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Atlantic Magazine Brutally Body-Slams Gavin Newsom's Political Record
Newsbusters ^ | January 25, 2026 | P.J. Gladnick

Posted on 01/25/2026 8:05:48 PM PST by PJ-Comix

The story didn't appear in such periodicals as Breitbart or the Blaze or National Review. Instead, quite shockingly, it appeared on Thursday in Atlantic magazine where assistant editor Marc Novicoff and Jonathan Chait went full smackdown on Newsom. The authors are both liberals but they fear that Newsom, with his disastrous record in the Golden State, is sure to cause a horrible electoral loss for the Democrats in 2028 should he become that party's presidential nominee.

So fasten your seatbelts as Novicoff and Chait sound remarkably like 2028 GOP attack ads in "Gavin Newsom’s Record Is a Problem."

(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bloggers; blogpimp; california; clickbaitwas; election2028; gavinnewsom; goofygavin; greasygavin; highspeedrail; jonathanchait; liarsvsliar; marcnovicoff; media; newsom; scandals; theatlantic
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Yeah, despite Newsom's supposed front-runner status I see him crashing and burning over the next year. Therefore I think the Democrat race for presidential nominee will be a free-for-all. And all the presumed candidates have YUUUUUGE flaws. And please don't say Andrew Beshear is flaw-free. His flaw is the guy is extremely boring. Try watching his podcasts. Awkward and painful to watch.
1 posted on 01/25/2026 8:05:48 PM PST by PJ-Comix
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To: PJ-Comix

He’s a phony. As likable as Al Gore and John Kerry. I think people will see through that. His record doesn’t concern leftist voters otherwise Walz would resign by now and not wait for his term to end.


2 posted on 01/25/2026 8:11:32 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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To: PJ-Comix

Hillary?


3 posted on 01/25/2026 8:15:12 PM PST by Maine Mariner
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"Just about everything people don’t like about the Democratic Party has come true in Newsom’s California."
4 posted on 01/25/2026 8:17:39 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: PJ-Comix

Newsom’s anti-petroleum and anti-gun stances alone should kill any chance of him winning a presidential race.


5 posted on 01/25/2026 8:18:56 PM PST by Inyo-Mono
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To: PJ-Comix

When you’ve lost Jonathan Chait....


6 posted on 01/25/2026 8:28:11 PM PST by an amused spectator (free New Mexico!)
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This is a ‘demonstrable’ ‘lie’ from Gavin Newsom, political commentator alleges
4:51
Fox Business
3.27M subscribers
122,785 views
January 23, 2026
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eqi9yAW1kpo
https://www.youtube.com/@FoxBusiness/videos


7 posted on 01/25/2026 8:30:32 PM PST by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: Maine Mariner

Hillary in 2028? Would Democrats really recycle 81 year old Hillary Clinton in 2028?


8 posted on 01/25/2026 8:40:52 PM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: PJ-Comix

“The story didn’t appear in such periodicals as Breitbart”

It will next week with a “BREAKING” banner.


9 posted on 01/25/2026 8:42:03 PM PST by TexasGator ('./)
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To: an amused spectator

“When you’ve lost Jonathan Chait....”

Some how, some way, we must force democrats to nominate Newsom.

The only thing I can think of is to attack Newsom resulting in a sympathetic democrat knee-jerk reaction; they will nominate him without thinking.

I know it is a dirty trick but I don’t think it is illegal.


10 posted on 01/25/2026 8:51:14 PM PST by jeffersondem
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The Atlantic coming down hard on gruesome newsom is surprising.


11 posted on 01/25/2026 8:54:19 PM PST by gildafarrell (To Strive, To Seek, To Find and Not To Yield!)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

“Hillary in 2028? Would Democrats really recycle 81 year old Hillary Clinton in 2028?”

Democrats have several in the stable.

First, there is Joe Biden.

Or, Hunter Biden - he has been pardoned.

Then there is Kamala.


12 posted on 01/25/2026 8:54:41 PM PST by jeffersondem
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To: jeffersondem

Ol’ Jazz Hands.


13 posted on 01/25/2026 8:57:39 PM PST by an amused spectator (free New Mexico!)
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To: PJ-Comix

Gavin Newsom’s Political Record is not at all difficult to shred.


14 posted on 01/25/2026 9:12:45 PM PST by Attention Surplus Disorder
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In case you haven’t all noticed, Kamala Harris is leading Newsom in three of the last five polls (RCP).


15 posted on 01/25/2026 9:15:49 PM PST by phil00071
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The democRAT Primary Debates are going to be a glorious fiasco. They will tear into each other in no holds barred ways.

Remember when Que Mala went after Biden’s racist past? Jill Biden is still seething.


16 posted on 01/25/2026 9:23:35 PM PST by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try. )
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If Newsom was a woman he’d be an air-head bimbo... Maybe true believers at Atlantic have figured that out.


17 posted on 01/25/2026 9:27:08 PM PST by GOPJ (Trump's a Rorschach: for good or ill people see thier hidden selves in him. Protector? Bully? Savior)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

The stench of a loser, I doubt he’ll run sometimes.


18 posted on 01/25/2026 10:34:42 PM PST by Az Joe (No matter how cynical you are, it's never enough to keep up.)
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To: jeffersondem

I’m sure AOC will be in there somewhere. The rainbow-haired contingency absolutely *adores* her.


19 posted on 01/26/2026 2:10:49 AM PST by Kriggerel ("All great truths are hard and bitter, but lies... are sweeter than wild honey" (Ragnar Redbeard))
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Good point! Perhaps give Harris another chance?


20 posted on 01/26/2026 5:02:10 AM PST by Maine Mariner
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