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Gov. Newsom Goes On International Interview Blitz Criticizing Trump and Tariffs

May 16, 2025 4:52 pmMay 16, 2025 4:56 pm

California Governor Gavin Newsom wrapped up several weeks worth of international interviews this week, defending his decision to have California work on separate trade deals with other countries, and blasting President Trump’s tariffs non-stop. Ever since President Trump unveiled new...

Is California Governor Gavin Newsom an Economic Illiterate or Just Deceitful?

April 22, 2025 2:45 amApril 22, 2025 4:07 pm

California Governor Gavin Newsom is showing the breadth of his economic illiteracy – or just plain old political deceit. Last week, Gov. Newsom and State Attorney General Rob Bonta sued President Donald Trump over his tariff’s – the first state...

White House Responds to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Plan to Trade Internationally, Be Excluded From Retaliatory Tariffs

April 4, 2025 10:25 pmApril 5, 2025 8:05 am

The White House responded to California Governor Gavin Newsom’s announcement of a desired separate trade deal with other countries and for California-made products to be exempted from tariffs on Friday, publicly rebuking his plan. Earlier this week, President Donald Trump...

Critics of Trump’s Reciprocal Tariffs are Missing the Economics Gene

March 11, 2025 2:55 amMarch 12, 2025 6:38 am

Critics of Trump are hysterical over his promise of reciprocal tariffs, and fundamentally disagree with his positions on the economy. They blame Trump for the price of eggs, the Russia/Ukraine war, DOGE and Elon Musk, and decry cuts to the...

Gov. Gavin Newsom Announces New Podcast Where He Interviews MAGA Leaders

February 26, 2025 5:45 pmFebruary 26, 2025 5:45 pm

In an announcement on Wednesday, Governor Gavin Newsom confirmed that he will be hosting a second podcast, “This is Gavin Newsom”, where he will interview MAGA leaders, others on the right, and people whom he “admires”. In terms of hosting,...

VP Debate Moderators Showed their ‘Smug and Arrogant Bias’

October 2, 2024 8:03 amOctober 2, 2024 4:03 pm

Tuesdays’ Vice Presidential debate was disappointing but expected, only because my expectations were so low already. CBS “hairdos” Norah O’Donnell and Margaret Brennan did provide one surprise – I did not expect them to be so bitchy. Someone after the...

Kamala Harris Claims California Could Lose 50,000 jobs Due to Mexico Tariffs

June 7, 2019 10:41 am

Presidential candidate California Sen. Kamala Harris has called President Donald Trump’s tariff threat against Mexico the “Trump trade tax” and says it could cost California “like 50,000 jobs because of it,” McClatchy reported. The numbers Harris used are from a...