There's narratives and there's reality, they don't always match 1-1 and often times people only care about the story.
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.
Funny how tables have turned. Once upon a time, the right had to do the same because Facebook/IG/Twitter/etc. were pushing for and allowing leftist propaganda.
[1] "information that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause", per Kagi. Not all propaganda is bad.