• TheObviousSolution@lemmy.ca
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    So, he basically signs a bunch of new laws protecting private data, but because he did not sign one particular proposition, evil incarnate? People realize that this “vetoed” law is not one that existed, but a proposition for a law … right? You should still have control of how your data is shared.

    It’s not ideal, but seriously, man it’s so easy to make people on Lemmy shoot themselves on the foot. People here will jump at anything to demonize if you even think of voting against Trump here even though he clearly is literally open corruption and the complete corrosion of the rule of law. Anything that diverts from the complete ideal is an excuse for the most corrupt administration to continue in power.

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      Based on what we know currently it is unlikely he is going to be running against Trump. Though not impossible he is running against a Trump proxy/someone who will later pull some maneuvers to get Trump the presidency again. And I guess the tiniest chance Trump directly runs again.

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    Can someone explain to an outsider why this guy kept getting heralded as the next great Democrat leader? Every single thing I’ve read about him has been “Newsom deploys extra orphan crushing machines” and other nakedly Republican policies. Does he just have a huge bot farm working for him or something?

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      He is charismatic and good looking and not poor or middle class, he makes richer, older people (ie. voters) feel good about themselves, and is a Democrat in California.

      None of those things are indicators of any kind of ethics or morality, but are all you need to become a politician.

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      He is at the head of the Donorcrat party, because that lets him have a sustainable career. The Turdpublicans are the roman candle of conservative politics, burning brightly and burnt out swiftly.

      He basically wants to do this for the rest of his life:

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      he already was pushing the envelope with nick fuentes, he was testing the water how far people would support him, if h hosted right wingers.

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    Just another corpo cuck who grandstands about “the good fight” or whatever on socials

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    I’m never fucking voting for this man. Look at me neolibs, never. If you want to lose the next election pick this fucker. It’ll be your fucking choice.

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        No, we have trump because a third of the population are genetic rejects, and the only opposition we have likes to bring the rest of us out in a boat to let “the implication” do the work they are to weak to do themselves.

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      sadly he was the only choice in cali or a republican. and there will be another corporate stooge becoming the governer again.

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      He really doesn’t give a shit about pretending anymore. He knows his patrons have already financed his DNC nomination.

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        and MAGA’s creators and funders appreciate having guys in their pocket representing both parties.

        The presidential primaries aren’t for ages yet. This is exactly the time to be campaigning for a better option. Giving it the “if you don’t support this guy you’re supporting MAGA” spiel at this stage is insane to the point of being a pro-MAGA position in of itself.

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            bOtH siDeS!

            This right back you unironically. You’re the one banging the drum on a one-note oversimplified position.

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              Fucking hilarious. You people are entirely incapable of learning from your mistakes. MAGA loves your surrender!

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    he’s really cashing out at the end of his career isnt he. What a traitorous arsehole. People like him are why the democratic party is on the rocks.

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      Yep. I’m prepared to fight like hell in the primary, if we get one, to make sure he doesn’t make it on the ballot. If we don’t topple establishment leadership at the DNC this election though, they will force Newsom through regardless of what the primary shows, like with Bernie. The bigger fight is now.

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        Who would you like to see as the candidate in 2028? A lot of people like AOC but I’m not sure she runs in '28.

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          I think it’s too soon for her, I think she should take Chuck’s Senate seat first, then run later. I don’t know who, I feel like you can’t trust anybody these days. If no one better is nominatted, she might have to run now, rather than later.

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          Ken Martin, they promoted him from running Minnesota’s Democratic-Farmer-Labor party, which is our local Democratic party and generally is a bit left of the national party. I don’t know how progressive Martin himself is versus how much just kinda happened under him because of the party itself - Governor Tim Walz signed off on a lot of progressive stuff because he briefly oversaw a DFL trifecta and he and his party were willing to spend political capital to make good things happen but I wouldn’t consider Walz to be super progressive on his own.

          Ken Martin is cause for a bit of optimism, he’s more progressive, but he may just be an amorphous blob of whatever machine he’s in front of.

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            Possibly-amorphous-blob is still better than an establishment centrist who will screw over progressives like they did to Bernie.

            There’s a lot of leftward momentum right now, and as long as that isn’t actively hindered from the top, then I think we have reason to hope.

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      It’s not the end. I’d eat a random street hat if he doesn’t run for president. Pretty sure ego and ambition are secreted from his scalp and create his natural hair gel.

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      he was gaining unnatural amount of msm boosting. noticed how he stopped railing on trump after a few months, it was hurting him, but his billionaire donors told him to stop.

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      No, there are just people that think if he’s the ONLY choice vs. a pedophile fascist- he’d be the better choice of the two.

      Learn what the fuck nuanced thinking is- and then start practicing it.

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        For fuck sake. We are one year away from even thinking about primaries let alone the actual election, anyone propping him up is not thinking about Trump or Vance.

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          For fucks sake do you not understand that the midterms will determine how much protection he gets regarding EVER having to face consequences for being a sub-human piece of shit??

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            Newsom is not running for the midterms or even for governor. The people that he keeps sabotaging are.

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        Well, the good news is that you don’t have to vote for Newsom or Trump in the Democratic primary. Vote blue no matter who season is here for 2026, but we’re still comfortably in “kick the shitty corpo DINOs to the curb” season for 2028

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        That strategy has not worked the last 10 times we tried it, but maybe one more time will do the trick!

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          bro compared to the last year of trump?

          a you fucking blind?

          we’ve lost 40 years of progress, congrats on your moral victory

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            And we lost to Trump. A campaign needs to be more than “I’m not Trump”. Same shit almost lost Brazil to the fascists. “I’m not Trump” is good enough for informed voters, but that’s not enough. You have to reach the uninformed and misinformed too.

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              An actual well thought out platform would be great, but the oligarchs who own politics would never let that happen I’m afraid.

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    Newsom, in his veto letter to the legislature, said he was supportive of “protecting sensitive personal information of Californians,” but that a “categorical ban on sharing that information goes a step too far.”

    The governor pointed to existing state laws that require businesses to give consumers the option to limit sharing their information and budget constraints that would hinder implementing and enforcing the law.

    Newsom also signed a handful of other bills strengthening the state’s privacy rules:

    • SB 923 expands the scope of the California Consumer Privacy Act to require businesses to delete all personal information they have on a consumer upon request, not just data collected directly from the consumer. Online-only businesses will be required to provide a webform or portal for deletion requests.
    • AB 883 shortens the time with which data brokers must comply with a data deletion request from 45 to 30 days. It requires elected officials and judges receive information on how to access the deletion mechanism, known as DROP, to protect their information.

    Other data privacy laws still awaiting Newsom’s signature or veto include:

    • SB 690 would remove the private right to action for alleged violations under a wiretapping law, allowing just the state attorney general to pursue such legal challenges.
    • AB 2561 would prohibit an operating system or application from re-adjusting a user’s privacy setting without consent.
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    That’s a safe stance. “We should kill all of the puppies!” Newsom: “I’m vetoing that!”. /s

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    This isn’t necessary. All you need is to protect people from fraud.

    If Amazon tells you that it will sell your data you are completely free to just not use Amazon. If enough people choose not to use Amazon, Amazon will wonder why. If they do any semblance of at all good investigating they will find out it’s because those prior customers were against having their data sold and they will stop selling data.

    The government only needs to come in to make sure Amazon is actually telling you it will sell your data, because not doing so is fraud, and the government should protect the innocent against fraud.

    As an adult, I don’t need big daddy government telling businesses what they can sell. I only need to understand the situation I’m being presented in its entirety so that I can make my own decisions. It’s my consent, not the government’s.

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      Some days my PTSD is bad and my brain just feels… Slow. Like I’m stuck in molasses up there. Work feels harder. Things take longer to click. Honestly, when I feel like that, sometimes I feel a bit of imposter syndrome; a lot of things in my life rely on my intelligence, and I feel like I just don’t belong. I’m so grateful to people like you reminding me, though, that even through brain damage, I’m still not the stupidest person in the room ❤

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        That account is less than 10 days old and I already have them tagged as a rightoid. Every thread they’re in, they’re dropping these inane neoliberal/pro-capital takes.

        Who wants to place bets on their account disappearing after the election?

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          Who wants to place bets on their account disappearing after the election?

          Or at least when the right Russian data center gets cratered. :3