TIL who Republican megadonor Charles T. Munger Jr is.

He snail-mailed a 4 page flyer to my house explaining why California countering the Texas gerrymander (that will potentially protect Trump from a 3rd impeachment) is a BAD THING.

Given the messenger, now I'm thinking California's counter is a GOOD THING.

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-playbook/2025/08/19/scoop-how-dems-are-preparing-to-torch-a-megadonor-fighting-ca-redistricting-00513926

#uspol #trump #newsom #gavinnewsom

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"Trumpworld will now continue its usual comms strategy, insisting that the raid was a completely normal militarized operation that had nothing to do with Newsom, but also bragging about how the raid really put Newsom in his place."

~ Doktor Zoom

#Trump#MAGA #military #fascism#Newsom
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https://www.wonkette.com/p/border-patrol-here-to-arrest-california

"Trumpworld will now continue its usual comms strategy, insisting that the raid was a completely normal militarized operation that had nothing to do with Newsom, but also bragging about how the raid really put Newsom in his place."

~ Doktor Zoom

#Trump#MAGA #military #fascism#Newsom
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https://www.wonkette.com/p/border-patrol-here-to-arrest-california

"Because Donald is so threatened by the likes of Gavin Newsom and J.B. Pritzker—actual men with actual backbones who actually know what they’re doing—he sent ICE to the event. ...

That’s America under Donald. And if you think they’re going to stop at immigrants or the most vulnerable among us—especially trans people, other members of the LGBTQ+ community, Muslims, Black Americans—you would be wrong."

~ Mary L. Trump

#Trump#MAGA #military #fascism#Newsom
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https://www.marytrump.org/p/todays-top-political-news-with-mary-212

“'You think it’s coincidental?' Newsom asked. 'Donald Trump and his minions decided, coincidentally or not, that this was a location to advance ICE arrests.'

'Wake up, America,' the governor said. 'This is a serious moment.'”

~ Jacob Knutson

#Trump#MAGA #military #fascism#ICE #immigrants#Newsom
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https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/federal-agents-immigration-raid-california-redistricting-press-conference/

"Newsom emphasized that democracy is under siege by Trump and his MAGA loyalists, a point illustrated by the fact that officials had sent more than a dozen masked and armed Border Patrol agents to the Japanese American National Museum in the Little Tokyo neighborhood of Los Angeles, where Newsom was speaking. Some of the agents were carrying rifles."

~ Heather Cox Richardson

#Trump#MAGA #military #fascism#Newsom
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https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-14-2025