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This is serious. And, you know, I get it. They want to take us. I get it. I'm not naive. I get the California derangement syndrome. I've been living on that for years and years. New scum. You know, the same seventh grade. I remember the guy on Baltimore Avenue that called me new scum. I was in seventh grade.
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I can handle that. We'll leave that aside. I understand what they're trying to do. I wanna work with them. It's not about me. It's about people that we both represent. He represents and I represent, and I'm honored and proud to represent these folks.
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That's California Governor Gavin Newsom continuing to hit back hard at Donald Trump's just immature, just despicable behavior where Trump keeps calling California Governor Gavin Newsom new scum. Governor Newsom's like, you want to call me names? You can call me names. That's what seventh grade petulant bullies do.

Newsom Slams Trump and MAGA for Spreading Harmful Disinformation Amid Crisis

The California governor is providing a template for how to lead and counter MAGA lies

In a new video report, MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas breaks down California Governor Gavin Newsom's powerful response to attacks from Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans. The right-wing disinformation machine launched a massive coordinated campaign to spread lies and sow discord amid the California wildfires, but Newsom’s rapid response provides a template for other leaders navigating today’s (dis)information landscape.

Newsom calls out Trump for his immature name-calling and misinformation campaigns, emphasizing that such behavior undermines efforts to support relief operations for California communities. This ad-free YouTube experience is exclusively available to Meidas+ subscribers.

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Trump, along with other MAGA officials and influencers like Ted Cruz, has been spreading blatant lies—including claims that Newsom’s policies left the state unprepared by limiting water access and cutting firefighter funding. Newsom directly refutes these lies, calling them baseless and harmful. He urges empathy and action, standing in stark contrast to the obstructionist and hateful rhetoric coming from Republicans in D.C.

Meiselas highlights the challenges Newsom faces in countering a relentless barrage of misinformation during a crisis. He praises Newsom’s strategic messaging while also demonstrating how disinformation campaigns—even from anonymous online accounts—complicate recovery efforts and harm the very people who need help the most.

Newsom’s tireless advocacy for federal disaster aid amid an unprecedented crisis, despite threats of conditional or withheld aid from politicians in Washington, underscores what real leadership looks like.

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Lisamanv's avatar

Sadly the only people who will hear Newsome or read about what he said already know the truth.

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Laurel Yatsko's avatar

That is so true. One wonders if we can ever breach this divide, fact (verifiable) v. lies.

And is is so horrible that Gov. Newsome has to take the time to have to do this while the crisis looms.

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Steve Doll's avatar

The breach will only come when the Mango Maniac's warped policies begin to affect his deluded followers, and he has no one else to blame. For example, his vow to tear down what he calls windmills (actually wind turbines) will disrupt the power grid to a substantial part of beet-red south Texas, which depends largely on power from wind farms. And his threatened cuts to public education are going to hit everyone. As the Good Book says, "He causeth it to rain on the sinner and the just." A mass of believers must be made un-believers by hard experience.

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Jill Halpenny's avatar

I don't believe that.....The more Newsom speaks out the more people around the world find out what is going on. I don't live in the US and I hear what is going on from him. People with an actual brain DON"T listen to Fox so........ Evil Trump will NOT be able to hide anything The more people speak out the more the truth stays out and fights away the rhetoric. You guys are in a FIGHT.....so you need to FIGHT!!!! Don't let ANY lies get through.....if you hear it in your neighborhood, church, school, store, FIGHT to keep the truth out there.

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Lisamanv's avatar

My point was, it's the ones without a brain who need to hear it. They're the ones making threats and spreading the lies.

Not let any lies get through? I wish it were that easy. Fox is not the only rightwing source and sources of news that actually tell the truth about trump are disappearing. The NY Times, Washington Post, LA Times, have all started to ignore the lies and don't report on the crazy part of trump's speeches or nominees. I feel like I'm fighting a shadow.

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Glenn T Morgan Sr's avatar

Lies make it around the world by the time that truth has gotten out the door.

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Jill Halpenny's avatar

Well if you call it quits before you even try then you get what you get........TRUMP

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Lisamanv's avatar

Amen to that. Unfortunately.

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Elyse's avatar

That is why MTN and other truth-supportive information sources should be REACHING OUT to registered republicans. They aren't going to just pop up off their couches and find better sources.

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Lisamanv's avatar

I can't get my MAGA family to listen to me, how do we get them to listen to MTN or any media that tells them to believe anything other than trump?

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Elyse's avatar

That is the question!

I can't really speak with at least a couple of family members about politics or much else either. But I was thinking more about something just like an FYI -- something non-threatening but still an opportunity for the misinformed to consider a different possibility.

For example, our tech and internet-based media industries have made maximum use of all kinds of brain researchers, psychologists, and other experts on human attention, addiction, persuasion, and belief in designing their platforms and algorithms. There have been defectors here and there, but where are the rest of those experts and why aren't they speaking up?

It would be especially interesting to present one or more of them, or one of the really interesting experts on de-programming cult members, and/or those psychologists in our national intelligence community and military, who would know what these MAGA believers are up against internally and will have ideas and methods for opening their minds.

Perhaps MTN could recruit some or one of those experts to co-host a show? It would be a regular show about leaving MAGA, what finally broke through that denial to help someone otherwise lost to the cult.

Or, maybe even a specific program dedicated to helping MAGAs in distress, or even people like some of us with close friends or family members they want to help but feel they can't. We need as much help sometimes as they do in dealing with the disinformation landscape -- Like a hotline.

Or, just for the sake of encouraging independent thought, MTN could have a division or group that is purely educational in its purpose, offering the public information about disinformation, how to know someone is conning you, what corruption is -- who corruption hurts and why it matters, and about our government in general, and why it's set up the way it is. Just simple and basic information.

That's kind of what I was thinking. Just some ideas about what MTN could do for us and for the country by bringing those conned back into the fold of one America.

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Linda Rey's avatar

THIS....is what concerns me mostly and most often. I know there are MAGA converts seeing some info that has shifted their perspective but it may not be enough and it's not happening fast enough.

OH AND don't even get me started how Maga Mike Lil' Johnson saying how Gov. Newsome is spending too much on social defying lies. Well, then STOP FVCKN LYING.

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Gale Hamby's avatar

Newsom is doing a fabulous job under incredibly horrible pressure. Good for him! My admiration for him grows daily.

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Mark's avatar

Sad day when the government and next President is hurting people instead of helping!!!

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Jane in NC's avatar

Not unlike COVID.

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Steve Doll's avatar

Sociopaths live to hurt other people, the more the better. I had an older brother who manifested a lot of the symptoms, especially to me. He relished the pain he inflicted on me, mostly psychological. The only way I stopped it was to smack him across the face when I'd had enough. Maybe that's what's called for in this case - if anyone has the nerve to beard the lion in his den.

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Betty's avatar

Since California subsidizes many other states with our tax dollars is there a way we can keep some of that money in CA to help the fire victims?

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DoniLaGringaLoca's avatar

Exactly

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Calvin Knaggs's avatar

Trump will divide the States as he is doing with allied countries. The threat from within is here.

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George Marron's avatar

HEY TED CRUIZ SHUT THE HELL UP. AND YOUR WIFE IS UGLY LIKE SHITTY PANTS TOLD U. U R NO MAN YOUR WIFE IS STRONGER THAN U EVER WILL B. TAKE CARE OF YOUR OWN STATE. HOPE IT DONT SNOW IN TEXAS BECAUSE U WILL GO TO MEXICO WITH YOUR UGLY WIFE AGAIN. TRY CUBA HOPEFULLY U WONT COME BACK . U FAT ASS BIG MOUTH.

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chev_chelios's avatar

George...fell off my chair reading that...was hilarious :):):)

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Jill Halpenny's avatar

Why aren't people up in arms about this? Why are they not protesting about the absolute disgusting behavior of Trump and his ass kissers. People get so passive....what happens when it happens to your State? I do not live in the States but I am angry as hell how Trump is treating the citizens of the US EVEN the "dumber than dumber" who voted for him.

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Virginia Zequeira's avatar

Trump is envious of Gavin Newsom because he is a very handsome guy, intelligent, honest, fit and very tall.

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Peg's avatar

Don’t forget young, too.

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KC Santa Rosa's avatar

This is exactly what we need to do. Sad that it took this long to realize, but being nice, or even "spiritually nice", let alone intellectually nice does not win (those particular) hearts and minds. I'm looking to Mayor Pete to help here, as his words always ring true....

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Steve Doll's avatar

Diplomacy doesn't cut it when you're in the midst of a pack of hyenas. And that's exactly what the incoming administration is. We can only hope they turn on each other until the last one standing lopes off, licking its fatal wounds.

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Ginger's avatar

Truly ugly people that feed off of the devastation of others.. disgusting

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Kathryn S. O'Brien's avatar

We are in an extremely bad place when people are actually blaming people about what’s happening in California. Blame from the Republican politicians is nuts. What’s wrong with people right now? We’re only a step away from saying “so what “ when something horrible happens to someone else.

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Amy Troy's avatar

Right you are, Kathryn S. O'Brien. I feel as a community, we are gradually losing our humanity.

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Kathryn S. O'Brien's avatar

I went to a HOA community meeting last night. We’re just a small group on Whidbey Island. The main idea at the meeting was just being good neighbors. Wish we all felt more of that in the entire country.

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Amy Troy's avatar

I completely agree with that outlook. We just received a significant lake effect snow dump (Buffalo, NY...nothing to get excited over) and I decided to clear the sidewalks for my next-door neighbor just to be neighborly. Small steps can make a difference.

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Patricia Williamson's avatar

California is getting help from Washington State, Montana, Arizona, Mexico, Canada and the Lakota Nation, just to name a few. Community is alive and well, just not in MAGA and the Red States. Maybe there is hope.

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Matuga's avatar

And Mexico. I'm 🇨🇦. So pleased that CA is being helped by experts in firefighting from around the world.

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Ann's avatar

I believe from my state too, CO.....

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Lorraine Marshall's avatar

And help from Japan and Ukraine also wants to send help

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Steve Doll's avatar

Under our present me-first culture, fostered by the greedy, we are abandoning the spirituality that activates our higher selves - from selfless kindness and altruism to generosity and caring -and reverting to the basest behaviors of all living creatures, procreation and self-preservation.

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Marijane Mercer's avatar

THEN now is the time to gather up whatever it takes in your (our) hearts to regain our humanity...do NOT let them have ever a bit our your precious humanity

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Colleen McGloughlin's avatar

Sadly, not gradually, but I’m right there with you.

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Steve Doll's avatar

That's exactly where they want us - entirely passive while we close our windows against the stench of burning flesh issuing forth from the camp chimneys, and hope they don't come for us next.

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Mary Jane Hazelwood's avatar

I’m sure that if Trump visits Cali he’ll bring a case or two of paper towels…..

….what a contrast to the Honorable Governor Newsom and President Biden.

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Matuga's avatar

Trump threw paper towels in a soaking wet climate--making them even more useless on top of being the most useless thing conceivable. 🤬

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Vicki's avatar

The land buyer parasites did that in Hawaii!! This is what they do.

Gavin Newsome is doing exactly what Democrats need to be doing the next 4 years. Call them out HARD for failures and what could have been done.

Newsome needs to lead that and teach a few Dems how to fight a bully/tyrant.

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Ann's avatar

Unfortunately, the maggots only watch FAKE FOX.....

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Elizabeth Brennan's avatar

Maggots flocking to maggots.

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Jane in NC's avatar

It's pretty clear that MAGA world is afraid Gavin Newsom will run for president in 2028 and be a formidable candidate. This is their early attempt at dirtying him up. Well, I've got news for the MAGAs: we can smell your fear.

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Pamela Wright's avatar

It’s also sad not to see other Democrats come and defend Newsom. Or at least praise him for standing up to MAGA. Newsom so far is the only one not afraid

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Candice Douglass's avatar

I love how Newsom is standing his ground and providing American people with facts, no lies and no excuses! And he has an incredible positivity during such a horrific disaster! Now that’s REAL leadership!! Love it!!

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LindyLoo's avatar

In my 77 years of life... I do not ever remember a time in this country when the creep to be president and politicians said such cruel and heartless things about a state reeling from devastation and suffering. Where is the humanity??? California, as the 5th largest economy in the WORLD, should withdraw their tax dollars and see how the red states make it without them.

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MoncaA's avatar

Have others noticed that actors Gibson, Stallone, and Voight, who promoted false statements about California, are now Trump's newly announced Special Ambassadors for the state?

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Mike's avatar

And Gavin Newsome has every right to address these assholes as such!

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Douglas Gilligan's avatar

The story needs to become asking the question of WHY they lie. Have a website (if one does not already exist) to point to where the Convicted Felon Trump's and Fox's lies are debunked and just focus on their reason for such lies. These liars know that people shut down when you ask them to think, but they love accusations and conspiracies. They love to shout with outrage, but just ask WHY they are pushing these lies which cause harm to 'others' or motivate hatred of 'others'. Change the framing of the story to one people will be interested in.

Point out both Convicted Felon Trump and Fox are proven liars, in court, multiple times. With big lies they refused to publicly admit to. So start with that as a given you do not need to prove. Point them to the proof and move to the question then do not accept any weaseling around they will do, their outrage their threats... just keep pounding the question and only accept an actual apology and even then push for them to admit their reasons... With luck the new framing will stick. there needs to be consequences for lying, but if we are constantly on the defensive trying to prove they are lying, it becomes a story of 'he said, she said' so people get to believe what they want. This is how Trump won. OWN the frame, be aggressive, do not 'try to be fair', just focus on the facts and ask the hard question.

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Amy Troy's avatar

Yes!! This is how we should address their weasel words. Keep asking them why they believe this to be true, do not accept from them that they heard it on Fox, try to get them to explain their point of view with facts.

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CK's avatar
Jan 17Edited

If FP (felon president) doesn’t care about the Capitol police getting beaten to death at an insurrection he instigated on Jan 6, 2021, why would he care about any Californian fire fighter, police officer, or first responder. FP has no heart. FP has no soul. His only love in life is money. And himself.

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Robert Ferguson's avatar

I honestly can't understand how these people of the U.S.A. could elect a lying uncouthed felon like Donald Trump. Who as soon as he gets what he wants he will abandon those people like the plague. These people will be living in Russia and they don't even see it coming. The blind leading the blind. I feel bad for the people of intelligence that had nothing to do with this..concerned Canadian.

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Victoria Kriete's avatar

Never in my lifetime did I count on losing Democracy to obviously inappropriate and rude lunatics.

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Amy Troy's avatar

We haven't lost Democracy yet. Don't give in to these know-nothings. Never give up!

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Ms Laycie's avatar

They done the same thing to the victims of the hurricanes by spreading misinformation about FEMA

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Elyse's avatar

You know, at least they don't blame it on the victims. After a lifetime of watching, reading, and hearing the eastern side of the US deride Californians, and now blaming us and our state for our problems, I realize that it comes out of 1) jealously of our economy, our weather, and our natural resources, 2) not having a clue what wildfires are about or even where they start and how they spread, and 3) California being so far away that public figures can say anything they want about it and people won't know the difference unless they live in the West.

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Elizabeth Strozewski's avatar

I am so grateful for Governor Newsom. He gets whats happening with MAGA and Trump's desire to control California.

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Vicki's avatar

Democrats need to push hard on these things. Play the game better.

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Linda's avatar

Imagine if Gov. Newsom was the person being inaugurated next week. I would be so happy.

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Darlene Agee's avatar

Newsome is the adult in the room.

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Colleen McGloughlin's avatar

Lies spread like… wildfire…

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David Nation's avatar

I find nothing here surprising. I have two friends who have lost their homes. They're both in the same family. The new scum is really the old scum and he's entering the White House on the 20th barring a legitimate high Court ruling (just kidding; we no longer have a legitimate high Court).

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Victoria Kriete's avatar

Newsom knows what he is doing. Trump does not.

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Carol's avatar

I heard Sen. Ron Johnson says last night on NPR that California elected idiots and if it were up to him, he would not give the state anything. I think California should fund itself buy holding backthe federal taxes the state would usually pay.

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Lorraine Marshall's avatar

I suppose North Carolina, Texas and Florida elected idiots too then. I’m glad someone is calling Trump out. Someone did mention creating a social media page just to rag on Trump and maga on every lie they vomit up. A fact check page!! Esp since FB isn’t. Anyone? I’m sure you’d have millions of followers

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Kamm's avatar

Even if trump went to California, it wouldn't change anything. He is an empty shell with no empathy or compassion for others.

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Marijane Mercer's avatar

We will NEED the Gavin Newsoms of this world throughout this Republican Regime....he and Ben and others can be the true LEADERS we pray for. I wonder these days who is listening to our prayers....we do live in fascinating times...historical times

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Pat F's avatar

How did we get from "lies" to "disinformation"? It makes my skin crawl every time I see "disinformation," especially since it seems to have started with DJT. LIES! And Damned Lies.

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Linda Wilson-Gordon's avatar

Hurrah for Gov. Newsom! We need more like him.

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Gene Wood's avatar

This is shameful .. people have lost everything .. does the orange greedy politician have any respect

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Sal Teodoro's avatar

Newsom is doing an amazing job. Kudos for doing what he has to do and responding to all these POS who are spreading lies and propaganda. I’m sick and tired of the bulls**t. DO NOT RAISE THE DEBT CEILING! The little puppet Johnson does not have the votes and don’t give it to them!

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MPT's avatar

trump represents himself and has no empathy,compassion, or desire to save lives. GOP would rather see people die than help and tell the truth. Talk about maga scum...

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Moniqueinmotion's avatar

They are some sick people in government! These are not normal people.

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Amy Troy's avatar

Dana, there are some sick people everywhere. I feel a great sense of loss as the Biden administration leaves and the 45/47 administration enters the White House. Typically, FEMA covers 75% of the cost of response after a natural disaster, but the Biden administration has committed to covering 100% of the costs at least for the next 18 months. Do I have that right? I find that to be an example of empathy.

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Janice Bell's avatar

This is just a shameful thing. We just need to be there for fellow Americans. We are all deserving help when needed, Even the MAGA. We are all one.

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Jo Dee's avatar

That is how it *should* be. However, it appears that MAGA has decided they prefer division and derision of their fellow citizens, even when they are in need. Sadly, it's what bullies do... hit you when you're down.

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Dawn's avatar

What's even sadder is MAGA literally wanting to let other MAGA's lose their homes, lose any kind of help that they'll need but it's MAGA they have no desire to help anyone they'll shrink in numbers because sooner or later they'll wake up after enough of them die or become homeless because of their lies.

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Beth Witrogen's avatar

And yet ... and yet!!! He is capitulating by raising US flags at the California Capitol on Monday for a limited time during the inauguration, according to his office. AAAAGHHHH!!!! If I had a flag, I would fly it at half staff for four years. I live around maga neighbors and I do not care. I volunteer in prisons, maga strongholds, and I do not capitulate. We do NOT have to capitulate, but public interest MUST override self interest. Newsom does stand up to Trump, but for whatever reason he went along with the flag. I apologize for California, Mr. Jimmy. Michelle Obama is not attending the inauguration. Why does our Capitol have to succumb to disgrace?

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Rose Edgar's avatar

I hope he doesn’t raise the flag. Let’s give respect where respect is due, President Carter. Not the 34 count felon clown.

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Vicki's avatar

We may have lost the battle but we are still in this war. Focus on local battles. Black women have the formula and we need to step the hell up as yt women because they're done and I cannot blame them. They have been screaming for decades about the treatment of the marginalized and what it leads to. It's a cancer and eventually it will come for YOU! You will become the "them" boogeyman in some way.

It's exactly what Hitler did.

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Enlightenment's avatar

Where is the effing democratic party’s support for Newsom and California and their leaders also saying quite clearly that the others are lying?!

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Gretchen Barry's avatar

I want to see more rage from our politicians.

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Tom Walsh's avatar

All Dem responses are way too tempered considering what they are dealing with. It's time to drop the gloves and fight evil with good like a movie plot. Keep it simple but make it strong calling these people out for what they truly are... Scumbags! Just maybe the simple mindeds that continually vote against their own interest or don't vote at all just may look up and notice...

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Flyman16's avatar

Trump and the Republicans want to withhold aid to California until they bend the knee. Please tell me it's grounds for impeachment. And charges should be brought up against congress members, too, who are spreading misinformation and trying to extort California with "conditioning!" California is a tax paying state.

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Debra's avatar

I laugh at the prospect of Trump going to meet any citizens and first responders. If it's not about him forget it. He has no empathy and never has had empathy for anyone but himself.

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JudiLI's avatar

Like the Governor said, Trump is a 7th grade, name calling bully.

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Barbara Gierzak's avatar

Watch "#georgecarlin tried to WARN us all decades ago — he always knew the truth. 💯" on YouTube:

https://youtube.com/shorts/3SM_SVSHaRo?si=TeDvLDAsAFQZ41v9

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Mary Kay's avatar

Fantastic, on-point, Whack-A-Mole style report, Ben!! Spot on to cover and replay Newsom's remarkable responses to ridiculous Republican propaganda!! MORE MORE MORE!!!

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Jan Frederick's avatar

Newsome should ask Cruz what beach he and his family plan to vacation at next week while his constituents freeze with power outages.

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Phyllis Anis Leewilliams's avatar

Why do they spread untruth? Weakness and fear. Truth will come to light eventually.

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Mary Kay's avatar

I think many are like stuck in a world of Learned Helplessness, easily amused with fictional imaginings and lazy thinking.

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Robin Parisi's avatar

A good source for facts; share often and widely: https://gavinnewsom.com/california-fire-facts/

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LiseAnn 🇨🇦's avatar

God damn Maggots sacks of shit spreading non-stop lies. DAMN THESE EVIL BASTARDS!! DAMN THEM ALL and FUCK THEM ALL!! I am so enraged!!! 😡😡😡😡

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Kathy Leonard's avatar

Omg President Biden need to come in and take the magas out. They don't belong. Call the military 🪖 👌

These ppl are out to kill our democracy. Get them out. You've met President Biden. Suggest this.

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PreK10ac's avatar

Wow, buying property. It’s like Twister 2

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Laurie G's avatar

Pretty rich for Ted Cruz to criticize Newsom in a crisis when Cruz fled to Cancun!

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CJ's avatar
Jan 17Edited

Keep it up MTN!

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Denise Irene Bassen's avatar

It seems to me that trolls have been infiltrating every possible platform, from neighborhood bulletin boards to the online medical journal, MedPage Today

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Elyse's avatar

yes it shuts down all discussion. are they AI? Or just jerks with nothing else to do.

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Denise Irene Bassen's avatar

There's plenty of money to pay trolls to spread misinformation and right-wing attacks. It's probably a multi-million-dollar industry, although a lot of posts are automated "bots" Still people have to suss out all the platforms that they can infiltrate. Don't give AI so much credit. AI is mostly a powerful search engine that assembles information from many sources on almost any topic, including scientific data. Many of these sources are under copyright or published scholarly theses that are being mined and plagiarized/infringed on.

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Chris Gill's avatar

This song says it all. Bob Marley’s Get Up, Stand Up

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Valerie's avatar

God... The Maga Bowers just don't stop! Water drops and retardent drops DON'T WORK IN 30-50 MPH Winds Let alone 86+MPH Winds. God, Maga Bowers are extremely uneducated and Lost

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Rebecca's avatar

Does Ted Cruz have his plane ticket to Cancun for next week? Since Texas will be in a deep freeze next week.

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Ruth Johnson's avatar

The lies are overwhelming. You lie-mongers just wait until you are in a life-threatening, nowhere-to-turn crisis. You will reap what you sow, hopefully. Ben, lose a few pounds? You look great. Please be sure to take care of yourself and your beautiful family during these neverending crises.

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Carol R's avatar

And yet Newsom announced that flags will be at full height on Jan 20. Wtf

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Mary Kralik's avatar

Good move Gov. Newsom.

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Barbara's avatar

Make your subscription available for $5/month!

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Kenny Pereira's avatar

@ben you said hit subscribe, let’s get to $4 million dollars lol. I know, the words are easily misspoken when doing a Pod.

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Frances Mullane's avatar

Newsom must stop this ASAP... CA has so much with the fires to target vulnerable people.. some of whom have lost everything with such lies is criminal. These fire victims really have had it and this is cruel and criminal...

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Melissa's avatar

I would subscribe but I can’t afford 10 a month. Sorry.

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Barb Johnson's avatar

Can a person/government take a add out in a newspaper or podcast that the others can see

Or will fox not report this or Joe Rohan

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Janis Rough's avatar

California has to register as republican. It’s ok to switch. We need to flip newsom and Bass. And remove a couple layers below them. It’s an environmental disaster the palisades fire! https://youtu.be/r83skEFSv_U?si=QjLG0r3qNK9bTBmc

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Mk's avatar

Shows me how much they want to take over cali stay strong newsome

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Glenn T Morgan Sr's avatar

Just when you think that the MAGA MAROONS have sunken to the bottom of morality they show up with shovels and dig even farther. I don't believe the disgusting claims that GOP reps were making all over and Senator Tuberhead was the worst of them followed closely by the Orange Buffoon.🤡

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Laura M's avatar

I'm probably not sharing a popular opinion, why do these people who are not mill/billionaires want to rebuild in a place where they can't get insurance which means they can't get loans to rebuild? The same in FL hurricane paths. If they can sell for a reasonable amount not pennies on the dollar my advice to them would be sell and move to a different location. Maybe I'm too practical but it's so hard to understand.

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Kevin's avatar

These "Wallstreet apes" accounts referenced in the video are low level copycats of the Wallstreet bets subreddit, that gained huge popularity in the early 2020s Gamestop stock frenzy. The "apes" accounts popped up when NFTs started spreading like wildfire. Anyone with a true finance background could see NFTs for the scam they were, and seeing NFT "ape" accounts go down the MAGA grift route is no surprise, given how much of a grift NFTs were. Now that NFTs are pretty much dead, these accounts creators needed to shift to "red pill" and MAGA content so they could keep scamming their viewers of their money.

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Alma Scherck's avatar

Biden needs to use the presidential immunity and STOP this nightmare. They always want to play by the rules and they aren't protecting us. Well, that's the NEW RULE. USE IT.

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Anne Armstrong's avatar

They did this in FL after the hurricanes.

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Chris's avatar

The orange yeti is the scum! Cruz is the scum! The Magot's are the scum!

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Connie l clair's avatar

Well said. So much compassion & empathy. One wonders if any Magas were personally affected by this devastation. I personally have been. My daughter inlaw & 2 grandchildren lost their home. 😢😭

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Susan A Dunkelberger's avatar

Thank you Governor Newsom for all you are doing to get the truth out there. President Biden is truly a leader, may the next four years with trump be slammed every time trump vomits out lies, something he does every time he opens his mouth.

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Cathy Delia's avatar

Trump and the MAGA Republicans are despicable and heartless. They have no idea how to empathize because they only focus on themselves. It's just sad. I'll never understand people like that.

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Madeline Sehna's avatar

Trump is just a big orange blob of a bully. Take away all his minions, and heʻs just a big orange blob of nothing.

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D.B. Weatherbee's avatar

Give me Gavin Newsome, not Donny Gruesome

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C Giza's avatar

I watched another interview with Gavin Newsom and was very impressed with the way he was able to explain to the interviewer what had been done previous to the fires , what was currently being done, and what the state government is doing to help mitigate this problem in the future.

In the interview he did not have a teleprompter and did not obfuscate when asked difficult questions. (He is not my governor , I live in another state)

People outside of California need to recognize that no human being can solve everything, everywhere all at once. Unfortunately, as with the Chicago Fire in the late 1800's somebody has to get blamed( Mrs. O'Leary) by a certain portion of the population because they are looking for power, lazy in regards to fact-finding, or just mean spirited people.

Once again, many of my friends and I are hoping for an end to the fires and help for all affected.❤️❤️❤️

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Kati Alley's avatar

With Trump in charge we have become the Divided States of America 🤬

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marissa cantrell's avatar

If DT withholds aid, CA should hold on to their fed tax money.

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MARK RIEBAU's avatar

Trumps lies about the fires in CA are just like his lies about FEMA funding for Hurricane Helene. The man is deranged and his supporters are fools. And in just a few days he will be crowned “King Donald.” Proof God is only imaginary.

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Thomas Thompson's avatar

California will recover with or without federal aid because California actually taxes their rich! When Jerry Brown left office the coffers in Sacramento were empty and the state was upside down to the tune of billions. Newsom pushed through new taxes for the wealthy and corporations, and now they have a surplus of billions!

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Jill Halpenny's avatar

What about a GOFUND ME from Meidas for California citizens....IF everyone that watches your channel puts some money in is that something that could happen? I don't live in the States so wouldn't even know how to start it in your Country.....but I would definitely put some money in it. Every little bit would help right?

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Joan Powell's avatar

I tried to watch just now, but was unable bc of abrupt interference. Thank you, thankful for Governor’s leadership. Our state needs federal assistance for the destruction, damage and devastation the Santa Ana winds/fires have caused, communities need assistance to rebuild homes and businesses. Californians who have lost everything, it’s heartbreaking especially dt/far right disinformation the lies as their truth.

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Joan Powell's avatar

Two men caught on tape started the Palisades fire (gave the article Newsom,AG, LAPDHQ, etc on X)

https://apple.news/ACqQ6qeBBTb28jTUz3Ievqw

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Joan Powell's avatar

It’s late here’s the title “Two men 'caught lighting fire in video' moments before Palisades blaze”

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Vicenta Montoya's avatar

Deplorable. Where are the Epstein files. Price of eggs is going up, interest rates on mortgages are going up, construction prices are going up, war in Ukraine is continuing. H-1B visa holders are still being exploited.

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Schmendryck's avatar

You & Newsom both know ALREADY that no amount of criticism is going to matter to the bloc that matters most, same way that Focks Noose was abke to inch past Midas on YT by flogging fire fiction, factual criticism be damned.

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Mary Moore's avatar

Excellent!! Both Governor Newsome’s rebuttals of the various lies and Ben’s commentary were so valuable. Thank you!

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Mary Kralik's avatar

Newsom for President.

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Eric's avatar

Stop being so NICE after your speech about your bill you say so when republicans lie or say something go to , and give that website with facts .

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Bung Holio's avatar

WE SPREAD NOTHING BUT TRUTH,BUT YOU WOULDNT KNOW TRUTH IF IT SLAPPED YOU IN THE FACE

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LiseAnn 🇨🇦's avatar

You are a lying MAGA m'f'er!! STFU, dumbfuck! STFU!!

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Bung Holio's avatar

I love you too

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Mary Kralik's avatar

Oh you’re mature. Grow the f up.

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That's California Governor Gavin Newsom continuing to hit back hard at Donald Trump's just immature, just despicable behavior where Trump keeps calling California Governor Gavin Newsom new scum. Governor Newsom's like, you want to call me names? You can call me names. That's what seventh grade petulant bullies do.