{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-dreamin.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fweekly-roundup-for-january-15-2022-V2aiTY2Z","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Weekly roundup for January 15, 2022","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/4b690241-b9e9-47a3-8da8-bff7f51f2e48/fef6478d-244a-4a53-b81e-3f315b1187af/we-refuse-fascism.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"Weekly roundup for January 15, 2022\n\nThe mainstream media is finally catching up to what many of us in the California independence movement have been saying for years.\n\nNOTES:\n\nTHE CONSTITUTION ISN'T WORKING -- AMERICA IS BROKEN\n\n1. \"The Constitution isn't working\", by John Kenneth White, The Hill, December 28, 2021; https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/587431-the-constitution-isnt-working\n2. \"Republicans Are Moving Rapidly to Cement Minority Rule. Blame the Constitution\", by Corey Robin, Politico, January 5, 2022; https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/01/05/democracy-january-6-coup-constitution-526512\n3. \"It’s Time to Amend the Constitution\", by Sarah Isgur, Politico, January 8, 2022; https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/01/08/scalia-was-right-make-amending-the-constitution-easier-526780\n4. \"Our constitutional crisis is already here\", by Robert Kagan, Washington Post, September 23, 2021; https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/23/robert-kagan-constitutional-crisis\n\nFASCISM\n\n5. \"America is now in fascism’s legal phase\", by Jason Stanley, The Guardian, December 22, 2021; https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/22/america-fascism-legal-phase\n6. \"If America really surrenders to fascism, then what? Painful questions lie ahead\", by Chauncey DeVega, Salon, December 2, 2021; https://www.salon.com/2021/12/02/if-america-really-surrenders-to-fascism-then-what-painful-questions-lie-ahead\n7. \"Timothy Snyder warned us fascism was coming — now he says we can survive it\", by Chauncey DeVega, Salon, October 14, 2021; https://www.salon.com/2021/10/14/timothy-snyder-warned-us-fascism-was-coming--now-he-says-we-can-survive-it\n8. \"If you’re not scared about American fascism, you’re not paying attention\", by Mehdi Hasan, MSNBC, October 31, 2021; https://www.msnbc.com/mehdi-hasan/watch/if-you-re-not-scared-about-american-fascism-you-re-not-paying-attention-125063237821\n9. \"We Surveyed Experts on Democracy. They’re Worried About the U.S. Turning Even More Authoritarian\", The New Republic, December 31, 2021; https://newrepublic.com/article/164849/democracy-watch-authoritarian-sherrilyn-ifill-mehdi-hasan-aziz-huq-rachel-kleinfeld\n10. \"American fascism is still rising. What are you going to do about it, California?\", San Francisco Chronicle, January 1, 2022; https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/editorials/article/Editorial-American-fascism-is-still-rising-What-16739948.php?fbclid=IwAR3HlQ8vQAVAYmTGxVkSmMkJxL8jW8Byx4g0yw2q4pKLdBsyzp_VsXFRXOs\n11. \"The American polity is cracked, and might collapse. Canada must prepare\", by Thomas Homer-Dixon, Globe and Mail, December 31, 2021; https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-the-american-polity-is-cracked-and-might-collapse-canada-must-prepare\n\nSECESSION / INDEPENDENCE / DISSOLUTION OF THE UNITED STATES\n\n12. \"Secession might seem like the lesser of two evils. It’s also the less likely\", by Stephen Marche, Washington Post, December 31, 2021; https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/12/31/secession-civil-war-stephen-marche\n13. \"Marjorie Taylor Greene, Ted Cruz and the dangerous rhetoric of a national divorce\", by Jennifer Graham, Deseret News, December 30, 2021; https://www.deseret.com/opinion/2021/12/30/22859964/marjorie-taylor-greene-ted-cruz-and-the-dangerous-rhetoric-of-a-national-divorce-texit-secession\n14. \"How seriously should we take talk of US state secession?\", by William G. Gale and Darrell M. West, Brookings, December 13, 2021; https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2021/12/13/how-seriously-should-we-take-talk-of-us-state-secession\n15. \"America: Love It Or Leave It\", by Kaia Hubbard, US News and World Report, November 5, 2021; https://www.usnews.com/news/the-report/articles/2021-11-05/americans-eye-secession-amid-intractable-partisan-disputes\n16. \"What would it look like if New Hampshire actually seceded from the U.S.?\", NH Business Review, January 14, 2022; https://www.nhbr.com/what-would-it-look-like-if-new-hampshire-actually-seceded-from-the-u-s\n17. \"Ted Cruz says Texas should secede and 'take the military' if Democrats 'destroy the country'\", Salon, November 9, 2021; https://www.salon.com/2021/11/09/ted-cruz-says-texas-should-secede-and-take-the-military-if-democrats-destroy-the-country\n\nCIVIL WAR AND POLITICAL INSTABILITY\n\n18. \"Democracy is declining in the U.S. but it's not all bad news, a report finds\", NPR, December 1, 2021; https://www.npr.org/2021/12/01/1059896434/united-states-backsliding-democracy-donald-trump-january-6-capitol-attack\n19. \"3 retired generals: The military must prepare now for a 2024 insurrection\", by Paul D. Eaton, Antonio M. Taguba and Steven M. Anderson, Washington Post, December 17, 2021; https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/17/eaton-taguba-anderson-generals-military\n20. \"The Coming Coup: How Republicans Are Laying the Groundwork to Steal Future Elections\", by Ari Berman, Mother Jones, January 13, 2022; https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/01/how-republicans-are-taking-over-election-system-big-lie\n21. \"Why An Expert In Political Violence Is Worried About Civil War In The U.S.\", FiveThirtyEight podcast, January 13, 2022; https://fivethirtyeight.com/videos/why-an-expert-in-political-violence-is-worried-about-civil-war-in-the-u-s\n22. \"Are We Doomed?\", by George Packer, The Atlantic, December 6, 2021; https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/01/imagine-death-american-democracy-trump-insurrection/620841\n23. \"We Need to Think the Unthinkable About Our Country\", by Jonathan Stevenson and Steven Simon, New York Times, January 13, 2022; https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/13/opinion/january-6-civil-war.html\n24. \"Refusal to abide by the results of elections threatens the stability of the US more than at any time since 1860\", by Michael Burlingame, Boston Globe, January 1, 2022; https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/01/01/opinion/refusal-abide-by-results-elections-threatens-stability-us-more-than-any-time-since-1860\n25. \"Is America heading to civil war or secession?\", CNN, January 8, 2022; https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/is-america-heading-to-civil-war-or-secession/vi-AASziTy\n26. \"How does this end?\", by Zack Beauchamp, Vox, January 3, 2022; https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/22814025/democracy-trump-january-6-capitol-riot-election-violence\n\nMUSIC CREDIT:\n\"Angry Bass Line\", by Adigold; elements.envato.com\n\nIMAGE CREDIT:\n\"American protesters in front of White House-11\", Tasnim News Agency, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:American_protesters_in_front_of_White_House-11.jpg"}