, &#8220;Okay, you also were in my shot before that. Stay out of my shot.&#8221;
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Just days earlier, video from a mid-September interview went viral and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-dem-flips-walks-out-on-reporter-for-asking-basic-questions">Porter</a> could be seen balking at a CBS reporter who dared to ask her pointed questions — with follow-ups — about how she planned to reach the 40% of California voters who had voted for President Donald Trump in 2024. Porter visibly bristled, claimed she didn&#8217;t need those voters to win, and then flatly refused to answer questions that were not &#8220;on the list.&#8221;
Porter was also accused of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hot-potatoes-and-insults-fly-in-report-detailing-allegations-from-katie-porters-messy-divorce">throwing mashed potatoes</a> at her now ex-husband Matthew Hoffman and of refusing to allow him to have a cell phone because he was, in her words, &#8220;too f***ing dumb to operate it.&#8221;
As Chris Cillizza quickly <a href="https://x.com/ChrisCillizza/status/1976074662124847508">noted via X</a>, the biggest problem for Porter is not any one incident, but them all together: &#8220;The problem for Katie Porter is none of these are isolated incidents. They speak to a pattern of borderline abusive behavior toward staff and others. And they appear to show who she *really* is. I don’t see how she can stay in the governor’s race.&#8221;
Porter told Politico in a statement, &#8220;It’s no secret I hold myself and my staff to a high standard, and that was especially true as a member of Congress. I have sought to be more intentional in showing gratitude to my staff for their important work.&#8221;

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Katie Porter’s gubernatorial rivals are dunking on the former congresswoman after an interview clip of Porter berating a reporter went viral.
The California Democrat lashed out at CBS reporter<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-dem-flips-walks-out-on-reporter-for-asking-basic-questions?author=Virginia+Kruta&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=1&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=California+Dem+Flips%2C+Walks+Out+On+Reporter+For+Asking+Basic+Questions" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Julie Watts</a> when the latter asked her about Trump voters in the Golden State.
“I don’t want to keep doing this. I’m going to call it,” Porter said after Watts pressed her on the issue.
“You’re not going to do the interview?” Watts asked, clearly baffled by Porter’s behavior.
“Nope, not like this I’m not,” Porter declared. “Not with seven follow-ups to every single question you ask.”
Porter, whose ex-husband accused her of domestic abuse, has long been dogged by stories of verbally abusing her staff. Shortly after the interview moment went viral, <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/08/katie-porter-tears-into-staffer-new-video-00598942" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Politico</a> reported on a released video of Porter telling a staffer to “get out of my f***ing shot” in 2021 while recording a video with Biden Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm.
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Candidates from both parties vying alongside Porter to replace outgoing Governor Gavin Newsom have seized on the viral moments to criticize the notoriously mercurial congresswoman.
“We need a leader who will solve hard problems and answer simple questions,” former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said.
Former California Assembly Majority Leader Ian Calderon made multiple posts criticizing Porter, a former congresswoman who ran unsuccessfully for Senate in 2024.
“‘I’m me’ might play in Washington, but not in California. Families here can’t afford housing or groceries — and [Porter] thinks she’s already won. That says it all,” Calderon said.
“Californians are being priced out of their homes — but [Porter] thinks the story is about her. Leadership isn’t entitlement. It’s about fixing what’s broken in this state,” the Democrat continued.
“After watching the interview, it’s clear — Katie Porter doesn’t have the temperament to be Governor. As a candidate, I welcome the hard questions — the next governor must be accessible and transparent,” former California State Controller Betty Yee posted. “No place for temper tantrums. No place for dodging the public’s right to know.”
In another post, Yee called on Porter to exit the race.
“Katie Porter is a weak, self-destructive candidate unfit to lead California. The stakes are simply too high for her to stay in this race. It’s time for her to drop out of this race,” she wrote.
Stephen Cloobeck, former Diamond Resorts International CEO, wrote that “If Katie can’t handle election results or reporters questions, how the heck can she handle California?”
Former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra wrote, “I’m not interested in excluding any vote. Every Californian deserves affordable health care, safe streets, a roof over their head and a living wage.”
Tony Thurmond, who currently serves as the Superintendent of Public Instruction, put out a news release calling on Watts to moderate a debate of the Democratic candidates, including Porter.
On the Republican side, candidates Steve Hilton and Chad Bianco both dunked on the viral clip.
“It’s absolutely amazing this Katie Porter interview, right? For 15 years, Democrats have run this state into the ground,” Hilton said in a video posted to X.
“If entitled Democrats would care this much about solving the homelessness on our streets, the homes still in ashes or the gas prices crushing our families. But no, throw a tantrum on TV because you do not like the question. Katie Porter is just another unhinged Democrat who would complete Gavin Newsom’s destruction of our beautiful state,” Bianco, who’s the Riverside County Sheriff, wrote.
Porter’s campaign did not respond to a request for comment.

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California’s current crime conundrum can be told as a story with (at least) three parts. Voters passed 2014’s <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_47,_Reduced_Penalties_for_Some_Crimes_Initiative_(2014)">Proposition 47</a>, 2016’s <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_57,_Parole_for_Non-Violent_Criminals_and_Juvenile_Court_Trial_Requirements_(2016)">Proposition 57</a>, and finally 2024’s <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_36,_Drug_and_Theft_Crime_Penalties_and_Treatment-Mandated_Felonies_Initiative_(2024)">Proposition 36</a>.
In the first two, voters went along with progressive policies — sold using feel-good language — that created more homelessness, crime, and human misery. In the third, though, voters overwhelmingly rejected the failures caused by these earlier policies.
But now, California Governor Gavin Newsom and his state-level legislative allies are trying to undermine voters calling for more criminal accountability — including time in prison for those who break the law — by <a href="https://www.latimes.com/politics/newsletter/2025-06-02/newsom-insults-california-voters-by-not-funding-proposition-36">refusing</a> to adequately fund Prop. 36’s proposals.
For those unfamiliar, Prop. 47 downgraded most types of theft under $950 from felonies to misdemeanors and made it impossible to charge most simple possession cases as felonies rather than misdemeanors.
Combined with the fact that California’s <a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Rogue-Prosecutors/Zack-Smith/9781637586532">rogue prosecutors</a> in cities like San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Oakland — just to name a few — refused to prosecute most misdemeanor offenses, lawlessness flourished.
Amid this front-end problem, California voters approved Prop. 57 in 2016. Voters were told this proposal was designed to allow “nonviolent” offenders who had been rehabilitated to be released from prison early.
Sounds good. Right?
Here’s the problem: The California legislature had previously <a href="https://archive.ph/0n9SO">redefined</a> “nonviolent” offenses to include <a href="https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=667.5.&amp;lawCode=PEN">crimes like</a> assault with a deadly weapon, soliciting murder, intimidating a witness, resisting arrest that causes harm to a police officer, elder or child abuse, arson with injury, human trafficking, certain types of manslaughter, rape of an unconscious person (though this has since changed), sex trafficking, and trafficking of children.
Most people would agree that those are not “nonviolent” crimes. And yet, because the California legislature had declared it so, those who committed these heinous offenses began to be released under Prop. 57’s regime.
Sensing that something wasn’t quite right, and that these soft-on-crime policies were hurting their communities rather than helping them, Californians took action.
Not only did they vote out of office the rogue district attorneys in <a href="https://www.heritage.org/crime-and-justice/commentary/recall-chesa-boudin-san-francisco-shows-rogue-prosecutor-movement">San Francisco</a>, <a href="https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/11/06/rogue-prosecutor-george-gascon-loses-reelection-as-la-county-district-attorney/">Los Angeles</a>, and <a href="https://www.law360.com/articles/1811708">Oakland</a>, but they also passed — with almost 70% of the vote — Prop. 36, which rolled back many of Prop. 47’s soft-on-crime policies.
Under Prop. 36, repeat shoplifters can now be charged with a felony punishable by up to three years in state prison. Those convicted of certain drug-dealing offenses must serve their sentences in state prison rather than county jail. (This matters because in 2011, the California legislature passed <a href="https://www.crimeandconsequences.com/crimblog/2019/06/violence-surging-in-ca-jails.html">AB 109</a>, which allows those who commit many types of crimes to serve their sentences in a county jail instead of a state prison. With jail overcrowding posing a real issue, many served far less time than they were supposed to.)
Those accused of certain drug possession offenses or who have multiple past convictions for drug crimes can be charged with a “treatment-mandated felony” — meaning that if a person completes a drug rehab program, his or her charges will be dismissed. If not, that person can face up to three years in state prison. Finally, Prop. 36 requires courts to warn those who come before them that if they provide illegal drugs to someone, they could be charged with murder if that person overdoses and dies as a result.
Governor Gavin Newsom opposed Prop. 36 and vigorously campaigned against it. Now that California voters have rejected his soft-on-crime policies, he’s pitching a temper tantrum and is actively opposing funding many of Prop. 36’s proposals.
In May 2025, Newsom <a href="https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article306495616.html">said,</a> “There were a lot of supervisors in the counties that promoted it &#8230; So, this is their opportunity to step up. Fund it!”
One state senator reacted, <a href="https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article306495616.html">saying,</a> “He is being absolutely recalcitrant because the voters didn’t vote the way he wanted them to and the way he told them to . . . He’s taking his football and going home.”
After <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/no-funding-allocated-for-prop-36-newsom-may-revise/">dragging his feet</a> for the first half of 2025, Newsom finally offered some funding for Prop. 36’s proposals. But <a href="https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article312272421.html">critics argue</a> that this money was already allocated and not enough to carry out the reforms in Prop. 36.
Newsom’s recalcitrance is unfortunate. Not only is he subverting the will of the voters, he’s also pushing back against commonsense policies designed to control California’s crime problem.
Californians know there needs to be accountability when someone breaks the law. They voted for it. And now Newsom and the California legislature need to fund it.
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Zack Smith is a Senior Legal Fellow and Manager, Supreme Court and Appellate Advocacy Program, The Heritage Foundation.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
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California Gov. Newsom Leads Democratic Redistricting Plan In The State

California’s Crime Crisis: Voters Took Action, Newsom Took His Football And Went Home

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A brutal new campaign from California GOP gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton launching on Wednesday takes direct aim at Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom’s push to further gerrymander the Golden State’s congressional maps. 
The statewide digital ad, first shared with The Daily Wire, highlights Newsom’s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gavin-tough-guy-newsom-threatens-gop-were-gonna-punch-these-sons-of-bitces-in-the-mouth">recent comments</a> about punching Republican &#8220;sons-of-bitches&#8221; in the mouth and urges California voters to vote against Proposition 50. Prop 50 would skew election maps further in favor of California Democrats and would shrink the Republican delegation to Congress if passed in November. 
Hilton says that instead of cracking down on his state’s crime and homelessness problems, Newsom is focusing on pushing a political agenda to set up his own presidential aspirations. 
“We&#8217;ve got to defeat this totally outrageous scheme by Gavin Newsom to rig our elections here in California,” he told The Daily Wire. “It&#8217;s a direct assault on democracy, by Gavin Newsom, who lectures us endlessly about democracy. This guy&#8217;s a total joke. He&#8217;s a total failure, the most useless governor in America.”
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The ad features a loop of Newsom saying that he was “going to punch these sons-of-bitches in the mouth” when discussing redistricting efforts in Texas. 
“Why is Gavin Newsom so angry? He’s not angry about the addiction and despair. He’s not angry about crime and chaos in our cities or the neighborhoods burned on his watch. He’s not angry about our crushing cost of living. Newsom is angry because he will never be president with his record of failure,” Hilton says in the ad. “Gavin Newsom wrecked our state. Now he wants to make it worse.” 
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Newsom has <a href="https://x.com/GovPressOffice/status/1955411757540970603">billed</a> the maps as a way to “end the Trump presidency” and followed Texas&#8217;s move to draw maps more favorable to Republicans. 
Hilton said that, currently, California Republicans hold only 17% of the state&#8217;s congressional seats, though roughly 40% of the populace votes Republican. The new maps would reduce Republican representation to about 6% of the seats. He said it would take, on average, about 193,000 votes to elect a Democrat, while it would take 1.5 million to elect a Republican.
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The maps have already been approved by the Democratic supermajority in California and will appear on the November 4 ballot in California. It will only require a majority to pass. 
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Hilton has also filed a lawsuit to block Prop 50, but says he has been given a court date after the election. The author and former TV host said that Democrat lawmakers in California believed that they could do whatever they wanted to. 
“They&#8217;re just arrogant beyond belief. They assume that they&#8217;ll never be held accountable, but they can do whatever they want. It&#8217;s the behavior of an authoritarian, arrogant, ruling elite,” he said.

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GOP Candidate’s New Campaign Targets Newsom’s ‘Outrageous Scheme’ To Rig California’s Elections

New Campaign Targets Newsom's 'Outrageous Scheme' To California's Elections

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California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has gone DEFCON-1 on President Trump’s new education agenda — <a href="https://www.kcra.com/article/gov-newsom-threatens-to-withhold-billions-from-california-colleges-that-sign-trumps-compact/68366652" target="_blank" rel="noopener">threatening</a> to yank billions in state funding from any California university that dares join Trump’s sweeping “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.”
Trump’s 10-page declaration demands universities ditch DEI ideology, stop using race and gender-conscious admission standards, freeze tuition hikes, cap international student enrollment, and enforce free speech protections for conservative students. The compact calls for ending race-based hiring, restoring standardized tests like the SAT, and banning the use of endowment money for political causes.
The Trump administration sent the compact to nine elite universities this week — including the University of Southern California, the only school in California on the list. Those universities that agreed would get preferential access to massive federal grants, increased overhead payments, and priority in civil rights investigations.
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Newsom responded in all-caps rage, appearing to mock Trump’s social media style: “IF ANY CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY SIGNS THIS RADICAL AGREEMENT, THEY’LL LOSE BILLIONS IN STATE FUNDING — INCLUDING CAL GRANTS — INSTANTLY. CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS, PROFESSORS, RESEARCHERS, AND SURRENDER ACADEMIC FREEDOM.”
USC — a private university — received $28.4 million in Cal Grants last year alone. Statewide, private institutions hauled in $227.6 million. Public colleges, such as the University of California and California State University systems, raked in a whopping $2.2 billion from Cal Grants in the most recent budget year. Newsom is threatening to axe it all.
The legacy media is clutching pearls over the compact, warning that Trump is “politicizing” higher ed. But White House adviser May Mailman <a href="https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/trump-universities-compact-federal-funds-agreement-df158493?gaa_at=eafs&amp;gaa_n=ASWzDAjelwuXl8TA4CzirTqRK9Hyi6E682Bq3vwYUToAONl96khJkbNWTWxpdFeloT8%3D&amp;gaa_ts=68dfbc86&amp;gaa_sig=C5Sjme964PrJZ5EEW7ZEedhXq7Hn7eUUHmJEm0OHm8IDOhaliFSUR_pzVPOgoDMOVi_iuqK7Hm9UYNkpjUZ3NQ%3D%3D">stated</a>, “Our hope is that a lot of schools see that this is highly reasonable.”
Meanwhile, the usual suspects are losing their minds. Ted Mitchell of the American Council on Education <a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-political-agenda-colleges-federal-money-756407729a3b16c7bb51564d5056084c">called the proposal</a> a “Faustian bargain.” Larry Summers — Obama’s former Treasury Secretary — said it’s like “fixing a watch with a hammer.”
The compact also explicitly defends women’s sports by requiring colleges to recognize biological sex in athletics and protect fairness in competition — a direct rebuke to Newsom’s radical gender policies.
White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson fired back at Newsom’s tantrum, saying, “Gavin Newscum should worry about the disaster he’s created in his own state.” She added that opposing the compact means opposing “efforts to cap wild tuition hikes and protect free speech.”

Newsom Goes Nuclear: Threatens Colleges That Back Trump’s Education Agenda

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The official account of California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom&#8217;s press office posted a vile meme on social media depicting White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller walking President Donald Trump as a dog on a leash.
The press office for California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom posted a vile meme portraying White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller walking President Donald Trump as a dog on a leash.
In all caps, the account wrote: “TIME FOR YOUR DAILY WALK, DONALD! (NO STAIRS),” a flourish echoing Trump’s own style that Newsom has recently adopted.
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TIME FOR YOUR DAILY WALK, DONALD! (NO STAIRS) <a href="https://t.co/I3tLw7fhyA">pic.twitter.com/I3tLw7fhyA</a>
&mdash; Governor Newsom Press Office (@GovPressOffice) <a href="https://twitter.com/GovPressOffice/status/1973185102499946916?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 1, 2025</a></blockquote>
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The cartoon also appealed to antisemitic tropes, enlarging Miller’s nose in the caricature style long used by Jew-haters.
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The meme was also similar to an infamous 2019 cartoon published in The New York Times&#8217; international edition, which depicted a guide dog with the face of Benjamin Netanyahu — wearing a collar with a Star of David hanging from it — leading a blind, overweight Donald Trump, who was wearing dark glasses and a black yarmulke.
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Liberalism = 21st century Reich
Hitler and Goebbles used propaganda pre-WW2 very successfully. NYTimes, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib. The left is trying to normalize anti-semitism again:
New York Times Posts then Deletes ‘Anti-Semitic’ Cartoon Depicting Trump, Netanyahu <a href="https://t.co/nByctsQnrM">pic.twitter.com/nByctsQnrM</a>
&mdash; Տᗩᑎᗪᖇᗩ🎗️ (@SandraXFreedom) <a href="https://twitter.com/SandraXFreedom/status/1122552143469326337?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 28, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Newsom&#8217;s office has previously targeted Miller&#8217;s hard-line positions on immigration. In July, responding to a ruling from a Biden-appointed judge involving immigration enforcement in the Central District of California (Los Angeles area), Miller wrote on X: “The ruling has just been issued. A communist judge in LA has ordered ICE to report directly to her and radical left NGOs — not the president. This is another act of insurrection against the United States and its sovereign people.”
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The ruling has just been issued. A communist judge in LA has ordered ICE to report directly to her and radical left NGOs — not the president. This is another act of insurrection against the United States and its sovereign people. <a href="https://t.co/pkEjl7lEP4">https://t.co/pkEjl7lEP4</a>
&mdash; Stephen Miller (@StephenM) <a href="https://twitter.com/StephenM/status/1943855465349198026?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2025</a></blockquote>
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The Newsom press office account on X responded, “This fascist cuck in DC continues his assault on democracy and the Constitution, and his attempt to replace the sovereignty of the people with autocracy. Sorry the Constitution hurt your feelings, Stephen. Cry harder.”
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This fascist cuck in DC continues his assault on democracy and the Constitution, and his attempt to replace the sovereignty of the people with autocracy.
Sorry the Constitution hurt your feelings, Stephen.
Cry harder. <a href="https://t.co/3a4pvYftxb">https://t.co/3a4pvYftxb</a>
&mdash; Governor Newsom Press Office (@GovPressOffice) <a href="https://twitter.com/GovPressOffice/status/1943871761658835148?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2025</a></blockquote>
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In June 2025, the federal government, via ICE and other agencies, started launching patrols in Los Angeles. On July 11, 2025, Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong <a href="https://kesq.com/news/california/2025/07/14/feds-seek-stay-of-la-judges-ruling-on-immigration-raids/">issued</a> a temporary restraining order barring federal agents from conducting detentions unless they had “reasonable suspicion” that the person was unlawfully present in the country. The Trump administration sought a stay of the order, which Frimpong denied, prompting the case to be taken up by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. On August 1, the court rejected the emergency motion to stay the order.

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President Donald Trump on Monday vowed to impose a 100% tariff on films made outside of the United States.
“Our movie making business has been stolen from the United States of America, by other Countries, just like stealing ‘candy from a baby.’ California, with its weak and incompetent Governor, has been particularly hard hit! Therefore, in order to solve this long time, never ending problem, I will be imposing a 100% Tariff on any and all movies that are made outside of the United States,” the president shared in a Truth Social <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115287691323395767">post</a>.
This is not the first time Trump has promised a 100% tariff on films produced outside of the United States. In May, Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-says-movie-industry-is-dying-puts-plan-in-place-to-save-it">said</a> he had authorized administration officials “to immediately begin the process of instituting a 100% Tariff on any and all Movies coming into our Country that are produced in Foreign Lands.”
At the time, Trump said Hollywood was dying a “very fast death,” calling incentives from other countries to produce movies outside of the United States “a national security threat.” 
“Other Countries are offering all sorts of incentives to draw our filmmakers and studios away from the United States. Hollywood, and many other areas within the U.S.A., are being devastated,” Trump said in May. “WE WANT MOVIES MADE IN AMERICA, AGAIN!”
Shortly after his initial announcement, the Democratic mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass, issued an executive order aimed at reducing bureaucratic hurdles and facilitating easier filming in the city.
“We are going to fight now,” Bass said at the time, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/weeks-after-trumps-film-tariff-l-a-mayor-issues-order-to-bring-productions-back-to-hollywood">reported</a>. “While we push for the tax credits to be passed in Sacramento, we need to do what we can today to impact building in Los Angeles.”
“The City is taking bold action to support our legacy industry,” she continued. “Keeping entertainment production in L.A. means keeping good-paying jobs in L.A., and that’s what we are fighting for.”

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