ALSO: It's important to remember that NOT ALL ~24M ACA ENROLLEES WILL BE UTTERLY SCREWED. --New Mexico is backfilling ALL lost federal subsidies for ALL enrollees! --California is backfilling lost federal subsidies for all enrollees < 150% FPL (~290,000 enrollees) acasignups.net/25/10/14/sil...

”The decline in violent extremism is welcome, but the apparent reasons behind it should give us pause.” @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2025/09/17/c...

#3 on this list is supported by 72% of Californians (see ic.institute/poll)

Really makes you think. www.profolus.com/topics/right...

Just wanted to remind you all that ICI has a long-standing policy to not advocate that anyone use violence except in accordance with the rule of law (e.g. police actions, self-defense). ic.institute/cio-standards/

@governor.ca.gov @votecnp.bsky.social @ic.institute you’re kidding me…

I missed this news this spring—great news, looks like it is being voted on soon. Contact your CA state reps in support

“This is a conversation about sovereignty, pragmatism, and possibility—not about destroying America, but about building a California that works better for Californians.” open.spotify.com/episode/6s3L...

Understandably, many people scoffed at the first (or second, or hundredth) mention of California secession. And it's never properly been studied, because why would we? But the burner only gets so hot before you jerk your hand away. Suddenly New West America doesn't seem so farfetched or silly.

The U.S. Supreme Court is not really a court at all. www.vox.com/scotus/46027...

I never said it was “an idyllic land.” 🤣 If you don’t like my source, you can look it up yourself & find lots of articles that say secession in Calif has become a hot topic. You’ve never met anyone who has considered it? Congratulations on having a narrow group of friends. No need to respond.

Wow! After reading this, it's not so hard to see how California might bluff its way into independence some day. www.politico.com/news/2025/08...

As blue states prepare to deny federal agents access to their databases, their highways, maybe even their airspace, the soft secession isn’t coming. It’s here. #FreeTheBear #ForbesForCA

Right now, I’m liking the looks of this flag even more. He lost to Putin and lives in an altered state of reality, no pun intended.

Without calling for blue state secession, I will say this: I think we either find a way to get rid of the Electoral College and the other baked in aspects of our constitutional system that give rabid white Christians disproportionate power, or the country will inevitably split at some point

I'm a Californian and I wouldn't have a problem with leaving the Union. California is a Country in its own right and would be fine on our own. Fed up supporting Red States and getting spit on. Let them eat Our Tariffs!

“To create our own backstop for voter protections, we can codify the Voting Rights Act in California law.”

”The American people correctly perceive that the Supreme Court has become a partisan institution, and that perception is now apparent in polling data.” www.vox.com/scotus/42259... @vox.com

Why do we let fascists who hate us rule us from three time zones away? They don't understand our open and inclusive culture, and they are terrorizing us by attacking the lives, families, communities, and workers who make us strong and rich. Let's get out of this dying fascist empire! #FreeTheBear

Local media obtained a poll showing California voters approving a potential Democratic redistricting amendment by 52-41 and included the poll’s ballot question wording below. Ballot measures can be notoriously difficult to poll, though

Woohoo put up my California flag today 💙💛 youtube.com/shorts/QgeCg...

They are forcing us to secede. California will be the richest of the former United States. Funny how The Federalist Society is the most anti-federalism group ever. Medical groups and US states work to circumvent Kennedy's vaccine decisions www.reuters.com/business/hea...

“If you want to save the world then the first step is to stop destroying it. In other words: don’t be a dick. Don’t work for big tech, arms manufacturers or the fossil fuel industry. Don’t accept relationships based on domination and share power whenever you can” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

“If, as Defendants suggest, they are not conducting stops that lack reasonable suspicion, they can hardly claim to be irreparably harmed by an injunction aimed at preventing a subset of stops not supported by reasonable suspicion.” www.latimes.com/california/s...

Sounds like @calexitnoworg.bsky.social collected 25,000 signatures, not the 200,000 the campaign claimed. At least, according to Marcus Ruiz Evans: www.politico.com/news/magazin... @politico.com

We just posted some new poll results that were delayed by a YouGov programming error on ic.institute/poll.

Wish you were my neighbor!

Let's look at graphs with Coyote! Our executive director discusses the results of our June 2025 poll, on video. Part 1: youtu.be/6BJqnBglZZ8?...

Interesting take on our poll results, from a columnist laser-focused on #calexit. thecoastnews.com/elias-could-...

California really can #ArrestICE under certain conditions, and those conditions seem to have been met. This Humboldt County court case is the key. www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open... (Featuring a result from our June 2025 poll!) @democracylocal.bsky.social

Hi, I’m a in the leadership for a political party ( @votecnp.bsky.social ) that is calling for CA independence. The @ic.institute runs YouGov polls to find out the sentiments around CA secession. The poll they ran last month shows 45% support peaceful secession.

[email protected] Just wanted you to know that there's a trend in our neighborhood to fly the California Republic flag, instead of the US flag.

ICE grabbed this U.S. citizen army veteran & held him for 3 days for no reason whatsoever other than he’s Latino. We must put an end to this racist police state. ICE OUT OF CALIFORNIA

It's a new one! 🕳️ We talked with @ic.institute about their latest California poll, which found: - 71% of residents say the state would be better off with special autonomous status within the U.S. - 44% would vote for a ballot measure for peaceful, legal secession www.patreon.com/posts/029-ne...

The 2 party system fails us. Democrats won’t change the fact that California is *severely* underrepresented in DC. • Gun control • Healthcare • Affordable housing • New Green Deal All have overwhelming support in CA but are stopped in DC. We need systemic reform. Beginning with CA independence.

Believing democracy still exists in America & can be saved with elections (or even a change of the president) is cognitive dissonance. Structurally, America has collapsed. We haven’t seen the full impact yet. But it’s over.

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Californians shouldn’t have to pay federal taxes if we don’t get any federal services. Let free loading red states pay for themselves.

Interesting narrative analysis of California independence from a California fiction (and non-fiction). Plus a plug for their new book!

I've heard the arguments. I used to make them myself. - "we need the USs Military" why? Italy. Belgium, etc are smaller and do just fine. - "we need their economic power" why? Again. A lot of nations have less economic power than CA does -now-.

I love these conversations between @thedrain.bsky.social and @ic.institute because they move past the flaky #Calexit stuff and get into things California could actually do to gain autonomy and power (and perhaps independence down the line). There's a lot we could do! www.patreon.com/posts/029-ne...

Yes, I do.

We’re starting an on-going thread where we will list out some of the innumerable abuses of power ICE is committing in LA and beyond. Let this lead us all to action rather than to despair. 1/

“California independence isn't about just escaping today's chaos. It's about building the future we already believe in.” www.tiktok.com/@roguerenega...

America's finest. www.latimes.com/california/s...

@byrobinepley.bsky.social discusses secession and our poll results with Erwin Chemerinsky of UC Berkeley Law. Really interesting editorial with lots of links. www.sacbee.com/opinion/arti...

Rumor has it our executive director is going to appear on The Drain again in a couple of weeks. 🤫

#ProudCalifornian #IChooseTheBear #ThisIsMyFourthofJulyPost

According to a new poll, nearly three-quarters of Californians believe local police officers should arrest federal immigration agents who “act maliciously or knowingly exceed their authority under federal law.” By @liborjany.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...