natured assemblage of mini nationalist groups. mini independence movements from around the world. and one of the groups they hosted at their dialogue of nations group was, yes, california. yes, california. you heard about this after the election. they got a little flurry of attention after our presidential election. california's legislature was getting a lot of attention for how that state might take an aggressive, strategic approach to outflank the new trump administration on policy stuff, particularly on immigration. but beyond that, there were also these almost human interest politics story about california seceding. this new tech savvy slick, kind of appealing, vaguely liberal sounding yes california movement. that was calling for california to not just resist the u.s. government under trump but for california to become its own country. and, in fact, yes california submitted language to the california secretary of state so they could start collecting