Gov. Gavin Newsom looks on as Speaker Emerita Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-San Fransisco, delivers remarks during a news conference on redistricting at the Governor's Mansion in downtown Sacramento on Friday, Aug. 8, 2025. California legislative leaders met with Texas Democratic lawmakers about Republican plans to redistrict. DANIEL HEUER [email protected]

California governor Gavin Newsom has been posting on social media in the president's signature ALL CAPS style, and the internet (and Polymarket) are here for it.

Fox News host Dana Perino attempted to defend her pearl-clutching toward California Gov. Gavin Newsom ’s trend of trolling tweets on Tuesday’s episode of “The Five.” But doing so required her to ignore the reason for the governor’s recent mockery of Donald Trump ’s social media style and insisted Newsom is just being a copycat.

For a decade, Trump has blazed trails online. And now, Newsom has found that by replicating Trump’s posts to the point of outright parody and trolling, he’s effectively gamed social media algorithms and colonized X’s typically right-coded “for you” tab.

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough criticized Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) on Wednesday's edition of "Morning Joe" for attacking President Donald Trump. JOE SCARBOROUGH, MSNBC: And, Willie, you can see the Democrats are trying to find their footing,

Ruthless Podcast' co-hosts Michael Duncan and John Ashbrook dissect California Gov. Gavin Newsom's social media strategy mocking President Donald Trump and Democrats' 'historic losses' on 'The Story.'

Inside the MAGA-parodying strategy that has rocketed the California governor to algorithmic dominance — while annoying leading Republicans.

Governor Gavin Newsom has rallied enough support from local Democratic leaders to plow ahead with a controversial initiative to redraw California’s congressional maps. A key next task: tapping the state’s wealthy to help sell the plan to voters.