California is indeed a crazy place.

Which brings us to Gavin Newsom, the governor of California, who is constantly trying to swim in every pond simultaneously. Gavin Newsom has taken every position it is possible to take. Gavin Newsom may have more political positions than the Kama Sutra.

When I did a podcast with Gavin Newsom, he tried to play moderate on a wild variety of issues, but when he is in left-wing circles, all of a sudden, he is Left of Karl Marx.

On Thursday, Newsom said that California was born of genocide. This is so tiring. It’s so tiring, guys.

California Governor Gavin Newsom smears California and the United States as being “born of genocide.”

NEWSOM: “I begin the book talking about…how we were born of genocide in California. I try to paint the picture that…it’s about America.” pic.twitter.com/vlYGSkVjBD

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) February 26, 2026

Source: @RNCResearch/X.com

Just be normal. On the Left, on the Right, can we all just be normal? Just a little bit? I know it’s a lot to ask in our crazy social media era, when the nuttiest people control the narratives.

“I begin the book, talking about looking out over the American River, where ‘Eureka! Eureka!’ was yelled,” Newsom said. “Yellow gold, and how you know, we were born of genocide in California. I try to paint a picture that is about California. It’s about America. It’s my family. It’s the journey. And so I do think there’s aspects of this that people can connect to in a very meaningful way, I hope.”

There was no genocide. Disease is not a genocide. What killed an enormous part of the population of Native Americans in the United States was not violent war. It was actual disease. And not disease purposefully spread like in a concentration camp. Again, it was not a genocide.

Two months ago, Newsom told me he didn’t know the definition of the word genocide when we discussed the ridiculous idea that Israel had committed genocide.

Source: This Is Gavin Newsom/YouTube.com

I asked, “What is your opinion of this?”

“My opinion is I understand the tendency for people to make that, to assert that on the basis of the images and the proportionality,” he answered.

“Ugly doesn’t mean genocide,” I said. “Proportionality doesn’t mean that if you kill my child and I then kill seven criminals, that I’ve been disproportionate.”

“I’m not disagreeing with you, but I understand that tendency on the basis of trying to reconcile the proportionate nature of how the war was ultimately conducted and the devastation,” Newsom argued.

“Why do you feel the need to create a permission structure for that sort of stuff?” I asked. “Meaning, it’s not true. Why not just say it’s not true?”

“I don’t know the definition or I don’t know the legal threshold,” Newsom admitted. “That’s not my opinion. So I don’t share what his opinion as relates to genocide. I do not agree with that notion.”

So he doesn’t know what a genocide is — but also, California is built on genocide or some such nonsense.

Why can’t people just be normal? Just be normal. Just tell the truth and be normal.

The veterans of the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team are at it again. In a move that surprised absolutely no one, retired stars Abby Wambach, Julie Foudy, and the ever-defiant Megan Rapinoe spent the final week of February 2026 lashing out at the U.S. Men’s Hockey Team for the “crime” of showing a modicum of respect to President Donald Trump following their Olympic gold medal win.

The controversy stems from a phone call where Trump invited the hockey champions to his State of the Union address. During the exchange, the president quipped that he would have to invite the women’s team as well or face “impeachment”—a joke that elicited laughter from the men’s locker room.

That laughter was apparently too much for Wambach. On her podcast, “Welcome to the Party,” Wambach demanded the men “knock it all the (expletive) way off,” adding, “Stop (expletive) laughing at things that aren’t funny.” Foudy joined the chorus, suggesting the men should have staged a retaliatory boycott of the State of the Union to show “accountability.”

Of course, no Trump-related sports “resistance” would be complete without Megan Rapinoe. Rapinoe, who has spent the better part of a decade using the American flag as a prop for her personal grievances, resurfaced during a Wednesday news conference to blast the “wretched phone call.” This is, after all, the same Rapinoe who famously dubbed herself a “walking protest” and once told a magazine, “I’m not going to the f*cking White House.”

For Rapinoe, the national anthem isn’t a moment of unity, but an opportunity for a “good ‘F you'” to an administration she finds “disturbing.” While she claims to represent America, her brand of “patriotism” usually involves refusing to place her hand over her heart while reaping the “American privilege” provided by the very country she disparages.

While the soccer stars were busy trying to burn bridges, the hockey players were actually busy being Americans. By February 26, the reaction from the men’s locker room was divided. Stars like Jack Hughes refused to apologize regarding the manufactured drama, stating plainly, “Everything is so political. We’re athletes, we’re proud to represent the U.S. – When you get the chance to go to the White House and meet the President, no matter what your views are, we’re excited.” His brother, Quinn Hughes, echoed the sentiment, saying, “I don’t know how much we’re allowed to say, but yes. Yeah, we’re excited to go. It’s something you don’t get to do … every Tuesday. It’s going to be special for us.”

Meanwhile, players like Charlie McAvoy and Jeremy Swayman eventually bent the knee to the sports-media complex, issuing the now-obligatory “apologies” for their laughter.

To the soccer “resistance,” a gold medal isn’t enough; players must also adopt the correct political posture or face the wrath of the podcasting “elite.”