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This gives me some hope Gavin Newsom leading 17 Governors to challenge drump legally (Original Post) Tribetime Nov 2024 OP
This fans the small flicker of hope that I've carried in my heart. MMBeilis Nov 2024 #1
me too The Wandering Harper Nov 2024 #3
NEWSOM!!!!!!! No Fucking E at the end. nt SoCalDavidS Nov 2024 #2
It's damn annoying that people can't spell the name of my governor correctly. Basso8vb Nov 2024 #4
Fixed it sorry but I love Gavin Newsom Tribetime Nov 2024 #8
Im truly sorry please forgive me Tribetime Nov 2024 #7
Forgiven SoCalDavidS Nov 2024 #10
It drives me crazy that people always spell his name wrong obamanut2012 Nov 2024 #11
Won't happen again promise Tribetime Nov 2024 #17
The video is from Meidas Touch IcyPeas Nov 2024 #13
I know what you're talking about.But I thought this video kind of explained it Tribetime Nov 2024 #15
I agree. Island Blue Nov 2024 #32
Gov Gretchen Whitmer and AG Dana Nessel of MI will be in the group. roamer65 Nov 2024 #5
Unless Something Actually Comes Of It, I Don't Care SoCalDavidS Nov 2024 #6
Good XanaDUer2 Nov 2024 #9
I can't wait to get rid of Govenor Dumbkin in Virginia. Galraedia Nov 2024 #12
Governorships in VA are only one 4-year term. . . DinahMoeHum Nov 2024 #20
No. Every two years Beck23 Nov 2024 #34
Sorry. It is 4 years. Darn. Beck23 Nov 2024 #36
I know and I can't wait to be rid of him Galraedia Nov 2024 #46
Newsom is the charge we need to get us out of this GOP nightmare world! Initech Nov 2024 #14
It's good to know that somebody is doing something Tribetime Nov 2024 #16
I thought he was the obvious replacement for Biden... buzzycrumbhunger Nov 2024 #38
Good. If the Orange Pustule thinks my governor is going to kiss his ring, he is sadly mistaken. LoisB Nov 2024 #18
The resistance begins. Joinfortmill Nov 2024 #19
We are the resistance! VMA131Marine Nov 2024 #27
They did this before in 2020. . . DinahMoeHum Nov 2024 #21
I just shudder to think what big ball they will drop this time Skittles Nov 2024 #37
What will Newsom do Fiendish Thingy Nov 2024 #22
I think you're right. Trump might threaten to use brute force. Frank D. Lincoln Nov 2024 #35
He's about building legislative protections for us. Anticipating before the fact. Magoo48 Nov 2024 #23
Thank you very inspirational Tribetime Nov 2024 #24
Yes, he did this in COVID. He obtained vaccine and supplies for his citizens. Thank you Governor Newsom. onecaliberal Nov 2024 #28
Yup, he's a damn good Governor. Magoo48 Nov 2024 #30
I like it! peggysue2 Nov 2024 #33
Gavin is a smart pol 4catsmom Nov 2024 #25
Apparently, he's already started ailsagirl Nov 2024 #48
J.B. Pritzker of Illinois also will be involved. greatauntoftriplets Nov 2024 #26
JB held a press conference yesterday..."if you come for the ppl of Illinois, you'll have to come thru me." PortTack Nov 2024 #41
A guy we may need... Pesky1 Nov 2024 #29
GREAT! They offer Democratic Leadership Resistance. That is admirable and works for me. We must not become ancianita Nov 2024 #31
KICK for Brilliant Dem Govs! TY!💙💙💙 Cha Nov 2024 #39
California should just withhold its tax money. LisaM Nov 2024 #40
Preparing for a civil cold war orangecrush Nov 2024 #42
They could also band together for an interstate universal healthcare program jmbar2 Nov 2024 #43
Yes many people are going to lose their health insurance including me Tribetime Nov 2024 #44
Gavin Newsome needs to build resistance kansasobama Nov 2024 #45
Great to hear ailsagirl Nov 2024 #47
 

SoCalDavidS

(10,599 posts)
2. NEWSOM!!!!!!! No Fucking E at the end. nt
Fri Nov 8, 2024, 05:49 PM
Nov 2024

And I'm not going to watch, because this is probably just another useless video made by a group that spent the last 4 years telling us that T would be HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

HE WON'T. It's over.

IcyPeas

(25,360 posts)
13. The video is from Meidas Touch
Fri Nov 8, 2024, 06:19 PM
Nov 2024

I get annoyed at myself each time I click into one of these videos and it's a 14 minute video of someone telling me something that could be said in 2 minutes. But it keeps teasing you to stay watching for the "bombshell".

(No offense to those who like these kind of videos.)

It's clicks, clicks and more clicks

Tribetime

(7,143 posts)
15. I know what you're talking about.But I thought this video kind of explained it
Fri Nov 8, 2024, 06:22 PM
Nov 2024

Step by step

Island Blue

(6,287 posts)
32. I agree.
Fri Nov 8, 2024, 07:18 PM
Nov 2024

I’ve was a regular viewer/listener of the Meidas Touch for years, but they got a bit tiresome for the past several months. How many times can you repeat the Hannibal Lector & shark vs. battery stories? Also, they never seem to deliver the bombshell story that their titles suggest. They’ve done some really good work & I appreciate their efforts, but I need a break from them for a while.

 

SoCalDavidS

(10,599 posts)
6. Unless Something Actually Comes Of It, I Don't Care
Fri Nov 8, 2024, 05:53 PM
Nov 2024

If it's pointless, then this is merely them preparing for a 2028 run (if there is one,) by acting tough, and like there is a legitimate possibility of success.

I do not think there is. PROVE ME WRONG!

DinahMoeHum

(23,559 posts)
20. Governorships in VA are only one 4-year term. . .
Fri Nov 8, 2024, 06:34 PM
Nov 2024

. . .I believe

Youngkin is termed out in 2025.

buzzycrumbhunger

(1,873 posts)
38. I thought he was the obvious replacement for Biden...
Fri Nov 8, 2024, 07:31 PM
Nov 2024

… but what do I know here in fucking Florida. *shrug*

LoisB

(12,860 posts)
18. Good. If the Orange Pustule thinks my governor is going to kiss his ring, he is sadly mistaken.
Fri Nov 8, 2024, 06:28 PM
Nov 2024

DinahMoeHum

(23,559 posts)
21. They did this before in 2020. . .
Fri Nov 8, 2024, 06:38 PM
Nov 2024

. . .when Trump fucked up and failed us during the Covid pandemic, the Governors got together and led to help us.

They can do it again.

Skittles

(171,249 posts)
37. I just shudder to think what big ball they will drop this time
Fri Nov 8, 2024, 07:30 PM
Nov 2024

remember, there is no one to keep Trump in check now, including the SC - he is a dictator wannabe unleashed

a guy could not even pass a basic background check for ANY job is now president

I am not religious but "gawd help us" comes to mind

Fiendish Thingy

(22,948 posts)
22. What will Newsom do
Fri Nov 8, 2024, 06:49 PM
Nov 2024

When Trump ignores any court ruling against him, using the “you and what army?” approach?

Frank D. Lincoln

(894 posts)
35. I think you're right. Trump might threaten to use brute force.
Fri Nov 8, 2024, 07:27 PM
Nov 2024

I think it's clear that he already plans to unleash the U.S. military on American citizens and completely sidestep Posse Comitatus.

Resistance to Trump's brutal fascist dictatorship might end up leading to a second bloody civil war unless the U.S. military chooses mutiny over Trump's rule. Then again, a lot of military personnel are MAGA cult members.

Magoo48

(6,718 posts)
23. He's about building legislative protections for us. Anticipating before the fact.
Fri Nov 8, 2024, 06:51 PM
Nov 2024

Agitated, angry, frustrated…?
Tired of pissing and moaning, bitching, blaming…?

Find imaginative ways to resist.
Join a resistance group or act alone; it don’t matter.
Peaceful resistance can be direct action, or indirect, or passive.
I’m getting started and I feel better already.
Remember—painting, drawing, sculpture, music, writing—any art will do.
Speaking and all kinds of humor
There are millions of ways to resist.
Peace

 

onecaliberal

(36,594 posts)
28. Yes, he did this in COVID. He obtained vaccine and supplies for his citizens. Thank you Governor Newsom.
Fri Nov 8, 2024, 07:13 PM
Nov 2024

ailsagirl

(24,287 posts)
48. Apparently, he's already started
Sat Nov 9, 2024, 10:10 PM
Nov 2024

Rumor has it that cheato blew his top when he heard about this and fired off yet another angry tweet.

Cheato will just have to get used to it.

PortTack

(35,819 posts)
41. JB held a press conference yesterday..."if you come for the ppl of Illinois, you'll have to come thru me."
Fri Nov 8, 2024, 07:39 PM
Nov 2024

Pesky1

(40 posts)
29. A guy we may need...
Fri Nov 8, 2024, 07:14 PM
Nov 2024

First...with all the tension in the air now, do we have to have so much furor over spelling? Now...Newsom may be one who has the tools that we are probably going to need. We'll see. I'm thinking of our possible future as the new Russia, the "promised land" for the coneheads on the REICH. In Russia, masses of decent people are trapped under a ruthless, oligarchic, dictatorship. But at ultimate risk, Alexei Navalny continued until he was finally killed to stand, leading a DEMOCRATIC opposition, and poking the dictator Putin in the eye.

Who will our Navalny be?

ancianita

(43,284 posts)
31. GREAT! They offer Democratic Leadership Resistance. That is admirable and works for me. We must not become
Fri Nov 8, 2024, 07:17 PM
Nov 2024

Democrats In Disarray again before the corporate media.

LisaM

(29,598 posts)
40. California should just withhold its tax money.
Fri Nov 8, 2024, 07:38 PM
Nov 2024

As should every blue state, unless we get equal representation.

We know we won't get equal representation economically. The compromise is that we get it socially and morally, with LGBQT rights, environmental protection, and so forth.

Without those guardrails, it's taxation without representation.

jmbar2

(7,951 posts)
43. They could also band together for an interstate universal healthcare program
Fri Nov 8, 2024, 07:55 PM
Nov 2024

All those states combined could negotiate drug prices, and kick the private equity firms out of the healthcare denial business.

Tribetime

(7,143 posts)
44. Yes many people are going to lose their health insurance including me
Fri Nov 8, 2024, 07:57 PM
Nov 2024

I'm in Ohio though.So hopefully it helps other people in other states though

kansasobama

(1,750 posts)
45. Gavin Newsome needs to build resistance
Fri Nov 8, 2024, 08:52 PM
Nov 2024

For all I know, USA would not be a prosperous country without California. California helps cover the red state freeloaders. A threat of secession would do some good. Maybe, dictator Trump would think twice.

ailsagirl

(24,287 posts)
47. Great to hear
Sat Nov 9, 2024, 10:04 PM
Nov 2024

He's being proactive and that's critical. I would also say that he loathes cheato as much as we all do. 😏

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