This almost certainly could make it to SCOTUS and those imbeciles will need to further clarify their already incoherent reasoning in Dobbs. Should be fun.

Cops need to get their shit together.

The divorce would be easier than you think. You put a deadline on citizens in every region to get their affairs in order and move or accept their new passport for the country that it will become. Say, 10 years. Everyone gets 10 years to decide whether they are staying or going before the walls go up. Would there be some chaos? Sure, a little. And it would take some time for the dust to settle internationally, but life will go on. No biggie.

I assure you Texas would not be able to support itself. It's culture doesn't allow it and it lacks the human capital and resources. It's got oil and gas. That's it. It's soil is unfarmable, it's mostly arid steppe. TX only has the 2nd biggest GDP in the U.S. because other states absorb a lot of the load TX would need to make up for as an independent country. Without Washington's support, TX is not the powerhouse you think it is.

Texas produces almost no crops. It's soil is mostly clay. Everything you buy in the produce section is either from CA or MX. And tech company HQs...for the tax giveaways. TX has no human capital. Tesla's moving its engineering HQ back to CA from TX already. Lol

Effective rate of 0.75%. You're incorrect. We tax the income high earners a lot, though, which is the correct way to do it.

Their property taxes are insane...and they assess personal property taxes. You'll pay upwards of $13,000 a year on house where in CA your property taxes cannot exceed 1%. If you're RICH TX is super cheap for you.

Texas has some of the highest taxes in the U.S., particularly if you are middle class. Nonstate is more expensive to live in than Florida. It's weird how people think no income taxes means cheaper.

Joining Canada would instantly give us NATO membership. No approval Turkey and Hungary necessary.

Russia and China can't even negotiate their own wars of expansion against neighbors. There's no chance they will manage to do it here. "New America" will become a Russian ally on the North American continent...but they have no industry, no education, no public services...just guns. Pacifica, New Canada, and New England all either join Canada proper or join NATO.

I support the idea of dissolving the U.S. But the GOP's inference to a smaller federal government and blue states still paying the bills for the red ones is a non-starter. We're not doing that. Dissolution of the U.S. is fine as long as us Californians are absolved from having to support parasite states like Texas and Ohio. They want independence, they can figure out how to fund themselves, but the best thing that can happen is a breakup of the country into smaller sovereigns free to govern themselves. No more federalism is something everyone should aim for.

Good luck FL and TX lolololol Elon is dumping TX for Tesla's engineering HQ, too, and moving it back to CA. Not enough brain power.

Zuck bet everything on this and it's DOA. Lol

If the choice is saving a kitten in exchange for a free flight on a shitty ultra-low cost airline or not doing that, I choose the latter.

Ron DeSantis is feverishly taking notes...

A woman at my base did porn prior to joining. When dudes found out they started harassing her relentlessly and a base-wide notice from the commander was sent out saying there would be UCMJ discipline for anyone who bothered her again...likely not so much out of concern for her safety, since the military doesn't care about that, but the potential bad press.

This I like. I'd totally frame this.

This is good work.