what Newsom is doing fits Newsom's style, but I don't think Schumer should try it. Maybe I'm wrong, but I think if he just worked on simplifying his language and not painstakingly reading everything from notes while peering over his glasses I'd be satisfied. Jeffries? Maybe.

EVERYONE can ridicule him. Yes, this style won't work for everyone, but I bet Newsom's genius of a press manager can come up with a hundred more ways for a hundred more people to ridicule him.

The maga base sees him as a superman. When they see him being ridiculed, they will all run away in a heartbeat.

Again, thank you Newsom for releasing the power!

around the psychological bend pretty easily. I can't figure out why we don't.

And it's all stuff that can easily be done by an out of power party. Relentless ridicule. Relentless pounding on the Epstein issue. Relentlessly behaving like his father, i.e. belittling him and pointing out his failures, calling him a loser

I am serious when I say we need to get a hundred more ideas from Newsom's press manager. Or hire someone equally talented to coordinate a campaign of ridicule from the DNC.

came up with it. They gave me permission to use it, but I can't remember now who it was to give them credit.

I've heard it used for years.....well before Felonious Cunk showed up.


I claim dubs on "Felonious Cunk"!!!

Wunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnderful!!!

Here are some highlights from her interviews:

For lower legs when there is no appreciable difference in thickness between calves and ankles, thus the portmanteau word 'cankles'.

called mrs clinton "cancles" during that election

i really hate the schoolyard nicknames, but someone needs to update krasnov's mirrors.

"objects in this mirror are fatter than they appear"

Neither can I!

Both for him and for his base.
They need to be ridiculed mercilessly.

That’s why “Tiny Hands” and “Poopy Diapers” and “Fatty” and “JD the couch fucker” and a fool’s parade of other ridicule defeated the fuck out of him in 2024.

Oh, wait…

Or how about they're "weird." Really turned his base against him, right...

And cutting. I think it's silly, but it's not just name calling like the other stuff. And it's pointing out the ridiculous way in which he communicates. That said, as you note, ridicule itself doesn't win elections.

Not a fascist takeover. Let's play by the norms and send strongly worded letters. So much success with that in the past...

and too many more didn't bother to vote at all


As far as I'm concerned, we WON the narrative in 2024,
but lost on turnout, which I still can't quite understand...

Which I don't. He bragged about having the votes already and did very little to no campaigning. He knew the fix was in.

Not to mention the gov's good looking, articulate, & got a sense of humor. The meme of hunky, bare-chested Newsom hulking over a prone Melania is so.......satisfying!

We've been far too nice for far too long.

Politics is a rough game. Always has been. Unfortunately, many Dems seem to conflate politics with governing. They're not the same. But they are connected. If you don't do politics well, dirty as it may be, you don't get to govern. Newsom understands that age old formula and the gloves have finally come off.

LOVE Newsom's trolling

Look up Saul Alinsky and his 'rule number 5.'

The anguish of decent people (liberal tears) delights them. But, being laughed at, is something they cannot stand. Felon Trump obviously has no sense of humor, much less the ability to laugh at himself. He has no response.
Keep up the great work Newsom team!

You're right on target! Now what we need is for Democrats to start ridiculing republicans for their hypocrisy until they finally get it, and start moving toward the straight, and not-so-narrow, mindedness.

The Lincoln Project has been hammering the Felon with videos that ridicule him for years now.

I think everybody has put far too many expectations on the real world effects of social media memes.

for your average MAGAt conservative base to comprehend. The Newsom stuff, disgustingly simple, is short and sweet and easily digested by the dimwitted Repuglican base. It's like swatting a misbehaving puppy on the nose with a newspaper.

Marie Antoinette was widely mocked in pre-Revolutionary France, for her gambling, lavish spending that emptied the royal coffer, and supposed sexual impropriety. Her elaborate hairstyles and fashion choices were often mocked, contributing to the perception of her as out of touch with the realities of the French people. The mockery fueled public resentment in the period leading up to the French Revolution.

Marie Antoinette was widely mocked in pre-Revolutionary France, for her gambling, lavish spending that emptied the royal coffer, and supposed sexual impropriety. Her elaborate hairstyles and fashion choices were often mocked, contributing to the perception of her as out of touch with the realities of the French people. The mockery fueled public resentment in the period leading up to the French Revolution.

I have been calling for our side to use ridicule, but it took minds much greater than mine to actually put it into action. No one needs my advice on how or when to do it.

He's old enough to remember when that was the norm even for Dems. Particularly in places like NY. We use to be feared. Politicians like Daley, LBJ and others. We haven't been for a long time and see where that's gotten us.

If you don't think we've pulled some stunts back in the day, check out JFK's operatives secretly turning up the temperature in the TV studio during the now infamous televised debate with Dick Nixon. Seems they knew Tricky Dick was prone to sweating. The rest took care of itself.

John Oliver exposed Schumer's weakness, Durbin is tired and I'm not sure why Jeffries had been so ineffective. The more Newsom fights, the more I like him.

The only way to deal with stupid ridicule is to use smarter ridicule back.

I can't.

trying to give me nightmares, here? Schumer should RETIRE---
He served us well for many years, but he's way passed his "sell by" date...

Seriously, that would be great.

And post a pic of himself at the beach in a speedo with He-Man muscles!

Some people are just better communicators. Not bashing his politics, just his style in this moment.

Theyre probably enjoying a glass of wine as we speak.

Ten years ago Roskomnadzor, Russia’s federal executive body responsible for overseeing the media, banned internet memes that poked fun of Russian President Vladimir Putin (and other public figures).

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Sorry, I meant don’t give Stephen Miller any ideas

If he could create an executive order that would make it a crime for any Dem that says mean things about him! That is laughable out loud funny to me.

by calling him weird.

kept from using the weird label as much as he wanted because some consultants thought it was too polarizing or something. Hope that's not true.

I definitely recognize the power of the weird.

Dem's "consultants" have been way too compliant/subservient to the right-leaning megadonors for way too long.

another bad campaign decision.

Whoever these nameless “consultants” are, they need to be replaced. They’re the same people who always advise Democrats to act more like Republicans in midterm elections. Not this time!

It didn't swing any voters.

in very few words!

that everything is just fine and there will be no repercussions for his bizarre and infantile behavior. Having his weird posts mirrored back at him is a much needed reminder that people are paying attention and he's not getting a free pass.

I was a little slow to embrace this whole idea, but now I'm a believer!

I wouldn't recommend imitating such ridiculous, brainless tactics, but in this case, I think it is absolutely necessary. I would just hate to see it become the norm in the world of politics. This should be the exception to the rule, unless republicans just get worse, which is entirely possible.

and let's face it, they have much to ridicule!

They were practically having a litter of kittens on-air, they were so freaked. Thank God Democrats finally have a spokesman who's doing some appreciable damage on our behalf. We need lots more, like him. Just as soon as possible.

as they say in the South.

This made me smile

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) is having a moment as his mockery of President Donald Trump's social media posts has sent Republicans flying into a rage.

— Raw Story (@rawstory.com) 2025-08-20T22:01:04Z

But better late than never.

instead of taking everything they say seriously and responding in a serious manner.

It's also about controlling the narrative and what is out there.

….do not want to fight back, fire with fire. They’re worried about rules, norms, decorum, and laws. Maybe they just don’t want to look “undignified” — afraid to get town in the dirt and fight. When your opponent is someone who doesn’t give a rat’s ass about any of that and who tossed it all out years ago, such timidity will NOT work. AT. ALL.

Worse, we have NO MORE TIME to wait for democrats to grok a clue and start waterboarding MAGAts with their own medicine.

Our party was not prepared for this even though we’ve been moving in this direction for decades. They still refused to suspend the filibuster or do anything else remotely beyond the norm. That timidity has hurt us and this country badly.

And they still have not responded (save a few of them) with nearly the fight required to defeat it.

And couldn't resist backing up and replaying the bits Nicole had shown. Don't these people hear themselves? Too much!

All I can say is thank god I wasn't eating or drinking something, I'd either have choked to death or have had a "spit take" mess to clean up.

and Trump was calling JD Vance a weirdo. Why David Plouffe (sp so what-he sucks) stopped that was a giant mistake.

Another Kryptonite of Trumps... and the 1000 girls abused... by monsters.

Meanwhile Trump and the associated fascist regime is steamrolling over everything else in the real world. What are Newsomand the Democrats doing about that? Because frankly I'd rather see Trump stupid rage tweeting and the rest of us keeping our democracy and our country intact.

That's a very long time and low-attention voters and leopard-eaten repukes have not suffered enough yet.

The battle has just begun and you're already giving up?

And at least 5 of them tonight. That’s what I call A LONG game. 😉

...but a win is a win...

...

Link to tweet

Trump posted an all caps rant early this morning.

If our side is losing registered voters and their side gaining registered voters and with the gerrymander nonsense, what are we winning?

I want reasons for hope.

...hypocrisy has not worked, maybe pointing out the buffoonery will. It did a long time ago against the klan...