I refuse to use term oppression lightly—especially in a nation as free as the United States. I was born in a country ruled by real oppression – where government control, censorship, and corruption weren’t policies, they were a way of life. And I was raised with values that rejected victimhood—we believed in hard work, integrity, self reliance, and no matter what life throws at us, we can rise above it and achieve our goals. So when I look around California today, I don’t see progress. I see political suffocation. And no, it’s not coming from Moscow or Beijing—it’s coming straight out of Sacramento, delivered with a plastic smile by Governor Gavin “NEWSCUM” Newsom and his band of rubber-stamping Democrat loyalists.