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The Calexit people are gathering signatures right now: https://www.sos.ca.gov/administration/news-releases-and-advisories/2025-news-releases-and-advisories/Pro

by hedora 2y ago

The Calexit people are gathering signatures right now: https://www.sos.ca.gov/administration/news-releases-and-advisories/2025-news-releases-and-advisories/Proposed-Initiative-Enters-Circulation-Requires-Future-Vote-on-Whether-California-Should-Become-Independent-Country https://www.sos.ca.gov/administration/news-releases-and-advi...

spencerflem 2y ago
I'm in WA, could you extend it to all of Cascadia? ;) Last time a state tried to leave there were words though. I doubt this will go smoothly
- jslaby 2y ago
  WA was the only state to decrease in Trump vote margin
  - spencerflem 2y ago
    Happy to be of service
roland35 2y ago
I would not be surprised if this is some Russian psy op honestly. Please stay!
CalRobert 2y ago
Edit: The current movement appears unrelated to Yes California - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/california-secession-donald-trump-calexit-marcus-ruiz-evans-b2686440.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politic... """ “People think if you’re a secessionist, you’re crazy,” Ruiz Evans said on Saturday. “I hate Donald Trump,” he added. “I am full-blooded Mexican. The day he went on TV and said all Mexicans are rapists, I said, ‘He can go f** himself.’ “ He added: “When I see Trump pick on women, on LGBTQ people … my family left Texas for California to escape that. And when I look at Trump, it reminds me of all the horror stories my mom and my grandma told me from [the time] before they left.” """ Sign me up. (original below) I am absolutely in favor of an independent California, but in the past at least the backing for this has had ties to Putin (which makes sense, I suppose, it would cripple the US) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes_California https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes_California
sershe 2y ago
According to Brennan center, CA is number one at losing people relative to other states. If it hypothetically exits to prevent other states from making it more like them and less like itself, that would presumably accelerate. Did you budget for a DMZ or a Berlin wall to keep newly minted California citizens in? Especially those that pay all the taxes, like e.g. myself (I bailed in 2015) https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/how-congressional-maps-could-change-2030 https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/how-...

by hedora 2y ago

spencerflem 2y ago

I'm in WA, could you extend it to all of Cascadia? ;) Last time a state tried to leave there were words though. I doubt this will go smoothly

jslaby 2y ago
WA was the only state to decrease in Trump vote margin
- spencerflem 2y ago
  Happy to be of service

roland35 2y ago

I would not be surprised if this is some Russian psy op honestly. Please stay!

CalRobert 2y ago

Edit: The current movement appears unrelated to Yes California - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/california-secession-donald-trump-calexit-marcus-ruiz-evans-b2686440.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politic... """ “People think if you’re a secessionist, you’re crazy,” Ruiz Evans said on Saturday. “I hate Donald Trump,” he added. “I am full-blooded Mexican. The day he went on TV and said all Mexicans are rapists, I said, ‘He can go f** himself.’ “ He added: “When I see Trump pick on women, on LGBTQ people … my family left Texas for California to escape that. And when I look at Trump, it reminds me of all the horror stories my mom and my grandma told me from [the time] before they left.” """ Sign me up. (original below) I am absolutely in favor of an independent California, but in the past at least the backing for this has had ties to Putin (which makes sense, I suppose, it would cripple the US) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes_California https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes_California

sershe 2y ago

According to Brennan center, CA is number one at losing people relative to other states. If it hypothetically exits to prevent other states from making it more like them and less like itself, that would presumably accelerate. Did you budget for a DMZ or a Berlin wall to keep newly minted California citizens in? Especially those that pay all the taxes, like e.g. myself (I bailed in 2015) https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/how-congressional-maps-could-change-2030 https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/how-...