It’s very sad that otherwise unrelated parties are incentivized to spread misinformation as part of some broader political strategy with no concern for the truth or livelihood of their fellow citizens.
Two parties scrutinizing each other is the reason the US is the closest we've got to democracy in centuries. Look at other countries that are mainly one-party states and see how they're doing.
I mean, I have no skin in The game, am not an American, have no idea what are Newsoms politics or capabilities and most of the things I see being told online are crazy weird speculations.
I was mainly exposed to: 1. Fire marshal is bad because is a lesbian 2. Fires are deliberate to advance 'smart cities' 3. Fires were spread in order to get rid of evidence pertaining to a pedophile ring.
So take it from a bystander, this doesn't look like a healthy democratic discourse.
Think about the asymmetry here — if there were a single fact wrong on that page Newsom released, he would be criticized and castigated and he’d have to correct it and apologize. All the people that he highlights spreading misinformation, are any of them going to apologize or correct the mistake? Of course not.