GAVIN GETS IT

Gavin Newsom Finally Gets It: The Dictatorship Is Here

For years, the Heritage Foundation and its cadre of right-wing intellectuals have been laying the groundwork for authoritarian rule in America. Their weapon? Project 2025 is a thousand-page playbook for dismantling democracy, eviscerating the civil service, and consolidating power in the hands of oligarchs and billionaires.

Donald Trump was not an accident. He was the perfect vessel, loud, reckless, and shameless enough to carry out their blueprint. Every action he has taken, from hollowing out federal agencies to inciting insurrection, is part of a carefully designed dictatorship plan.

We’ve been sounding the alarm since 2023, warning that Project 2025 wasn’t just a theory. It was the operational manual for a fascist takeover. Too many brushed it off as exaggeration, insisting that America was merely on a “slow walk” toward dictatorship. But Gavin Newsom now sees what we’ve been saying all along: we are already there.

This Is Not a Drill

The dictatorship is not some distant threat. It is not on the horizon. It is here, operating in broad daylight, normalized through endless lies and authoritarian moves disguised as “policy.” Trump and his enablers are executing the plan step by step while much of the political establishment debates as if everything were still politics as usual.

Newsom Steps Into the Fight

Finally, California Governor Gavin Newsom, a national figure of stature, has acknowledged the truth. He recognizes that the danger is not creeping; it has arrived. And unlike others, he appears ready not just to talk, but to fight.

This is what has been missing: fight. For too long, Democrats and defenders of democracy have treated this as a political game that can be won with speeches, hearings, or procedural maneuvers. However, the opposition does not play by democratic rules. They are playing by the rules of power, and their goal is nothing short of permanent authoritarian control.

Time to Fight

Newsom’s readiness to confront Trumpism directly marks a turning point. The fight can no longer be delayed, deferred, or delegated. It is not enough to warn, write reports, or issue statements. It is time to resist, openly, forcefully, and without apology.

Democracy will not survive unless leaders stand up and the people stand with them. The Heritage Foundation, the billionaires, and their puppet Donald Trump have already shown us their plan. The only question now is whether we will match their determination.

Thank God Gavin Newsom is finally stepping forward. The dictatorship is here, and so is the fight.

William James Spriggs