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note: I wrote this diary two days ago. Yesterday, another diary about the same thing was published. It goes into who some of the players are behind it. I’ll put the link to that diary here at the top.
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On Tuesday, January 15, 2017, New California was born. All the blue areas in the map above joined to leave the state of California to become the 51st state. They are serious about it and are following the game plan West Virginia did to leave Virginia. On that date, New California Declaration of Independence took place.
Almost exactly a year later, on January 13, 2018, the Delegates Convention took place. Delegates voted on the final New California State Declaration of Independence. It passed. A year ago, most urban and blue liberal areas were to remain in California. Then, over the past year, some blue and mostly urban counties joined including Santa Clara County (with San Jose), Contra Costa County (with Walnut Creek and Richmond) and Santa Cruz Counties.
But it got even weirder in the past couple months when even more counties chose to join in including Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, and Monterey Counties.
Humm. That means just the area around the San Francisco Bay Area would still be California along with Ventura and San Luis Obispo Counties in the south. It’s a stampede to join New California.
Those behind New California want to do things by the book, citing Article 4, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution:
- U.S. Constitution› Article IV
Article IV
New states may be admitted by the Congress into this union; but no new states shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other state; nor any state be formed by the junction of two or more states, or parts of states, without the consent of the legislatures of the states concerned as well as of the Congress.
The Congress shall have the power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States, and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to prejudice any claims of the United States or of any particular state.
Section 4.
The United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a republican form of government and shall protect each of them against invasion, and on application of the legislature, or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened) against domestic violence.
The old idea of dividing California into 6 individual states has been scrapped. Below is a map of what that looked like. Keep in mind The State of Jefferson (which is where I live) was going to go it alone and become the 51st state until last year when the concept of New California was hatched.
Not surprisingly the alt.right and white supremacists laud this movement as well. A number of them are behind this thing including Robert Paul Preston who makes the Agenda 21 podcast, Lauren Rose (ethno-nationalist who wants to create New California because “English is dying in California”), Victor Hansen (“It’s logical for white people to fear black men”) and Tom Reed (of The State of Jefferson fame).
If you are curious, you may want to check out the website for New California newcaliforniastate.com
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Twin Cities Kossacks will have a Meetup, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, starting at 1 p.m. at Turtle Bread, 4762 Chicago Ave. So., Minneapolis (map here). This is the first meetup of TC Kossacks in several years, and the first since this group was revived this fall after being dormant for a while.
Can you make it to Mpls on Jan. 20 to Connect, Unite and Act with your fellow Minnesota Kossacks? Send a Kosmail to idlemoments if you can join us.
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1. idlemoments, organizer (kosmail her to connect)
2. RickNelsonmn (can carpool)
3. slapshoe (can carpool)
4. Thutmose V
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Judeling
angry marmot
keepminnesotablue
Garrett
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Here’s a look at what’s planned so far, according to a running list maintained by Women’s Alliance on Facebook.
All events are slated for Saturday, January 20, 2018
Annapolis, MD Lawyer’s Mall 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. EST
Boston/Cambridge, MACambridge Common Historic District 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. EST
Chicago, IL Downtown, location TBD 9 a.m. – noon CST
Colorado Springs, CO Acacia Park 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. MST
Des Moines, IA Iowa State Capitol 8 a.m. – 8 p.m. CST
Los Angeles, CA Downtown, location TBD 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. PST
Missoula, MT The Public House, 130 East Broadway 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. MST
Nashville, TN Bicentennial Mall Nashville 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. CST
New Orleans, LA Location TBD Starts at 9:30, CST
New York, NY Columbus Circle 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. EST
Oakland, CA Location TBD 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. PST
Orange County, CA Location TBD 9 a.m. to noon PST
Philadelphia, PA Benjamin Franklin Parkway Noon to 3 p.m. EST
Providence, RI Rhode Island State House 11 a.m. EST
Sacramento, CA Southside Park, 2115 6th Street 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. PST
San Diego, CA Waterfront Park 10 a.m.. PST
San Francisco, CA Civic Center 11:30–15:30 PST
San Marcos, CA Location TBD 9 a.m. – noon PST
Winston-Salem, NC Corpening Plaza Noon-3 p.m. EST
Another EXTENSIVE march list here Women's March 2018 Facebook page with satellite events! (h/t RickNelsonmn) Please check for an event near you and ATTEND!
WOMAN'S MARCH NYC 2017
Footage compiled from the 2017 Woman's March on New York City, directed by Joan Brooker, with support from the SVA community.
Organizers, remember to choose a place to meet in advance and that cell phone service will shut down before the events get started. Consider a sign to hold up above the crowd for people to find you with. Check with your local march organizers to find out what materials are not permitted, such as balloons or sticks.
NEW YORK RSVPS
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1. joanbrooker, organizer (kosmail her to connect)
2. belinda ridgewood
3. gchaucer2
4. kathny
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LONG ISLAND RSVPS TO RALLY AT THE INTERSECTION OF RT. 112 AND 347 IN PORT JEFFERSON STATION AT NOON
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1. grannycarol, organizer (kosmail her to connect)
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1. EagleOfFreedom
2. Bleeding Blue
3. DoingBusinessAs
4. momomia
5. ptressel
6. Kay3295
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Puerto Rico Kos
Stay tuned, big Daily Kos meet-up on January 29th with Chef Bobby Neary aka newpioneer. Daily Kos is sending Kelly Macias from our Editorial Staff and Chris Reeves from our Community Building Staff to do some original reporting about Puerto Rico coinciding with the SOTU address.
PUERTO RICO RSVPS
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1. newpioneer, organizer (kosmail him to connect)
2. Kelly Macias, Daily Kos Staff Writer
3. Chris Reeves, Daily Kos Community Outreach Organizer
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Netroots Nation 2018
Colorado: Monday Evenings, Michigan: Thursday evenings, North Carolina: Sundays, 1:00 PM Eastern, Missouri: Wednesday Evenings, Kansas: Monday Evenings
