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[SlyPokerDog]

Governor Gavin Newsom announces California will make its own insulin

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KION-TV)-- Governor Gavin Newsom announced Thursday a plan to allocate $100 million in state funding to have the state make its own insulin.

"Nothing epitomizes market failure more than the cost of insulin," said Newsom. "Many Americans experience out-of-pocket costs anywhere from $300 to $500 per month for this life-saving drug."

Half of the funding will go towards developing low-cost insulin products, and the other $50 million will be spent on a Califronia-based insulin manufacturing facility.

This is in hopes of creating new, high-paying jobs and a more robust supply chain in California.

https://kion546.com/news/2022/07/07...nounces-california-will-make-its-own-insulin/

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Gavin Newsom just jump-started the 2024 campaign

With his reelection this fall a near-certainty, California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom is turning his eye to the future where, he hopes, a presidential bid awaits.

Over the July 4 holiday, Newsom ran an ad in Florida attacking GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis and touting his own governance of California.

“I urge all of you living in Florida to join the fight – or join us in California, where we still believe in freedom: Freedom of speech, freedom to choose, freedom from hate, and the freedom to love,” Newsom says in the ad, which ran on Fox News on Monday.

It’s a very smart move by Newsom, and speaks to the ongoing uncertainty over whether President Joe Biden runs again in 2024.

Let’s start with the strategy here.

This was never about actually hurting DeSantis, who, like Newsom, is heavily favored to win a second term in November. How do I know? Because the ad buy was for just over $100,000 – a tiny expenditure in a state as massive as Florida. And that it ran on only Fox News speaks to Newsom’s real goals here.

Those goals? Newsom knows that DeSantis is the hottest thing in national Republican circles these days. From fundraising to polling in early states, it’s clear that if DeSantis ran for president in 2024, he would actually have a chance to topple Donald Trump in a GOP primary.

So, what better way to make yourself known nationally – and with a reputation as a fighter – than to take a (symbolic) swing at the big Republican on the block?

“He’s running for president,” Newsom told CNN of DeSantis last week. “I care about people. I don’t like people being treated as less of them. I don’t like people being told they’re not worthy. I don’t like people being used as political pawns. This is not just about him, but he is the poster child of it.”

Whatever you think of it, the strategy worked. The Newsom ad has been viewed 3.3 million times on his Twitter feed and drove tons of media coverage over the holiday weekend.

It’s also worth considering what Newsom’s gambit says about Biden.

While Biden insists he is running again (and gets annoyed when people question it), there are still questions lingering in Democratic circles about whether he will really do it.

Newsom’s ad – and the resulting publicity – speak to those doubts, and will fuel them. There is just no way that Newsom goes after DeSantis – even with a small TV ad buy – unless he thinks there is a possibility that he might be facing the Florida governor come November 2024 (or at least wants Democratic activists and donors to be considering that possibility). Which would mean no Biden in the race.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/06/politics/gavin-newsom-2024-campaign/index.html

 

[julius]

Honestly, I'd rather Newsom be President than Biden.

 

[barfo]

Governor Gavin Newsom announces California will make its own insulin

This can only mean one thing: we are preparing for separation from Trumplandia.

BATTLE STATIONS!

barfo

 

[SlyPokerDog]

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

 

[ehizzy3]

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

So yeah, they spent state funds on this.

 

[Phatguysrule]

This was already allowed. That's how Remington was sued...

 

[barfo]

This was already allowed. That's how Remington was sued...

Not necessarily. Remington was sued under CT state law - maybe CA didn't have an equivalent provision.

barfo

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Not necessarily. Remington was sued under CT state law - maybe CA didn't have an equivalent provision.

barfo

Both states start with C so they have the same laws.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

I'm guessing they are going to replace Joe Biden soon. Kamala will name Newsome as the VP.

Based on the negative press Biden's been getting, he's being targeted to resign or step down and the national spotlight Newsome's getting.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

#FleeceGate

 

[Chris Craig]

I'm guessing they are going to replace Joe Biden soon. Kamala will name Newsome as the VP.

Based on the negative press Biden's been getting, he's being targeted to resign or step down and the national spotlight Newsome's getting.

Funny. Biden's approval rating has been going up. Polls show him beating Trump again in 2024.

Though if Trump and Biden didn't run, I could see a Newsom and DeSantis going up against each other.

 

[crandc]

There is no truth to nonsense being spread on Fox and right wing web sites that electric vehicles are causing rolling blackouts in California.

Charging is a very small percentage of energy use. Most owners charge in off peak hours when it costs less. And despite days of miserable record heat we have avoided rolling blackouts so far.

The right has to depict California as a hellhole so they make shit up

 

[andalusian]

The flex alerts are happening because the morons have been refusing to see climate change for years.

Some people have always been morons

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

 

[Lanny]

Honestly, I'd rather Newsom be President than Biden.

You're splitting hairs here when you consider the alternatives of Trump or DeSantis.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

 

[Lanny]

That's gonna be nothing compared to what Trump is hiding.

 

[Shaboid]

 

[Phatguysrule]

These attacks on Asians must stop!