Gavin Newsom has hired a $200,000 ... freelance work with high-profile clients, including Mr Newsom, and has now been taken on as an official photographer in the governor’s office.

Instead, he spent its first 70 minutes finding ways to acquiesce to the unpleasant worldview of a right-wing conspiracist. If this indeed “is Gavin Newsom,” it’s not a flattering portrait.