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California’s Puffed-up Prince Pretends to be Prole

By Robert Eringer

Nov 04, 2025
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“Gavin Newsom is part of a disgusting new trend: Privileged people inventing ‘poorigin’ stories” (NY Post)

Given Mr. Fluff’s penchant for creative autobiography—on a TV interview last week he reminisced about “Wonder bread and macaroni and cheese”—let’s take a stroll down the gold-paved memory lane of Gavin’s real upbringing.

Once upon a time, I ran an in…

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