r/politics • u/sweatycat New York • 20h ago

California to Negotiate Trade With Other Countries to Bypass Trump Tariffs

https://www.newsweek.com/california-newsom-trade-trump-tariffs-2055414
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u/palmerama 19h ago

Now the plot of Civil War doesn’t seem so far fetched.

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u/Faux-Foe 19h ago

The biggest far fetched idea in there wasn’t the movie, it was which states were aligned with each other.

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u/xaviersi Texas 19h ago

From Texas here, we'd never align with California on anything even if they're in the right. Ethically, Texas has fallen quite a bit.

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u/Broken-Digital-Clock 19h ago

Texan cities might want to work with CA, but they are surrounded by rural Texas.

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u/xaviersi Texas 19h ago

As an Austinite, this hits so deep, lol

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u/Broken-Digital-Clock 19h ago

Especially Austin

I could see a massive exodus from ATX to the west coast if things go further off of the rails

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u/xaviersi Texas 19h ago

The rumblings are definitely there. In my household especially, I'm pushing for Minnesota, personally. Lol

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u/Healthy_Ad_6171 19h ago

Same here. Thinking west coast though. Cause this is insane.

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u/Larovich153 18h ago

Move to swing states and force them to go blue

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u/Broken-Digital-Clock 19h ago

I just hate the cold so much, or else I'd go back to NY

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u/speakingofdinosaurs 19h ago

Arizona is purple and warm. Similar to Texas but with a chance of your vote making a difference.

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u/Broken-Digital-Clock 19h ago

I worry about settling down somewhere with scarce water supply. Austin is arid, but has some decent aquifers.

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u/speakingofdinosaurs 18h ago

The water wars are going to be brutal.

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u/Broken-Digital-Clock 18h ago

Probably why I'd go for the PNW, over CA, even though it's colder and gloomier.

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u/speakingofdinosaurs 18h ago

Colder and gloomier now. Could all change with the climate.

I love LA but I do recognize we have maasvoe water issues to solve if we are to survive the coming years.

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u/cg415 16h ago

The CA climate from the Bay Area northwards is expected to stay relatively stable and comfortable, under current global warming predictions. It'll get hotter of course (more similar to current day coastal So Cal), but it won't be a dry desert hellscape unless things heat up even more than expected. Either way though, most of it will still be more susceptible to drought and fires than the PNW, just as it is now.

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u/sniper1rfa 18h ago

Austin airlift.

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u/ReyRey5280 Colorado 15h ago

It’s already happening with the influx of Texans to CO, Coloradans bitch about asshole Ford mallcrawlers with Texas plates on the road, but in my lifelong experience in Denver, Texans and Georgians are some of the chillest and fun transplants thatve been moving out here. Minnesotans and some Chicagoans are up there too. On the other hand, all the upper and lower Midwest to other southern states transplants seem to be the most basic of extra mild bros and bland oblivious Karens who don’t realize the nice overpriced rebuilt house they afforded through generational wealth to get out of their shitty Ohiowa town

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u/Broken-Digital-Clock 15h ago

As much as I hate the cold, I've been thinking about Colorado. At least it's sunny there.

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u/Secure_One_3885 14h ago

Coloradans bitch about asshole Ford mallcrawlers with Texas plates on the road

Coloradans stub their toe and blame Texans. That's just who they are, as people.

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u/ReyRey5280 Colorado 13h ago

There’s truth to this

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u/ninjaandrew 14h ago

San Antonio too. Many will avoid being sitting ducks as the entire city is surrounded by military bases that could roll out federal or state enforcement if local policies start becoming “too left”. Scary times.

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u/Worthyness 18h ago

Texas rural folks would match California's rural folks. More trump fans in California than people in Wyoming.

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u/Broken-Digital-Clock 18h ago

Rural folk in CA don't control the state government.

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u/Schonke 18h ago

If they can gerrymander within states, what's stopping gerrymandering of state borders?

Just make a half a mile wide stretch of land from California to Austin, and entire Austin, into California!

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u/Broken-Digital-Clock 17h ago

Don't threaten me with a good time!