Newsom’s calling the shots...and California’s proving what real reform looks like. Redistricting done right...by the people...for the people. No more gerrymandered traps. He’s lighting the blueprint for state-level democracy fights nationwide
Newsom’s calling the shots...and California’s proving what real reform looks like. Redistricting done right...by the people...for the people. No more gerrymandered traps. He’s lighting the blueprint for state-level democracy fights nationwide
Pritzker is in too!
Fuck billionaires.
He's a good guy.
Not if he’s a billionaire.
Clearly you don’t know him.
I am very impressed with him. Billionaires are a non starter no matter what.
True that. Okay. Agreed. But he SEEMS different. And we need rich people to truly fight bad rich people.
@governor.ca.gov is showing leadership here. Sure many democrats may not like him, but he’s clearly better choice than a Republican.
My biggest complaint about the Dems is they are thumbing through their Marquis of Queensbury rulebook, complaining "it's not fair," as the GOP Nazi party is curb stomping their teeth out street fighting. I'm glad Newsom is fighting back the same way. The whole DNC needs to do the same.
Ca, Maryland and Illinois will definitely redistrict the voting map for the midterms. NY can’t do it until 2028. There are several other “red” and “ blue” states that are contemplating it but their state laws are hindering progress.
this is good 😊👍🏻
#Newsom2028 he's brilliant and has no fear. He has been attacked over and over by the orange bully and his MAGAts and has always stood up to them and never backed down. This man has guts and brains and is a fighter! Things that all Republicans lack.
It's glorious.
Its ok when we do it
what? california already has had independent redistricting for years. it’s even in our constitution. it’s why we’ve been supermajority blue since schwarzenegger left office what the heck is this bonkers reframing of our redistricting? wedrawthelines.ca.gov
electionlawblog.org?p=151257
I'm waiting for @governor.ca.gov to actually do more than thump his chest and talk big, only to quietly reverse course and cater to his corporate donors. I'll be thrilled to be proved wrong @gavinnewsom.bsky.social. @sacbee.com @kcranews.bsky.social
I agree with don't shoot until we see the whites of their eyes on this one. Let TX fire first. Then we strike.
Playing by the rules gets you killed in a street fight
Yes, Democrats have empathy.💙 And brains. 🧠
Actually he's pro-gerrymandering as a tactic to counter R gerrymandering, I'm with him, but no it isn't redistricting done right. It's redstricting done wrong as a defense mechanism against others who are doing it wrong with malice.
It pains me so damn much to give him credit, but at least he’s fighting unlike 90% of the elected party. Looking at you congress.
We love Newsom ❤️!
EVERY BLUE State needs to Follow Newsom's lead!... Maybe a few Ignorant RED States should also pay attention!... Just sayin'!
This👆!!!
Let's listen
That’s Zaddy 💙
But there will be no more fair elections....you realize that right?
Newsom is robbing California blind and the Dems think this is a good thing.
Fvk off
Because it is true you are triggered. Or just disturbed.
Yeah so, and you’re a pathetic, submissive incel. 🤷🏻♀️
Great arguments. Sentiment remains. Newsom is ripping off the CA people.
I'll believe it when after happens. Til then, no country for old fools.
Gerrymandering recap: GOP-led states using it: TX, NC, FL, WI, OH, GA, TN, AL (8 total) Dem-led: IL, MD, NY, OR (4 total)
You forgot one big one: CA Dem-led
This list needs work NM is indisputably a Dem-led gerrymander
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Time for California to secede the Union.
Yessir
Need a protest in support of the senators who left TX
Good for you Governor Gavin Newsom. I'm a Californian I'm all for it
Thank God one of them is fighting back.
At this point, it makes no difference what has to be done to defeat the MAGA GOP. There needs to be term limits in Congress & SCOTUS needs to be reformed too. The corrupt religious zealot majority has ruined the CT & we are close to having a high court that rivals those of China & Russia. Truly sad
Is playing by the rules a route to losing when the GOP does not?
Everyone in blue states - use the call and email templates to get our governors on board! www.bluestatedefiance.org/redistricting
Has he done it yet
And every blue state needs to do what California is doing. If they do, those white super majorities held by white minorities will go away and or not matter. 👍🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦🇫🇷🇪🇺
Oh hell yeah!! It’s time to break out the new playbook 🔥🔥
Wait, what did I miss? What did he do?
Also wait what the fuck did he change something about his plan pretty sure the whole point of his plan is to gerrymander to get blue seats
Still not voting for him
California and other Blue states need to secede from this effing corrupt shitshow
Been tried before ironically when the cheap labor was being taken away then too.
Cascadia Forever!
They won’t let them—they make all of the nation’s money. That’s why Trump is trying so hard in particular to strong arm LA, NYC, and Chicago (our 3 cities that make the most money.)
Yes, while constantly denigrating them. Democrats need to remind them who's really making the money
It’s too late now, but blue states should have been pushing to get more house reps for decades now. It’s statistically fair, and the fact that blue states are underrepresented federally has only served red states. Red states, while being way over represented, still felt like they “had no voice.”
There actually should be about 1000 reps in the House. 435 is at this point an arbitrary number that has not grown with the country.
Absolutely. If we ever get things back under control or normal-ish, this needs to be fixed… this would have solved so many problems in congress. Not even a close call for voting. It really makes you understand just how stacked everything is against us even being the majority.
I am of the opinion that we are going to have to do a complete reboot of this whole American republic someday. The constitution is essentially dead now, first from 1000 pin pricks and now the regime’s SCOTUS-aided outright demolition job. The guardrails are gone and we need to start over.
I completely agree
The administration knows. It’s the regular people and MAGA who do not. It’s why they claim everyone there are “crazy liberals,” so they have an excuse to strong arm them, and try to change leadership. Blue states though, are the ones who could survive a “federalism” type split, and they may do so.
Only 250 national guard left in LA. Down from 5k. Remember when they said guard would be in all states. Hmm.
How would "they" stop them? Civil War?
The bigger issue is that while we say “blue” and “red” states, all states are heavily blended. There would be state in-fighting. West and east coast would have a heavy physical divide as well.
Unless the US get 2/3rds to 3/4ths of the states to amend the constitution to allow a split. There are a lot of red states that claim they “want” a national divorce, so maybe it could work, but the administration would be adamant about keeping them. It’s all about money for him after all.
Yes, absolutely.
#FreeTheBear
They don't need to wait on Texas, just move forward. They'll say it justifies Texas, but they were going to do it anyway.
I know there is criticism of Newsom every time there’s a post about him but he’s intelligent and ballsy and is the only one truly standing up to this lunacy.
Too many people expect politicians to be perfect. Not going to happen. Yes, Newsom made some missteps. But he is agressive and effective when needed. Standing up to Trump! Overseeing a state economy ranked 4th in the world. Increasing our firefighting resources. Taking climate action and more.
Too bad he decided to be a bigot :(
Absolutely. There is no place for purity tests in the Dem party. It’s go time!
There are several valid criticisms to be made, but credit where it's due.
I've been impressed. He's making waves!
he's a cowardly bigot, not sure where you got intelligence or courage from that
The enemy of my enemy ….
unfortunately as long as he continues to torment the oppressed he is just as much my enemy as any other oppressor
No, criticism is fair. Stop making politics into team sports. You don’t have to pick a side. You can stand for what’s right and criticize what’s wrong. Gavin is wrong about trans issues, homeless issues and more.
Criticism is fine. But when he’s doing the right thing, embrace it!
I’m the last person to say criticism isn’t fair. The podcast shit & him not explaining what the thinking was is still an issue. Newsom is a politician. I never forget that.
Agree. The podcasts were a disaster. No one wants him to reach across the aisle. This is not how politics in America works anymore.
Thanks to you both. This what we need, to support sustainable, equitable policy and to call out divisive, inappropriate policy and propaganda. (To put it roughly. )
Well said!
I mean yeah playing dirty vs the republicans is a good idea, just saying to keep in mind that Newsom remains a terrible human being in general and people should be very very leery about putting him on any kind of pedestal
I get that.
Definitely.
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He literally has been doing the rounds on MAGA podcasts saying how correct MAGA is to brutalize minorities, especially trans people
I’m not sure why he would add to the problems the left has with voters when MAGA exists because of their cruelty towards others.
And you can see why they right attacks him.
Redistricting should be done by and independent committe not the state legislature...like Colorado and other states.
I like the pissed off Newsom a lot better than I like the politicking hairdo Newsom.
Question: To help accomplish this, should NPPs re-register as Democratic to help redistricting?
Gerrymandering is wrong whether it’s done by democrats or republicans.
Woo hoo, Newsom, my gov! Pritzker too, I hear. Where’s Hochul? She in? Let’s do this thang. Let’s fight fire with fire for once. 🔥
Except when it comes to taking action, blue states will try to do it "by the people" while red states will just "do it". Red states have more trifectas right now and it terrifies me that if they all make this move, democrats will suffer more. And democracy DIES! But we don't seem to have a choice.
It’s about time Democrats create a blueprint to counter Trump and Project 2025. We knew about 2025 before the election and to the naked eye no concerted effort by the left to fight it. Mind numbingly frustrating.
This is not the country all the old white male fxcks kept promising. So dumb that you're all just okay with this. With a nation that is run like this.
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Meanwhile, weenie Mike Johnson, says, “well, California will have to follow the law.” 🤣🤣🤣
Stop dangling the carrot in front of my nose, @governor.ca.gov and DO IT ALREADY: redraw the maps! Cali, Cali, lead the way!
They lost in trump 1.0 This time they'll win. Gerrymandering is just part of it. The key to disenfranchise the entire country except their white voters lies in the census. www.npr.org/2020/07/24/8...
We have an independent commission. It was already done right. We need to make every district here blue. Idgaf what fascist want.
I love this!!!
I hate that it's him, but any port in a storm.
The original sin was failing to send trump to prison for the rest of his life," for mounting a violent coup to overthrow the election of 2020. He should have been charged and jailed, period.
Yep. Damn right.
as should have nixon for watergate, reagan and bush for iran/contra. and bush2 for the illegal invasion of iraq. it's all bullshit, and we've allowed our democracy to slip away from us in large and small increments, a death of a thousand cuts.
And Chappaquiddick…. It’s about being rich, not what party you belong to. The war is a class/race (b/c these are attached at the hip in the US). The red/blue fight serves the rich, not us.
the real enemy of democracy has always been and will always be the 1% in a real democracy, they wouldn't exist in their current form
Precisely.
I agree with you 💯
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Biggest mistake in recent American history was not holding Trump and all of his powerful coup plotters accountable Biden should have followed The Constitution
If they had wanted to stop him. The ammunition was there ten fold.
No question whatsoever.
For those who don't know, this is how California creates voting districts. California voted on this in 2008. wedrawthelines.ca.gov/about-us/
Cmon hochel and pritzker
Love my Governor.
I admire that guy. He's a strong governor.
He lead the movement that lead to gay marriage becoming legal. It doesn’t surprise me he’s leading the charge again!
Do it! No more rule following
Trump says no inflation …look at the price of coffee!! $15 today. No joke. youtu.be/DG3ipjki_uY?...
I hope you’re right. Haven’t seen anything happen yet.
This is a PATHETIC warping of the mad as hell speech and intent.
California should have the number of representatives that reflects its population.
If only the DNC would get off their assess and do something. My fear? Like Ice -T said “Left wing, Right wing; their both wings on the same bird.
And what happens when Dems don’t move the people needed for this to pass in November? And then the state can’t redistrict? We just bow down?
Or he's all talk. We'll see.
I'm a fan of Gavin rn.. I sure hope he gets the fire lit under all the dems & indies
California is going to lead the takedown of minority rule. New York will follow us. Looking at you, Illinois. Let's go.
The day is coming when blue states saying “we want a divorce” won’t be radical. It’ll be survival. The union can’t hold if one side torches the contract.
There is no divorce…we can’t split the Union, who takes care of the deformed children in the basement (nukes)?
Legally the states themselves.
But I agree with you. It won’t happen.
Ah yes, the old “we can’t get divorced because of the nukes in the basement” argument. Maybe if one side didn’t torch the Constitution, ignore the courts, rig elections, and still pretend they’re the moral core of America…. We wouldn’t be talking about moving out.
I hope you’re right. It sure seems like we’re losing on all fronts.
I like following you, Jack. With all the BS happening, you post messages of fighting back and hope. I need it, thanks!
I friggin' hope so. Let's see it. Like, Yesterday. Let's Go!
That is a good thing
I hope so
I like Gavin, he’s got good political bones. I can’t say I’ve always agreed with his policy choices but on the whole he has steered this world’s fourth largest economy pretty damn well since he’s been in office.
😆😎✌️
Effin’ right.
He and Pritzker both.
Time has come to shut down the Trump Party !
As he should, and every blue state should
May he be successful and become the leader we need!
Agreed!
Damn it jack .. you always come through. I’m outraged .. you’re outraged.. I celebrate… you celebrate. I’m so fucking mad.
Not with the Thomas Court. Most corrupt, feckless, immoral batch of empty robes in history.
I want Washington and Oregon to do the same. We can really wipe them out. Most of the red states have more cows than voters.
its should be one person/one vote, ESPECIALLY in the presidential election, where the president represents US ALL! but will it be?
@governor.ca.gov keep up the good fight, but make sure California stays blue! And do everything you can to get under the skin of the orange tyrannical baby.
But it's a 'fight fire with fire' world, thanks to GOP self-centered ruthlessness.
Bravo Governor Newsome 💙🔥
Michigan used the same people centered approach....
The other blue states need to follow.
Gavin is on fire and I love it.
Not really. The gerrymandering commission was a good start. The damn MAGA GOP have ruined that and sent us backwards.
An idea: Collectively boycott (or minimal spending) holiday shopping. 4th Qtr spending provides a basis for how the country is doing. If you're celebrating, then purchase what you can now and minimize your gift giving/ celebrations. Celebrate holidays after 1/1/26. Have Christmas on 1/6/26.
When do we gain power by turning this into a coalition of Democratic states?
It will got just far enough to offer hope to the masses and stop when it hits an economic line that actually improves income levels for affected populations -- which is the root of all other problems. IOW: waiting to see if it's another kabuki dance. If i was a betting man, I'd go kabuki.
The Govenor is setting the standard for Blue States to follow & for future laws to be written.
💙🇺🇸🌊🙋🏻💯🏳️🌈👍💙 Go Gavin! That’s my Governor!! And I am damn proud of him!!
Same. Gavin is fired up. We need that motivation!
Absolutely 💯!!!
Same
Excellent idea to put it up for a vote & stress the Democratic process as it easily passes in CA. Likely not same case everywhere though.
If the plane gets hit by a helicopter, should we wonder about the skin color of the pilot?
Sickening isn't it!
The plane being Trumpleforeskin. The helicopter being Newsom. 🩷it. The enemy of my enemy …
And then there are shithole states like Texas and Florida.
Only because the shithole Rethugs were allowed to fester here.
not allowed they fixed the maps a long time ago. they cheat every election
At least 70% of vote tabulators are compromised. Our votes are not being recorded accurately. Gotta start there. Not as fun as the governors openly fighting.
HOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!💥 Add: Steal OUR VOTES? go to jail... let THE PEOPLE be HEARD
I think he and @marcelias.bsky.social will be the leaders who rally us to get going!
I'm contacting Michelle Lujan Grisham's office regarding this.
When they won't play by the rules, utilize their own contrived rules... and beat the pants off them. (Symbolically)
YES!
Just remember, if Newsom thought it was a winner for him he'd be right there with Elon and his straight arm salute. Dude is a human windsock.
Congress isn’t doing anything. Once again it’s up to the governors. So blue state governors -have at it.
Or, we can cesede
He also commands the Sheriffs and has used them to produce DJT’s propaganda cop-porn for him instead of protecting peaceful protesters & he’s put NONE of them on protecting constituents from false ICE goons nor investigating reports of inhumane holding facilities… He works for the oligarchs.
Calling the shots? Then now is the time to act! For gawds sake, DO IT!
This fight will be won, or lost, at the state level.
He has some balls, at least. The biggest disappointment with the government and all this is that most have zero courage. Bunch of chicken shits. Shouldn't be in government if scared of their own shadows.
But he's still paying into the Federal Government? Still funding Red States? Until the money is cut off, nothing changes.
Newsom has to vindicate his image after he so strongly supported Biden's disastrous decision to run again. But Newsom is actively stepping up and we desperately need leadership.
We should fucking secede from this shitshow!
I mean... anyone can "dog" on Newsome but he is taking Trump to task!
As far as democratic controlled states go? Listening to an interview with the Gov of NY, they can’t redistrict until 2028. But CA, Maryland and Illinois have it within their voting guidelines that they can do it for 2026. A handful of other “blue” and “ red” states have a slimmer chance.
Still not going to vote for him!
Oh the horror
Aww, look. A single issue voter. Sad…
Lmao that “single issue” is my life, you fuckass.
Just deal with it, whiner.
He's fighting it just right💪💪💪🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
Yes.
He needs to follow through. Til then, words are wind..
Yes. Hope the rest of the Dems across the country take notice and grow a pair.
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Yes Sir! We are the fourth largest economy in the world and fund $700 billion into federal taxes annually! Power to the people! Redistrict to fight fascism!
How are people talking about Newsom’s plan in Cali?
I’ve actively advocated for it to both of my state representatives.
My friends support the idea given we must fight fire with fire!
So very glad he's my Governor.
Definitely you’re fortunate 🗳️.