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30th Edition (24 August - 31 August 2025)

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David Drake
Aug 31, 2025
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American News + Politics

Newsom Fighting Fire With Fire

This is the News from The State Of California in The United States Of America where The Governor Of California Gavin Newsom has taken to Social Media and started to post comments that mimics The President Of The United States Of America Donald J. Trump Social Media Posts.

Firstly this in my opinion is one of The Governor Of California Gavin Newsom’s best ideas so far as if the purpose for doing this is to get traction with The American public as well as piss off The President Of The United States Of America Donald J. Trump at the same time which this strategy seems to do in abundance. In all reports President Trump does not seem to like someone and especially Gavin Newsom mimicing his Media Strategy. Governor Newsom has also started making nicknames for people just like Trump did and does but in Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom mostly if not all the people he has nicknames for are Republican or MAGA.

Also Governor Newsom has in recent weeks been the only Democrat through actions not words to make a stand against the Texas Republican gerrymandering in Texas by declaring and setting into motion his own gerrymandering in California but in his case he appears to be doing it far more Democratically as the people of California will have to vote this coming November to enact his planned gerrymandering or not. Through Social Media he has decided to use the exact language of Trump in his posts on the subject and many other subjects as well for which at the moment President Trump and his allies seem to be caught and don’t seem to know how to combat what Governor Newsom is doing. Governor Newsom response to Media Critisism about his change in Media Strategy has been met by why haven’t you the Media come this hard at Trump when he does to which they have very little response.

Lastly it is becoming very obvious to me that The Governor Of California Gavin Newsom is going to run for the Presidency Of The United States Of America in 2028 and I dare say he is probably the best hope for The Democratic Party if they want to take back the Presidency Of The United States Of America as he seems to be one of the only Democrats to understand how Americans want to be reached out to and spoken in a language they seem to understand. He has come far more to the centre in his political views in recent years and he is even reaching out to the MAGA Movement through their Media Surrogates such as Steve Bannon and others. He is playing the long game politically with him eventually sitting at the resolute desk in the Oval Office in 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in January 2029 as his Endgame and to be honest if he continues with this strategy I would not bet against him.

Trump Declares War On Democrat Held Cities

This is the News from Washington D.C. as well as several Democrat held Cities in The United States Of America where The President Of The United States Of America Donald J. Trump has said that he will take control with The National Guard of several politically Democrat held Cities such as Chicago and Baltimore to which the Governor Of Illinois J.B. Pritzker and Governor of Maryland Wes Moore have said “Don’t Come” .

Firstly these actions taken by The President Of The United States Of America Donald J. Trump in Washington D.C. and the actions that he is proposing in doing which is sending The National Guard to other Cities such as Chicago, Illinois and Baltimore, Maryland couldn’t be more wrong and are driving The United States Of America into a more divided Nation. The Governors of both Illinois and Maryland for which the Cities of Chicago and Baltimore are in are ran by a majority Democrat and this to me seems to me the most clear and obvious reason for President Trump to want to send The National Guard to both these Cities. Both of the Governors Pritzker and Moore are also Democrat and could well be running for The Democrat Nomination for President in 2028.

Also it is becoming quite obvious that President Trump is using what he has done in Washington D.C. as a test Case and since it has worked quite well in his view so far he is looking of where to do it next. It is my belief no matter what he says about Chicago that that won’t be his next target. I believe his next target will be Baltimore, Maryland as it is a far easier target than Chicago in my view as it is only down the road from Washington D.C. so geographically it works as he already has The National Guard in place in the area and it won’t be as difficult to move them to Baltimore as it would to Chicago which is about 900 miles from Washington D.C. but it is also my view that after he does Baltimore he will definetely do Chicago after that but as The State of Illinois is a bit of a powerhouse I can see trouble ahead but as this has never been done before I am not sure what that trouble would look like.

Lastly these actions both taken and those in the planning stages by The President Of The United States Of America Donald J. Trump is highly dangerous in my opinion in the sense hat these actions will inevitably take more and more Freedoms away from American Citizens and at some point they are going to realise that and have a reation to it which could lead to scenes America has not seen since the late 1960’s or even further to a reaction where there is a complete division of States which has not been seen since the 1860’s in The United States Of America. I say this because when he put more National Guard Troops in Cities Freedom of Movement will inevitably slowly disappear and he continues down this path it could very well destroy The Democracy Of The United States Of America. It is all quite worrying to me as the use of National Guard Troops in American Cities for no legitimate reason that I can see can only be seen as a power grab which will have terrible consequences for everyone in my opinion.

Another Inevitable Tragedy In America

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