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/Red_Eleven_17 18h ago

Cascadia has a nice ring to it.

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u/shadovvvvalker 16h ago

One of the large problems the US has is that it isn't really 1 nation.

Its 5 nations in a trench coat.

Cascadia, Dixie, New England, Midwest, Bigger texas.

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u/NDSU 14h ago

New England should be Arcadia. It sounds so much better

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u/Canvaverbalist 6h ago

Cascadia, Dixadia, Arcadia, Midcadia, Y'allqaedia

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u/shadovvvvalker 14h ago

Hadn't learned that one. Adding to memory.

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u/thisischemistry 7h ago edited 7h ago

Already taken: Arcadia

Do you mean Acadia?

We could always go back to the original name: Dominion of New England

or: New England Confederation

Oooo: Ninnimissinuok or Narragansett

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u/newenglandpolarbear New Hampshire 1h ago

I think you mean Acadia, and even though I like Acadia as a name, no. New England forever.

Maybe we could use it as an officially recognized nickname. Kinda like how USA is often shortened to just America.

Also, the official Natuonal motto would be "Nunquam libertas gratior extat".

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u/NiviCompleo 11h ago

If Colorado is in Bigger Texas, can we trade for Cascadia?

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u/shadovvvvalker 11h ago

Utah and Nevada would never agree. Your better off joining the Midwest.

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u/heliumneon 17h ago

The two new countries could be Cascadia and Gilead.

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u/ProjectGO 17h ago

Don't forget Cascadia's eastern trading partner, New-er England.

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u/fishmister7 15h ago

We will welcome you all here in Minnesanada

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u/TheLostCaptain03 Florida 15h ago

Megasota

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u/Ozymandias0023 Nevada 15h ago

Megasota is awesome

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u/HauntedCemetery Minnesota 14h ago

The Committe to Make Minnesota Bigger is on it.

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u/mexican2554 10h ago

Can Newer New Mexico establish trade with Megasota?

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u/DandyLyen 9h ago

No, you just apply for Minnesota-ship, and are eventually just absorbed, like The Blob

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u/Ok-Chapter-2071 15h ago

Better than Magabama

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u/omarccx 15h ago

Newish England

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u/Rush_Brave 11h ago

New England Part III: Return of the England

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u/Glory2Snowstar Massachusetts 10h ago

New England Deluxe (Bonus Healthcare Mode!)

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u/Face_Coffee Pennsylvania 13h ago

Newest England

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u/Firrox 12h ago

Gotta go full cyberpunk and declare Neo England

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u/thisischemistry 7h ago

N'England

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u/SuperSoakerLiker 15h ago

Extremely forced reference if I ever saw one

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u/The_Fudir 12h ago

Hey us down here in New Mexico really, really don't wanna be part of Gilead.

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u/WhiteSpec 8h ago

Gilead? Are we heading toward the Dark Tower?

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u/Electronic_Warning49 16h ago

Dark tower reference?

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u/NPRdude Canada 16h ago

Handmaid's Tale

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u/Electronic_Warning49 16h ago

Weird, in the dark tower it's cascadia and new Gilead.

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u/NPRdude Canada 16h ago

Well the idea of Cascadia predates both Handmaid's Tale and The Dark Tower, and I think Gilead is from the bible so their either both referencing that or one is referencing the other.

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u/Electronic_Warning49 16h ago

I could have googled but I love the casual drip of information from strangers on the internet. Thanks!

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u/gnarbone 15h ago

Yeah the Cascadia movement has been around for a while and is pretty serious. They even have a flag!

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u/hikenmap 13h ago

No flag no country!

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u/HauntedCemetery Minnesota 14h ago

Drip:

Tumbleweed isn't native to America it's an invasive species from Russia and the USDA was created in part as a federal body to try to combat it.

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u/Gowalkyourdogmods 16h ago

The cascade of powerhouse states leaving the US to fend for itself.

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u/In-The-Cloud 14h ago

Cascadia has been a west coast fantasy for decades

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u/Indubitalist 15h ago

It does, but I like the bitter irony of “Freedomland.”

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u/claimTheVictory 13h ago

Truth And Freedom Land

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u/tame-til-triggered 9h ago

Doesn't it?!

I'd be fucking stoked saying I was Cascadian.. like I'm from some mythical, fantasy nation

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u/definitivescribbles 16h ago

California is just fine

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u/Western-Purpose4939 15h ago

I already live in Cascadia! I’m spreading this word around for sure.

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u/mEFurst 15h ago

Califoregonton

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u/cobainstaley 15h ago

🎶🎵

Cascaaaadia, Cascaaadia

Where rights are still a thing

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u/Illustrious-Dot-5052 14h ago

So will the Cascada earthquake, by the way. Once that happens, California will be in for a mega disaster.

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u/symbha 11h ago

The best ring!

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u/selfpromoting 8h ago

Good boardgame too

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u/armen89 4h ago

CASCADIA! FUCK YEAH!

It kind of works