The president of Catalonia [Catalunya] vows to hold a referendum on independence in 2017. Catalan President Carles Puigdemont promised a “legal and binding” vote in his televised New Year’s speech. A consultative ballot in 2014, which recorded a large majority for independence, was ignored by Spain. Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy has again ruled out the […]

Natalie Blake, co-chair of the LA CNP chapter, gives a great interview here for the Bradcast podcast.  Check it out and give them a visit if you like what you hear!  Natalie’s segment starts at 14 minutes in. On today’s BradCast, I’m in for Brad again. We start by pick up where we left off […]

I’ve been sitting on the blog post below for a few days now. I held off on publishing it because I was aware that my views were evolving more rapidly than I was comfortable with, and I don’t like to put things out there that I can’t ultimately stand behind. I’m hitting the “publish” button […]

In the wake of Donald Trump’s election night win, progressives across the country have struggled to understand how they fit into a large swath of the country that expressly rejects liberal values. Californians seem particularly at odds with red state priorities, as evidenced by the fact that Hillary Clinton’s 2.6 million popular vote lead largely […]

Dear Calexiters, I have to say that I’m overjoyed that secession is being stolen from the right (in all due respect to Vermont), but I’m disappointed California is ignoring some of its natural allies to the North and near East.  Demographic and migratory shifts are creating a progressive ” J” of states, where the West Coast is being joined […]

How the U.S. could set a state free, without a constitutional amendment Could the United States let a state become an independent country, if the political will existed to do so? Or would such an effort founder on the United States’ extremely high bar for amending its constitution? In this article, I’m going to demonstrate […]

The LA times discusses some of the arguments around independence before concluding that we should give up our goal of having a sane government that actually represents us so we can “Save America.”  Never mind that we are far too under-represented in America to actually save America from anything! As early as 1803, Federalists in […]

There are a lot of red state voters who wouldn’t mind cutting California loose. People hate California because it’s big, it wields a massive share of electoral votes (55), and the loudest voices in the Golden State are pro-gay, pro-choice, and pro-Obama. Californians, meanwhile, get tired of being vilified. They point to the state’s enormous […]

Dear US, I can’t believe it has been 166 years. Time goes by so fast…like a flash of gold in a mining pan. There was so much promise in the beginning. I knew you had a checkered past and I was no saint. I didn’t think we would make it after that awful period in […]

Imagine an America without Hollywood. Without Apple or Gap, the Beach Boys or the L.A. Lakers, Mickey Mouse or Snoop Dogg, the Golden Gate Bridge or the Malibu surf. Without its pinot noir or its avocados or its sun-kissed heartlands of easy-going optimism.  It’s almost unimaginable. But thousands of Californians, disgusted at the racism, misogyny and […]