I don't want Newsom to be the 2028 nominee, because I don't think he's interested in the kind of corruption reforms we need, but he is damn good at politics.
this post was submitted on 17 Dec 2025
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That site is really great. In a serious, sane world that would be the news.
The introduction is talking in the third person, because it links right back to the page you are on.
It’s just a blog post, not a site. Kinda cringe how they get that wrong. It would be better if it was a stand alone site.
Weird that he would do all this
Other cuts include:
High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area program funding was cut by 35% ($102 million), shrinking federal support for multi-agency teams targeting drug/human trafficking.
The State Department’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons was cut by one-third, reducing global coordination and survivor assistance.
The Department of Labor eliminated over $500 million in grants for child labor and trafficking prevention, with ripple effects in vulnerable countries tied to U.S. trade.
The USAID Counter Trafficking in Persons (C-TIP) program was closed, and anti-trafficking responsibilities shifted to the State Department with reduced funding.
Major victim support and prevention grants were canceled or cut, with advocates and local law enforcement warning of weakened response capacity.
Cutting funding to the Multi-state Information Sharing and Analysis Center, a key vehicle for sharing cybersecurity threat intelligence and collaborating on incident response.
This well and good but doesn't change the fact that Newsom is a slimeball political opportunist. I'd prefer to not give him the attention.