Katie Porter is one of the very few good guys. She’d be a terrific governor for California, so I expect the Democratic Party will do all they can to oppose her.
If she isn’t the Dem nominee she should still run. I think we could put a progressive in here in CA.
California has jungle primaries where the top two (usually both Democrats) go on to contest the general election iirc…
I hate the top-two jungle primary. Damnit, if I want to vote for the person with no chance at winning, I shouldn’t have to write them in! I’d honestly much prefer to see some flavor of ranked choice vote implemented (not trying to kick off an argument about RCV flavors, just using it as a blanket term).
Yep, one of the funnier end results seems to be the gradual recreation of the Progressive Republicans at least in my area. Though it should be noted they are still small and being actively ignored but the rest of the Republicans.
Harris is going to run and don’t you know this was her promised consolation prize. So sorry progressives, maybe in a 100 years when everyone in line in front of you dies?
Yeah, I remember it being pitched right after the election. Idk, if Kamala actually runs on a progressive platform and doesn’t redshift like she did late in the election, I might consider her seriously.
She’s incapable of running a progressive campaign. You have to actually be Progressive to do that.
Anybody but the traiterous incumbant Gavin Newsom, who just threw trans people under the bus.
Anybody but the traiterous incumbant Gavin Newsom,
He’s term-limited. He won’t be the next governor of California.
Californians will vote for a new governor in 2026. That person will replace Gov. Gavin Newsom, who cannot run for another term for this office. Newsom’s current term will end early January 2027, according to Ballotpedia.
I read an article earlier suggesting that Newsom’s potentially trying to position himself for a Presidential run, which might explain the trans thing.
if he runs for President in 2028 I’m not voting for him. I’ve been an obedient progressive and held my nose voting for Clinton, Biden and Harris, but as a trans woman there’s no way in hell I’m putting up with his shit, after the hate he’s spewed. I’m just done.
Yeah, I don’t know. If the DNC/base collectively choose another centrist corporate republic-lite for the candidate, I’m going to fucking lose it. Can’t wait to see the voter blaming in 2029.
What hate did he spew?
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/ca-gov-gavin-newsom-completely-aligns
He agreed with all of Charlie Kirk’s (of TPUSA) views on trans people, when he recently hosted him on his podcast.
Don’t forget when he helped clear homeless camps with the cops.Been garbage since he was mayor of SanFran with an equally garbage DA. Remember those days? I do. Three Strikes disproportionately harmed people of color and sex workers, especially the trans ones, by design.
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I think you mean trans women…?
Honest typo, my bad.
Newsom is reflecting the general population, that essentially believe trans people should not participate in sports (usually trans women* in women’s sports, though not always). I don’t blame him too much for following the popular belief, even if it’s wrong - that’s democracy. But his language doesn’t reflect disappointment either, he sounds exactly like JK Rowling. I will certainly be voting for Porter.
Thanks for clarifying.
She is legit.
I’m so sick of Democrats ripping off a mask to reveal they’re Republican.
I’d like for once it to be the other way around, or for a Dem to rip it off and reveal they’re even further left.
Newsom has pilfered his corrupt PG&E money so he doesn’t need to be actually helpful to anyone anymore.
There’s no financial incentive in doing that, so it’s going to disproportionately be politicians moving to the right.
Maybe not, but it would be really cool and totally radical! Especially if they double-shaka’d 🤙
alot ofr republicans will switch thier parties to D, because they arnt right wing enough to be voted as one, and then either switch back parties immediately or vote like a DINO republican.
Isn’t the “rep” here for representative as she is a democrat?
Yes. I was referring to Newsom.
What has Newsome done? All I know about the guy is that trump hates him
A while ago he vetoed a bunch of progressive laws passed by the legislature. Recently he started a podcast and invited alt-right types to “debate him” (i.e., speead their own views) and in that Newsome repeated anti-trans talking points.
Ah my bad.
I can see Newsome already planning a 2028 run. She doesn’t seem like the type to challenge the party incumbent. He will most likely endorse her and focus on the 2028 campaign.
All she has to do is tell me she’s not going to fuck over consumers with regards to solar to protect regionally monopolistic power conglomerates who are literally killing people due to old equipment in wild fire corridors. Fuck Gavin Newsome.
I would love to see PG&E get their asses handed to them.
Eh, they just pass all the pain on to consumers
you’re not imagining a wide enough ass kicking here. i want them take over by the state lol
Sorry, best we can do is fuck everyone over to protect PG&E so they’ll only declare bankruptcy once every two years instead of every six months. What? Why would you say that privatized, de-regulated utilities were a mistake?
hmmm, seems clunky. I’m not sure that will work as a very good slogan.
Do you have a shorter way of saying it without miscommunicating your overall message?
Just take the last sentence, people will fill in the rest with their own grievances with him. Maybe his hair cut, always looks like he swam there.
I’ll vote for her over Harris any day.
I’m on board if she brings a whiteboard and schools people after putting forth actual legislation based on real data. She’ll be amazing in any political seat she is elected to.
He’s got a good chance because she’s extremely popular outside of core Democratic hubs. Ita going to be a question of if she is willing to buck the system. Frankly, after the ratfucking of 2024, I think she could make real waves running as an independent; as a Democrat she’ll be open to the same weaknesses as we saw in the 2024 campaign.:DNC power brokers will quite litterally support fascists in their ability to win elections rather than have their own power challenged.
In California they don’t do partisan primaries for state office. It will be her versus Harris the entire way no matter what she writes down for party affiliation.
The democrats ran three decent options against the republicans in 2024 and the voters decided they’d rather sit out the election and let Trump win.
It’s not some big involved conspiracy.
Either you don’t understand California elections and their primary process or maybe you just missed this one. Or maybe, it’s something else…
This cynical dismissal of history is why the Democratic party struggles as hard as they do. It’s deeply damaging to their ability to actually win elections across the board. Not addressing their failures, not addressing and showing up where they failed previously, and creating the narrative structure where Democratic failures can be dismissed: if you want to keep losing, keep doing these things.
Anyways, here’s the article on Schiff ratfucking. It went further than this but it gets one started: https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/adam-schiffs-brazenly-cynical-campaign-strategy-boosts-a-republican/
Schiff’s strategy is savvy but cynical. And it’s worked before. In 2012, when Missouri Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill was facing a tough reelection race, she started running ads before the GOP Senate primary that played up controversial US Representative Todd Akin. With an assist from McCaskill, Akin won the primary. Her scheme paid off when he infamously suggested that women who were victims of “legitimate rape” rarely get pregnant, and she easily dispatched him in November.
I mean this is just politics, Trump and his campaign boosted Bernie in 2016 and 2020 because Trump knew he could wipe the floor with him.
That didn’t happen.
And if it did, it wasn’t that bad.
And if it was, that’s not a big deal. 👈
And if it is, that’s not my fault.
And if it was, I didn’t mean it.
And if I did, you deserved it.
Thanks for letting us know where we are in the process
Oh I’ll fully accept my role in Adam Schiff’s ratfucking of the Californian governor primaries.
Go Katie I will vote for you.
Yes please!!
Another corporate pawn in progressive clothing. Her whiteboard can’t erase her voting record.
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