🚨 HOLY SMOKES. The father of m*rdered 12-year-old California girl Polly Klaas just WENT OFF on national TV at Gov. Gavin Newsom commuting the death penalty of her k*ller after the midterms
"WHY does he wait until TWO DAYS after the midterms to PULL a STUNT like this? So he can be in the history books?!"
"HE TURNS A BLIND EYE! [...] Quite frankly I don't understand! He has been governor for 8 YEARS yet he FAILED to get rid of the death penalty. It still exists!"
You can hear the pain in his voice.
Newsom announced on Thursday, two days after Election Day, that he's commuting the sentences of ALL 548 death row inmates in California to life without parole, with two months left in office 🤯
That includes Richard Allen Davis, who kidnapped Polly from a sleepover in 1993 and strangled her
Marc Klaas called it "a shiv in my back" 💔
"It shouldn't have been a unilateral decision by a lame-duck governor."
California voters REJECTED abolishing the death penalty in 2012 and again in 2016. Newsom overruled them anyway on his way out the door. Disgusting.
It is heartbreaking to see antisemitism in my hometown. I was born in Wyncote, near Philadelphia, and it makes me angry and ashamed to see hatred tolerated there.
The numbers show this is not an abstract concern. The Anti-Defamation League recorded 465 antisemitic incidents across Pennsylvania in 2024, an 18% increase over 2023. It tracked 189 incidents in Philadelphia and 51 in Montgomery County. These reports include harassment, vandalism, and assault; they are not all classified as crimes. (https://t.co/LNbuEF4lCN, https://t.co/VD98Hg5XEp)
Hateful expression harms more than its immediate target. In a 2025 survey of Jewish Americans, 79% said they were concerned about antisemitism, and 52% said they had worried about their personal safety because of their identity. Nearly half reported taking steps to increase their security. A research review also found that exposure to hate is associated with worse psychological well-being, more negative stereotypes, and less trust between groups. (https://t.co/VD98Hg5XEp, https://t.co/YJT6NcR4VF)
It takes me back to the racism I experienced in the 1960s: signs throughout the South declaring that Black people could be refused service, along with separate “white” and “colored” signs on bathrooms and drinking fountains,”no niggers”. I remember what that hatred looked and felt like. We cannot accept it in any form, directed at any people.
I wish I could be there to stand with those protesting HATE. I am asking elected officials and other leaders in Philadelphia: Where are the clear statements condemning antisemitism? When hateful language is excused or repeated, it can make hostility seem acceptable and deepen fear and division. Leaders should speak plainly and consistently: antisemitism and hate have no place in our communities.
What the hell? We have to speak up.
Reggie Jackson
The Mr. October Guy
RE: The Iran War & the Midterms
We all agree that Trump knew the Iran War would tank the midterms. Does anyone disagree? I did not think so.
So, since we all stipulate to the above fact, that leaves really only two possible explanations for the war:
1. Trump thought indulging a bunch of neocon advisors on a wholly questionable useless, endless war was worth tanking the midterms.
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2. The intel that Trump had at hand was so compelling that it represented an existential threat to humanity and he had to choose between saving humanity and winning the midterms. (Remember, the Iranian mullahs want nukes so they can use them to precipitate Armageddon and the Twelfth Imam will then miraculously arise from a well in Qom and forcibly unify what is left of humanity under the banner of Shia Islam. These are not rational people.)
I voted for Trump three times because I trust his judgment. I don't think his judgment turned to crap overnight.
I believe history will eventually record that Donald Trump made one of the bravest, most selfless decisions that any world leader has ever made, and history will also record the people who think the accurate narrative is actually #1 above as being complete doofuses.
70,000 people died in Gaza during the war. According to Hamas itself, 50,000 of them were Hamas fighters. And of the 20,000 “children” killed, 80% were male combatants aged 16-18.
The Gaza “genocide” is the biggest hoax of the 21st century.
Career criminal Richard Allen Davis was sentenced to death for kidnapping and kiIIing 12-year-old Polly Klaas.
He gave her family the middle finger at his sentencing.
Newscum just commuted his death sentence.
Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer Issues Statement on Governor Newsom’s Commutation of All Death Sentences in California
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SANTA ANA, Calif. – Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer issued the following statement regarding California Governor Gavin Newsom’s commutation of all death sentences in California:
Governor Gavin Newsom’s commutation of the death sentences of all 548 condemned inmates in California is mercy for the wolves and while inflicting the ultimate act of cruelty on the sheep.
You cannot have crime without punishment, and in those instances in which the crimes committed are so heinous that death is the only appropriate punishment, I, as the elected District Attorney of Orange County, have, and will, continue to pursue the death penalty.
The death penalty has been repeatedly upheld by California voters and we as prosecutors represent the People of California and the greater good.
Clearly, Governor Newsom does not.
The pursuit of justice does not bend to political whims, and I am heartbroken for the hundreds of families who must now grapple with the devastation of knowing that the monsters who harmed their loved ones are one step closer to being back out on our streets.
The decision to impose death is not one made by an elected District Attorney an elected judge or an elected governor. It is the only sentence that is handed down by a jury of 12 who have listened to all of the evidence and decided that imposition of death is what is just.
Governor Newsom’s decision to unilaterally eradicate the decisions of hundreds of juries comes as no surprise, as this is just another step in a calculated march to empty out California’s prisons and send a message that no one should be held responsible for their crimes.
As of October 1, the state Board of Parole implemented regulations which allows thousands of inmates sentenced to Life Without the Possibility of Parole to be eligible for parole – ripping away a sense of security and finality for crime victims who were promised their monsters would die behind bars.
Now those criminals sentenced to death are one step closer to also being eligible for release from prison – and release from accountability.
Today, the voices of criminals are louder than the cries of victims, and the governor should be ashamed of himself for twisting the knife into the hearts of victims who have already suffered the most unimaginable pain.
@CAgovernor@GovPressOffice@GavinNewsom
Here is a sample of the 548 people that just had their death penalty commuted by Gov. Newsom:
1. Charles Ng
Brutally murdered 11 people, including men, women, and infants
2. Randy Kraft
Brutally murdered at least 16 young men, torturing and dismembering victims
3. Marcus Wesson
Brutally murdered 9 family members, his children & nieces
4. Cary Stayner
Brutally murdered 4 women, including three sightseers near Yosemite, and beheaded a nature guide
5. Richard Allen Davis.
Brutally murdered 12-year-old Polly Klaas after kidnapping her from a sleepover
6. Chester Turner
Brutally murdered 10 women in LA
There are still 542 more