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Author: T. Vollmer

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  • California Bashing
  • Californian Identity

The California-ness of Kamala Harris

T. Vollmer August 13, 2024

Former President Donald Trump caused a furor by publicly speculating about the current Vice President’s ethnicity. Is Kamala Harris Black or South Asian and when “The California-ness of Kamala Harris”

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  • California Bashing

Is California Ready for the Onslaught?

T. Vollmer July 30, 2024

Recently Governor Gavin Newsom gave a recorded State of the State speech in which he forcibly blasted chronic right wing California bashing as “delusional” and stated that “the California way of life is under attack.” 

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  • Articles
  • The Independent Californian

Politicized Supreme Court’s Embrace of Partisan Gerrymandering Further Entrenches California’s Democratic Deficit in the U.S.

T. Vollmer July 8, 2019

The United State’s Supreme Court five to four decision on June 27, 2019, to allow the creation of explicitly partisan and gerrymandered Congressional districts is “Politicized Supreme Court’s Embrace of Partisan Gerrymandering Further Entrenches California’s Democratic Deficit in the U.S.”

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  • Articles
  • The Independent Californian

On the Edge of Greatness: California’s Democracy Unleashed (Part 3 of 3)

T. Vollmer July 8, 2019

this follows Part 2: California and the Axis of Authoritarianism Part 3: California’s Democracy Unleashed By the very nature of its name—“resistance” is defined as “On the Edge of Greatness: California’s Democracy Unleashed (Part 3 of 3)”

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  • Articles
  • The Independent Californian

On the Edge of Greatness: California and the Axis of Authoritarianism (Part 2 of 3)

T. Vollmer May 5, 2019

this follows Part 1: California and The Resistance Part 2: California and the Axis of Authoritarianism It would be hard to overstate the importance, and “On the Edge of Greatness: California and the Axis of Authoritarianism (Part 2 of 3)”

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  • Articles
  • The Independent Californian

On the Edge of Greatness: Why the World Needs an Independent California (Part 1 of 3)

T. Vollmer April 17, 2019

More than any other global actor, California can lead the world beyond resistance to a robust revival of belief in democratic government and a respect for diversity…

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  • California Independence

Initiative 17-0005: California Autonomy from Federal Government

C.C. Marin May 19, 2017

In 2017, current and former board members Timothy Vollmer, Coyote Marin, and Shankar Singam, along with two other people, submitted an initiative entitled “California’s Future: “Initiative 17-0005: California Autonomy from Federal Government”

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