Finally someone is communicating with President Donald Trump in a language he can understand. On Tuesday night, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) informed the president that California is going to go ahead and redraw the state’s electoral maps after Trump missed a deadline amid the ongoing redistricting battle. The Democratic governor also decided to deliver his message in the funniest way …
Read More »TOMORROW: Governor Newsom, California leaders to make major announcement in response to Trump’s gerrymandering attempts Governor of California (.gov) Newsom says California to draw congressional maps to ‘END TRUMP PRESIDENCY’ ABC News Gavin Newsom and Democrats are placing a risky bet on gerrymandering CNN This Republican lawmaker has served CA for decades. Newsom’s plan could end his dominance. CalMatters Newsom says California will draw …
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California governor Gavin Newsom says the state will draw new electoral maps after Donald Trump “missed” a deadline on Tuesday night in an ongoing redistricting battle between Democratic and Republican states. “DONALD ‘TACO’ TRUMP, AS MANY CALL HIM, ‘MISSED’ THE DEADLINE!!!”, Newsom’s office wrote on social media. “CALIFORNIA WILL NOW DRAW NEW, MORE ‘BEAUTIFUL MAPS,’ THEY WILL BE HISTORIC AS …
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom told Donald Trump on Tuesday that the president had missed the deadline to pull back from creating “illegal crooked maps” in red states to manipulate coming elections. As a result, Newsom, mimicking the president’s all caps messaging style, indicated the nation’s most populous state would “redraw the maps in California to offset the rigging of maps …
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In summary Gov. Gavin Newsom alleges the Trump administration broke a 19th Century law called the Posse Comitatus Act when it deployed military units to Los Angeles in June. Welcome to CalMatters, the only nonprofit newsroom devoted solely to covering issues that affect all Californians. Sign up for WhatMatters to receive the latest news and commentary on the most important issues in …
Read More »Newsom again threatens tit-for-tat redistricting Politico Trump Attacked California’s Redistricting System. Republicans Want to Save It. The New York Times Newsom says in letter to Trump California will back off redistricting — if red states do San Francisco Chronicle California Democrats to release new proposed Congressional maps amid nationwide redistricting war KCRA Why Republican Rep. Kevin Kiley wants to stop the national fight over …
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SACRAMENTO — California became center stage for the national political fight over House seats Friday when Gov. Gavin Newsom welcomed Democratic lawmakers from Texas who fled their home state to foil President Trump’s plans to redraw congressional districts. California lawmakers plan to respond with their own plan to gerrymander districts to favor Democrats and neutralize any Republican seats gained in Texas in …
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Hypocrite is a synonym for politician. The last few days have proved that to be painfully clear. Texas Governor Greg Abbott has been getting a jolly and deserved skewering for the proposed cartographic contortions that he hopes to do to the congressional maps in his state. At the behest of President Donald Trump, Abbott is trying to ram through a …
Read More »Newsom blasts Trump’s $1 billion settlement proposal to UCLA as ‘extortion’ Politico Trump Wants U.C.L.A. to Pay $1 Billion to Restore Its Research Funding The New York Times Trump administration demands $1B from University of California-Los Angeles Politico Trump administration wants $1 billion settlement from UCLA over antisemitism claims ABC7 Los Angeles Trump seeks $1-billion fine against UCLA. Newsom says ‘we’ll sue,’ calling it …
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Some Democrats in California initially were skeptical of scrapping the district lines drawn by the state’s independent redistricting commission. Voters approved a ballot measure in 2008 creating the commission to draw state legislative district lines, and expanded its power to congressional maps with a separate measure in 2010. Others worried about the tight timeline to place a measure before voters …
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