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California Governor Gavin Newsom is now selling merchandise a la Donald Trump -- including $100 "Bibles" that are already "sold out" -- in his latest move to troll the president. "THE PATRIOT SHOP IS NOW OPEN!" the Democratic governor announced Sunday in a social media post. "MANY PEOPLE ARE SAYING THIS IS THE GREATEST MERCHANDISE EVER MADE. PLEASE ENJOY, AMERICA!"

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Gavin Newsom has a Trump-trolling merch website. The 'Bible' is already 'sold out'

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-- The Independent (@the-independent.com) Aug 25, 2025 at 9:46 AM

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The brain dead------------- would stroke out if Newsom gets the Nobel Peace Prize.

#1 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-08-26 07:02 PM | Reply | Funny: 1 | Newsworthy 1

This is ridiculous. Trying to one up Trump. Instead of one uping him. Maybe chart a different course of action. Selling Bibles isn't it.

#2 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2025-08-26 10:26 PM | Reply | Funny: 1 | Newsworthy 1

The bible includes the hits ...

Adam and Steve - the life, times and struggle in San Francisco.
The Birth of Jess - Crossing the border has never been so fun
Destruction - how do destroy california in 10 days.
Jenny and the whale
The commandment.

Get yours now!!

#3 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-08-26 10:52 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

@#3

Troll much?

#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-08-26 11:00 PM | Reply

@#2 ... Maybe chart a different course of action. Selling Bibles isn't it.

Gov Newsom has been echoing and trolling Pres Trump's tactics.

While I do agree, those lame, e.g., Bible-selling tactics may not work with Democrats, they have seemed to resonate with the MAGA base.

Maybe Gov Newsom is just trying to probe into the electorate to see what works with voters?

I've not a clue on this, but i do find it interesting to follow.

(and, fwiw, I finally added "Newsom" to the OK part of the browser's spellcheck here.)


#5 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-08-26 11:07 PM | Reply

LAMP

Newsom is also mocking Trump's frequent over use of "Many people are saying" when he wants to create a false impression.

Just lately Trump said, "Many people are saying that a dictator might not be so bad."

That's called planting a seed.

#6 | Posted by Twinpac at 2025-08-26 11:40 PM | Reply

Grok agrees with Newsom that the rotting------------- has dementia.

www.thedailybeast.com

#7 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-08-27 03:57 AM | Reply

#7: Dummkopf Trumpf's brain is oatmeal and he never boxed in his life: yurtsever.org.tr

#8 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-08-27 04:30 AM | Reply

On Monday, Trump mentioned a favor he did for the mysterious "Kristi Whitmer""which could have been a portmanteau of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, or a repressed memory about Christine Whitman, who was governor of New Jersey in the 1990s.
He's referred to the Democratic Republic of the Congo as "the Republic of Condo," the Russian city of St. Petersburg by its Soviet-era name of Leningrad, and Noem by the name of an LPGA golfer, Cristie Kerr"all in the past month.
On Tuesday, the Trump administration had disgraced doctor Ronny Jackson declare the president "mentally and physically sharper than ever before."

Yikes.

#9 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-08-27 04:32 AM | Reply

Yikes, indeed

That the dementia gremlins floating around in Trump's brain are turning off the circuit breakers at a rapid rate of speed.

There's no doubt that Trump's cabinet and staff are aware, maybe even anticipating.

I mentioned years ago on this site that I had a vision of the Secret Service chasing Trump running buck naked down Pennsylvania.

#10 | Posted by Twinpac at 2025-08-27 06:56 PM | Reply

I've always suspected Laura was a unfunny bore, looks like I have the evidence. P.S. Lookup who's running Gavin's social.

#11 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-08-28 12:40 AM | Reply

This is ridiculous. Trying to one up Trump. Instead of one uping him. Maybe chart a different course of action. Selling Bibles isn't it.

#2 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2025-08-26 10:26 PM

There never was a Bible for sale. This was intended to mock Trump and his merch efforts.

OCU

#12 | Posted by OCUser at 2025-08-28 12:12 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

There never was a Bible for sale. This was intended to mock Trump and his merch efforts.
OCU

Posted by OCUser at 2025-08-28 12:12 PM | Reply

Ahhhhhhh Thanks for the update. My terrible.

#13 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2025-08-28 12:14 PM | Reply

The bible includes the hits ...
Adam and Steve - the life, times and struggle in San Francisco.
The Birth of Jess - Crossing the border has never been so fun
Destruction - how do destroy california in 10 days.
Jenny and the whale
The commandment.
Get yours now!!

#3 | Posted by oneironaut

I get you are trying to troll but if that was in there, I would want it more.

#14 | Posted by Sycophant at 2025-08-28 01:02 PM | Reply

The trolls are just angry that they don't have the money to buy this best-selling edition of The Bible LOL

#15 | Posted by Tor at 2025-08-28 01:03 PM | Reply

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. And, in Newsom's case, not being able to come up with any original ideas means you have to copy others.

"There never was a Bible for sale. This was intended to mock Trump and his merch efforts."

Can you cite this please? Every search I'm doing on Google and Bing say this is real. His mocking is in the parodies of the items, not in that he is just putting superficial items up for sale to mock.

And, if it is true, it's hilarious how liberals demonize a rich guy for getting more rich by selling merch but then when a rich liberal does it, it's "mocking". Newsom did this to make money, that's it. You can spin it however you want and add in whatever political bias that helps your narrative but this is just another money grab by a rich person. I'm good with it because I enjoy Capitalism but liberals are only being hypocrites by supporting this.

#16 | Posted by humtake at 2025-08-28 01:13 PM | Reply

HumTrig, when are you going to visit the Republic of Condo?

#17 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-08-28 01:15 PM | Reply

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. And, in Newsom's case, not being able to come up with any original ideas means you have to copy others.
#16 | Posted by humtake

Just like Trump is copying Hitler.

#18 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-08-28 01:19 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 3

AI Overview
News reports state that in late August 2025, California Governor Gavin Newsom began selling autographed Bibles online to troll former President Donald Trump, who had sold his own "God Bless the USA" Bible. Newsom's Bibles sold out within hours, but reports do not mention them containing blank pages.
The idea of a Bible containing blank pages is a separate concept with historical and religious significance:
A blank page often represents the 400-year period between the Old and New Testaments, a time known as the "intertestamental period".
Some Bibles include a single sheet with the words "The New Testament" that separates the final book of the Old Testament (Malachi) from the first book of the New Testament (Matthew).
The misunderstanding likely conflates Newsom's recent merchandise sale with the existing historical and religious significance of blank pages found in some Bibles.

Only foolish/gullible dems would buy a 'bible' that is all blank pages, from a snake-oil salesman like newsom.

#19 | Posted by MSgt at 2025-08-28 02:27 PM | Reply

Newsom isn't copying Trump. He's mocking him with humor. Watch SNL some Saturday night . . . or the monologs of the late night comedians . . . and you'll get the drift.

There's a lot of truth in humor.

#20 | Posted by Twinpac at 2025-08-28 02:37 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

#19

Does it hurt to be that stupid?

#21 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-08-28 07:54 PM | Reply

@#20 ... Newsom isn't copying Trump. He's mocking him with humor.

Yup.

Gov Newsom is selling Bibles with nothing inside.

Pres Trump is selling Bible without a clue of what is inside.


That's the only difference I currently see.


#22 | Posted by lamplighter at 2025-08-28 08:01 PM | Reply

And, if it is true, it's hilarious how liberals demonize a rich guy for getting more rich by selling merch

No, dumbs^*%, we mock people like you for buying it.

For being "anti-gubmint" but yet more beholden to a politician than the supposed government loving libruls you despise so much.

You strike me as the kind of guy who had a cigar box full of fake gold Trump coins you're convinced are worth $100K a piece at any BoA branch in the country ...

#23 | Posted by jpw at 2025-08-28 08:45 PM | Reply

Only foolish/gullible dems would buy a 'bible' that is all blank pages, from a snake-oil salesman like newsom.

#19 | POSTED BY MSGT

You. Are . F*+^ing. Stupid.

Seriously, a Yrimper saying this without a hint of irony? *facepalm*

#24 | Posted by jpw at 2025-08-28 08:47 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

MSGT

You're the dummy for not recognizing that Newsom is just using humor to mock Trump. There never were any bibles. Just a "sold out" sign. GEESH but you're slow.

#25 | Posted by Twinpac at 2025-08-28 09:05 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

Fox News Host Melts Down at Newsom for Selling His Own Bible
www.yahoo.com

... Democrat attack dog Gavin Newsom's trolling campaign has gotten to Fox News again, with a rattled host melting down over the California governor selling his own Trump-bashing merch. ...

#26 | Posted by lamplighter at 2025-08-28 09:11 PM | Reply

Newsom's shown he's a master of showing us these morons idiocy, while they remain utterly clueless. God it hurts so good to watch their MASSIVE HYPOCRISY go completely undetected by them.

#27 | Posted by YAV at 2025-08-28 09:15 PM | Reply

@#25

Yeah, the interesting aspect of this is not Gov Newsom selling Bibles, but the MAGA response.

MAGA seems to be quite unaware that Gov Newsom seems to be using them as Pres Trump has been using them.

For a different view of this ...

OpEd: How Trump is elevating potential 2028 Democrats: From the Politics Desk
www.nbcnews.com

... President Donald Trump picked a fresh fight this weekend with Democratic Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, adding Baltimore to his ever-growing list of potential targets for a crime crackdown.

After Moore invited Trump to come walk the streets of Baltimore, Trump not only threatened to send federal troops to Charm City, but also personally attacked Moore and even floated the idea of yanking funding for the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Maryland.

Yet Moore, a rising star in Democratic politics who could be in the mix for president in 2028, appears to be welcoming the feud with open arms. He quickly fired back at Trump and is already making the media rounds following his weekend war of words with Trump.

As part of that media tour, Moore also challenged Trump on another front: redistricting. He left the door open on CBS News' "Face the Nation" to pursuing a mid-decade redraw of Maryland's congressional lines in response to a new map that Texas Republicans passed at Trump's urging.

The governor is hardly alone in relishing the opportunity to take on Trump. ...




#28 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-08-28 09:17 PM | Reply

Are the Democrats finally growing a backbone?

imo, too soon to tell, but stay tuned.

#29 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-08-28 09:17 PM | Reply

Dumb when Trump did. Dumb when Newsome did it. Also, so trivial that I don't care.

#30 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-08-28 10:18 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

Only foolish/gullible dems would buy a 'bible' that is all blank pages, from a snake-oil salesman like newsom.
#19 | Posted by MSgt

Tell ya what, Swear it on your Trump Bible, and I'll believe you.

#31 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-08-28 10:20 PM | Reply

I, too, am surprised that more blue states haven't jumped on Newsom's bandwagon. Not only with the maps but also with the mockery. Trump can't stand being laughed at. That may be his Achillies Heel.

#32 | Posted by Twinpac at 2025-08-28 10:24 PM | Reply

Ugh.

It was cute the first few times. He's running it into the ground. It's time to stop.

#33 | Posted by DarkVader at 2025-08-29 09:27 AM | Reply

"Newsom isn't copying Trump. He's mocking him with humor."

Wow. So you completely ignore the ample profits he's making which is why Trump did it in the first place all because you want Newsom to be a good guy? He's not. He's rich and will do anything to stay rich and get more rich. Ignoring that is half of why this country is controlled by rich people, because your party continues to actually think that the Dem party is full of only working class people who put the interests of others before themselves. Even thought that has been demonstrably proven untrue for decades, you STILL try to believe it.

I guess liberals are OK with rich people as long as those rich people say they got rich from mocking others.

"The governor is hardly alone in relishing the opportunity to take on Trump. ..."

And that's why someone like Trump is so bad for the country and also why liberals are so bad at governing. Trump's style just invites hate, full stop. And instead of wanting to fix things and make America better, liberals want to spend their energy fighting against a single person while ignoring the problems that plague citizens like crime, gas prices, etc. By the way, anyone catch the news about gas prices this holiday weekend being so low?

#34 | Posted by humtake at 2025-08-29 11:46 AM | Reply

I really like Newsom's trolling of Trump. I wish more prominent Dems would join in. Giving stupid fascist Trump some type of pretend respect because he is POTUS is completely unwarranted in Trump's case. He is a joke.

#35 | Posted by moder8 at 2025-08-29 01:02 PM | Reply

would stroke out if Newsom gets the Nobel Peace Prize.

#1 | Posted by reinheitsgebot

Chef Jose Andres is the one who deserves the Nobel Peace Prize.

#36 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2025-08-29 04:24 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

#36: Chef Jose Andres is an excellent candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Here is an unlikely winner of that prestigious award that would certainly drive a nail into decomposing Dummkopf Trumpf's coffin: assets.wfcdn.com

#37 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-08-29 04:42 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

The joke works as long as it's all made in China.

#38 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2025-08-29 05:48 PM | Reply

The joke works as long as Trump is the subject.

#39 | Posted by moder8 at 2025-08-29 06:18 PM | Reply

I wish more prominent Dems would join in.

Me, too! The more the better. The more the better. Make his antics a total joke. Turn it into the "jumped the shark" moment and let him wallow in embarrassment and anger. An emperor with no clothes, finally seen for what he is.

This is the weapon to make it happen.

#40 | Posted by YAV at 2025-08-29 06:36 PM | Reply

Newsom isn't selling Bibles. He's got a fake Bible entry "Sold Out," in the e-commerce site.

Stupid MAGAdiots don't understand mockery, nuance or humor.

#41 | Posted by chuffy at 2025-08-30 06:35 AM | Reply

#41 - which is why this is brilliant!

#42 | Posted by YAV at 2025-08-30 07:59 AM | Reply

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