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
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 signatures to get california secession on the ballot for the midterms for november 2018. they made yes california t-shirts. they started getting more and more media attention. more and more social media attention. more and more sign-ups on their website. then it got weird. our election was november. in december, this happened. they opened up an embassy for the republic of california. see what it says right
sort until mid-january at the earliest, i know clinton remains solidly ahead in national polling. i know that sanders is not barack obama. but i also know that there is now a realistic if not strong chance that sanders will win iowa caucuses and the new hampshire primary, and that vice president biden enters the race and circles the south carolina primary as his place to take down clinton and sanders. add those things up, and there s plenty of reason for some stomach churning at clinton s brooklyn headquarters. mike? with all of that in mind, josh, south carolina and new hampshire, is there a logistical drop-dead date you have in terms of getting the vpd on ballots? interesting. we re a super pac. a lot of things the campaign has to do. right? collecting signatures, paying filing fees, and so as those dates kind of come up, certainly he s the one who has to do that. right? what we can do with draft biden, grow our grass roots network in
republican legislature blocked that idea, mr. doorman decided he would ask oklahoma voters directly to approve that funding. volunteers fanned out across the state collecting signatures at comic bookstores at gun shows, football games and hockey games. they kept working after governor fallon said she would not support the proposal to build the storm shelters for oklahoma schools. they kept working even after the state reworded their ballot measure. they worked until the deadline yesterday, and ultimately they fell short by about 25%, in bright red anti-tax small government oklahoma. now the story could have ended there. you try a couple of ways to get something done, you work really hard at it, you come up short, the state says no. what did you expect in oklahoma, right? but today joe doorman announced that he s taking another run at the issue and lots of other issues aside. today he says he s taking the very first steps to run for
kids to survive storms but nobody else will. how can it be when we know what works? state representative joe dorman asked the legislator to set aside $5 million to build safe rooms in the 2/3 of oklahoma schools that do not have them. 2/3. and when oklahoma s very republican legislature blocked that idea, mr. doorman decided he would ask oklahoma voters directly to approve that funding. volunteers fanned out across the state collecting signatures at comic bookstores at gun shows, football games and hockey games. they kept working after governor fallon said she would not support the proposal to build the storm shelters for oklahoma schools. they kept working even after the state reworded their ballot measure. they worked until the deadline yesterday, and ultimately they felt short by about 25%, in bright red anti-tax small government oklahoma. now the story could have ended