Politics
Newsom Fires Back with AI 'Cuffing Season' Video
When the White House posted a clip repurposing SZA’s “Big Boys” to celebrate ICE arrests, Newsom answered with an AI-generated counterclip that puts Donald Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller in handcuffs and walking toward a courthouse. Personally, I think this is a moment of clairvoyance when the entire presidency ends up in prison for War Crimes, Corruption, and Bribery.
Big news media doesn’t want to post the clip, but here it is!
https://t.co/qXr5j6dc8E pic.twitter.com/s7BJ5npxFB
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) December 10, 2025
The White House originally posted a social video featuring footage of ICE arrests with SZA’s song “Big Boys” and the caption “WE HEARD IT’S CUFFING SZN… Bad news for criminal illegal aliens. Great news for America.” That post drew public backlash for tone and for using music without apparent permission. Newsom’s response: an AI-made montage of Trump, Hegseth, and Miller cuffed, crying in the backseat, and being marched toward a courthouse, again overlaid with SZA’s track and the words “It’s cuffing season.”
SZA says enough of the rage bait
Artist SZA publicly condemned the White House’s original post, calling it “rage baiting artists for free promo” and blasting the clip as “PEAK DARK… inhumanity + shock and aw tactics… Evil n Boring.” Her reaction turned this from a White House social media gaff into a broader conversation about artists’ rights and the ethics of using pop songs in political attack ads. (The Independent)
Daddy Fires Back
Newsom’s stunt operates on three levels simultaneously, demonstrating the big brain (many folds):
- Speaks a language this administration can understand: do you really think the team countering back with “your mom” is going to read a text post? No. They only understand shitposts.
- Shows his position: arrest these clowns and throw them in jail.
- Newsom is announcing to the world that he’s ready to throw hands & fight federal immigration theater with both practical governance and political pressure.