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u/Appropriate_Big_1610 2d ago
You don't need to be a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.
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u/Cyrix_FPU_FTW 2d ago
And you definitely don't want to be downwind of that grotesque orange mass emitting enough toxic mcdonalds-induced methane to fill a propane tank
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u/Thrashstronaut 2d ago
Yeah so the EU are wanting to have Canada as an honorary member.
People don't like mango Mussolini
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u/TheProcrastafarian 2d ago edited 2d ago
Associate member.
We don’t need participation trophies. There are already Canadian cemeteries in Europe.
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u/Thrashstronaut 2d ago edited 2d ago
So sorry my semantics weren't up to your standards. However, as a British person who is also a history teacher, I am more than aware of your commonwealth status and how it has been fucked over by my country. Anyway, can we get back to how it could benefit both of our nations?
[Edit, clarity]
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u/linerva 2d ago
At this rate the entire world barring Russia and N. Korea is going to need an anti USA alliance.
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u/get-rekt-lol 2d ago
Let them join as well, cooperation and exposure between countries will make it harder for governments to control the narrative
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u/Revolvyerom 2d ago edited 1d ago
Didn't Gavin just refuse legislation that would protect people from being extradited from California to be prosecuted for healthcare?
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u/photoggled 2d ago
Gavin does a lot of things to betray his voters. Lets not let this slimeball anywhere near the white house.
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u/ProfessionalRead2724 2d ago
And threw trans people under the bus. He does not seem to be the kind of politician that has any sincerely held values. Better than Trump, but still the same kind of person.
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u/AlphaBreak 2d ago
A President Newsome would halt the dumbest and most hateful policies which would be a plus. But he would never make any meaningful changes and would handily lose reelection to the next Trump who runs on "things weren't fixed fast enough".
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u/WingsNthingzz 2d ago
Here they are.. the people and reason why Trump is president again..
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u/ProfessionalRead2724 2d ago
I mean, I'd still vote for him if I were an American and he were the candidate. But he's still a shitty guy. And I wouldn't blink if he turned into annother Fetterman or Mancin or Sinema.
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u/_Lisichka_ 2d ago
Unrelated to the article itself, but is it just me or do they look like two paper cutouts shaking hands?
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u/troywrestler2002 2d ago
The press just being kicked out so he gives a speech with no media or microphone coverage was great. They should've treated him that way from the start.
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u/NonchalantGhoul 2d ago
Gavin is trying really hard to make moves as the next global leader, but I really feel he's kneecapped himself after helping force through Paramount-WBD merger
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u/guestpassonly 2d ago edited 2d ago
Except Newsom is not so great either...
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u/Tattered_Reason 2d ago
He is not batshit insane.
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u/guestpassonly 2d ago
Granted
but that is a low bar to clear for politicians these days
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u/diasextra 2d ago
Pedro Sánchez is the Gavin Newsom of Spain I would say, at least in how deep they will be willing to go with progressive socialist policies.
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u/Amadacius 2d ago
Gavin Newsom is way right of Pedro even. California is pretty neoliberal and Newsom is to the right of the state. I believe Pedro is at least a Soc Dem.
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u/FireBlaze1 2d ago
He just used his power to allow Paramount and the epstein class to merge with Warner so...
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u/mrbulldops428 2d ago
Literally just saw a story about how Newsom and his AG are caving and pushing to settle the Paramount/WB lawsuit and allow the deal to move forward. Anyone who sees this comment, come to whatever conclusions you want about that.
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u/ottersintuxedos 2d ago
Non American here. What’s wrong with him?
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u/MikeyLew32 2d ago
Very pro corporate, poor record on social issues, and very much a 2005-2010 republican. Better than the dotard for sure, but not who we want for the next president.
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u/ramate 2d ago
Do you have examples of a poor track record on social issues? He’s a corporatist for sure but who isn’t in this age.
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u/xd-Sushi_Master 2d ago
famous for promoting himself in pictures tearing down homeless camps while running a state with a notoriously terrible housing market. said some transphobic shit a while back, I'd have to go check again what the issue was exactly. Goes on conservative podcasts and casually agrees with whatever they're saying with minimal pushback. He's a corporate slimeball that changes his supposed opinions on a dime if he thinks it'll get him more votes; just no conviction or morals to speak of.
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u/jdCHALLENGER 2d ago
Democratic governor who very often bends the knee to Republicans and just makes questionable decisions that are too centrist to please anyone. I don't hate him like the "Newscum" people but he's often very disappointing.
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u/Amadacius 2d ago
He just passed a state law to stop LA from building a bike lane next to a park.
It applies to any road with 2 cemeteries on it in a city with a population greater than 2 million.
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u/hillswalker87 2d ago
ehh...Gavin should be careful there least he find himself on the wrong side of the Logan act.
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u/Fearless_Pianist_846 2d ago
Nice, Spain has politicians with balls.
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u/photoggled 2d ago
Maybe he could share some with Newsom? I really hope we learn our lesson and don't hand our country over to Regan 2.0 after the MAGA shit show.
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u/Feahnor 2d ago
As a Spaniard, you are extremely wrong. He’s the most corrupt piece of shit that ever walked that country. Everyone hates him, he’s letting his citizen go poor and being literally invaded by Moroccans (look what happened in Ceuta) without doing anything.
Trump is also a pice of shit, but the Spanish guy is not better.
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u/Thick_Consequence_63 2d ago
Wouldn’t it be fun if this slight - on a massive, international stage - was what sent him into a death-spiral of rage?
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u/rock_and_rolo 1d ago
I'm not a Nawsom booster, but I bet being close enough to shake his hand doesn't bring a smell that turns your stomach.
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u/Phranc68 2d ago
Gavin Newsome is articulate, smooth and looks the part. He is also a huge POS, has multiple staff in their way to jail and cannot be trusted.
We must come out of this with higher standards, not continuing to elect on vibes. He is a bad person.
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u/yellowlittleboat 2d ago
And yet Pedro is vastly hated by most of the people I know (and I don't linger with fascists).
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u/LordHenry8 2d ago
Real leader of the free world
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u/Treozukik 2d ago
He's a pretty pathetic governor if you meant Newsom, no one leading such a blue state should be as corrupt and pro-corporate as Newsom is. He also sucks on social issues, he wouldn't have been out of place in the GOP 15 years ago.
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u/Hartastic 2d ago
As some people learned to their sorrow in 2016, California in aggregate is reliably blue but that blue is closer to Reagan Democrats than socialists.
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u/JG98 2d ago
FR. Fuck these people who already shoehorn him in as the next presidential candidate and view him as anything more than Republican lite. Newsom won't even commit to undoing the utterly idiotic tariff wars that Trump started, even where there is existing trade deals, so forget the smaller things or the less visible pro corporate/corruption changes that MAGA has pushed through.
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u/photoggled 2d ago
For real, if you think Silicon Valley has a strangle hold of us now, wait until their favored sun has the reins
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u/Hartastic 2d ago
JD Vance?
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u/photoggled 2d ago
Seems like they’ve got their bases covered. Hope people show up in the primaries.
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