The governor instead is leading a large national media campaign to confront sins of politicians with whom he disagrees.
On the Campaign for Democracy website, the stated mission is all about conflict — “patriotic Americans must go on offense,” the site says, “bringing the fight” with an “aggressive” campaign “to confront and defeat unAmerican authoritarianism.” Who are these authoritarians? They are all “extremist Republicans.”
Like most Californians, I agree with the campaign’s criticisms of the Republican Party for bullying vulnerable people, criminalizing free speech, denying rights to women and dehumanizing immigrants. I think it’s good that Newsom is offering strong words and some protections for people under right-wing attack.
But Newsom’s narrow cherry-picking of targets undermines his good intentions. Democratic decline is a global problem that touches all parties, and anti-democratic authoritarians also can emerge fromThat, however, is not the greatest omission in the “Campaign for Democracy.” The website offers hardly any ideas for extending democracy and the practice of government.
Newsom, and previous governors, have extended their powers, especially in emergencies. Accountability is hard because state government is a highly secretive entity. California agenciesMeanwhile, our democratic mechanisms have become less useful. Our system of direct democracy is so costly that only the richest and most powerful people and organizations can afford to use it. The state’s
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