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BREAKING: California Gov. Gavin Newsom says Donald Trump has directed the Justice Department to investigate him and his wife, alleging federal agents have been knocking on the doors of family, friends, and former employees

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Every one of these insane, vindictive moves knocks republican politicians down a notch as they stand by condoning this behavior. See you in November, spineless jellyfish….

Republicans ABUSE Democrats like this because they think we are too nice and civil to return the favor. I want heads to roll if Democrats regain control of the Presidency and Congress. This is blatant abuse of the justice system, American citizens, immigrants and even the Constitution.

Everything is a set up they scream election fraud, then commit it we can’t because we say they are fair and if we do we look like them, they say you weaponized the DOJ they get in and Hire his personal lawyer and go after everyone that proved them guilty, I want heads to roll but where does it reset

Are we just allowed to investigate anyone we’d like now, without cause? Granted, I’m old, but back in the sixties and seventies we learned something very different.

Just stay away from open windows, Gavin. Oh, sorry, that would be in Russia. That happend to RasPutin's political "enemies". Trump just wants to put them in prison tho I surmise that he'd LOVE to have the open window solution.

You are the only one of all the blue state Governors that successfully redistricted. You are the only one that's been actually standing up to him with actions, not just words. Thank you Governor Newsom! #Newsom2028

Everyone knew that was coming. Newsom clearly is the greatest threat to the GOP for 2028. Next up of course, DOJ will generate fake crimes against Newsom in order to indict him knowing full well many won't be paying attention when the courts dimiss the charges as having no credible basis

When a President accuses all States’s Secretaries of State for running corrupt, illegal, “rigged” elections and make government employees investigate disliked Governors, all without evidence & truth; this requires Congress to at least discuss opening an impeachment inquiry. States’s Rights, right?

@gavinnewsom.bsky.social and his wife should file a petition for declaratory judgment that Trump's direction to DOJ to investigate & indict his enemies violates the 5th Am's due process clause, and for preliminary & permanent injunction barring Trump's directing this and any criminal investigation.

This is just Trump ILLEGALLY pushing people around because he doesn't like them, and/or doesn't like what they said, or did. Or just plain didn't drop to the floor and kiss his feet. COLOR OF LAW. It will - I hope - catch up to Trump and his criminal government. 😼

I can't see why Trump would care but I can see the GOP wanting dirt on Newsom before the next election. I don't know why they don't just go the Est Dem route and get the NYT to investigate his whole family like Platner.

Oh fuck right the fuck off. Of course I'll vote for the Dem candidate. I learned my lesson about going up against the fucking Dems with Gore, HRC, Biden, and Harris. Who, btw, I all voted for (or only went for Nader 2000 and Bernie 2016 in primaries when the Dem outcome was safe) Go smoke a bowlz

The other day Energy Sec. Chris Wright said to Congress "Trumps an entertainer" in reference to the person who regularly compares himself to Al Capone is funny, War, Murder, destruction, it's all just funny, stop people from voting it's funny, a barfing 6 Flags at the WH is funny. Who is laughing?

How many good people who live in USA has to be terrorized by their own government? Sound like a complete weaponization of the justice system and a full on attack like what happened to innocent children in Iran to silence political opponents. Am I reading this correctly? Help me understand somebody!🤷‍♀️

What if all the blue state banded together and filed a class action suit concerning Dozing Don’s violation of their citizens rights and withheld funding until the suit was completed? What if they also claimed an abuse of power, or even violations of their state constitutions?

The Orbanization of America under corrupt dictator, Donald Trump? Or the Russification of America under corrupt dictator, Donald Trump? Because America is not a democracy if this happens

Blanche Sid it’s not inappropriate for the president to order an investigation. It is! The DoJ does not work for any president

This is Nazi Germany tactics Our DOJ is investigating a governor because he might run for POTUS! We really don't have a DOJ anymore The DOJ is Trump s personal law firm

They are investigating Newsom’s wife for tax issues and others in his camp for fraud. Unfuckn believable! We have the most corrupt, tax and fraud drifter, 34X convicted felon, pedo and adjudicated rapist as President calling his incompetent and criminal DOJ to investigate.

If newsome gives us 1. Universal healthcare & erases medical debt, 2. Gets rid of student college loans bc it's a scam, 3. Gives us free college, I'll vote for him. Otherwise I'm holding out for AOC or Ro

Maybe you can name anyone of significance in your totally corrupt American political system that isn’t well connected to money and power? This irrelevant 7 yr old chart means zero California has grown into the worlds 4th largest economy, having recently surpassed Japan - yeah you read that right.

no. Vote for someone else in the primary if you want (i will probably vote for a woman if one is available) but as a very liberal Californian I am okay with Newsom and will NOT contribute to his not winning the general by saying anything negative about him during the primary.

Trans people are pissed at Newsom because he didn’t let trans women compete in women’s sports in California. When you hear negative comments about someone who would be 100 times better than Trump, know they are doing it because they have a personal petty grievance. They don’t care about the country!

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They're going after Newsom's wife for "self-dealing" because she worked with charities that had business before the state. If Dems or the media even entertain the idea that this is a big problem in light of the fact that the Trumps are *stealing the country blind* I am going to lose it.

A pediphile felon wants to investigate our next President Newsom. How typical of Trump's deep seated insecurity and jealousy of a more intelligent, Younger man in Newsom

You stupid motherfuckers really are going to try to put this traitor in the white house huh? You learned nothing. Hope I at least get to die last so I can mock you while we all burn.

Right we need to really stop giving the institutions the legitimacy that they want to have but they don't. It's like these institutions now have been corrupted, not like they were ever pure, but we need to stop giving them the authority that they do not deserve.

We need to start thing the corrupt institutions, illegal actions, like until we start using words that actually characterize properly the evilness of this administration, like what the fuck are we doing? 😩

Understand - We are learning now Trump personally shut the investigation into the Butler Pa “Attempt” on his life. Donald Trump goes scorched earth on his enemies. The butler shooter gets a pass? Sure.

I was out and about other day and thinking out loud as one does “this constant grabbing of our personal data by the Rape-Uglicans should scare people more It’s not to give us you free healthcare I assure you” And a young lady smiled and said to me “sir this is a Chipotle”

What did the justice department do before this SOB? Surely they have much better things to do than play his petty playground games. Maybe going after him for all of his criminal behavior.🤔😡

Why is he allowed to do this. I thought , by our laws, you need to have a reason and proof before you can request an investigation. If he can do it, you should request an investigation of Trump. Lord knows he has violated our constitution and our laws consistently. He is corrupt!

I am so sick of that pile of rotting orange flesh wasting taxpayer money on his personal grudges. He talked about others weaponizing the DOJ but he is the only one who has. There is nobody that has done worse than he has. He is the one that needs to be investigated and thrown in prison.