Gavin Newsom Is Trying To Use His Podcast To Rehabilitate His Far-Left Image

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Gavin Newsom, Now Backpedaling on Trans Issues, Signed a Law Forcing Women’s Prisons To Accept Male Inmates

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D.) shocked his own party Thursday when he condemned biological men competing in women’s sports as "deeply unfair." But Newsom, who is widely considered to be a potential 2028 presidential candidate, has an extensive record of embracing far-left policies on transgender issues.

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Newsom tries rebranding as moderate, admits to Charlie Kirk men in women's sports is 'an issue of fairness'



It appears that California Governor Gavin Newsom (D), ”the poster child of radical leftist politicians,” is attempting to rebrand himself as more moderate.

Newsom just launched a new podcast called “This Is Gavin Newsom,” and he debuted by interviewing none other than conservative political activist and co-founder of Turning Point USA Charlie Kirk.

If that weren’t brow-raising enough, Newsom then split from Democrats on the issue of transgender women (biological males) competing in women’s sports when he admitted to Kirk that it is unfair to female athletes.

“I think it's an issue of fairness. I completely agree with you on that, so that's easy to call out the unfairness of that,” he said.

Liz Wheeler smells a rat.


“Gavin Newsom has been a liar for the entire tenure of his ‘public service,’” she says.

His podcast, interest in hearing conservative voices, and softened opinions regarding transgenderism in sports spells one thing, says Liz: POTUS.

“He wants to be president of the United States. He wants to run in 2028,” she says, noting that he would’ve run in 2024 if the left hadn’t decided to prop up Kamala Harris.

“He knows that if he wants to be president, he has to do one thing: He has to shift himself to the right because right now he is a radical leftist; he has taken a far-left extreme position on almost every issue that's important to the American voter,” says Liz.

For example, California is a transgender sanctuary state, meaning minors can be transitioned socially or medically without their parents' consent.

“That's insanely extreme. There's a reason why over 80% of Americans think that that's wrong and bad and immoral and evil,” says Liz.

Further, California under Newsom saw the most draconian COVID-19 policies. Earlier this year, rampant wildfires destroyed over 37,000 acres and 16,000 structures, largely as a result of forest brush the state failed to clear and poorly managed water resources.

All that to say, Newsom has a lot working against him.

And besides, he will never even come close to being a moderate. His comments about biological males competing in women’s sports is no red-pill incident. He’s lying in an effort to be more widely appealing.

“Actions speak louder than words,” says Liz. “Did he change any policy in the state of California? Anything related to protecting girl sports?”

“No, he didn't.”

To hear more of Liz’s commentary, watch the episode above.

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Newsom Refuses To Protect Women’s Sports Days After Saying It’s ‘Unfair’ For Men To Compete

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Gavin Newsom’s Sudden Opposition To Men In Women’s Sports Contradicts His Track Record

'It’s deeply unfair'

Gavin Newsom, Who Attacked Caitlyn Jenner for Saying It’s Unfair for Biological Boys To Compete in Girls’ Sports, Says It’s Unfair For Biological Boys To Compete in Girls’ Sports

California governor Gavin Newsom (D.) said Thursday that biological men participating in women’s sports is "an issue of fairness." He criticized Caitlyn Jenner for a nearly identical comment just a few years earlier.

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DEI is on its last legs, but the right risks keeping it alive



It seems one of the only sources of bipartisan agreement in the culture today is that diversity, equity, and inclusion programs are how black people get jobs. In what will be yet another example of people stretching a term past the point of no return, the pushback against DEI is well on its way to the same rhetorical ash heap as “racist,” “fascist,” and “Nazi.”

One conservative influencer with three million followers on X called Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl performance a “DEI halftime show.” Another right-wing commentator with more than one million followers linked a Black History Month event at the White House to DEI — and, for good measure, blamed DEI for Michelle Obama’s decision to wear long nails.

The truth is that both the left and right seem intent on using 'DEI' as a euphemism for 'black' when it suits them politically.

If things continue at their current pace, conservatives will need to update the popular meme “Everyone I don’t like is a racist” to reflect their current DEI bugaboo.

Anyone with common sense can admit that separating and prioritizing the population along identity lines violates our founding principles and is a recipe for social unrest. Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Harlan, the lone dissenter in the landmark Plessy v. Ferguson case, famously remarked:

In view of the Constitution, in the eye of the law, there is in this country no superior, dominant, ruling class of citizens. There is no caste here. Our Constitution is color-blind and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens. In respect of civil rights, all citizens are equal before the law.

This message holds as true for white people today as it did for black people 100 years ago. DEI is dying a quick death because far too many institutions thought they could use historical wrongs to justify present-day discrimination.

The former DEI chief at Johns Hopkins University Hospital sent out a New Year’s message last January with a list of “privileged” identity groups, which included white people, heterosexuals, “cisgender” people, and Christians. Progressives see this type of rhetoric as perfectly normal, but I’m not sure how many lives will be saved at a hospital just because doctors believe it’s a privilege to be white.

Companies and government agencies that thought they could set aside programs for blacks, Asians, Hispanics, women, and LGBT-identifying people without any response from straight white men don’t understand human nature. It’s an iron law of human dynamics: Providing special benefits to one person in a group automatically triggers the other members to ask, “What about me?”

Exposing and rooting out the excesses of the DEI industrial complex from public life marks a positive step. However, like all political movements, the temptation to swing the pendulum too far remains ever-present. Overcorrection often becomes the rule rather than the exception in politics.

The irony is that conservatives never assume black people on the right are DEI hires.

Justice Clarence Thomas served on the District of Columbia Court of Appeals — his only experience as a federal judge — for a little over a year before President George H.W. Bush nominated him to the Supreme Court in 1991. For comparison, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson served close to nine years in the federal judiciary before her appointment.

Conservatives cheered when President Trump selected Dr. Ben Carson to be his secretary of Housing and Urban Development during his first term. Prior to entering the political arena, Carson was a world-renowned pediatric neurosurgeon doing cutting-edge work at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center in Baltimore. But somehow the man who led a team that separated conjoined twins was deemed qualified to lead HUD. Charlie Kirk floated Carson’s name to lead the Department of Agriculture in the second Trump administration — one week after he claimed Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was a “DEI pick.”

Nothing undercuts the conservative push to rid the culture of the identity-obsession created by DEI programs more than arguing that a four-star general who spent decades in leadership is unfit to run the military while a decorated surgeon is qualified to rightsize the Section 8 program.

It’s clear that the left has its own DEI blind spots. Progressives spent years making skin color, sex, and bedroom activities the most important qualities in public life. Now, they lament the loss of DEI programs in corporations, government agencies, and other institutions as if they were the only thing keeping black people from suffering Jim Crow-style discrimination at the hands of employers.

The truth is that both the left and right seem intent on using “DEI” as a euphemism for “black” when it suits them politically. Using the term haphazardly distorts its meaning and drains it of political potency.

Conservatives should resist that temptation because nothing hardens a group more than overusing the terms used to police its behavior. It’s the reason many right-wing pundits stopped caring about being called “racist.” Doing the same with DEI is the blueprint for breathing life into identity obsession, not what you do if you want it to die.

Charlie Kirk calls out Republican senators for trying to force a SECRET VOTE to block Tulsi Gabbard



Tomorrow, former Democratic congresswoman and combat veteran Tulsi Gabbard, whom President Trump has nominated for director of national intelligence, will sit in the Senate hot seat for her highly anticipated confirmation hearing.

However, some Senate Republicans have been accused of trying to block Gabbard’s confirmation in secret.

Jill Savage of “Blaze News Tonight” reads a recent tweet from Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk exposing the possible scandal.

Blaze Media senior politics editor Christopher Bedford says that while he “wouldn’t put it beyond the Senate” to try such a thing, it’s unlikely that the move would be successful.

“I've not heard that firsthand from anyone who's involved,” he says. Certainly “they'd like to be able to operate entirely in secret, but I don't see that as being possible for them to pull off.”

At the same time, he knows that there’s no shortage of “neoconservatives and hawks” who are highly suspicious of her.

Blaze News editor in chief Matthew Peterson adds, “They're terrified of unpredictability,” and now that Trump, via his reform-minded nominees, is “going to come in and smash the framework that they've used … they're going to fight it.”

To hear more of the conversation, check out the episode below.

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Greenland prime minister open to talking with Trump as calls for independence from Denmark grow



Greenland Prime Minister Múte Egede announced Friday that he is "ready to talk" with President-elect Donald Trump, who has expressed interest in acquiring the island.

At a joint press conference in Copenhagen with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Egede stated that he had not yet spoken with Trump but that he wants to have "discussions about what unites us."

"Cooperation is about dialogue. Cooperation means that you will work towards solutions," Egede said.

Frederiksen also demonstrated a willingness to discuss Greenland with Trump, stating, "The U.S. is our closest ally, and we will do everything to continue a strong cooperation."

She also indicated that Trump's interest in Greenland speaks to its value on the international stage. "The debate on Greenlandic independence and the latest announcements from the U.S. show us the large interest in Greenland," she said, "events which set in motion a lot of thoughts and feelings with many in Greenland and Denmark."

Greenland had been a Danish colony from the 18th century until the 1950s, when it became a self-governing Danish territory. In 2009, the island nation won the right to declare independence if its 57,000 or so residents ever voted to do so.

'We do not want to be American. We want to be Greenlandic.'

While Egede expressed interest in speaking with Trump and noted that Greenland is "a place that the Americans see as part of their world," he reiterated that he and his fellow countrymen do not want to become part of the U.S.

"We have a desire for independence, a desire to be the master of our own house. ... This is something everyone should respect," he explained. "Greenland is for the Greenlandic people. We do not want to be Danish. We do not want to be American. We want to be Greenlandic."

The U.S. already has a small stake in Greenland: Pituffik Space Base, America's northernmost military installation. Ice locks the area in nine months out of the year, but it remains operational year round.

Trump previously described gaining greater control of Greenland as an "absolute necessity" and worked diligently during his first term to make further inroads there. Now on the verge of beginning his second term, Trump has recently revitalized discussions about Greenland, even sending his son Don Jr. and others on a trip to Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, to mingle with leaders and locals alike.

Turning Point USA CEO Charlie Kirk, who joined Don Jr. on the trip to Greenland, recently explained to Blaze Media co-founder Glenn Beck the strategic advantages of acquiring Greenland.

"What does it have to offer? First of all, striking beauty," Kirk told Beck on Wednesday. "I mean, you would love it. ... The pictures don't do it justice. I'm talking about untouched, serene beauty. That's number one. Number two: incredible natural resources that the current Danish government who controls Greenland does not allow locals to exploit or use or take advantage of. I'm talking about resources we might not even be aware of."

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Charlie Kirk tells Glenn Beck what he and Donald Trump Jr. found in potential US territory Greenland



Within hours of President-elect Donald Trump stating Monday, "I am hearing that the people of Greenland are 'MAGA,'" Donald Trump Jr. and Turning Point USA CEO Charlie Kirk touched down in Nuuk, the capital of the autonomous Danish territory.

In an exclusive interview Wednesday, Kirk told Blaze Media co-founder Glenn Beck about the perception-changing experience that he and Donald Trump Jr. had in Greenland, then made an argument for why the island's purchase "would exponentially benefit the United States of America."

"I think the deal could be brokered," concluded Kirk. "Only President Trump could do it."

Trump appears unwilling to prioritize the sensitivities of foreign nationals over the security and prosperity of the United States.

'The United States of America feels that the ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity.'

Since his landslide victory in November, Trump has, for instance, pressured Canada to remedy its trade deficit with the U.S., increase military spending, and reinforce its southern border — all while joking about transforming the northern nation into the 51st state. Already, Trump has secured concessions and promises from Ottawa.

Similarly unwilling to tolerate guff from Panama, Trump has made clear that his White House would never permit the southern nation's American-made canal to "fall into the wrong hands," meaning the Chinese communist regime, which presently controls ports at both ends of the canal.

Greenland appears to be yet another geographic preoccupation for the president-elect, who has repeatedly suggested that the 836,330 square-mile island — home to fewer than 60,000 people, a wealth of underutilized natural resources, and the northernmost installation of the U.S military — is an important piece of real estate, especially where American national security is concerned.

When announcing former U.S. Ambassador to Sweden Ken Howery as his pick for ambassador to Denmark on Dec. 22, Trump, who discussed the possibility of acquiring Greenland during his first term, made his continued interest known, stating, "For purposes of National Security and Freedom throughout the World, the United States of America feels that the ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity."

Beck noted that Trump's remarks about Canada could be characterized as a mix of trolling and negotiation but that his interest in raising the red, white, and blue over Greenland is genuine and reflects a "president looking to the future."

After spending time this week with Donald Trump Jr. and the people of Greenland, Kirk appeared convinced that the island was a worthy investment even of the trillion-dollar figure Beck floated.

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"What does it have to offer? First of all, striking beauty," Kirk told Beck. "I mean, you would love it. ... The pictures don't do it justice. I'm talking about untouched, serene beauty. That's number one. Number two: incredible natural resources that the current Danish government who controls Greenland does not allow locals to exploit or use or take advantage of. I'm talking about resources we might not even be aware of."

'We might have lots of nonstop flights from New York and Chicago to Nuuk.'

A U.S. Geological Survey estimate indicated there could be 17.5 billion undiscovered barrels of oil and 148 trillion cubic feet of natural gas off the island.

Kirk's third justification for buying Greenland was its rare earth minerals, many of which are regarded as critical to American security and the economy, although he also emphasized the island's geostrategic value.

Scott Stephenson, a professor of policy analysis at Pardee RAND Graduate School, highlighted in 2019 that control over the island might be worthwhile because of its "central location between the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, along several shipping routes that are becoming increasingly accessible as sea ice melts, as well as [the] numerous transcontinental flight paths that rely on Greenlandic airspace."

"Control of Greenland could also make sense strategically for the United States in light of Russia's Arctic military buildup and China's recent attempts to purchase a naval base and build airports on the island," continued Stephenson. "Taking over responsibility for Greenland's foreign affairs from Denmark would grant veto power to the United States in security matters, enabling the United States to counter the spread of Chinese influence on the island."

"I think this is the best investment America could make in my lifetime," said Beck.

Suggesting that there was both an interest among the locals in joining America and a hostility toward Denmark, Kirk stressed that acquiring Greenland is "totally possible, especially with President Trump coming in. This would be such a net benefit for the United States for national security reasons. The Arctic is becoming an increasing hot center with China and Russia."

"One day, we might have lots of nonstop flights from New York and Chicago to Nuuk," said Kirk. "I would love to welcome Greenland into the United States of America."

Blaze News previously reported that a year after U.S. Secretary of State William Seward suggested the annexation of the island was "worthy of serious consideration," the U.S. came close to picking up Greenland and Iceland from Denmark for under $6 million in gold.

Citing previously classified documents, the Associated Press reported in 1991 that the Truman administration volunteered in 1946 to buy Greenland from Denmark for $100 million in gold. At the time, the late Sen. Owen Brewster (R-Maine) called the move a "military necessity."

'I was blown away at the worldwide movement that MAGA has created.'

When asked whether the Danes would be interested this time around, Kirk said, "It's the art of the deal, right? So just kind of thinking out loud here, number one, how much of say do Danes actually have? We pay for all their military defense, basically, through NATO. We're the ones that are keeping, you know, Putin at bay. We're the ones that continue to fund all of these military bases throughout Europe. So maybe it's time that we flex a little bit of that muscle and use some of that leverage of all of these blank checks that we've been writing all throughout Europe."

Donald Trump Jr. and Kirk apparently decided to go on the trip after the president-elect pushed Greenland back into the news.

According to Kirk, Donald Trump Jr., a big outdoorsman, said, '"Why don't I just go do a trip to Greenland and just kind of go get to know the culture and get to see what's ... going on there?' And one thing led to another, and I was invited."

The TPUSA founder indicated that they took "Trump Force One in the middle of the night" and flew to Nuuk, where Kirk was "blown away at the worldwide movement that MAGA has created."

"We were met by hundreds of people — people in MAGA hats on the streets of Nuuk, people that love America, that want to be part of America," said Kirk. "I was blown away at the worldwide movement that MAGA has created."

Some Greenlanders apparently told Kirk and Trump Jr. that Copenhagen discounts their concerns and mistreats them. However, Americans take them seriously and prize the land they love.

"Isn't that the American story? We don't care about where you're from. We care about your potential," Kirk told Beck.

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