California should leave the union and become new California republic with the two headed mutant bear flag.
this post was submitted on 02 Oct 2025
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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?
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Maybe I was wrong about Gavin
Why are colleges receiving state funding at all?
Don't they charge insane tuition fees?
they specifically called out “CAL GRANTS”, which are student aid. It’s not direct funding, but helping students pay for college.
I’m sure there are tons of research and other programs that directly benefit the state, and are supported by the state
does that mean, that he's threatening the students and not the colleges?
like it's the students who will suffer?
Maybe but students already make decisions based on what financial aid they get. The colleges would either have to make it up or lose students.
Realistically I doubt he expects to do it. The goals are
- Get under MAGAs skin by turning their own extortion strategies against them
- Give the schools plausible deniability to hold to their principles
Are you thinking of Universities? State colleges are generally extremely affordable, particularly with aide if it is available to you.
For some values of "extremely" maybe. Also many "state schools" are universities, so you probably should have gone with "private universities" instead. State schools are still an order of magnitude more expensive that most universities in Europe. If I was of school age now, I'd likely not be able to afford to go to college even with the scholarships that I had received.
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AFAIK California residents get free tuition at some colleges.
There are a lot of things I despise about Newsom, but at least he's standing up to the MAGA scum.
hes a leader, he must be criticized, even if you support him. but it's good that ge is standing up to maga.
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.
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This attack on our universities from the radical right wing is especially worrisome.
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