Gavin Newsom protects billionaires

+ Gavin Newsom wants to lead the Resistance. Resistance to what has always been the question…and we may finally have an answer.

https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/01/16/roaming-charges-126/

In 2024, the Supreme Court handed down a draconian ruling that gave cities the green light to remove homeless encampments from public land. This ruling essentially made it a crime to be unable to afford the rising costs of housing.

We’re told time and time again that only the anti-Democratic Party can save us from a reactionary right-wing Supreme Court. But California’s deep blue Governor Gavin Newsom not only welcomed the ruling, he provided a friend of the court brief urging this heartless outcome.

Jill Stein for President, Mon, Aug 12 2024  

+ Nearly a full-month has elapsed since the statutory deadline for the full release of the Epstein files to Congress. So far, less than 1% of the documents have been released. It’s been two weeks since the statutory deadline expired for the Justice Department to explain to Congress the reason for any redactions. Trump’s crew has missed that deadline as well.

+ Sam Youngman (former White House correspondent): “The New York Times had two hours with Trump. They didn’t ask about Epstein, but they did ask which parts of the job he hates. Then they took a tour of the White House.  Thank god for the watchdogs.”

+ A fundraiser for Ford factory worker TJ Sabula, the man who was suspended from his job for calling Donald Trump a “pedophile protector,” raised more than $222,000 in just a few hours. Sabula says he has no regrets about the confrontation with Trump, who responded to the UAW member in his customary manner by snarling “Fuck off” and flipping him the bird.

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+ 100+: number of Palestinian children killed by Israeli forces in Gaza since the Trump-brokered “ceasefire.”