We did that with CARB and now the feds are trying to stop it after decades of other states signing on because it worked so well here in Cali.

At the very least they need to hire these doctors and scientists that RFK Jr. fired so their wisdom and knowledge don't go to waste!

It’s a good way to keep out garbage ICE invasions from LA.

Great, provided there is some version of the Nuremberg Trials for Silicon Valley techbro nazis.

They are welcome to fix their hearts or die.

It’s literally a life-or-death matter.

They should probably just join back up with Old Mexico and take Colorado too so they are left out cold

Cascadia lives!

Usually, when people talk about Cascadia as a country, they include British Columbia.

He's just 16 preventable illnesses in a trenchcoat

The worst thing about Toddler Death Voltron is: it is sentient and wants to no longer exist but they refuse to let it die because it hasn't been born yet.

Good luck writing THAT into your next screenplay MAGA Universe Doctor Strange

Cascadia Cascadia Cascadia! ! !

If those 3 leave the union, I think the country's more or less done for.

Nevada looked at the Republican mess and decided they want shot to themselves in the foot too. Americans are not well.

West coast best coast

Im sure there are parks where they can pick up trash in California, too. Don't worry.

Very high concentrations of educated citizens among the populace, a functional tax system that actually reinvests into its people compared to many other states in the union (especially below the Mason-Dixon line), and key cities center to high-tech development and critical US industries, military or otherwise (Seattle, LA, San Jose, San Francisco).

Additionally, because these states were some of the last to be incorporated into the United States, they largely were able to develop in less rigid ways in the 20th and 21st centuries compared to other states in the union (Cheaper land also allowed developing industries like computing to invest heavily in the region).

Though not a perfect summation, here's a video from Vox about why Silicon Valley is located in California: https://youtu.be/6xvrKW2H_hA

I can try to explain any other questions about our politics and social norms as a Californian (though I'm less familiar with Oregon and Washington State, sadly).

furthest away from the white house