The deal, which is set to be formally announced later Monday, will pave the way for the creation of one of the largest media conglomerates in the world, helmed by the son of a billionaire megadonor to [Trump]…

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    “Gavin Newsom hands huge win to Trump and his billionaire cronies,” Ruffalo wrote on social media.

    That’s his secret Mark, Gavin Newsom is always selling out the public to benefit billionaires…

    It’s why he’s so dangerous, the billionaires are going to push the shit out of him for the 2028 dem primary. Even if he loses the general, they still win. And if he does manage to win, he names the DNC chair and hands it back to neoliberals.

    Nothing is more important than making sure a progressive wins the Dem primary. Even if Republicans win the general, the voting members would be likely to pick another unbiased chair. But if a Dem becomes president, they name the chair. That’s why the last one just handed it to Kamala, and she’d have handed Jamie Harrison the chair again.

    We can’t waste this opportunity.

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      Which is why we need to start sowing the seeds for a progressive primary candidate now. We need to be vetting them like any one of them could be the next Fetterman or Platner and we better be getting their names out there before the race kicks off, because if we cannot afford to wait until the race starts.