Opinion: Gavin Newsom’s vanity tour is quite audacious for such a failure of a leader
Gov. Gavin Newsom might have just made his most audacious move yet.
And not that his concerns over book banning, First Amendment restrictions and threats to democracy in four southern states hold a mirror to his own authoritarian impulses in California. It reminds me of a story about former DNC Chair and former Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe, who one time stopped at a fundraiser to pick up checks and make a speech while on his way home from the hospital, leaving his newborn baby and wife – who was crying – in the car.And while Newsom was in the south promoting his PAC doing spring break, Californians got three more examples of Newsom’s words not aligning with reality.
The Public Policy Institute of California, which published the data on absenteeism, noted a trend that in the schools with the biggest jump in 2021-22 there was a corresponding drop in statewide test scores in math and English proficiency.
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Today's Headlines: Gov. Gavin Newsom's promise to appoint Black woman senator returns to forefrontSen. Dianne Feinstein's weeks-long absence from Washington has refocused attention on Newsom's promise to appoint a Black woman to the U.S. Senate.
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California Republican mayor accuses Newsom, AG of singling out Huntington Beach amid statewide homeless crisisHuntington Beach Mayor Tony Strickland accused California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta of 'singling out' the city over affordable housing mandates.
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Trump, Newsom echo each other's attacks in effort to take down DeSantisOn the surface, Donald Trump and Gavin Newsom would seem to be political foes, but recently they appear to share the same goal: taking down Ron DeSantis.
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