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Newsom locks horns with Trump in a politically decisive moment
By Jonathan Allen and Natasha Korecki
In the midst of immigration raids, peaceful demonstrations, attacks on law enforcement agents and the threat of his own arrest by federal agents, the governor of California Gavin Newsom is immersed in what could be the most consecutive political fight of his career.
The battle instantly transformed Newsom, the governor of the greatest state of the country, in front of the resistance to vast interpretation by President Donald Trump of the authorities of his office and his mass deportation campaign. This comes at a time when Newsom, who is a candidate for the potential democratic presidential in 2028, made strong criticism of his own party on his efforts – partly through his new Podcast – to embark on the role of conciliator.
As it stands, Newsom must balance the forces that are inside and outside its control. This includes competition with Trump’s messaging (which frequently refers to the governor “Newscum”) and the best lieutenants of the president, who are still present on cable news, social media and political podcasts. And that involves trying to repress violent actors while pointing to Trump actions – which have included the deployment of American navies – as an overtaking.
For its part, the White House maintains that it wins the battle of public relations, the managers typing a refrain this week that it was the fight they wanted filled with images made for television.
But Newsom set up his own messaging offensive on X and thanks to media interviews. And democratic leaders say that their galvanizing party behind him – at least for the moment – and it would be difficult for potential rivals to do something other than fall behind him when he takes a position on popular lawn with democratic voters.
Newsom’s friends say it would be an unexpected political boon for Governor if Trump and his border tsar Tom Homan follow their threatens to stop him if they decide that he had broken the law.
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Newsom against Johnson: President Mike Johnson R-La., arrested not to say Newsom should be arrested, but added that “he should be tarmac and feathers.”
Newsom called that “An appropriate threat given the @Gop in wanting to bring our country back to the 18th century.”
How the Republicans react: GOP legislators and Johnson have largely supported Trump management in Los Angeles. But republican Representative David Valadao – which represents a battlefield district in California – said that it was “concerned about current ice operations” in the state, urging the administration “to prioritize the suppression of known criminals”.
How Democrats react: Although the Democrats were largely in unison with their Trump reviews, there have been two notable exceptions.
The president of Congressional Black Caucus, Yvette Clarke, Dn.y., went further than her colleagues by saying Trump’s actions reach the level of impassive offenses. On the other side, senator John Fetterman, d-pa., referring to the situation In Los Angeles as “Anarchy and True Chaos”. “My party loses high morale when we refuse to condemn the fire of cars, destroy buildings and attack the application of laws,” said Fetterman.
Trump’s warning: Trump said anyone Protests during the American military parade In Washington, DC, Saturday will meet with a “very heavy force”.
Price label: The best financial official of the Ministry of Defense declared during a conference hearing The estimated cost The deployment of the National Guard and the Marines in Los Angeles is $ 134 million.
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Geographic division lines shaping the primary of New Jersey
By Steve Kornacki
Representative Mikie Sherrill heads for today’s primary as a favorite to win the Democratic appointment to the Governor of New Jersey. She covered the New York and Philadelphia metro waves with television advertisements, she appreciates the support of a large part of the party establishment, and she had opened two -digit tracks two election which was released several weeks ago.
However, there is an uncertainty. The credible public polls were, on the whole, limited and infrequent. And the modifications imposed by the Court at the disposal of the main election could dilute considerably The power of the endorsements that Sherrill received from democratic organizations of the county of Key.
Sherrill’s opponents each have made breakthroughs. But, at least so far, this seems to have had the effect of keeping them on each other, preventing one from becoming the Claire alternative to Sherrill. Consider state political geography.