Republicans are forever trying to break California in two. They don’t like living in a blue state, what with all that better lifestyle and all. But here they come again, this time, in pursuit of stopping California from doing what Texas did: gerrymander the state to give one party an unfair advantage. Oh, and please note, I wrote “…an unfair advantage.” I think gerrymandering is cheating and wrong every time it’s done. See how I didn’t specify party?

But if one side is bringing a gun to the boxing match while the other side is following Marquis of Queensberry rules, the fight ends very quickly in a very one-sided “victory.” The Republicans in Texas weren’t even subtle about what they were doing or why. It was straight up cheating and they said it was straight up cheating but they were doing it anyway. If Donny hadn’t asked for it, they wouldn’t have done it.

So, really, what is California going to do? What are ALL the states going to do? What choice is there? Oh, let’s stand on principle? Set the example? Or will each state follow suit, each time explaining they’re “fighting fire with fire?” The minority party in each state ends up disenfranchised and insisting it’s an unfair power grab. The minority party in each state will be right.

By now you should be able to tell, I’m VERY ambivalent. But the GOP isn’t. They KNOW it’s right and proper when they do it and an unforgivable sin when the Dems do it. So Texas was just good politics and California is an outrage. They seem to be in a real dither. I started receiving “don’t do what we did” flyers in the mail, the same day Texas passed their new map.

That was only a couple of days ago, but I’ve also already received a second “don’t you DARE do what we did” flyer and now a Republican in the state legislature has introduced a bill to start the process of splitting California in two. This comes up from time to time. It’s the dumbest idea since Donny but the cons STILL think they’d be better off destroying the state. (Hey, it’s a theme, isn’t it? They think they’re going to be better off after destroying the entire nation, too!)

The only real move the voters have is to destroy the plan and the only way we, the people, can interfere with this legislative race to the bottom is to change our voter registration. I first got this idea last Sunday. I wrote: “If you have a friend who is a Democrat and lives in a red state? Advise them to leave the Democratic Party.” The idea is to have liberals/progressives register as independents.

In the moment, the idea was simply to keep from being purged from voter rolls by hiding in plain sight. When the cons purge, they purge Democrats. So don’t register as a Democrat. You can still VOTE with the Dems. More importantly, you can still vote. The Dems, of course, will never, CAN never make this suggestion. They don’t WANT people to leave the party, but if the GOP is just going to remove Democrats from voter rolls anyway, what’s the loss? They’re actually better off if Dems re-register.

But I didn’t take it far enough, did I? The Republicans are evil, not stupid. They’ll figure out what the Dems are doing. Then, they’ll ‘call the conservatives home.’ That is, they’ll tell the cons to register Republican so they can purge all Democrats AND Independents. It pretty much looks like that’s the goal anyway. One party rule, and, what the hell, only one party vote.

When I realized that, I decided the best course is to re-register AS a Republican. I know, I wouldn’t want to, either, but it’s just a strategy. We can call them ‘Undercover Voters.’ As a registered Republican, you could vote in their primary, selecting the least MAGA candidate. More, as a registered Republican, you can STILL vote for the Democrat during the general “election.” They’ll have to find another way to remove your vote. The bonus is, when Dems see people fleeing the party, maybe they’ll realize their brand is toxic and do something different. Don’t bet any money on that last bit, though. Undercover voters. It’s a good plan. Let’s do it…

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Donny has already demonstrated his voracious appetite for destruction but this will be the worst, the most destructive, possible move yet. He keeps meddling with the Fed. He has no right to meddle with the Fed, but he keeps doing it, anyway. The Fed is supposed to be independent. He wants to bring it under his control. The very moment Donny brings the Fed under his control, the Fed’s value is compromised. Inflation will result because he’ll order the interest rate low just to make himself look better and the Fed will simply comply.

You think he’s done a lot of damage so far? You ain’t seen nothing yet…

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American troops on the ground – in American cities? Wasn’t that what the gotta-have-a-gun crowd was always using as their excuse to keep arsenals of weapons, oppressive government? Right now would be the time to act. Once they’ve got soldiers in place, they can come and take those arsenals from the gun-rights crowd – and I strongly suspect that’s part of the plan…

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Hey, I learned a new word: confabulation. It’s a common feature of dementia. A patient (or, in this case, 47) creates false or distorted memories without intending to deceive. They genuinely believe these fabricated memories to be true. So maybe he’s not the biggest liar in the history of lying. Maybe, just maybe, he’s just suffering from a severe case of dementia. That would explain a lot.

Like the story he tells about turning on the water in California. He wasn’t the hero in that story. Yeah, he sloshed some water around. He wasted that water. He flooded some farms. But to hear him tell it, he saved the day. He, personally, put the fires out in LA. (Never mind that they were already under control and essentially out by the time he wasted that water. Oh, and we have to ignore the fact that the water he wasted never got anywhere near LA and never could. As it happens, water does NOT just automatically flow from top to bottom just because north is above south on a wall map.)

But maybe it’s not a lie he likes to tell. Maybe it’s confabulation. Maybe he really believes his version of the story, despite all the contradicting evidence. Is it better if he’s demented and not just a straight up liar? I suspect it makes no difference. He’s reacting to his lies/confabulations the same way – badly – so I guess it doesn’t matter if he’s wrong about lies or wrong about delusions. Still, I like the word: confabulation, and, maybe it will help to understand the ramblings of his mind a little bit…