{"id":2448628,"date":"2025-06-17T21:41:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T01:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-joins-substack-to-cut-through-the-right-wing-disinformation\/"},"modified":"2025-06-17T21:42:18","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T01:42:18","slug":"newsom-joins-substack-to-cut-through-the-right-wing-disinformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-joins-substack-to-cut-through-the-right-wing-disinformation\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsom joins Substack to \u2018cut through the right-wing disinformation\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnewsom-joins-substack-to-cut-through-the-right-wing-disinformation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2448628&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>California governor Gavin Newsom has recently launched a Substack newsletter as part of his initiative to combat what he refers to as &#8220;right<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/crt-teacher-crt-isnt-taught-in-schools\/\" title=\"CRT Teacher: CRT Isn\u2019t Taught In Schools\">-wing disinformation<\/a>.&#8221; This move follows his launch of a podcast earlier in 2025, aimed at facilitating honest discussions among individuals with differing viewpoints. Newsom expressed his desire to engage in meaningful dialog amidst a sea of misinformation and intends to use Substack as a platform to connect with his audience. He emphasized the importance of breaking through the noise of disinformation and fostering two-way conversations during this critical period in U.S.history. This decision coincides with a shift in his rhetoric, moving from moderate stances to more direct critiques, particularly considering criticisms from political opponents about his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-physical-reveals-multiple-health-issues-does-not-appear-to-have-gotten-cognitive-test-reports\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s Physical Reveals Multiple Health Issues, Does Not Appear To Have Gotten Cognitive Test: Reports\">previous positions<\/a>. Newsom is also seen as a potential Democratic presidential candidate for the 2028 election.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Newsom joins Substack to &lsquo;cut through the right-wing disinformation&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2150712\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gavin-newsom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Gavin Newsom<\/a> (D-CA) took to <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/social-media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Substack<\/a> on Monday in an effort to further &ldquo;cut through the right-wing disinformation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">California<\/a> governor already has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3330726\/gavin-newsom-launches-podcast-featuring-architects-maga-movement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">a podcast<\/a>, <em>This is Gavin Newsom, <\/em>which he launched in February as a way to have &ldquo;honest discussions with people that agree and disagree with us.&rdquo; Newsom also launched the podcast&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3069372\/newsom-nfl-star-marshawn-lynch-launch-politickin-podcast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><em>Politickin&rsquo;<\/em>&nbsp;with former NFL player Marshawn Lynch&nbsp;<\/a>in July 2024. His newest Substack venture continues his fight to break through &ldquo;so much noise.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3445246\/sobering-security-briefing-minnesota-murders-capitol-police-budget\/\">&#8216;Sobering&#8217; security briefing after Minnesota murders could usher in billion-dollar Capitol Police budget<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3444869\/dnc-election-david-hogg-successor-heads-runoff-vote\/\">DNC election for David Hogg&#8217;s successor heads to runoff vote<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3445244\/us-embassy-jerusalem-close-until-friday-israel-iran-war\/\">US Embassy in Jerusalem to close until Friday as Israel-Iran conflict rages<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s so much mis- and disinformation out there. There&rsquo;s so much noise. I don&rsquo;t need to tell you that,&rdquo; Newsom <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/gavinnewsom\/status\/1934992893221216488?s=46&amp;t=sYPv69zyCkhr8YRM53P9pg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">said<\/a> in an online video. &ldquo;The question is, how do we break through all of that noise and engage in real conversations? And that&rsquo;s why I&rsquo;m launching on Substack. I hope you&rsquo;ll follow me so we can continue to engage in a two-way conversation at this critical moment in our history.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just launched on Substack.<\/p>\n<p>We have to flood the zone and continue to cut through the right <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/snopes-posts-bogus-pro-aoc-fact-check-ends-up-exposing-its-left-wing-bias\/\" title=\"Snopes Posts Bogus Pro...AOC \u2018Fact Check,\u2019 Ends Up Exposing Its Left...Wing Bias\">wing disinformation machine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Follow &amp; tune in for my first live conversation with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AaronParnas?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AaronParnas<\/a> at 11:30am PT today! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/obyv4f8x1x\">https:\/\/t.co\/obyv4f8x1x<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iGQ6SYvpi8\">pic.twitter.com\/iGQ6SYvpi8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GavinNewsom\/status\/1934992893221216488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 17, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>Newsom joins former&nbsp;ABC News&nbsp;journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3439235\/terry-moran-joins-unemployed-former-tv-journalists-joining-substack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Terry Moran<\/a> and former CNN anchor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3304892\/jim-acosta-going-independent-substack-cnn-exit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Jim Acosta<\/a>, who have also launched their own Substack newsletters following their departures from their respective networks.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have to flood the zone and continue to cut through the right-wing disinformation machine,&rdquo; Newsom said in his video&rsquo;s caption.<\/p>\n<p>The rhetoric of Newsom&rsquo;s announcement deviated from his previous politically centrist comments when he came out against transgender athletes in women&rsquo;s sports, calling it &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/fairness-justice\/3339193\/newsom-transgender-athletes-womens-sports-deeply-unfair\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">deeply unfair<\/a>.&rdquo; He also had described the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >anti-police protests<\/a> of 2020 as &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3350355\/newsom-anti-police-grant-records\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">lunacy<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, California gubernatorial candidate&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3388129\/steve-hilton-end-california-one-party-rule\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Steve Hilton<\/a>&nbsp;blasted Newsom for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3444338\/steve-hilton-mocks-newsom-brief-rebranding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">missing the mark<\/a> on implementing his proposed views.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3437824\/california-us-attorney-illegal-immigration-sweeps-continue-la-riots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>CALIFORNIA US ATTORNEY SAYS ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION SWEEPS WILL CONTINUE DESPITE LA RIOTS: &lsquo;NOT DETERRED&rsquo;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Gavin Newsom has completely lost the plot. He doesn&rsquo;t know what he is doing,&rdquo; Hilton said. &ldquo;Like a few months ago, he was all about trying to pretend that he was moderate. Of course, he is not. He didn&rsquo;t do anything about any of the issues that he talked about, whether that&rsquo;s biological men in girls sports or anything else.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Newsom&nbsp;is a year away from reaching his two-term limit after he survived a recall election in 2021.&nbsp;He is seen as a likely Democratic presidential candidate for the 2028 election.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2150712\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2150712\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newsom joins Substack to combat right-wing disinformation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2689,"featured_media":2448629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Gavin-Newsom-cgi55.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[50577,4188,3678,5894,23906],"class_list":["post-2448628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-disinformation-2","tag-media","tag-newsom","tag-politics","tag-substack"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Gavin-Newsom-cgi55.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2689"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2448628"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2448632,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448628\/revisions\/2448632"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2448629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2448628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2448628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2448628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}