Good article but you missed a few important points:
1. He blows with the prevailing wind…that’s not leadership.
2. Diane & Nancy told him to grow-up…so he married.
3. He was given Lt. Governor role to allow time for us to forget.
4. At least 2 attempts at recall.
5. He wanted SF to look like a “glass city” (ie. Vancouver) and ruined the SF skyline. He told me once that SOMA was overbuilt. And true enough…it is! Jerk!
6. Stonewalled the 49ers new stadium…that’s why they’re in Santa Clara.
So…more that a “bro-frat boy”…just another entitled politician! 🤷🏼♂️
Now I understand why I’ve had very mixed feelings about Newsom. But, not living in CA and following CA politics to any real extent it wasn’t clear why - although the French Laundry dinner made me think he wasn’t the progressive he played occasionally on TV. Now I know better. Thanks.
Mark my words: Newsom is not just signaling his run for president in 2028 but laying the foundation to run as a Republican (that is if we have an election.)
Kamau - thank you for another right-on article. You are a bright light in a very dark time. We need a new star to rise up in the Dem party! How about Katie Porter?
Ya gotta give him a lost-in-space break for that picture of him & Kimmy--obviously he was named GAVIN because he was *supposed* to act like a clueless rich guy! You know about living up to your name, right? LOL
As for transfolks ruining womens' sports, let me make this very clear: the only objections happen when they WIN! There could be thousands of "transfolks" participating in womens' sports who lose all the time. Nobody would care. But let just one of them win an event & the knives come out.
I've always considered more estrogen to be the solution, but the crybabies have an answer for that too: "They still have the muscles of men!" No. They do not. (Maybe the whiners have heard of this thing called science?) They still have the *bones* of men, but bones don't win races.
Constantly amazed and grateful for your ability to get me to smile and even laugh through the terrible news! Thank you 💜👏🏻 Always a good time for some good trouble.
Gavin seems a bit like an old timey used car salesman. He gives off more ‘ick’ every day. And that was before I read this essay.
Good article but you missed a few important points:
1. He blows with the prevailing wind…that’s not leadership.
2. Diane & Nancy told him to grow-up…so he married.
3. He was given Lt. Governor role to allow time for us to forget.
4. At least 2 attempts at recall.
5. He wanted SF to look like a “glass city” (ie. Vancouver) and ruined the SF skyline. He told me once that SOMA was overbuilt. And true enough…it is! Jerk!
6. Stonewalled the 49ers new stadium…that’s why they’re in Santa Clara.
So…more that a “bro-frat boy”…just another entitled politician! 🤷🏼♂️
I used to feel bad because I judged him for having been married to KG. I no longer feel bad.
Thank you -- I needed to read this today. Brilliant, insightful, and appropriately disturbing.
Now I understand why I’ve had very mixed feelings about Newsom. But, not living in CA and following CA politics to any real extent it wasn’t clear why - although the French Laundry dinner made me think he wasn’t the progressive he played occasionally on TV. Now I know better. Thanks.
Mark my words: Newsom is not just signaling his run for president in 2028 but laying the foundation to run as a Republican (that is if we have an election.)
More signaling: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/us/politics/newsom-democrats-toxic.html?smid=url-share
YIKES!
Right?!
Kamau - thank you for another right-on article. You are a bright light in a very dark time. We need a new star to rise up in the Dem party! How about Katie Porter?
Ya gotta give him a lost-in-space break for that picture of him & Kimmy--obviously he was named GAVIN because he was *supposed* to act like a clueless rich guy! You know about living up to your name, right? LOL
As for transfolks ruining womens' sports, let me make this very clear: the only objections happen when they WIN! There could be thousands of "transfolks" participating in womens' sports who lose all the time. Nobody would care. But let just one of them win an event & the knives come out.
I've always considered more estrogen to be the solution, but the crybabies have an answer for that too: "They still have the muscles of men!" No. They do not. (Maybe the whiners have heard of this thing called science?) They still have the *bones* of men, but bones don't win races.
Constantly amazed and grateful for your ability to get me to smile and even laugh through the terrible news! Thank you 💜👏🏻 Always a good time for some good trouble.
The only thing I could think about Gavin, is maybe he's going undercover to infiltrate the Nazis LOL yea right
Hello, W. Kamau.
Thank you for saying so! Gorgeous post about a hideous human. Channeling Oscar Wilde’s _The Picture of Dorian Gray_ this St. Patrick’s Day Eve ☘️
About the French Laundry photo of his backside: he’s a clencher? 😬