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Topline results for our June 2025 poll are up at ic.institute/poll. So much good stuff here, I'm not really sure where to start. Send press inquiries to press@ic.institute.

California's governor and attorney general re-assert state and local law enforcement's right to #ArrestICE, without ever using the word ”arrest.” Artfully written! www.gov.ca.gov/2026/01/27/g...

At your last townhall in California you were asked point blank if you supported soft-secession, and you danced around the answer. Californians are tired of paying the bills for the rest of the country and your stand on this issue will determine whether or not I vote for you!

A walk through the tall ones at Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park. #ForestFriday #Photography #Trees #California 📷

As a western-mostly California-formed person in outlook, there are definitely those feelings..the idea of “soft secession” is gaining ground in several of these states-who were originally forced to band together when trump tried to cut off COVID aid to them and favor red states-guess we’ll see.

”We want government to work, and California's getting the idea that that's just not going to happen at the federal level, we have to do it ourselves.” (quote from our executive director) www.thenational.scot/news/2577340... @ericswalwell.bsky.social @scotnational.bsky.social

@ericswalwell.bsky.social wondering if you've see ic.institute/poll? Not just the surprising numbers about secession and identity, but also the proposed policies. For example, 80% of Californians want strong state border controls, but CA politicians barely ever mention it.

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“And if they commit crimes that they’re going to be charged with crimes, if it’s falsely imprisoning people, if it’s kidnapping, if assault, battery, they’re going to be held accountable.” www.mediaite.com/media/tv/swa... @ericswalwell.bsky.social @mediaite.com

The last speaker at the anti-war protest today in #SanFrancisco ended with, "U.S. out of everywhere, including California!" Nice. #Venezuela #USOutOfEverywhere

“In Trump’s second term, the Republican-appointed majority on the supreme court has brought their institution to the brink of illegitimacy. Far from pulling it back from the edge, our goal has to be to push it off.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... @theguardian.com

Eric Swalwell said "California is the greatest country in the world and is under attack." Misspeak or not, a Governor who sees California not merely as one of 50 states, but as the Republic of California deserving maximal autonomy would win me over. youtu.be/d9JBWoIqnOM #softsecession

🗳️ OPINION: With political tensions rising nationwide, one Mendocino County writer argues it may be time for California to consider secession — not just regional alliances, but a true break from federal authority. mendovoice.com/2025/11/opin... #mendocinocounty #mendocino #california #politics

California is already entering into pacts with countries, sending state representation where only countries would attend. It's a soft secession.

It's time for California to lead. independentcalifornian.substack.com/p/issue-250-...

I did a lot of voter outreach on Prop 50. So many people (normies 😊) said it didn’t go far enough. Wanted to talk about California secession. People are PISSED.

I'm starting the take the California secession movement more seriously. As a lifelong Californian, I don't know why I would want to support a Federal government that doesn't know how to govern, or attempts to do so from the point of a view of a shitty mob crew.

ALSO: It's important to remember that NOT ALL ~24M ACA ENROLLEES WILL BE UTTERLY SCREWED. --New Mexico is backfilling ALL lost federal subsidies for ALL enrollees! --California is backfilling lost federal subsidies for all enrollees < 150% FPL (~290,000 enrollees) acasignups.net/25/10/14/sil...

”The decline in violent extremism is welcome, but the apparent reasons behind it should give us pause.” @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2025/09/17/c...

#3 on this list is supported by 72% of Californians (see ic.institute/poll)

Really makes you think. www.profolus.com/topics/right...

Just wanted to remind you all that ICI has a long-standing policy to not advocate that anyone use violence except in accordance with the rule of law (e.g. police actions, self-defense). ic.institute/cio-standards/

I missed this news this spring—great news, looks like it is being voted on soon. Contact your CA state reps in support

“This is a conversation about sovereignty, pragmatism, and possibility—not about destroying America, but about building a California that works better for Californians.” open.spotify.com/episode/6s3L...

Understandably, many people scoffed at the first (or second, or hundredth) mention of California secession. And it's never properly been studied, because why would we? But the burner only gets so hot before you jerk your hand away. Suddenly New West America doesn't seem so farfetched or silly.

The U.S. Supreme Court is not really a court at all. www.vox.com/scotus/46027...

Wow! After reading this, it's not so hard to see how California might bluff its way into independence some day. www.politico.com/news/2025/08...

As blue states prepare to deny federal agents access to their databases, their highways, maybe even their airspace, the soft secession isn’t coming. It’s here. #FreeTheBear #ForbesForCA

Without calling for blue state secession, I will say this: I think we either find a way to get rid of the Electoral College and the other baked in aspects of our constitutional system that give rabid white Christians disproportionate power, or the country will inevitably split at some point

I'm a Californian and I wouldn't have a problem with leaving the Union. California is a Country in its own right and would be fine on our own. Fed up supporting Red States and getting spit on. Let them eat Our Tariffs!

“To create our own backstop for voter protections, we can codify the Voting Rights Act in California law.”

”The American people correctly perceive that the Supreme Court has become a partisan institution, and that perception is now apparent in polling data.” www.vox.com/scotus/42259... @vox.com

Why do we let fascists who hate us rule us from three time zones away? They don't understand our open and inclusive culture, and they are terrorizing us by attacking the lives, families, communities, and workers who make us strong and rich. Let's get out of this dying fascist empire! #FreeTheBear

Local media obtained a poll showing California voters approving a potential Democratic redistricting amendment by 52-41 and included the poll’s ballot question wording below. Ballot measures can be notoriously difficult to poll, though

Woohoo put up my California flag today 💙💛 youtube.com/shorts/QgeCg...

“If you want to save the world then the first step is to stop destroying it. In other words: don’t be a dick. Don’t work for big tech, arms manufacturers or the fossil fuel industry. Don’t accept relationships based on domination and share power whenever you can” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

“If, as Defendants suggest, they are not conducting stops that lack reasonable suspicion, they can hardly claim to be irreparably harmed by an injunction aimed at preventing a subset of stops not supported by reasonable suspicion.” www.latimes.com/california/s...