politics @lemmy.world Sunshine (she/her) @lemmy.ca 2 wk. ago

California governor calls special session to protect liberal policies from Trump presidency

apnews.com 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.

News @lemmy.world MicroWave @lemmy.world 2 wk. ago

apnews.com /article/california-donald-trump-gavin-newsom-special-session-32511d5887409d68d692e094ed50a272

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I bet the state’s rights crowd will love this
- "not like that"
  
  Literally the civil war started because kansas didn't want to be a slave state. The whole state's right thing is just a talking point not a held belief.
No concrete plans yet but we’ll see what they can do. Good to see that some people haven’t given up all hope.
- Do not give up hope. Don't stop trying to make the world a better place. As long as we have people that take action, we still have hope.
  
  I'm done, y'all can have hope. My hope was deleted long ago.
  
  I still have hope... just not for America. I can make somewhere else better.
- California should just separate from Fed
  
  A constitutional crisis is very likely over the next 4 years. And if it does, all bets are off.
  
  Solve the water crisis, then yeah
  
  5th largest economy in the world, motherfuckers!
  
  We don't need the US, but their military means we're fucked should we ever try, anyway
- True, at least the magas don’t have full control of every state government.
  
  Thats the small hope I'm hanging on to. Federalism might save our country from fascism. Hopefully...
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.

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