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Posted on 06/04/2026 7:29:45 AM PDT by MtnClimber
California’s decline is no mystery: decades of one-party rule have turned America’s golden state into a warning about the costs of ideological governance.
The recent California gubernatorial and Los Angeles mayoral elections—where, remarkably, Steve Hilton and Spencer Pratt both appear to have advanced to the general election in November—offer a glimmer of hope.
Could it be that some on the Left, along with a number of Independents, have finally realized that neither wealth nor an upscale ZIP code can protect them from the Left’s vindictive socialist madness?
California gas prices, even prior to the Iran war, had reached the highest levels in the continental United States.
The cause is self-evident: left-wing policies that forbid most new gas and oil exploration, impose radical green-fuel mandates and levy the highest gas taxes in the U.S. and drive out oil refineries.
Illegal immigration has soared. Currently, some 11 million Californians—28 percent of the resident population—were not born in the U.S. This foreign-born demographic exploded at precisely the time that civic education and melting-pot assimilation and integration were denigrated in the public schools and replaced by ethnic chauvinism and pre-civilizational DEI tribalism.
A third of the nation’s welfare recipients and nearly a third of the homeless live in California. Almost a quarter of the state’s population lives below the poverty line.
California has the highest electricity rates in the mainland United States and the steepest income taxes in the nation. And yet it annually runs the highest budget deficits of the 50 states.
Despite massive unfunded pension debts of $265 billion, the state has spent billions of dollars on illegal-alien subsidies, from free health care to solar panels.
The state has wasted between $15 billion and $20 billion on its Bakersfield-to-Merced high-speed rail line since the project was approved in 2008.
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Have you seen the latest LA mayor vote count?
No. I live here and the majority of the people are completely devoid of any independent rational thought.
Bass* 183,701 35.0
Pratt 157,116 29.9
Raman 119,809 22.8
Can California be Saved?
No.
As long as 30 days is allowed to “count” ballots - until the Democrat wins.
“Hopefully there are young people who will come to power in 10-20 years that will figure it out.”
Considering that birthrates are in a complete nose dive with no end in sight it appears the chance of that happening is significantly low.
Yes, but not as California. Secession needs to encouraged so that military occupation can take place. Then, break the state up into 5 military districts under the control of some gov’na.
Flush out all politicos, no exceptions. Go Cromwell on them. Take over all local county and city control with military police.
Hold for 6 months, long enough for all displaced politicos to starve. Then, reboot.
I’ve lived here for 40 years and have had no hope (or evidence) of an honest election for last two decades. Clean house. Will this tank my home’s property value? ‘Ell, yeah. But, I am not selling anytime soon and will love watching the arseholes get trashed.
There is a reason I left in 2002.
Not likely.
The leftists have seized total control of almost everything in sight, elections, judiciary, mass media, DA’s, AG, legislature, you name it
No, neither can NY.
Only if you split it in half along the coastal range. An E California and a W California.
We have many military facilities in California, especially Naval and Marine facilities…where do you move them to?
It would be extremely difficult to expel California from the Union for the very reason you mentioned. We may have the best Navy in the world, but the loss of California, Oregon, and Washington, the latter two states being only somewhat less communist than California, would weaken our ability to project power in the Pacific Ocean.
“A question arises: can Congress expel a state from the Union?“
No. The question is, is the Constitution compatible with the existence of the nation?
Not saved, but maybe under conviction. 😉
You stole my post.
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