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/bewildered_dismay California 18h ago

Here's the official Heard Island Government account on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/heardislandgov.bsky.social

:)

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u/backupbitches 16h ago

Holy fuck are they ever killing it

*krilling it

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u/squakmix 18h ago

This is gold, thanks

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u/Constant-Funny1817 12h ago

I started rolling in hysteria just at flippers up.

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u/-Smaug-- Canada 17h ago

That is magnificent

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u/HauntedCemetery Minnesota 15h ago

Well that's delightful.

We take tariffs on our beautiful Heard Island very seriously. We will be consulting all mammals and flightless birds and will make an announcement in the near future detailing our response.

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u/Far_Recommendation82 17h ago

I followed lol

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u/theyca11m3dav3 16h ago

This is hilarious! A bit of mirth on a very serious topic. Reminds me of a joke: Why do comedians never tell jokes about penguins?

Because they don’t fly.

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u/doesamulletmakeaman 16h ago

Omg thank you for this

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u/ninja_kitten_ 16h ago

OMG. I love it. Immediately followed!!

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u/CompetitionExternal5 12h ago

Russians have hacked the Tariff signal chat and swapped Russia for Heard and McDobald island. The Russian hacker was under the name of Not Jeff Goldberg, so nobody suspected foul play.

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u/bewildered_dismay California 11h ago

A fiendish plot!

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u/the_procrastinata 11h ago

Amazing, reminds me of a slightly more lighthearted version of Alt National Parks

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u/bewildered_dismay California 10h ago

That's a great account to follow, too!

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u/kismet098 16h ago

The level of cheekiness my day! Thanks for sharing!

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u/Chicken-Inspector 14h ago

I love it.

But I also hate it. Thanks 😂 have an upvote.

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u/ZapzillaGorilla Florida 11h ago

Lol flippers up

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u/LouQuacious 6h ago

I love Heard Island it’s my favorite island so glad it’s finally getting some attention: https://www.reddit.com/r/HighsoftheWorld/s/EpTv4PaEXH

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u/BigJSunshine California 12h ago

That is ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTFUL

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u/062d 12h ago

Haha I love their response to this with "Why is Jupiter getting hit with the same percentage as us" and his board saying Narnia, Wikanda, Neverland, etc.

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u/nadacloo Wisconsin 12h ago

Hell, I may join Blue sky just to follow heard Island.

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u/schooliepro 10h ago

Thanks for that!

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u/Mystery_to_history 8h ago

Penguins are even funnier than we thought!

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u/Dull_Investigator806 7h ago

This was from an article on CNN about Heard and McDonald Islands

“Economic activity there essentially ended in 1877, when the trade in elephant seal oil was ended and the human population of sealers left the remote islands, which are located en route from Madagascar to Antarctica.”

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u/GSpider78 40m ago

Just subbed to Bluesky for the HeardIslandGovt. Hilarious in a time when The Onion is struggling to be sarcastic enough 👏

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u/CloudTheWolf- 13h ago

Blue sky

Yeah not clicking that shit ass link