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still_one

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5. That is the problem spider. This was a generational event, and unless something very
Thu Dec 15, 2016, 10:04 AM
Dec 2016

extraordinary occurs, it will take at least a entire generation to undo all the damage that potentially can happen.

All the progress that had been made with Civil Rights, Women's Rights, Environmental Rights, Health Care, etc. will have to be re-fought.

Those issues were already under attack.

Safety Net programs such as Social Security and Medicare that we have taken for granted, they are going to try and decimate them.

My first election was for George McGovern.

This was the most important election of my lifetime, and America failed miserably

The legislature have already pledged to do everything to counter a trump presidency:

"We will be reaching out to federal, state and local officials to evaluate how a Trump Presidency will potentially impact federal funding of ongoing state programs, job-creating investments reliant on foreign trade, and federal enforcement of laws affecting the rights of people living in our state. We will maximize the time during the presidential transition to defend our accomplishments using every tool at our disposal.

While Donald Trump may have won the presidency, he hasn’t changed our values. America is greater than any one man or party. We will not be dragged back into the past. We will lead the resistance to any effort that would shred our social fabric or our Constitution."

http://sd24.senate.ca.gov/news/2016-11-09-joint-statement-california-legislative-leaders-result-presidential-election


We all have to stick together, it has gotten very real

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Thank goodness I am in California, and f**k trump, and the assholes he rode in with still_one Dec 2016 #1
You're speaking for me, still_one spiderpig Dec 2016 #2
That is the problem spider. This was a generational event, and unless something very still_one Dec 2016 #5
The same conversation we had last night. BigDemVoter Dec 2016 #14
You know what they say, 'the crap always rises to the top' nolabels Dec 2016 #19
quite frankly, at the rate the apricot asshole is going, I am not sure we will last until niyad Dec 2016 #22
Amen to that. BigDemVoter Dec 2016 #13
I just moved from D.C. to California and think this is the place to be for awhile. Glimmer of Hope Dec 2016 #31
Brown could solicit donations from the other 49 states and easily fund a satellite. LonePirate Dec 2016 #3
Although nice thought, it would take billions yeoman6987 Dec 2016 #4
I didn't think they were that expensive. Lots of corporate entities seem to have launched them Dream Girl Dec 2016 #6
That's good to hear. I hope California can do this then. yeoman6987 Dec 2016 #10
We are strong and resourceful, and Jerry tends to do what he says he will. Silver Gaia Dec 2016 #16
I hope Trump tries this azureblue Dec 2016 #23
Yep, if drumpf can't make money from something or reap more power, it won't happen. lark Dec 2016 #7
It wouldn't take many billions to build it and use a private agency or the ESA to launch it. LonePirate Dec 2016 #12
Maybe we can utilize Elon Musk's spaceX to launch the satellite still_one Dec 2016 #9
Wish I was still in California! jimlup Dec 2016 #8
We all in this together, and we have to unite if for nothing else than to oppose trump's still_one Dec 2016 #11
I am moving to California as soon as they secede from what once the USA. Moostache Dec 2016 #15
You might want to get there a few days before so as not to be a "defector." n/t rzemanfl Dec 2016 #26
This message was self-deleted by its author Raine Dec 2016 #29
That's my home! n/t California_Republic Dec 2016 #17
Turn off the satellites or repurpose them? colorado_ufo Dec 2016 #18
More power to Gov. Brown and the People of Ca randr Dec 2016 #20
The absolute ignorance of this fool (Trump), AND the lapdogs which he dae Dec 2016 #21
I love my governor n/t wryter2000 Dec 2016 #24
We are one of the world's aerospace centers. denbot Dec 2016 #25
Will you have a foreign legion? Will it take someone pushing seventy? n/t rzemanfl Dec 2016 #27
Dude, denbot Dec 2016 #28
When you secede I will be a tofu-eating Foreign Legionaire refugee from Florida in rzemanfl Dec 2016 #30
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