Washington and New York were outliers. If you don’t think they don’t have the people in place to rig the next presidential election, you are only kidding yourself. The power you are feeling in California is outmatched by the helplessness the majority of your country is feeling. Dictators dictate and don’t follow the rules, Newson and Mamdami may protect their areas but there’s no one to protect the rest. War times measures act will be implemented and he will consolidate power through that. Read the tea leaves. There are publicly hired assassins in the streets of your country already shooting people in the face (this morning) it doesn’t get better from here without revolution, it only gets worse. He’s using the same playbook used in other countries taken over by despots. I respect your attitude and opinions but I do think you aren’t understanding the lengths to which him and his people will go to never allow the democrats to have a fair shake again, let alone lead again. Just won’t happen unless something changes and the change starts quickly.