“Today is Liberation Day in the state of California,” Gavin Newsom proclaimed today in downtown L.A. of the legislative effort to stop Donald Trump from “rigging the system” with gerrymandering and other blows against American democracy. “I know they say don’t mess with Texas, well don’t mess with the great Golden State.” “We’ve got to …

Gavin Newsom warned President Donald Trump. “It’s time to, dare I say, do the right thing.”Newsom has a history of locking horns with Trump, especially as the former has emerged as a strong contender for the Democratic presidential nomination for 2028—a race that Trump has repeatedly teased running in despite constitutional term limits and one in which his legacy will be tested nonetheless.

As Texas hurtles toward a flashpoint on a GOP effort to redraw congressional districts, California Democrats are answering with a plan of their own.