Lia Russell

1 week ago | sacbee.com | Lia Russell

Just hours after President Donald Trump said on June 7 that he would send the California National Guard to Los Angeles, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s press office launched a steady stream of TikTok, X and Instagram memes, videos, fact-checks and GIFs cutting the administration down to size.

1 week ago | sacbee.com | Lia Russell

President Donald Trump is threatening to ramp up deportation raids and target cities led by Democrats, following days of protests over deportation raids in Los Angeles, during which he seized control of the California National Guard. In a Sunday evening social media post, Trump said he had directed his administration to carry out mass deportations — one of his core campaign promises — in metropolitan areas “at the core of the Democrat Power Center” like Los Angeles, Chicago and New York.

2 weeks ago | sacbee.com | Lia Russell

All it took was eight minutes and 40 seconds and a firehose of memes for Gov. Gavin Newsom to vault himself to the front of the previously necrotic resistance movement against the White House. In a fiery speech Tuesday evening, Newsom, wearing his usual navy suit and flanked by California and U.S. flags, stared into a camera and lambasted President Donald Trump’s deployment of the military to suppress protests of deportation raids in Los Angeles.

2 weeks ago | gazettextra.com | Lia Russell |David Lightman

In less than a week, California Gov. Gavin Newsom abandoned the uneasy armistice he forged with President Donald Trump after January's wildfires. He dared federal officials to arrest him over his handling of immigration protests in Los Angeles, while competing narratives of whether the city had descended into anarchic chaos or was being steamrolled by a vindictive administration played out on social media and in the press.

2 weeks ago | thebrunswicknews.com | Lia Russell |David Lightman

In less than a week, California Gov. Gavin Newsom abandoned the uneasy armistice he forged with President Donald Trump after January's wildfires. He dared federal officials to arrest him over his handling of immigration protests in Los Angeles, while competing narratives of whether the city had descended into anarchic chaos or was being steamrolled by a vindictive administration played out on social media and in the press.