California unveils a plan to become an abortion sanctuary if Roe versus Wade is overturned,

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All righty. So, I escaped California in 2020. And frankly, I feel like I was a couple of years

too late. I'd been discussing with my wife the possibility of leaving California for a while.

I'd been discussing with my business partner, Jeremy Boring, the possibility of taking our company

and moving it out of state for quite a while. But finally, we pulled the trigger in 2020. And not a moment too soon,

as it turns out, because California has now reduced itself to a smoldering ash heap, apparently.

It is amazing how governance makes a difference. It really does. Because California has been

blessed with some of the greatest assets that God has ever bestowed upon mankind. It's got beautiful

natural scenery. It's got unbelievable natural resources. It has high levels of intellectual

capital. It's a huge bustling population. And yet somehow, they are turning California

into a dystopian hellscape. It truly is an unbelievable thing.

And the vision for California has changed.

And if California is sort of the harbinger of the future from the left, then it behooves

us to take a look at what California has become.

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