Gavin Newsom
American politician; Governor of California, elected in 2018 and re-elected in 2022; previously lieutenant governor from 2011 to 2019 and mayor of San Francisco from 2004 to 2011.
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Their wordsThe core of our democracy, the thing that separates us from a monarchy or a dictatorship, is the fundamental right to vote. If we lose that, we lose everything.
↗Happy Independence Day. Now let’s defend it.gavinnewsom.substack.com 1st of 2 in this piece
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Trump's deployment of California's National Guard in Los Angeles was a rehearsal for going further.
Their wordsAnd we watched Trump seize control of California’s own National Guard and march our soldiers in the streets of Los Angeles against the will of this state, against the law, against everything those uniforms are supposed to stand for. Hear me clearly: that was a test run, a rehearsal.
↗Happy Independence Day. Now let’s defend it.gavinnewsom.substack.com 2nd of 2 in this piece
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Their wordsIn this column, I want to challenge a myth that’s been peddled in this country for decades: you have to choose between fiscal discipline and doing big things.
↗We can deliver big things and balance the books. California is proof.gavinnewsom.substack.com
- 4 days earlier
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Their wordsLast night, it became certain that a wealth tax would be placed on the November ballot in California. I’m voting no.
↗It's time for a national billionaires’ tax and a new social compactgavinnewsom.substack.com 1st of 5 in this piece
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Their wordsAt the same time, the fight to make the wealthiest Americans pay more in taxes is not one we should be fighting state by state.
↗It's time for a national billionaires’ tax and a new social compactgavinnewsom.substack.com 2nd of 5 in this piece
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Their wordsSo here is what I support: A national billionaires’ tax. A true minimum tax on billionaires — a modern Buffett Rule — that ensures the people at the very top pay at least the tax rate their own workers pay.
↗It's time for a national billionaires’ tax and a new social compactgavinnewsom.substack.com 3rd of 5 in this piece
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Their wordsTrickle-down economics has been a nearly 50-year experiment that has failed.
↗It's time for a national billionaires’ tax and a new social compactgavinnewsom.substack.com 4th of 5 in this piece
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Every American should own a stake in the AI economy through a national public equity fund.
Their wordsWe need to ensure every American owns a stake in the future being built by AI through a national public equity fund that takes a major stake in the new economy.
↗It's time for a national billionaires’ tax and a new social compactgavinnewsom.substack.com 5th of 5 in this piece
- 12 months earlier
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Their wordsWe are in a perilous moment. We have a sitting president who believes he is bound by no law including our Constitution.
↗Trump is trying to destroy our democracy. Do not let him.gavinnewsom.substack.com 1st of 2 in this piece
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Their wordsTrump is lying about focusing on "the worst of the worst."
↗Trump is trying to destroy our democracy. Do not let him.gavinnewsom.substack.com 2nd of 2 in this piece