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applegrove

(130,512 posts) Fri Jan 16, 2026, 03:09 PM 12 hrs ago

Gavin Newsom will attend Davos as counterweight to Trump
— Politico (@politico.com) 2026-01-16T20:02:40Z

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Newsom to go to Davos. (Original Post) applegrove 12 hrs ago OP

Gonna need 3 or 4 Newsoms C_U_L8R 11 hrs ago #1

I think they may have meant... 2naSalit 10 hrs ago #3

He'll fit right in. Kid Berwyn 11 hrs ago #2

I was really starting to like him until PuraVidaDreamin 10 hrs ago #4

(48,950 posts)

1. Gonna need 3 or 4 Newsoms

Fri Jan 16, 2026, 03:26 PM

11 hrs ago

If we're talking strictly counterweight.

(100,227 posts)

3. I think they may have meant...

Fri Jan 16, 2026, 04:36 PM

10 hrs ago

Intellectually, in that case, he outweighs the orange pile of offal a hundred times over and then some.

(23,191 posts)

2. He'll fit right in.

Fri Jan 16, 2026, 03:26 PM

11 hrs ago

The Rich and their servants.

(4,476 posts)

4. I was really starting to like him until

Fri Jan 16, 2026, 04:41 PM

10 hrs ago

He chose billionaires over the people. The 99%!