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pstokk's avatar

Literalists? Fuck me.

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Martha Howell's avatar

CA is already a leader in pesticide and chemical monitoring.

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Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

So, we're all going to have to move to the woke utopia of Pacifica if we want to lead the good life?

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eddi-SABH's avatar

Trump is trying to ignore the Left Coast. So we're ignoring him. We don't feel the need to secede yet but in every way that matters, we are indeed going out own way.

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Biff52 Lost Canadian's avatar

We could go it alone aside from military. Which is kind of a deal-breaker, sadly.

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Zyxomma's avatar

Ta, Dok. My stomach turned when I read the new measles stats. That plague nearly killed me at age 6. My mother, of blessed and cursed memory, knew what to do when my temperature hit the top of the thermometer. She was a nurses aide during WWII; they did actual nursing because most of the nurses were deployed. She put me in a slush bath, which is ice water and ice. I couldn't eat, so I was given liquid Jell-O. There were quilts hanging in front of my windows to block the light so I wouldn't be blinded. Of course, all this was before MMR. I got them all. I'm glad I lived. I fear many children will not.

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Hank Napkin's avatar

California can kiss herd immunity goodbye! Enjoy yourselves you cowards! While we dig our own graves!!

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William O Miles's avatar

Overthinking is what you are paid to do, Dok, d3ftly demonstrated by commenting on your own commentary.

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Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

Especially when comments aren't allowed. Bold!

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werecat's avatar

Fuck Around And Findout. I hope Commander in Chief Newsom has his PR people announce this in a way that mocks Pete Hegseth.

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notaten's avatar

Am I the only one who fantasize about bondi and and wiles andleavitt walking through the streets wit shav ed heads, Like collaborators were marked at the end of WW2.

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Zyxomma's avatar

Cersei from Game of Thrones comes to mind.

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lemonfluff's avatar

Hmm, parallel agencies, seems like with that kind of stuff in place a state would have a much easier time transitioning to being…not a state anymore.

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eddi-SABH's avatar

Welcome to the birth of the Western Democratic Union. We will add other words to our name as we think of nouns and adjectives that will make MAGAhats froth.

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lemonfluff's avatar

Fingers crossed Colorado will ultimately stand with the WDU, and let’s face it, the summits where we all decide on the best, wokest, most froth-worthy terminology are gonna be lit

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Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

Woketopia!

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Menotsure's avatar

Democrat Jaha Howard won a State Senate special election run off on Tuesday in GA.

In KY Democrat Gary Clemons did likewise. The blue tide rolls slowly in.

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Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

After Chump reminds everyone of what a great job he's done this first year, all that ends.

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Gary Seven in Space's avatar

This is smart...

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Mx.le Maerin's Luxury Comedy's avatar

This is *exactly* the kind of thing I've been wanting to see Dems-in-exile take up. It sucks that those of us with non-representative statehouse leges won't likely benefit from it, but it's a start.

Still doesn't make me want to vote for President Hairgel, however.

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Bagels of Doom's avatar

Newsom is auditioning *hard*, isn't he?

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pskbh's avatar

California's public health is not political.

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Bagels of Doom's avatar

And he's making this clear to the whole country, which is the perfect move right now to position himself.

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Dorothea is a Democrat's avatar

But he's doing good things. I'm just really grateful that these women are able to use their superior expertise on behalf of the American people again.

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Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

Remember all those nice science people who got the fuck out of Germany because they were Jewish and helped America make an atomic bomb?

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Bagels of Doom's avatar

100%! We could do a lot worse.

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fair_n_hite_451's avatar

They should do FEMA next.

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Richard's avatar

This shift might be interpreted as playing into the hands of Voight, in moving responsibility to the states (recognizing that the federal government is washing its hands of vital programs).

On the other hand, it can be seen for what it is: states stepping up and temporarily assuming responsibility until these functions can be returned to Washington, D.C.

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Zyxomma's avatar

Vought. Voight is the wingnut actor.

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Vesper's avatar

The Cascadia Health Alliance should seriously consider requiring that anyone who visits be fully vaccinated. The only exceptions being science based ones.

If folks have a problem with that? There's Florida for them.

Hard to believe how fast we went from having the marvelous science of a vaccine to prevent a cancer to whatever this fresh hell that is TFG 2.0 +RFK.

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