Introducing: "This is Gavin Newsom"

I'm Gavin Newsom, and having real conversations is nothing new for me. Tackling tough questions, engaging with people who don't always agree with me, debating without demeaning.
Now I'm taking those conversations even further on my new podcast. Each week, I'm inviting voices from across the political spectrum, including those I fundamentally disagree with, to discuss the most pressing and challenging issues of our time.
I support border security. You're trolling folks and trying to find migrants to try to get some news and attention so you can out-Trump Trump.
How's that going for you, Ron? You're down 41 points in your own home state. 71% of the GDP in America are blue counties, 71% of the GDP in America are blue counties.
Progressive policies. But it's not just their voices that matter.
It's yours too. And that's why I want you, the listeners, to be part of the conversation.
We'll discuss, we'll debate, and we'll decode what the hell is going on. The price of eggs is so ridiculously expensive.
So we agree that this price is insane. Insane.
People are fighting for eggs. What kind of world are we living in in that respect? This is bird flu, and they need to take it very, very seriously.
The Trump administration. Kennedy scares me the most.
The lunatics in charge of the asylum, you know, I think you alluded a little bit to how you would have to manage up with him. That first act by the new Health and Human Service

Secretary was a little more alarming. But the fact that he already is looking to

analyze that advisory committee, we're going to be very vigilant.

What's really going on with Doge? And why does Elon Musk have so much power?

It's a question we're all asking ourselves. There's a lack of transparency around Doge.
There's a lack of understanding about his role. He's got all this power and authority.
Is it moral authority or formal authority? Is he actually going in and accessing your data? And my biggest fear, be candid with you, is public safety. Do you think that the Democrats have a messaging problem? Majority of people saying we're, quote unquote, out of touch, that we don't represent you, that we are weak.
Absolutely. Absolutely.
We have a messaging problem. We may even break some news.
So beginning a lot of questions, a lot of calls about something that's getting a lot of attention, unsurprisingly, and that's what's going on with the Menendez brothers. Today, I just notified the LADA as well as the Menendez attorney, including victims, that I have directed the Board of Parole hearings to do what we call a risk assessment investigation into their applications specifically for commutation.
The question for the board is a rather simple one. Do Eric and Lyle Menendez, do they pose a current, what we call unreasonable risk to public safety? The risk assessment will be conducted as they typically are conducted by experts in public safety as well as forensic psychologists.
We're going to make the findings, by the way, available to the judges presiding over the resentencing motion in LA Superior Court as well, of course, to the district attorney himself. There's no guarantee of outcome here.
My office conducts dozens and dozens of these clemency reviews on a consistent basis, but this process simply provides more transparency, which I think is important in this case, as well as provides us more due diligence before I make any determination for clemency. So join the conversation and subscribe now.
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