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Newsom debuts rapid-response website as critics accuse him of prioritizing presidential ambitions
Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., a potential 2028 presidential candidate, launched a new fact-check website on Wednesday targeting «right-wing misinformation,» as a new poll found more than half of California registered voters believe he is more focused on becoming president than delivering for Californians.
Newsom’s campaign apparatus described the new fact-check website as a «rapid-response website to set the record straight about the Golden State» and President Donald Trump.
A new survey conducted by UC Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies and co-sponsored by the Los Angeles Times found that 54% of California registered voters believe Newsom is more focused on his personal presidential ambitions than solving the ongoing problems at home in the Golden State.
«By a more than a two-to-one margin (54% to 26%), most voters believe that as Newsom serves out his final two years as governor, he is devoting more of his attention to things that might benefit himself as a possible candidate for president than to governing the state and helping to solve its problems,» according to the results of the poll completed April 21-28 among 6,201 registered voters in California.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom, left, has rejected President Donald Trump’s first 100 days back in the White House. (Getty Images/AP)
Newsom’s campaign, in a press release announcing the new fact-checking endeavor, touted California as the fourth-largest economy in the world, and said the blue state’s population is growing, crime rates are at historic lows and California is leading the nation in clean energy and tech innovation.
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«This site is for everyone sick of the BS about California. We’re done letting the MAGA trolls define the Golden State. We’re going on the offense and fighting back — with facts,» Newsom said.
Newsom’s latest endeavor targets misinformation from the devastating Los Angeles fires this year and other state issues, including crime, climate, the economy, immigration, energy and housing. California is often ridiculed by Republicans as a representation of the demise of Democratic states. Such was the case last month when a California lawmaker proposed a bill to allow state college and university students to sleep in their cars amid the blue state’s housing crisis.
The California politician has long been rumored to harbor presidential ambitions. He was one of several names floated as a potential Democratic nominee replacement for President Joe Biden before Biden suspended his re-election campaign last summer and ultimately chose former Vice President Kamala Harris as his successor. Newsom also campaigned for Biden and Harris in key battleground states, acting as a surrogate for both candidates when their names were on the top of the ticket.
First lady Jill Biden and second gentleman Doug Emhoff watch as President Joe Biden raises the hand of Vice President Kamala Harris on July 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Newsom launched a podcast this year embracing political dialogue across party lines, following Democrats losing the White House and the Senate and failing to regain the House of Representatives in 2024. Newsom has invited Trump allies and conservative guests, including Charlie Kirk and Steve Bannon, onto his podcast in an attempt to show he is open to «criticism and debate without demeaning or dehumanizing one another.»
The strategy follows criticism after the 2024 election that Democrats didn’t prioritize new media appearances and unscripted conversations enough.
But Newsom’s willingness to soak up the national spotlight as Democrats look for someone to lead the party into the next generation may have backfired among his California constituents.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom greets President Donald Trump on the tarmac in California following the Los Angeles fires. (Pool)
Newsom is one of several Democratic governors trying to balance diplomacy with rejecting Trump’s agenda during the president’s second term. Newsom has spoken out against Trump’s tariff policies and executive orders while reaching across the aisle to secure disaster relief following the Los Angeles fires earlier this year.
The poll found a majority of California voters believe the state would be negatively impacted by Trump’s overhaul of the federal government, as 64% believe Trump’s tariffs would negatively impact California business and agriculture and over 50% believe Trump’s policies would have a negative impact on education.
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Meanwhile, Californians are split on Newsom’s job performance, with 46% both approving and disapproving of his job as governor and 45% reporting they are not confident in «his ability to be effective in looking out for California’s interests when dealing with the Trump administration.»
«The Governor is focused on one thing: his job — driving L.A.’s recovery, confronting the housing crisis, and taking Donald Trump to court over his disastrous tariffs that are raising costs for families and blowing a hole in California’s budget,» Newsom’s office told Fox News in response to the new polling.
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Federal judge blocks Trump administration from defunding some Planned Parenthood facilities
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A judge on Monday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from stripping some Medicaid funds from Planned Parenthood after Congress and President Donald Trump agreed to partially defund the nonprofit through passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
Judge Indira Talwani of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts said in her order partially granting a preliminary injunction that the bill unconstitutionally punishes Planned Parenthood member organizations that do not provide abortions.
The injunction will risk «at most minimal harm—financial or otherwise» to the Trump administration while the lawsuit proceeds, Talwani, an Obama appointee, wrote.
The judge’s order appears to apply to some but not all Planned Parenthood facilities. The nonprofit said in a statement that it viewed Talwani’s order as a partial win and remained «hopeful» that the judge would take further judicial action down the line.
«This isn’t over,» the organization said. «While we’re grateful that the court recognized the harm caused by this law, we’re disappointed that not all members were granted the necessary relief today.»
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Pro-life demonstrators gather in front of the Supreme Court building as the Court hears oral arguments over Medina vs Planned Parenthood in Washington D.C. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)
Talwani’s order arose from a lawsuit brought by Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider, over the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, a massive budget bill that passed Congress this month with no Democrat support. Trump signed the bill into law on July 4.
A provision in the bill stripped Medicaid funding from Planned Parenthood, which the nonprofit said could force it to close about 200 of its 600 facilities and deprive about half of its customers, more than one million people, of services that do not include abortion.
Planned Parenthood attorneys noted in court filings that Medicaid typically does not cover abortion.
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A Planned Parenthood sign (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)
The attorneys argued that the bill would cause cancer and sexually transmitted infections to go undetected, especially for low-income people, and that more unplanned pregnancies would occur because of a lack of contraception access. They said the consequences of losing Medicaid funding «will be grave.»
Department of Justice (DOJ) attorneys had previously argued in court filings that the purpose of the budget provision was to stop «federal subsidies for Big Abortion» by freezing federal funds for certain Medicaid recipients who provide abortions. Weakening Planned Parenthood has been one of the pro-life movement’s leading priorities since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
Talwani granted a temporary restraining order two weeks ago in favor of Planned Parenthood. The judge initially offered no explanation for her decision, a move that led to widespread backlash among Republicans who described it as judicial overreach. Days later, Talwani offered more context in a subsequent order.
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Anti-abortion activists march across the National Mall near the U.S. Capitol during the 50th annual March for Life rally on January 20, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
The preliminary injunction will partially leave in place the pause on defunding Planned Parenthood indefinitely, but the Trump administration is likely to appeal the order to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
The judge noted that her injunction applied to Planned Parenthood entities that do not provide abortion services or receive less than $800,000 in annual Medicaid reimbursements.
DOJ attorneys had previously argued to the court that blocking a measure that was passed by Congress and signed by the president was an extraordinary move and unjustified.
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«Beyond the futility of the claims on the merits, Planned Parenthood fails to demonstrate imminent irreparable harm to justify an injunction, asserting only classically reparable economic injury and irrelevant potential harm to patients, who are third parties not before this Court,» DOJ attorneys wrote.
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“La democracia está amenazada”: la advertencia de Boric en una cumbre de mandatarios de izquierda
El presidente de Chile, Gabriel Boric, aseguró este lunes que “la democracia está amenazada y esa amenaza no se reduce solamente a la fuerza militar”, durante la inauguración en Santiago de una cumbre que reúne a sus pares progresistas de España, Brasil, Colombia y Uruguay.
“Hoy, en muchas partes del mundo, la democracia está amenazada y esa amenaza no se reduce solamente a la fuerza militar, como sucedió en América Latina durante la segunda mitad del siglo 20, sino que hay elementos más sutiles que atentan contra ella y que terminan naturalizándose”, indicó Boric al inicio del encuentro bautizado “Democracia Siempre”.
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Entre esos elementos, el mandatario chileno destacó “la desinformación, el extremismo de cualquier signo, el avance del odio, la corrupción, la concentración del poder y una desigualdad que socava la confianza en lo público y el estado de derecho”.
Boric recibió este lunes en el palacio de La Moneda a los jefes de Estado o de Gobierno de España, Pedro Sánchez; Brasil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva; Colombia, Gustavo Petro; y Uruguay, Yamandú Orsi, para debatir sobre el avance ultra y los autoritarismos.
Las propuestas que resulten de la cumbre se presentarán en otra reunión que se dará en el marco del 80° período de sesiones de la Asamblea General de Naciones Unidas, prevista para septiembre, en Nueva York.
Gabriel Boric cuestionó el extremismo
En su discurso, Boric afirmó: “Algunos, de diferentes signos políticos, presentan el extremismo y el autoritarismo como una solución eficiente, como si bastara solamente con mano dura o con acallar voces, prohibir el disenso, ridiculizar al adversario como una vía para resolver los problemas de fondo”.
Este camino, añadió, “solo asegura retrocesos, margina las mayorías, impone la ley del más fuerte, amenaza a los más vulnerables y sacrifica la tranquilidad por la incertidumbre”.
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva y gabriel Boric se saludan en el Palacio de la Moneda, en Santiago (Foto: REUTERS/Pablo Sanhueza)
Boric pidió “identificar esas amenazas y no sencillamente apuntarlas con el dedo” y aseguró que “el objetivo de esta cumbre es remarcar la esperanza y ofrecer una alternativa a esas visiones de mundo”.
Además, anunció que los mandatarios de México, Honduras, Reino Unido, Canadá, Sudáfrica, Dinamarca y Australia decidieron unirse a la alianza internacional en defensa de la democracia.
Lula afirmó que el sistema político cayó en el descrédito
En la cumbre, Lula da Silva dijo que “el sistema político y los partidos cayeron en descrédito”, lo que a su juicio fortaleció a la ultraderecha global.
“En este momento en que el extremismo intenta reeditar prácticas intervencionistas, precisamos actuar juntos”, dijo Lula.
Tras una reunión a puerta cerrada en el palacio de La Moneda, los cinco comparecieron ante la prensa, ocasión en la que Lula denunció que el mundo vive “una nueva ofensiva antidemocrática” que, desde su punto de vista, los Gobiernos progresistas deben enfrentar “con acciones concretas y urgentes”.
A su vez, Petro dijo que el progresismo tiene que “encender la luz cuando las tinieblas llegan y empiezan a atemorizar el alma”.
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Petro aseguró que durante el encuentro los líderes “profundizaron aún más nuestros acuerdos básicos y no tan básicos que tienen que ver con la crisis climática, la inteligencia artificial, la paz del mundo, rehacer la multilateralidad o defender palabras tan básicas como la libertad y la democracia”.
En tanto, Orsi pidió “aterrizar la propuesta de democracia a cuestiones que los pueblos sientan”.
“En la convicción de poner a la democracia por delante y como centro de la futura discusión, muchos más países se van a unir si el objetivo es fortalecer esta forma de convivencia que tiene de tan lejos y tantas vidas y sacrificios nos ha costado”, afirmó.
(Con información de EFE y AFP)
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