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We Can Make A Deep Impact In California

And break the cult power of the 'trans child' forever

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Matt Osborne
Nov 10, 2023
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Live shot of Planet Detransition arriving. Most large asteroids are actually not very dense. They tend to be loose collections of rubble and dust that disintegrate, turning kinetic energy and mass into heat and enlightenment. If the object is big enough, density will not matter. Annihilation will ripple outwards in waves

California is a national bellwether. As goes the Golden State, so goes the nation. I am old enough to have personal recall of this political history.

Ronald Reagan was the recent governor of California preparing a run for president in 1978 when voters approved Proposition 13 to limit their rising property taxes. The measure won 62.5 percent to 34 percent. Since then, this addition to the state constitution has been what political science calls a ‘third rail,’ a subject that no politician dares to touch for fear of political death. Two years later, Reagan won the presidency in an unexpected landslide election. Political wisdom shifted.

Fitfully, regretfully, progressive…

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