Unsurprisingly, there has been little indication the American progressive left perceives Newsom as deserving anything but disdain. Recent weeks have only bolstered the sense that committing to the abolition of ICE is a prerequisite for any remotely moral candidate in 2028. If Newsom fails to become that candidate, it will not be because he appeared too left-wing, but because he lacked the guts or the inclination to be anything except what he manifestly is: a preening political operator, beholden to a status quo that no longer exists.
Because the chair is all powerful and accountable to no one…
And the new one led Minnesota for like a decade and ran fair primaries turning a purple state progressive without any bias.
It’s been a year, and they’ve been sending record breaking levels of funding back to state parties, that’s why we keep “over performing” in special elections.
What’s important here, is that this funding was a cudgel wielded by prior neoliberals: do what we saw or we’ll bankrupt your whole state.
That threat is literally gone.
Had you not “seen” any of that on billionaire owned media?