Having swallowed the pill Democratic consultants are selling about abandoning the progressive left, term-limited California Governor Gavin Newsom is suddenly chummy with noted anti-semites and conspiracy theorists.

The governor's latest endeavor is a show coddling right-wing provocateurs. It's not only cringey, it's a glib diversion from the job he should be doing.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has a new podcast, and if the first episode is any indication, he plans to spend it sucking up to right-wing influencers and making digs at his own political party. The first episode of “This Is Gavin Newsom” dropped Thursday morning,