California governor calls special session to protect liberal policies from Trump presidency
California governor calls special session to protect liberal policies from Trump presidency
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has called for state lawmakers to convene a special session in December to help safeguard the state's progressive policies on climate change, reproductive rights and immigration ahead of another Trump presidency.
No concrete plans yet but we’ll see what they can do. Good to see that some people haven’t given up all hope.
California should just separate from Fed
Honestly I'd feel safer if we reduce the power of the federal government and put the power to the states. Sorry left-leaning people in red states, can't let states like yours drag the country down with you.
As someone in a swing state, I’d be ok with that. Make the US like the EU.
For one thing, every 4 years residents of swing states get relentlessly harassed and it fucking sucks. But also It’s so so much easier to make changes on a smaller local level without the influence of distant populations. Sure it would suck in some ways and for some states, but maybe if each state only had to convince a few thousand people to do better, rather than literally millions (presidential election, very demoralizing), swing states would be more left leaning.
And if not, well it would probably be a lot easier to move states than move countries, even if they were EU style countries.
After all, you don't need to learn a new language or integrate into a new culture when you move. People move in Europe all the time, and the US states is easy mode compared to that
Yes, please. Protecting and solidifying rights in the areas we can is the only way we can get through this nightmare. Hopefully progressives can claw back from this although it’s going to take generations.