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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Jul 10, 2025

Mark, his wife, and his 14-year-old son who was very close with so many kids, including my own son, in the Marin County area, they’re missing.

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John Fetterman
@johnfetterman· Democratic · PA· Jul 10, 2025

Is it going to be useful for attack campaigns? Absolutely.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Jul 10, 2025

We cannot let him [Trump] win. We cannot allow him to win. That's why I'm here.

newsweek.com
John Fetterman
@johnfetterman· Democratic · PA· Jul 10, 2025

In the greatest country in the world, that's just wrong. I'm unapologetically grateful for our nation and the American Way of Life—today, and always.

newsweek.com
Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Jul 10, 2025

President Trump is back to his favorite hobby: blaming California for literally everything.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Jul 10, 2025

They don’t want to be accountable to markets today.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Jul 9, 2025

The funding we’re announcing today will accelerate the development of affordable multifamily rental housing so that those rebuilding their lives after this tragedy have access to a safe, affordable place to come home to.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Jul 9, 2025

Thousands of families – from Pacific Palisades to Altadena to Malibu – are still displaced, and we owe it to them to help.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Jul 9, 2025

I think it’s really important for Democrats that we spend time in parts of our states, parts of our country, that frankly, we haven’t spent enough time in, and so that’s why I’m here.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Jul 9, 2025

It’s not what happens to us, it’s how we respond to it. And our opportunity presents itself anew.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Jul 9, 2025

What we’re experiencing is America in reverse.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Jul 9, 2025

It's a moment that few of us could have imagined.

newsweek.com
Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Jul 9, 2025

They're trying to bring us back to a pre-1960s world on voting rights—you know it well.

newsweek.com
Kathy Hochul
@kathyhochul· Democratic · NY· Jul 9, 2025

We've...fended off five months of unlawful attempts from the federal government to unwind this successful program and will keep fighting–and winning–in the courts.

commondreams.org
Kathy Hochul
@kathyhochul· Democratic · NY· Jul 9, 2025

Six months in, it's clear: congestion pricing has been a huge success, making life in New York better.

commondreams.org
Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Jul 9, 2025

We cannot sit back and be bystanders at this moment. We've got to assert ourselves.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Jul 9, 2025

We cannot be complicit at this moment by being passive at this moment.

cbsnews.com
Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Jul 9, 2025

Of the United States of America, he wants the divided states.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Jul 9, 2025

You have that capacity because you have the one thing Donald Trump doesn't have, one thing Donald Trump's never exercised. He may have the formal authority of the United States. You have the moral authority.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Jul 9, 2025

So my call to you is to recognize that you can shape the future. The future is not just some experience. It's something to manifest. The future is inside of you. It's decisions, not conditions, that will determine our fate and future.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Jul 9, 2025

'No court has adopted the interpretation of Title IX that is being advanced by the Trump Admin'

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