Opinion

California Governor Gavin Newsom has been touting himself as the Great Green Environmental Anti-Trump.

But it’s an infuriating radioactive lie that demands tangible opposition, especially as it applies to the Diablo Canyon atomic reactors dangerously upwind of Los Angeles, and the California green energy industry, which he has decimated.

Newsom has loudly denounced ABC’s suspension of talk host Jimmy Kimmel. He appeared on Stephen Colbert’s nighttime show in New York as Kimmel was resurfacing in Los Angeles.

Newsom has loudly launched a very high-profile attack wave against Donald Trump. He’s bitterly criticized Trump’s anti-speech assaults on Kimmel and other talk hosts.

But Newsom has also portrayed himself as a green crusader in opposition to Trump’s contempt for climate science.

And here Newsom has hypocritically crossed many lethal lines, especially when it comes to nuclear power and solar energy.

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ICE’s television ad enticing Central Ohio law enforcement with a $50,000 sign-on bonus claims officers in sanctuary cities have been “forced to stand down.” Columbus, as most everyone knows, is a sanctuary city even if no formal declaration was ever made. But Columbus, that has the most immigrants per capita in Ohio, is in a red state. And you don’t have to be Cesar Chavez to realize what side most of the Columbus police are on.

Back in 2017, Mayor Ginther ordered Columbus police to never ask a person’s immigration status or apprehend people if suspected of being an immigrant unless ordered by a court. But a question lingers in the minds of activists: Have some Columbus police and Franklin County deputies been surreptitiously helping Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) by calling its snitch line and thus breaking city law?

This article first appeared on Substack

We are opening submissions for gINKgo, the LGBTQIA+ Zine. Sponsored by Westerville Queer Collective.

Our submission window is open until February 14, 2026, which is a long time from now but time does slip away!

Westerville Queer Collective's gINKgo is a community zine that features LGBTQ+ community members and allies, centered around their written and visual creations that uplift and empower the realities of LGBTQ+ people and their stories. Its first publication launched in 2025 with each following volume being released annually each summer. gINKgo's purpose is to empower and lift voices who speak for and about LGBTQ+ people, communities and culture in an intentional way; including all people under the LGBTQ+ umbrella and their supporters. 

We are looking to gather more voices and creations from different community members around central Ohio.

We have an optional theme this time around “Resistance, Resilience, Utopia.”