Newsom California Republic

Global Response & Outbreak Information Network has a nice ring to it.

Republicans were never really about states rights. They were only about THEIR rights.

It depends on which Republicans, I suppose.

Many seem to argue about states rights in regards to the Civil War, wherein the southern states wanted rights to enter northern states and force them to obey the southern State's laws...

To me, enforcing laws across state lines seems far more Federalist than State isolationist.

And I would argue many claiming "States Rights" today want their states rules to be enacted in other states as well, e.g. the push to federally ban abortions

Only applied when it's their rights. Otherwise they'll pull some mental gymnastics like the AI bros pulled for AI deregulation.

Only in matters where they can't get a federal majority

Unfortunately, balkanization may be our only option at this point.

We need an East Rome West Rome split but its blue state vs red state. Each get their own President, pool Military powers

After a century of coups and destabilisation efforts around the world, the empire will crumble from within (nothing new tbh). How poetic!

China recognized long ago that all states falter after around 250 years, and that renewal is a natural part of human institution.

The biggest mistake of the founding fathers was to assume the permanence of our institutions was okay since checks and balances were instituted. Really all they do is delay the time between cycles of corruption.

The mayor might

The US divorcing itself is the best thing that could happen right now. It won't be pretty, but neither is staying with a domestic abuser.

Trump would never let it happen, the GOP would never let it happen, the US military is so powerful it is improbable it'd actually happen successfully.

thats the time when the russians have been funneling money through him.

Man i would love to see california take their GDP from the USA (and all the other blue states/cities for that matter) and see how MAGA erupts. Stream it live and i'll go get popcorn.

That would be unequivocally bad.

The current administration is dismantling all of the global things the US has been a part of under the guise of the US being "ripped off" and it's actively making shit worse.

Feels intentional to me but I don't know the end goal.

rfk jr is quite obsessed with "infections for all"

He’s not even around much anymore, too busy gearing up for his Enlightened Centrist 2028 run.

The California Congress is more progressive than him and may actually have enough votes for shit like this to be veto proof. Newsome may unironically have the current goal of not pissing off Congress so he doesn't get impeached since that'd look real fucking bad for a presidential run.

As a Washington resident, take us! TAKE US PLEASE!