California should leave the union and become new California republic with the two headed mutant bear flag.
The Trump administration also wants schools to commit to reforms for a “vibrant marketplace of ideas”
This will be done by dictating what they can think and teach.
And open to the highest bidder / most connected crony.
Wish Democrats in the House and Senate could also do something…
They filibustered a bill that would’ve cut medicaid funding and shut down the government. The filibuster is literally all they have because voters gave Republicans a trifecta
I also wish they would call for protests over some of the heinous things. Break through with messaging. Make it clearer what the Republicans are doing. Some credit is due, though.
This is the way.
Why does California need the USA?
California is imprisoned in the USA
This is the wrong question. Instead of implying that California should secede and become independent one should flip the question and ask the same thing about Texas. If Texas seceded the U.S. would likely never have to cater to the Republicans again.
Yeah, but imagine living next door to such a shitty neighbour?
they’d still be next door and based on how things are going with relations with the other neighbors I imagine relations would be even shittier than they already are.
Maybe I was wrong about Gavin
It’s a beautiful thing to see my state leading the charge against MAGA. I’m sure a few other western states will join us when we inevitably break off.
Of note, I was just telling my wife while we were out for a drive last weekend how much I’ve seen our state flag appearing on peoples homes now. Before Trump people in California rarely if ever displayed the Cali flag, but now I see it everywhere, especially in neighborhoods that typically didn’t have them before.
It is inspiring.
But I really wish we’d step up here on the East Coast. NY, MA, NJ, VT. All should be right out in front with you, but aren’t.
I can’t wait until y’all just balkanize already; I’m sure that when the dust settles, some parts of the former United States will be worth visiting. Until it happens and actual names are picked, I’ve been calling your chunk New New England
There’s a lot of old money up there. And if I’ve learned anything through 2 of his terms, it’s that money is willing to vote against its seemingly better judgement for a few dollars more of a tax break.
Old money tends to take a longer view than new. At least I have seen it that way.
Guess we’ll see how that vision works out when investments and the consumer economy go kaput in a civil war and the aftermath. Never made sense to me to see capitalists support tearing down the system they thrive on. Do they think it won’t end? I guess these are the people that believe in infinite growth after all.
They have that new North East or New England health pact thing! They’re working on stuff, but I think they’re rightfully taking stock of what areas they can afford to hit back on. California can basically take care of itself so we have a lot less to lose if the feds try to shut us down.
So you’re saying there’s a chance.
It’s a beautiful thing to see my state leading the charge against MAGA. I’m sure a few other western states will join us when we inevitably break off.
Damn straight. Proud Californian.
We’ve got something like 6.4 million Conservatives in California. Something to consider, they won’t just accept no longer being a part of the U.S. .
They can leave. They all want to live in Idaho or Texas anyway. Fuck 'em.
Night of the long knife.
Yeah ok, good luck getting those 6 million people disarmed — or did you think they’d just let you shoot them because of your righteousness?
Millions will die in a war before the U.S. let’s California go anywhere. If California split from the U.S., the U.S. would start to default on all of the loans without forcing large amounts of the debt somehow onto California. Not to mention the number of military bases and equipment that exists there, the entire western seaboard would be considered a security threat.
Maybe, but freedom is worth fighting for.
Also, remember that during the revolutionary war the French provided support. I’m sure there are lots of countries that, in a civil war, would join with California in providing defensive equipment and offensive weapons. We’re also 10% of the US population with a whole mountain range providing protection and desserts between us and the rest of the “mainland.” So logistically we’re covered very well if we really have to.
They can consider us whatever they want as long as we’re winners I don’t care.
I’m sure there are lots of countries that, in a civil war, would join with California
New England will. We’ve got them surrounded! I’ll bet we could hire the regressives to fight themselves. We’ll send waves and waves of Southerners against … the South
I’m sure there are lots of countries that, in a civil war, would join with California
I bet Russia would jump on the opportunity
This attack on our universities from the radical right wing is especially worrisome.
The funny thing is that this cycle of ego-fueled ignorance is precisely why they need so much immigration. It isn’t a numbers game, it’s about the people with the qualifications, and you have a lot less to choose from when you filter them by your own extreme nationalistic and regressive ideology.
It’s more that they’re stuck in the middle. If news on pet the universities do Trump’s bidding then universities in the US are done.
What else can you do?
This dude is doing exactly the same shit as trump and y’all are cheering… Jesus fucking Christ
“both sides the same” lololol fuck off with that Nazi bullshit. One side wants education, medical and freedom for all, one wants you to get on your knees and present papers.
Because going high when they go low has been a totally winning strategy for us up until this point, right?
Yea, why doesn’t Newsom just keep doing the exact same shit that got us here. Decorum over freedom, right?? We may be locked in prisons but we’ll have the moral hight ground!
Fighting fire with fire sets the whole neighborhood ablaze, sure, but this isn’t fire with fire. The current administration cut support and sent Marines in to patrol US streets. Newsome should punish those who cooperate with federally sanctioned hostile forces (don’t kid yourself, as a marine I can tell you we are only deployed against hostiles) but this measure doesn’t even explicitly punish. He’s just not supporting the supporters.
JFC, anyone with more than 3 fucking braincells to rub together can plainly see he’s ridiculing Trump.
Trump hates being laughed at because he’s a thin skinned little bitch.
I think Jesus would be flipping some tables right about now.
Is that what this is? Is Newsom flipping tables?
Around 800,000 Israelis live rent free with universal healthcare and education on stolen Palestinian land on your dime, your government is borrowing money from China to send to Israel to finish their US taxpayer funded genocide, and you’re comparing a guy who fully supports that to Jesus flipping tables because he’s threatening to cut funding to schools in his state?
What do you think is going on here?
In case you haven’t noticed, Trump won.
So we should just keep using fascist tactics cause they work??
Fascism is an ideology, not a bundle of tactics. Levereging funding cuts against institutions that don’t toe the party line is actually just politics.
Did you hit your head?
Do tell how the moral high ground will save us from fascism. This should be interesting.
Can we fucking secede already?*
*I’m not even sure how much of that statement is a joke anymore.
The goal is to shut down higher education for the masses. So it’s not really the best strategy.
Is fighting fire with fire and making threats the right approach? The ones who have the most to lose here are the kids. They picked where to study before any of this came to a head.
Yes, people need to stop kowtowing to this administration. If more people did, they’d have no power.
