Humboldt County’s impact on the Governor Newsom recall effort
In the latest episode of Humboldt Last Week
I wanted to take a short look at some local data and information regarding the proposed recall election of California Governor Gavin Newsom, which is very likely to happen in October.
As of this posting California’s Secretary of State has verified 4,425 signatures from Humboldt County in favor of a recall, according to the effort. Statewide they believe the over two million signatures they’ve collected will be certified and reach the recall threshold of 1.5 million.
When it comes to Humboldt County in the 2018 election, Newsom earned 65 percent of the local vote, slightly above his statewide winning total of 62 percent.
California’s 2018 midterm election which elected Newsom scored the highest voter turnout since 1982.
If the recall receives a similar statewide voter turnout that it did in 2018, roughly 12 percent of voters would have to turn on Newsom. That would be roughly 1.5 million formerly Democratic voters wanting to turn the state red if the recall were to be successful.
As reported here by The Hill, a recent Emerson College poll found 42 percent of voters in California would vote to keep Newsom in office and 38 percent would vote to recall him.
The recall effort says Newsom failed during the pandemic destroying lives and businesses.
Those against recall are calling the efforts a partisan group of Republican anti-vaxxers, Q-anon conspiracy theorists, and anti-immigration Trump supporters.
The final local results from the 2020 presidential election indicate 21,770 or 32 percent of voters in Humboldt County chose Donald Trump compared to 44,768 or 65 percent of voters choosing Joe Biden.
I’m positive you’ll continue to receive updates on these developments via Redheaded Blackbelt.
Episode Description:
Violent and demeaning messages allegedly sent between at least two Eureka cops get national news coverage, Hulu is investigating a supposed local 1990’s cannabis-farm slaying by Bigfoot, a local look at Governor Newsom’s recall effort, a fifth of Humboldt County has had at least one COVID vaccine dose, locals again rise to help their neighbors, a localized shoutout from an NBA champ, the conversation about a proposed massive cannabis farm near Arcata continues, local Tribes are excited about recent federal developments, a trip to Fern Canyon is temporarily more difficult, an infuriating hit-and-run, the possibility of higher pay for grocery workers, historical items for sale, updates on accused murderers, and more.
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I notice those against the recall effort are reduced to denigrating the 2+ million Californians who signed onto the recall effort. If they had any actual valid arguments in support of the Governor, they would have used them. Instead we get ad hominem attacks.
And what valid arguments do the pro-recall people have against the anti-recall people?
I don’t have any particular like for newsom, especially with his ignoring covid restrictions, but I suspect he’s better for the state and society than any alternatives we’re likely to get.
That’s simple the anti-recall apparatchiks are collaborationists just like the pro-maskers, the enemies of liberty.
That sounds like an ad hominem attack. 😛
Of course it does; truth sounds like ad hominem attacks to fragile liberal ears, almost invariably.
You asked, and it’s not my fault it triggers your liberal, spiritual queasiness.
Maybe you ought to look up ad hominem and get back to the thread.
All it takes is a mask to trigger you, so………
Unflappable??? But you get your undies in a knot over a piece of fabric on your face to save other people from getting what is essentially a blood disease. Look up Endothelial cells and Covid-19. The WHO screwed up and thought it was a respiratory disease like the flu. It only enters through respiration. Do you have a fit when businesses require a shirt and shoes to enter?
Your inability to recognize the bigger play isn’t surprising.
It’s why our country’s manufacturing had been shipped overseas.
It’s why the billionaire class keeps raiding pension funds across the nation.
It’s why ivy leagues graduates are schooled in the art of slash and burn corporate mentality.
It’s why bleeding hearts believe it’s okay for a man to dress like a woman and teach kids drag queen story time.
It’s why the second at HHS can vocalize his/her desire to put minors on puberty blockers and administer hormones with off label use.
It’s why this nation is growing into an socialist shit hole, because leftists are being funded by China , soros, and, other Anti American factions.
It’s why people are so fucking blind to how the powerful control your lives.
It’s why the demoralization campaign against independent minded people is allowed to happen, because weak, and cucked people can censor and Shame from behind the pedophilled soaked control branch.
Take your vaccines and get sick already.
The healthy are ready to get on with it.
Oh boy. We found another Qcumber member here.
Hahaha …..Enemies of Liberty….that’s funny
The point would be the pro recall people do not have anything against the anti recall people at all- they oppose a politician’s actions, and are willing to put their opinions about him to the test by asking their fellow citizens to vote. It’s the opposite apparently for anti recall people, according to your comment- they have no good opinion of the politician but think they are voting against their fellow citizens.
Don’t u live in oregon?
Can’t wait to vote for him again. Pro-recall folks want him gone because he acted in a way that saved lives and kept californians safe. He did what he had too, just the same as any decent Governor should have done….
Also, Trump didn’t like him and good Cult followers follow the Dear Leader.
“The recall effort says Newsom failed during the pandemic destroying lives and businesses. ”
“Those against recall are calling the efforts a partisan group of Reupuclican anti-vaxxers, Q-anon conspiracy theorists, and anti-immigration Trump supporters.”
You are exactly right.
They were trying to recall him before the pandemic
that is correct.
I am all for recalling newsome but am not against vaccines for other people not immigration nor do I like trump or am I a part of q anon.. what box of yours doninfitnin?? Don’t be part of the problem. Stop the division
That’s what Newsome said, implying that no other citizens other than far right leaning deplorables signed the petition. Hes completely wrong. Hes completely out of touch with the lives of anyone other than those in his elitist circle. Unfortunately so are most Calif. voters.
Yep- as in, you know you don’t have a chance to win this. You are right.
I don’t agree with you ‘Guest’…
Donald Trump and Co. “failed during the pandemic destroying lives and businesses” by refusing to acknowledge the severity of the virus, downplaying the knowledge and wisdom held by epidemiologists world wide over, and doing very little, too late to support temporarily closed businesses and organizations while still chopping tax rates for the obscenely wealthy and bringing in massive profits for themselves. While I’m not a fan of Newsom’s neoliberal political stances on most things, to place blame for anything corona virus related on the governor is a fallacious distraction from what’s listed above. Right leaning folks have been petitioning to recall Newsom since before corona virus and as a gun owner, the most prevalent reason I’ve seen all along is that folks feel their so-called 2A rights are being attacked. Let’s not pretend this really has anything to do with his handling of the pandemic.
Yep, the recall started way before Covid happened.
TDS. Do you really think that if the President didn’t act, everyone is helpless to act? California legalized non cooperation with the Trump Administration on illegal immigration and emission standards, apparently with great success. Frankly any effort Trump put into early covid-19 restrictions were equally successfully opposed by States like New York and California in knee jerk political reactions and they share the blame for political cowardice that people like to heap all on Trump.
The Federal Government has far greater access to resources, influence, and subsequent power than Newsom and the state of California. Also, regarding states taking actions that run counter to those of the Fed Govt, when doing so, the state is faced with threats of funding withdrawal- essentially sanctions.
How can you assert that “Frankly any effort Trump put into early covid-19 restrictions were equally successfully opposed by States like New York and California in knee jerk political reactions” when from the get go, Trump and Co. denied the dangers of Covid 19?
It’s more like “Trump’s lack of significant action and inherent stupidity led directly to the loss of 550,000 here in the U. S.” To believe anything else is to have your head straight up your asshole. We should be impeaching Republicans like the Russian traitors, McCarthy and Nunes.
I love how the Trumpers here have rewritten what happened in their minds . As if the rest of us weren’t watching the news and what was coming out of Trumps mouth. Negligence and his usual cavalier, lazy and mean- spirited mind-set got us where we are.
The icing on the cake? He and the First Lady secretly get the vaccine. Why the secret?
“Governor Andrew Cuomo said he opposed a quarantine of the New York metropolitan area, a proposal President Donald Trump said on Saturday he was considering to stop the spread of the virus from the most infected area of the U.S.” https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/cuomo-opposes-trump-s-proposal-for-quarantine-of-nyc-area/ar-BB11QlF7
“Newsom says California will review FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccines before releasing them to public” https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/newsom-says-california-will-review-fda-approved-covid-19-vaccines-before-releasing-them-to-public/ar-BB1abuMm
“Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden led the way, quickly attacking what he called Trump’s “record of hysteria, xenophobia and fear-mongering” after the travel restrictions were announced, and arguing that Trump “is the worst possible person to lead our country through a global health emergency.” ” https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dems-media-change-tune-trump-attacks-coronavirus-china-travel-ban
“Despite their opposite approaches, California and Florida have seen almost identical outcomes in COVID-19 case rates. While Florida has worked to stay open, California has pursued strict lockdowns. ” https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2021/march/can-the-government-control-human-behavior-cdc-reveals-cas-extreme-lockdown-didnt-help
“Just months later, in late January, Newsom suddenly lifted the order, saying that declining case growth meant the policy had worked.
The evidence suggests otherwise. When Newsom lifted his order, hospitalizations and deaths were both substantially higher than when he had issued it, and the state’s COVID data portal showed that ICU capacity in Southern California and the San Joaquin Valley was close to 0 percent. The lockdown was not working, and the pandemic grew out of control anyway.” https://stanfordreview.org/science-california-lockdown-evidence/
“Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi toured San Francisco’s Chinatown Monday to send a message. She said there’s no reason tourists or locals should be staying away from the area because of coronavirus concerns.”
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/nancy-pelosi-visits-san-franciscos-chinatown/2240247/
“Democratic U.S. vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris said she would not take President Donald Trump’s word alone on any potential coronavirus vaccine.” https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/cuomo-opposes-trump-s-proposal-for-quarantine-of-nyc-area/ar-BB11QlF7
“Vice President Kamala Harris is fending off criticism that she politicized the coronavirus vaccine and stymied efforts to get shots into arms by questioning whether the public should trust COVID-19 drugs developed during the Trump administration.” https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/after-trump-focused-skepticism-kamala-harris-becomes-covid-vaccine-adovcate
“”I trust vaccines. I trust scientists. But I don’t trust Donald Trump,” Biden said in his Sept. 16 speech in Delaware, which followed a meeting with scientists to discuss coronavirus policy. “And at this moment, the American people can’t either.” https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/09/17/fact-checking-joe-biden-on-coronavirus-vaccine/42638093/
You may chose to see the past through TDS filters but hardly anyone, including the CDC to covid-19 seriously when it first came. The only difference is who you came to blame. However Biden is going to fix any issues- he’s renaming the vaccine program.
It’s actually the Republicans that have the TDS. They refuse to see him for what he is, a bigoted criminally-minded grifting man. A compulsive liar of epic proportions. His bigotry made hate crimes skyrocket. I could go on and on about his lifetime of idiocy.
Post as many links as you like, you’ll never prove that Trump didn’t flub the pandemic through his inaction, denial , politicization of masks ( his usual petty bullshit) holding back PPE etc etc.
You do go on and on. And no amount evidence that Trump was pretty much no worse than just about everyone else will ever change your mind. What is being said is that no leadership in the US, Democrat or Republican, was interested in preparing for a pandemic. They were too busy, as you are, in fighting over politics.
The one difference is that Trump actually did something useful. He used the government to subsidize vaccine research and development. And placed pre development orders so that the US is in better shape than the EU, Canada or Mexico for vaccine availability. Despite Democrat knee jerk opposition, Trump is responsible for that, which is a real, tangible fact showing that your beliefs he didn’t take the pandemic seriously are wrong.
Anti Trumpets choose constantly to repeat their own paranoid thinking as if it was real when it’s not. Could Trump have done better? Yes. Could he have done better if he was not surround by snarky pettiness and resistance of the anti Trumpers and press? Also yes. Could the message massagers who hate him done better? Not likely when the state of the places they controlled like New York, California, etc.
You think you know that Trump was the problem but it’s unbalanced Anti Trumpets who are the enemies of rational policies. They never bother to look further than their hate for answers. They assume with no evidence the superiority of their hate and refuse to take any resonsibility for their part in spreading misinformation out of sheer political posturing. In the end, once Biden has renamed the vaccine program, they will happily forget any inconvenient truths that they mightily foster the divisions that lead to deaths.
As Kym says about every liberal she supports but refuses to accept responsibility for- I don’t like Trump but he was just better than the alternative.
The real president (in exile) did nothing you describe. The scamdemic is just that. You drink the Koolaid of the left, therefore you buy into whatever they hate. This simple flu would have gone away with the usual herd immunity. Instead, we get genetic engineering cocktails that have killed over 1000 Americans so far (see the CDC’s own statistics). I’m sorry the real president was coerced into this absurdity and he should never have declared a “national emergency.” Gruesome Newsom is a socialist and needs to be recalled for that reason alone. He is also a hypocrite, like all the other Demonrats when it comes to not wearing masks, etc. Swiftboat Kerry anyone? How about the journalists going mask free when they cover the puppet fake president? It’s all there in videos and photos posted online. This scamdemic – and these socialist pig dogs – serve at the feet of the globalists who want to bring America to its knees. This is a republic (not a democracy, thank God) and Americans are guaranteed liberty (as well as the right to bear arms in defense of that republic). Anyone who hates liberty (all Marxists, including 90% of Demonrats) needs to be kicked to the Canadian border. FREEDOM over scamdemics!
I know, I know, you’re into totalitarian governments, like Trump tried to install and like Russia has. Is that why the GQP is now falling all over itself praising Putin? Biden called him a killer, which he is, and Republican’s heads exploded and now they can’t praise the totalitarian “president” Putin enough. Why don’t all you trailer seditionist all move to Russia and see how cool Putin is?
Trump lost but the big baby and his Cult can’t accept reality. Too bad. Flying flags just didn’t get the job done. Maybe with all the voter suppression bills the GQP are pushing you may get a chance in 2024, the GQP admitted that when voters turn out, Republicans lose. Gotta cheat to hold onto power. Pathetic.
Policy? What policy? Their whole platform is to stop Democrats. That’s it. Oh, and tax breaks for the rich, telling women what to do with their bodies.
Username checks out.
You live in la la land ‘Nathen Hale’… You can’t see the forest the trees are in the way.
Pandemic related issues are left to the states that deal with. The CDC can only issue recommendations and the Executive branch’s only recourse is to restrict travel. The states are the ones with the powers to enact mandates on their constituents. The federal government has little to do with any of it. It’s called “separation of powers”, we learned about it in 8th grade. The people blaming President Trump are only projecting their state’s failure onto a politician they don’t like, instead of placing the blame on their own state governments where it truly belongs, perhaps because they don’t want their Democrat governors to look bad. Trump allowed states to lock down as much or as little as they want and provided far more aid than Biden has. Just ask Ilhan Omar, she was upset that Democrats are unable to provide as much aid as President Trump, and they hold power in both the executive branch and legislature, so they have to own it.
The 2nd amendment is not a so called right. It is a constitutional right, which is the law of the land. Nancy Pelosi and XIbiden laughed at the virus, called Trump a Xenaphobe for stopping flights here from China, While Nancy was laughing and saying to go to China town for dinner, at the beginning of the virus. Biden said he had a plan, talked all about his plan to beat this virus, yet when he got into office, the stupid had no plan. Meanwhile, Trump, who is responsible for saving lives with operation warp speed, and by the time XIbiden was inaugurated, barf, Trumps team was doing a million shots a day. Now the idiot Biden is letting thousands of infected illegals in, and will not let the press into his nazi holding sites. If there was nothing wrong, he would have showed them already. I think these sites should be infiltrated by the press, in secret, and put the report on the air. It has to be a mess. We are not Qanon fans, think they are missing links, like Antifa and BLM. And yes, our gun owner rights are being attacked, wish this was run like Texas, they have it down. But they have tornados.
Lol, Trump flubbed the pandemic response big time. Remember, it was a hoax . Malaria drugs and bleach. Don’t wear masks. Knew in January, did nothing. 15 cases and it’ll be gone. Warp speed did not pay for the development of the vaccine , it’s been in development before Trump was even President. Held back PPE. Turned down vaccines. The most pitiful response to a crisis, but that’s Trump. He sure had time for golf and rallies. He’ll go down in history as the laziest apathetic president in history.
Meanwhile, he’s facing a tsunami of legal battles because of his corruption, grift and illegal acts.
Love how all the Trumpers are rewriting history.
“its been in development before Trump was even President.” The vaccine was not in development before Trump was President, nobody knew about the virus until his last year as President. That is, unless you know something nobody else knows. You should make sure you aren’t trying to “rewrite history” before you go saying something like that. The rest of your little speech means nothing after a statement that dull, you are not credible.
Google it. How do you think they were able to come up with a vaccine so fast?
Money and work and knowledge. All things you happily dismiss.
How about you send the link so we can all look at it? You are blatantly lying. How do you develop a vaccine for a disease that doesn’t exist yet? You are either lying or not informed whatsoever. Google it? That’s your response? You have nothing but hate and lies, you can’t prove a point that way and liars should be dismissed. Sadly you earned the mantle of a liar by doubling down on that absurd statement.
Blame Donald trump. We as the people downplayed it, because you as the people wanted to believe the bullshit. The law should have been, stay inside if you are scared and live your life if you are not.
The net effect of Humboldt County on the “recall”, would be entirely “negligible”…
The recall may come to a vote, and then it will fail.
This effort is a disgusting waste of energy and resources, just like the effort to discredit the C-19 vaccines, the effort to promote the idea that abortion is a sin, and the notion that Trump was somehow not legally tossed from his throne…
Many political campaigns are pretty silly, but recalling Newsom, at this point, is about as likely as little green men landing in front of Mayor Seaman’s office and energizing her to actually accomplish something, during her term…
If you want to recall someone, try Rex Bohn, Michelle Bushnell, Kim Bergel, Virginia Bass and your very favorite sparkly Mayor, because none of them are sensible, competent, or fit for office!
Thanks! Namaste!
You forgot Wilson.
What about Dukmejian?
apparently people are focused on a bigger prize. Small town politicians don’t qualify.
Who would replace him if recalled ? the mafia is behind this.
It likely will fail. But it certainly will gain Newsom and other Democrats attention and snip back a bit of their arrogance. Money well spent considering what would happen without that.
https://anewscafe.com/2021/03/01/redding/zapata-and-friends-reveal-their-red-white-and-blueprint-to-reclaim-america/
It is an embarassment that a person can write with contempt about someone saying a series of trite hash tag words like “Plandemic, scamdemic and damdemic!” then going to characterize the same people in another series of trite hash tag words like “most infamous mask-deniers, science-scoffers, militia members and State of Jefferson folks.” Dang- are there no mirrors left in the world that can show the writer that are they same ugly creature only appearing in reverse?
This article isn’t eye opening and meaningful. It’s keeping on same-old-same-old screaming insults at each other that goes on here everyday then being all outraged that no minds are changed.
Your comment is projection, and a review of all your comments.
Thanks for the narcissist endeavor.
I remember the LAST Recall Election we had!!! It was a Circus of Candidates, from which we eventually chose the “Gropenator”!!! With his “Russian Hands” etc!!!
Imagine a place where “moderate” is not treated as a dirty word by everyone. Everyone being in a constant state of outrage is not good for government. It is too reactive to hold steady.
You live in la la land ‘Nathen Hale’… You can’t see the forest the trees are in the way.
That moderate politics is a fabulist’s tale in Humboldt Co and California? Possibly because those trees are certainly close up.
Why do the people who voted against an elected official always want to cause problems. They are worse than the politicians. It costs us, the tax payers, a lot of money. The politicians could be using that money for trips to Hawaii or building their retirement mansion.
Hahaha, the people that are constantly crying about the “Cancel Culture” are now trying to Cancel a duly elected official.
Republican hypocrisy has no bounds.
It may not have come to your notice that elected political office is not the same thing as culture.
Really YS ?
So I guess you like homelessness and trash everywhere, p*ss and Sh*t in the streets.
PG&E brownouts, Tech Co. gentrification driving out POC from the cities, increase in drug cartels, Fentanyl overdoses,and an increase in spying on citizens?
Don’t forget it is Gavin who was Mayor of SF before he became LT Governor, He and Nancy have done such a fine job.
This was well before ” Republican anti-vaxxers, Q-anon conspiracy theorists, and anti-immigration Trump supporters.” were ever even a thought in peoples minds.
Cancel culture? , how about fix a problem!
I guess all Republican mayors and senators should be recalled across the nation fo having the same problems.
When Americans get tired of electing politicians, on both sides, that are beholden to corporations and doners , them maybe we can see the changes we need.
In the meantime, infrastructure, education, health care, addressing drug addiction and raising the minimum wage get short shrift.
The military budget, which both sides vote for is obscene, corporate subsidies are obscene. Get corporations and religion out of politics and both sides will be if it.
Oh, and get rid of that blatant obscene tax break for the rich that the Republicans passed.
That tax break brought back jobs, what did sending pallets of cash to Iran do for you?
That was Iran’s money. Google it.
Republicans just love Trickle Down Economics. Always a failure. Most of those corporations took their money and bought their own stocks back.
God forbid corporations just pay their share so there is more money for social programs and infrastructure.
Having to hold down 3 minimum wage jobs to barely survive isn’t gonna cut it. Who voted unanimously against raising the minimum wage and does every time it comes up? Republicans. Why? They only care about their corporate doners, not their constituents. Why people vote for politicians that don’t care about them is beyond me.
It’s all about sticking it to the Libs, even to their own detriment. Sad.
Yet that is the world the Democrats created in the last couple of decades. Oh well, blame the party not in charge. Always useful.
What word is that?
Why won’t Republicans vote for a minimum wage raise?
“I guess you like homelessness and trash everywhere, p*ss and Sh*t in the streets.
PG&E brownouts, Tech Co. gentrification driving out POC from the cities, increase in drug cartels, Fentanyl overdoses,and an increase in spying on citizens?”
I guess you’re under the belief that the Right/Republicans are less involved in funding/cutting regulations and lobbying with Big Tech and the like? That profit driven real estate developers, pushing gentrification, aren’t an integral function on filling the coffers of the Right? The last president’s son-in-law was a real estate developer. the last president was from a family of real estate developers. Who will hold PG&E accountable? Come on…
I’m not defending Repubs, I’m stating what Dems are giving you.
Last time I checked they were running this State and have been for decades, defend that
if you can.
I vote for or against policies not people. Never once voted for the Bush/ Cheney crowd.
Lately Repubs have better policies.
Who is big tech canceling, Hint, it’s not the Dems.
What better policies?
Must I refer you back to your comment where you said the vaccine was in development before Pres. Trump was even in office? You are not beyond saying anything, you will make stuff up. You are not credible. You lie Yeah Sure.
Google it. Why do you think they came up with a vaccine so fast. They weren’t working from scratch.
Trump did not spur a from the ground up vaccine.
Ooooooh, you called me a liar. I’m devastated. Not.
No surprise in that. You specialize in implausible deniability.
You don’t know a things about gov’t. Recall is a right left to the people to create a check on the executive branch by the people. It’s in our Constitution. It’s a perfectly legal right that people may exercise if they feel an opportunity levers official no longer represents them. You are either are totally uninformed about the way gov’t works or purposefully trying to sow discord through false statements
Recall is part of the people’s check on the executive branch. It’s in the Constitution, it’s so the people have the ability to recall an elected official who no longer represents them. It is one of the most powerful checks in our gov’t and should be used more. Please stop before you appear any less informed than you already do.
Don’t worry, if he is recalled in Oct. 2021, you can elect him back in Nov. 2022.
He’d be running for President by then.
That won’t be until Nov. 2024.
Forget Newsome, let’s get Biden replaced first. It’s a travesty what he’s done at the border. Only thing he does real well is print money and what was up with him flopping around on the steps of Air Force one? Not very presidential IMO. Trump missed a handrail at a rally and it was headlines for weeks after.
They will push him off the cliff soon, right now they need him to hide behind.
We need to get the Senate and House back!
I wish Nunes would run for Gov.
I’m sure Putin would be glad to help him try.
Did Trump ever get impeached, I missed the ending of that story. Or was it just more bullsheet?
Guess you’re not keeping up with what’s trending with Tepublicans right now,
Gushing over Putin. Tucker Carlson, Don Jr, Mat Gaetz to name a few, to them Putin is the Man now. And we all know Trump himself just loved the guy.
Might as well make Putin the Chairman of the Republican Party.
And yes, do some research, Russia did indeed try to influence the last election, poor Rudy Guliani, they used the hell out of him. .
Seems like the people that scream the loudest about their supposed Patriotism are actually the least Patriotic. Go figure.
I think watching a debate between Biden and Putin would be interesting. It’s honestly quite a diplomatic way to settle something, seeing that the United States and Russia have been brought to the brink of war for far less. I wonder why Biden hasn’t accepted his challenge?
And yes, he was formally impeached twice.
He just wasn’t removed. ( Republican Senate)
They brought impeachment proceedings against him but he was never impeached. Man you just can’t help yourself can you? Do yourself a favor and quit spewing falsehoods and lies.
1911, There’s a difference between impeachment and removal. The House of Representatives sends articles of impeachment to the Senate (That happened to Trump twice) Then the Senate decides if they should remove him. Twice the Senate decided not to do so. https://www.senate.gov/about/powers-procedures/impeachment.htm
Another black mark against California politics. Pelosi has cheapened the impeachment process by making it a tool of her petty politics. Queen of the soap opera.
Pelosi would still be a minority leader if the Trump had just taken his licks and moved on. His strong-arming the Georgia government lost the Reeps the senate. We are all lucky ,in the long run, that this guy didn’t have sense enough to know when to shut up.
Man he really got into your head. Democrats run the executive and legislative branch and you are still hung up on Pres. Trump, you think ya’ll would be happy and have moved on. TDS is worse than I thought
You are totally wrong there kym. The house sends articles of impeachment to the senate and then the senate votes on whether he is guilty or not. Both times he was acquitted. Try reading your own link. It completely backs up what I said. Maybe you read it wrong. Do you need me to clarify anything for you?
1911, I think that is what I said. That is what I meant to say.
Clinton was impeached but not removed. No matter how you spin it impeachment is what it is.
He was actually convicted but the Senate chose not to remove him. The rules are the rules, Trump was acquitted, not guilty, therefore articles of impeachment were brought against him, but he was innocent, so he was not impeached. The second time around was after elections, so it was actually a Democrat controlled Senate, and they still couldn’t find evidence to impeach him. Tell yourself whatever you like in your head but it is what it is. Check out that link of Kym’s, it’ll explain everything to ya
Ya know I replied to this but it didn’t show up. Funny how all my other comments do except this one. Like I said, try reading your own link. It backs up what I said and totally refutes yours and YeahSure’s comments. If you need me to clarify the meaning of the link you posted I would be more than happy to.
That is weird. I replied to you. Let me go see what happened.
Ah, I had gotten interrupted and hadn’t finished approving comments. Including two others by you.
Thank you kym. You’re awesome
The Kangaroo court showed how political our own judicial system works.
There is no better way to see our bullshit system more exposed at ou expense
Putin lives rent free in your head while China CCP is taking over the world.
Lets see Hunters laptop Mr. transparency.
I know, China is your big diversion.
Look how Putin is trending with Republicans. He’s not in my head, he’s in theirs. I’m just commenting about it.
Your just fantasizing about it. Not the same thing as commenting.
Guess you don’t keep up with the news, do you? Don Jr wants to see a debate between Putin and Biden. He’s rooting for Putin, you know, because he’s a Great Patriot. FOX news has been droning on about it.
I think you’re fantasizing about my supposed fantasizing.
I wish China was just a diversion …. you might want to check the world news from time to time.
27th in education says it all.
1st in propaganda
Yep, Trump and his tiny and vain tippy shoes tripped him up at times. It’s a real problem trying to appear taller wearing those silly things.
You consider Trump “Presidential “??
Pretty funny.
By the way, Trump needs to be walked down a ramp, he’s slope challenged. He also needs a crash course in civics because being a President involves more than tweeting grievances , golfing, appearing on Fox and holding Nazi style rallies.
You’re a fukin’ idoit!!!!
I’m crushed….
Not.
Hard to be crushed when already at the bottom.
Oh, are you saying disparaging things about me? The thing you complain about non stop here? The thing you point out that the Democrats do all the time here yet you never call out right wingers for doing the same thing? As usual, your hypocrisy is on full display.
Tsk tsk.
Yeah,sure, I would normally delete that comment you replied to, but if I do, it deletes yours. Your choice.
Glad you left it. We can see who the “idoit” really is.
Imagine that a president that actually takes questions.
When is Biden going to take some of more importance than his favorite flavor of ice cream?
The only POTUS not to have a State of the Union address… hmm
Oh , Trump took plenty of questions, his answers were mostly rambling nonsense and lies.
In case you didn’t know it that’s what the Press briefings are about, the press secretary briefs the press as to what is going on so the President doesn’t take his time up with that.
I know , FOX is pushing this narrative, but said nothing when Trump shut down press briefings for months.
The daily press conference….
I’ll circle back to you.
We’re working hard on it.
Lol. You are too funny. So full of hate. I could bring up a few things about Biden, but that would just be feeding into your twisted hatred, and it would be making fun of a man with cognitive issues who is clearly being used as a puppet; it’s elder abuse. Trump was never walked down a ramp, he’s in his 70’s, of course he’s going to be careful.
“Plandemic, scamdemic and damdemic!”
This is not a political talking point-
Lamedemic, nodemic, panicdemic, mediademic
biden is getting replaced by kamala. she is like an evil bat standing behind sleepy joe waiting to fly down and take over and God help us!!!I’m betting it will happen within the first year.We did not have an election,we had a selection!!! Wake up people!!! What do you think the fences and troops are really for!!!
Newsom pushing DiFi off the cliff so he can pander to Blacks with the “I’ll put in a Black person in her position” BS.
No problem eating their own for a few votes, just watch it’s only just begun.
Hilarious 😂
Myles Cochrane said : “1.5 million formerly Democratic voters wanting to turn the state red if the recall were to be successful.”
They are not recalling the Democrat Party, they are only recalling Newsom. A new Democrat can still be elected.
I am not a very big fan of Newsom.
“All politics is local.” –Tip O’Neil
Exactly. There will be Democrats and Republicans running in the recall, to say it’s only Republicans is not just completely wrong, it’s stupid. There are many Democrats I know who have signed the recall effort because they want someone new. They are definitely voting for a Democrat candidate to replace Newsome, not a Republican one. This is actually a hugely bipartisan effort, mostly based in Southern California where the lockdowns have been extremely aggressive, to recall a complete clown
Are the lockdowns and restrictions in southern California really that much worse than here in northern California.
I live in supposedly conservative northern California and can’t imagine restrictions and lockdowns being much worse than what we’ve been subject to over the past year with no end in sight and no signs of them ever going away.
If southern California is really a lot worse I can’t even imagine.
Must be so bad that not even tyrants like Hitler, Stalin and Mao would subject their citizens to, as the lockdowns and restrictions here in supposedly conservative northern California have been what you’d expect to see in hardcore communist dictatorships like China or North Korea.
Thank you! Many of us want Newsom to go packing. Yet we don’t like Trump or right-wingers. Indeed…I think I remember that the 2016 presidential election had revealed that MANY of us are sick and distrusting of most slick politicians. I’m disgusted that Newsom and other liberals paint everybody who signed the recall as right-wingers, Repubs or crazies. It’s just more disrespect shown to the electorate who followed the democratic process of recalling an unwanted governor. We resist- they insult us. We try to get peaceful change- they misrepresent and mock us. They must be very scared! I would vote against any politician who chooses to do this to decent people of either side (and I have been a DEM my whole life)
Defund THE POLITICAL CLASS
Voting is american, as long as you vote for the right guy. Just going off this article the people that are against the recall sure don’t sound like very nice people…anti immigration? It would seem the democrats are the ones locking kids in cages at the moment…..
And hiding it from the press.
During a pandemic too! There is a massive COVID outbreak in one of the facilities in Texas where they are housing “kids.” There isn’t any running drinkable water either. Such compassion, let’s lock the kids in cages at 700% of capacity during a pandemic so they can all catch COVID, and give them contaminated water!
Don’t really like Newsom, from a left perspective. He’s too much of a machine guy. Been playing on his ‘pretty boy’ looks and his ability to schmooze voters.
And. This recall effort, which will likely fail, could be an important wake up call for him to really deliver the progressive changes that have long kept California as a national leader in innovation. Not holding my breath. But have a small amount of hope.
Califorina, #1 in Polution , homeless, poverty and the most billionaires. (look it up)
Aren’t you proud of the management and direction of this state?
We are now a third world country.
All there is left is to replace the bear with a banna on our flag.
I have never supported Wine Cave Gavin and I never will. If someone worthwhile is running to replace him I’ll vote for them, but otherwise I will sit it out. And no, I didn’t sign the recall petition when solicited to do so, because the premise of the recall petition was bullshit.
I signed it over the assault weapons and mag ban. Many people, im not going to say myself, tried to register the weapons legally and the state system wouldn’t allow it in the timeframe making people into felons for their legally acquired property. And ending the grandfathered in magazines was at best left of legal property signed by newsom. It looks like after 2 years and lawsuits maybe the state will be forced to let you do want “they claimed” you were supposed to do. That’s not why most people signed it but it was good enough for me. Our forefathers threw tea in a harbor over less
It is impossible to vote out marxism and socialism.
It must be eradicated.
https://recallgavin2020.com/
It’s very simple to sling mud at the people who want to recall Newsom, but keep in mind that if you’re slinging the kind of mud which was described in the article above then you’re very, very, very likely a partisan Democrat. The main push behind this recall effort may be issues related to the pandemic, but the recall petition predates the pandemic entirely. This means that there are other issues at hand, such as Newsom’s push to see a proposed project go ahead in Huntington Beach, completely ignoring the legitimate environmental concerns about said project.
It doesn’t help that the birthday boy from that notorious birthday dinner that showcased Newsom’s “do as I say, not as I do” approach to governing during the pandemic was a lobbyist who was actively working to promote this environmentally harmful project to Newsom.
He’s incompetent at best, and downright corrupt at worst. Either way he is unfit to govern California. A recall election doesn’t mean that those opposed to Newsom’s governorship have to vote Republican (as the article above states), that is a complete falsehood. Replace him with a more competent Democrat, which is the likely outcome of a recall anyways.
Do we give every politician with a shit-eating-grin and a Democratic Party membership card a pass? Or should the actions of Newsom speak louder than his partisan affiliation?
Hanging out in the woods and smoking dope makes nut jobs of most of you.
Yeah, sure it does!
I read Biden just fired 5 pot smokers, Does that include Harris who admitted smoking pot on TV?
LOL
Multiple things can be true. Governor Newsom was generating heat before the pandemic. His performance, compared to other state governors, has been suboptimal. Those in support of the recall aren’t going to win with a Republican candidate.
Which means the success of the recall is dependent on the success of Antonio Villaraigosa, who likely is going to jump into the race as the Democrat representative. Whether he is an upgrade from Gavin Newsom, who knows? But Mr. Villaraigosa is from a big market (LA) and has political constituencies to work with to be competitive.
Well lets hope mr villarigosa gets into the race because this slimy, greasy rich boy needs to kick rocks.
Maybe newsom will charge us an annual fee for our freedom of speech next
We know air recources control board is working on an oxygen use permit/annual tax
Germany: police clash with protesters against virus measures
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/germany-police-clash-with-protesters-against-virus-measures
“Burn Your Masks!” Massive Anti-Lockdown Protests Rage Worldwide
https://truth11.com/2021/03/20/burn-your-masks-massive-anti-lockdown-protests-rage-worldwide/
Coronavirus: Anti-mask protests held across the world
https://www.news.com.au/world/coronavirus/global/coronavirus-antimask-protests-held-across-the-world/news-story/2d2513d5b503050c8a0a25e7e6d48e30
Trumps fault? ….. Really?
It’s the Mindset. Humans will be humans.
Everywhere.
Trump just capitalized on an existing mindset.
Still is. Send him some money.
It’s a natural reaction to overbearing authority.
You may believe the government is here to help, but many people are recognizing the destruction caused by the political class, on our dime, in our name.
Trump is a just another pawn is a bigger game, some people just can’t ,or won’t, or don’t recognize the fraud that the political class is running at the behest of the corporate oligarchs.
I see it clear as day. Corporations are running our country and politicians.
Republicans seem to be a lot more willing to be subservient to their corporate overlords is all. Both parties are guilty though.
Corporations and their Lobbyists should be outlawed from buying politicians.
Lobbyists should be outlawed . Period.
Get the religious bullshit out of politics also.
Really? Is that why all the biggest corporations lobby for Democrats? Is that why all the CEO’s of the largest corporations in the world are Democrats? The GOP has become the party of the working man, or maybe you missed the change? Or are you lying and denying again?
Money? YS Does this money count?
Obama-era officials return to White House worth millions
White House financial disclosures show several officials gained massive wealth.As several Obama-era officials return to the White House under President Joe Biden, their reunion comes with fuller pockets and deeper ties to corporate interests, new financial disclosure reports show.
According to ABC News’ analysis of the most recent disclosure reports, many of Biden’s top White House officials, including Chief of Staff Ron Klain, Domestic Policy Council Director Susan Rice, National Economic Council Director Brian Deese, and coronavirus response coordinator Jeff Zients, have substantially multiplied their wealth over the past few years.
Rice, who is among the wealthiest members of the Biden White House team, dramatically increased her wealth since her previous White House job during the Obama administration, reporting between $36 million and $149 million in various assets in her new disclosure filing released Saturday morning.
more
https://abcnews.go.com/US/obama-era-officials-return-white-house-worth-millions/story?id=76582015
YS
That was from this weekend, Trumps not IN office remember.
And the UK wasn’t all that Trump friendly when he was in office… remember the fat Trump balloon?
He’s not in office but he is still soliciting money. Stop the Steal, and now he has the gall to ask people to not donate to the GOP but donate to him.
I’m well aware that politicians get rich being politicians.
There are differences worldwide in how effective responses to the pandemic have been, but they seem more culturally than politically driven. My take is that the individuated cultures we refer to as “the West” are not producing enough of the conscientious traits that facilitate an effective social response to the pandemic.
So, the kids aren’t in cages? Can’t hide the truth forever!
Photos Released From Inside Border Facilities, Hundreds Of Children Huddled Together In Small Rooms
https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-photos-released-from-inside-border-facilities-hundreds-of-children-huddled-together-in-small-rooms
Virus tolls similar despite governors’ contrasting actions
https://apnews.com/article/public-health-health-florida-coronavirus-pandemic-ron-desantis-889df3826d4da96447b329f524c33047
Maybe instead of thinking it is a Newsome thing maybe look at it as a Democratic thing. California is one of the largest economies in the world, definitely the largest in our nation. Our income tax rate is in the top 3 of our country, we pay sales tax on top of that which also ranks in the top 5, our gas taxes are in the top 3. The cost of housing is in the top 3. Yet, our schools rank in the bottom 10. Our roads suck, they are in a total state of disrepair, our newest dam Oroville, almost failed sending 200,000 people fleeing our salmon are about to go extinct. We let illegals in and give them the full run of the place. Free medical will even protect the criminals from deportation and give people safe places to shoot up. All of this under democratic leadership. This state has been run into the ground under democratic control for the better part of 70 years. Frankly, I blame the democratic party for the condition of our state. I wish all you democrat would see that you are all being played for fools!
DiFi’s spy driver
Swallwell’s Fang Fang
Way over budget railway to nowhere
Water projects in the Central Valley
Is It a Border Crisis? Two-Thirds Say Yes, and Most Voters Blame Biden
Monday, March 22, 2021
The White House has spent weeks denying that the surge of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border should be called a “crisis,” but two-thirds of voters say it is a crisis.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 67% of Likely U.S. Voters say the current situation with migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border is a crisis. Twenty-three percent (23%) say it’s not a crisis and 10% are not sure. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/immigration/is_it_a_border_crisis_two_thirds_say_yes_and_most_voters_blame_biden
Can you imagine applying for EDD unemployment benefits to survive, have your money stolen and then be forced to pay taxes on the funds you never received? This incident happened on Governor Garvin Newsom’s watch.
12 percent of voters turning on Newsom? It’s possible but requires liberal Democratic voters, those who don’t like Newsom’s COVID response, and apolitical voters. If you can get most of the 20% of Democrats who are unsure to support the recall, it’s a sure win. However, the news media bias, ads, lack of any prominent Democrat or celebrity running, and timing of the election at fall makes it more difficult to have the recall succeed unless there is another lockdown from COVID variants.
However, there’s definitely going to be Democrats and maybe non voters who will vote for the recall. Some people will remember how they closed outdoor dining when officials said that “it was completely safe.” And young extroverted non voters will vote because they were unable to go out or see their friends and play sports because things were closed. A few liberal voters will vote because they didn’t like how there was enough aid to people and businesses or equity with the vaccine going to disadvantaged and minority communities earlier. It’s probably going to be be 4-8% who will switch and the recall will likely get 42-48% support.
Biden, is a sorry excuse for a President. Ruining, the country and just plain off his rocker.