Talking Points
By Hal G. Lohr
Answering the Frequently Asked Questions of the California Independence Movement
Would California Be Better Off as a Free and Independent Country?
Would California Be Better Off as a Free and Independent Country? The short answer, of course, is, “Yes!” I mean, hello! This is the California Independence Movement, so any other response would be a strange answer, right? I mean, I could use the old...
Name a Benefit Californians get from being part of the United States, that Californians can’t Provide for themselves.
Name a Benefit Californians get from Being Part of the United States that Californians Can't Provide and Pay for ThemselvesAs we enter the fourth of July weekend, I find myself, as a California Rebel, torn on how to feel about the holiday. I loved it as a kid. I still...
If California Seceded, What Would California do for a Military?
The short answer goes: California would spend 1% to 2% of our GDP on defense, like Canada or Mexico does. That’s instead of the 10% America does now, but before I go into the numbers, I need to state the obvious differences for a moment. Talking Point: “Californians...
The Work Toward California Independence Has Value
There’s a question Californians need to ask that goes “what’s the downside?” of efforts to empower a California democracy over the US bureaucracy as we fight for California independence. Other than failure anyway. For the movement, It’s an honest question. Why do so...
California Women, the Right of Choice, and California Independence
The California Legislature began debating SB 245. This bill if enacted would eliminate out-of-pocket expenses such as co-pays and deductibles for abortions and related services, including counseling. The measure, approved by the Senate and headed to the Assembly,...
There Is No Border Crisis
On Monday JUNE 7, Former senator and Californian, Vice President Kamala Harris gave a speech in Guatemala, telling would-be immigrants from Central America “do not come” to the United States. A bluntly imperial statement considering that decades of U.S. foreign...
Can we Stop Pretending Recall Newsom Isn’t a Republican Scam?
Look, It may be true that a lot of Democrats signed the recall petition as claimed… but it’s also true that a new poll released Tuesday by UC Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies indicates that not many of them support it now. The poll of 10,000 California...
California’s One-Year Population Decline
California’s one-year population decline has some wondering if the Golden State has lost its luster… Fucking really? Since 1963, California has been and continues to be the most populous Nation state in the country. But, even with everybody whose got an opinion...
Biden’s Democrats Are Not Coming to Save You
California!... Grow up, Biden’s Democrats Are Not Coming to Save You. The Democrats are in power in Washington again…. Whoopy. Why do Californians wanna pretend like this makes it all better. Like the last 4 years didn’t happen, and even though experience taught us...
Congressional Lawmakers Blew Off Police Reform Deadline.
In Washington DC, Congressional Lawmakers blew off President Joe Biden’s Tuesday, Police Reform deadline. The One-year anniversary of George Floyd’s murder by killer cop Derek Chauvin passed with Congress failing, like on gun control or climate change, to find common...
Florida Man Signs Trumper Tantrum Legislation
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday, May 24th signed a law to give Florida the power to penalize California social media companies for "deplatforming" policies designed to reduce violent & racist internet political content. Note: Red Star Report is still here!...
Donald Trump is Outlining a New MAGA Manifesto
Tonight’s theme for Voices of the California Nation is…Independence or Submission… In what could be a disturbing Calexit comic book style development for an occupied California, if we remain part of the United States that is… Donald Trump is outlining a new MAGA...
America Can’t be Fixed.
One of the most pervasive arguments we make in the Movement for California Independence is… America… can’t… be… fixed. No matter what Republicans & Democrats say. No matter what the media says as it relies on the DC Circus to put clowns on your TV night after...
YesCalifornia Is NOT a California Independence Organization.
After years of denials of any such relationship the former CIM media organization YesCalifornia announced that it had been working continuously with a man named Louis Marinelli. A man who’s stated priorities are the de-unification of the United States for the sake of...
Is Supporting California Independence Really a Matter of Choice?
I know, I know, in California independence circles we usually talk about legal secession through Constitutional means. The path we’d like to walk to a free California nation always goes the same way. Californians vote to secede through either the initiative process or...
You Can’t Co-Opt Patriotism Then Call People Traitors
Look, It’s not a secret. I am an honest California secessionist. I have argued for years now that California would be much better off as its own separate, free, and independent country. I know that being part of the U.S. is detrimental to the land and people of...
What Does America Actually do for California?
Name a benefit that Californians receive from being part of the USA that Californians don’t pay for anyway. I’ll wait. But I’d bet you can’t think of one. Let’s face it. The U.S.A. is a taker, not a maker. California is a donor state that pays in much more than it...
California in a Divided America
Today, as Californians, we face the dawning realization that as long as we remain Americans, our California values will never matter. No matter how 40 million Californians feel about any social or political issue, the rest of America simply doesn’t have to care. No...
