Too much discussion on California wildfires focuses on climate change and not enough on the fact that our most populous state is mostly invisible in national politics because of the structure of the Senate and the Electoral College
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Our best hope for Federal wildfire relief is that the winds shift and air quality precipitously declines in Las Vegas, the closest population center in a swing state
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Wyoming and Vermont combined have a smaller population than San Diego, but twice as many votes in the Senate than the whole of California
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People talk about California like it's a rich liberal state, but it is the poorest state in America when you adjust for cost of living (which—why on earth wouldn't you?). If you want to see shocking rural poverty fifty miles from unimaginable wealth, come to California
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I've said many times that the greatest progressive force for urbanism, regional development, housing, and wealth redistribution in California is the San Andreas Fault, and I hope it takes the hint from the other 2020 drama and gets its act together
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Two geographical features in the American West (the Great Basin and the Cascade Range) would make a Chile-like country extending from Baja California to Vancouver infinitely more practical than what we have now and militarily impregnable against Yankee or Southern aggressionpic.twitter.com/IWPUcuhM5x
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... Yes?
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"Only lack of political power in electing the President could possibly explain this level of utter neglect by the Feds!" ...looks around 2020 slowly. Hey, I have an alternative explanation!
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