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Oh please, please, please... The dream is alive! According to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll, there are now more Californians than ever who support the idea of seceding from the United States. Dubbed the “Calexit” movement, the goal is to make California its own country, thus bestowing upon the world a happy, prosperous, California-free, America where it will be virtually impossible to elect a Democrat President.

LOS ANGELES -- A breakaway city in the San Fernando Valley could support itself financially, according to a report released Friday by the state agency overseeing the Los Angeles secession movement. The report also concludes that although Los Angeles would suffer some financial harm, it could be offset by annual payments made by the breakaway city. The findings appear to boost supporters of the movement to break off Los Angeles' sprawling residential section of more than 1 million people and create the nation's sixth-largest city. "It's a great report for the valley and for Los Angeles," said Jeff Brain, leader...