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California Orders a State Study of New Nuclear Plants, but Its 1976 Reactor Ban Stays in Place

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1h ago Being Phoenix is down wind from both these California targeted locals, mf'ers gonna get a ..nuke 2 get one free deal..Mr Happy is not happy about that. -6.0
4h ago He's kidnapping people, including children, and throwing them in concentration camps. He's bombing boats for fun. He's losing a war. He's going to execute people live on pay per view. He's goi… -9.0
6h ago The news cycle has kinda moved on from Trump in Nebraska threatening LA and San Diego with nuclear obliteration. Wild how fast total madness moves by us now, but as a Nebraskan living in Californi… -7.0
11h ago America is very sick right now! The President want Iran to nuke Los Angeles and San Diego. Nazi Pete Hegseth wants to livestream a killing by the government!! It’s clear the government is blood th… -9.0
12h ago You offer this when the serial rapist is withholding disaster aid from Dem states, asking our enemies to nuke California and stealing everything from our future? This? Get some perspective. -8.0
12h ago No, Trump has never "clarified" his comments. Why do his nuclear attack fantasies destroy two California cities? This is the closest he's come to "clarifying" it and it's Sharpie territory. -7.0
12h ago A serial rapist who is also asking foreign powers to nuke California and this is the weak tea you produce. Maybe get outside the lobbiest bubble. -7.5
12h ago In many ways this is more dangerous than Trump talking about nukes hitting California. Trump is stroking racist fires that can easily erupt in the state. After he said "fight back" he claimed he wo… -8.0
12h ago so the defense of the "please nuke California" remarks is that he is an incoherent babbling idiot? -6.5
12h ago Iran can really win the PR war by stating they have neither the ability or the desire to nuke the innocent civilians of California despite Trump desperately wanting them to. -2.0
12h ago All I can say is If the larger cities of Coastal California are not preparing for a nuclear attack then we have our heads in the sand. @gavinnewsom.bsky.social -4.0
15h ago It's Common Knowledge™ 'n Natural Fact™ that #Trump wants Iran to nuke San Diego & California .. that received cheers from his insane treasonous #MAGA crowd . . -8.0
15h ago This isn't about Iran attacking the US. Trump is probably offering up American democratic cities as targets for Putin. This is the setup. Putin is an ally of Iran, Trump is paid by Putin, Trump wil… -8.0
16h ago It's Common Knowledge™ 'n Natural Fact™ THAT there is 'wild hair up the ass' panic with #Trump in sticking to campaigning in Red State cities and states.. & suggesting Iran to do nuke & bomb Califo… -9.0
19h ago I thought San Diego had nuclear subs. Preemptively lob a reminder to maralago. 47, California will bury you. -9.0
19h ago Iran will never bomb California because they don't want war and they never had Nuclear Weapons. You know what Iranians are doing? They are laughing at us, how we can have a President threatening Am… -2.5
21h ago 8647: FULL INVESTIGATION, OFF TO JAIL! Nuke California: Lol so silly -7.5
22h ago i do feel like trump saying he doesnt care if they nuke california is somthing i've heard expressed in spirit by basically every republican ive spoken with for any length of time. california and ne… -6.0
23h ago In his demented mind, he's killing two birds with one stone. He wants Iran to nuke California. (which he loathes). This way, he has an excuse to nuke Iran. He would prefer that this occurs prior to… -8.0
23h ago Somewhere in Schelling (maybe it’s Hegel), there is a musing on whether nuclear retaliation would automatically follow if an adversary used nuclear weapons against the USA. What if it were just Cal… -6.0
23h ago Tbh, ive never met a conservative who doesnt want to see nuclear fire rain on California. Specifically including cali Republicans. -7.5
1d ago Donald Trump's midterm rally speech in San Antonio was disrupted by protesters as he repeated claims about Iranian nuclear threats to US cities.https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/oct/07/… -2.0
1d ago The California governor condemned the remarks. The White House said it meant the cities could have been in peril if Iran had developed nuclear weapons. ×16 -4.0
1d ago Not immediately clear??? Only for those who have their heads where their butts should be! It was clear as high end crystal for anyone with a brain. He wants to nuke California & blame Iran! -8.0
1d ago We don't care about his followers they are cultists. But believing he'll let Iran nuke California - which is also complete bullshit and impossible - is another form of delusion. He's just an addled… -4.0
1d ago It makes total sense when rallying in Nebraska to name two cities in California to drive home your point of the horror of a nuclear attack. You wouldn’t name Omaha or Lincoln. The rallygoers would … -2.5
1d ago “The outcry against a president suggesting a nuclear attack on U.S. cities has been rapid and profound. California governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, posted: “After sending the National Guard and M… -3.0
1d ago I don't think the president of the united states should ask Iran to strike San Diego but maybe like an island off the coast of California would be fine. They should nuke Catalina. -9.5
1d ago So after the White House spokespersons tried to justify his inexplicable remarks, saying that he wasn't calling for Iran to nuke Los Angeles and San Diego, Trump *doubles down* Literally daring t… -8.0
1d ago Even with tonight's "clarification" by repetition, those who attribute a more generous meaning to that statement are missing the point. He really would favor a nuclear attack on southern Californ… -8.5

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