Newsom has always been a politician first, and now he sees the wind blowing MAGA and seems to be charting a MAGA-lite course. He has no principles or ethics, it’s all about what will bring him power.

Let’s see… In the 2024 presidential election West Virginia voted for checks notes Donald J. Trump, with just under 70% of the vote. I guess they didn’t expect the leopards to eat their faces.

Because things don’t turn on a dime. It’s going to take some time (and reductions in corporate profits) before it sinks in that the game has changed.

It’s always the ones you’d most expect.

Perhaps it’s starting to dawn on him that his power as a judge is under threat.