Gretchen

“The original environmental legislation that was passed in the ‘70s was game-changing for the nation,” said Gretchen Goldman, president of the nonprofit Union of Concerned Scientists, who recently served as director of climate change and research technology at the Department of Transportation under President Biden.

I’m also talking about Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer literally hiding her face from photographers in the Oval Office, and about California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s dramatic heel turn, which this week included describing the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, as the “distraction of the day” compared to truly important things like whether Trump’s tariff policy is “accountable to the markets.”

When we see Gavin Newsom and Gretchen Whitmer genuflecting before the Trump throne at exactly the wrong moment, we see people who have sucked on the crack-pipe of realpolitik for so long that, like all addicts, they have lost touch with everyday morality.

The skirmish began on Wednesday, when Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer offered a nuanced criticism of the trade war.

Because of this, Gretchen told innie Dylan she had to stop seeing him, leading him to tender his resignation.