r/politics • u/sweatycat New York • 1d 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/ibentmyworkie 1d ago

Bring in Washington and Oregon and get a corridor up the west coast. Let’s connect Canada and Mexico and the sane US states to create a powerhouse trading union

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u/Magmagan 1d ago

I'm renouncing my US citizenship for a Cascadia passport day one.

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u/Red_Eleven_17 1d ago

Cascadia has a nice ring to it.

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u/shadovvvvalker 1d 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 1d ago

New England should be Arcadia. It sounds so much better

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u/Canvaverbalist 19h ago

Cascadia, Dixadia, Arcadia, Midcadia, Y'allqaedia

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u/shadovvvvalker 1d ago

Hadn't learned that one. Adding to memory.

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u/thisischemistry 19h ago edited 19h 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/account312 7h ago

New Arcadia in on brand.

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u/newenglandpolarbear New Hampshire 13h 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 1d ago

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

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u/shadovvvvalker 23h ago

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

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u/heliumneon 1d ago

The two new countries could be Cascadia and Gilead.

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u/ProjectGO 1d ago

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

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u/fishmister7 1d ago

We will welcome you all here in Minnesanada

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u/TheLostCaptain03 Florida 1d ago

Megasota

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u/Ozymandias0023 Nevada 1d ago

Megasota is awesome

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u/HauntedCemetery Minnesota 1d ago

The Committe to Make Minnesota Bigger is on it.

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u/mexican2554 22h ago

Can Newer New Mexico establish trade with Megasota?

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u/DandyLyen 21h ago

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

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u/Ok-Chapter-2071 1d ago

Better than Magabama

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u/omarccx 1d ago

Newish England

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u/Rush_Brave 23h ago

New England Part III: Return of the England

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u/Glory2Snowstar Massachusetts 23h ago

New England Deluxe (Bonus Healthcare Mode!)

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u/Face_Coffee Pennsylvania 1d ago

Newest England

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u/Firrox 1d ago

Gotta go full cyberpunk and declare Neo England

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u/SuperSoakerLiker 1d ago

Extremely forced reference if I ever saw one

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u/The_Fudir 1d ago

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

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u/WhiteSpec 20h ago

Gilead? Are we heading toward the Dark Tower?

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u/GenevieveLeah 9h ago

Ew, that would put me in Gilead.

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u/Electronic_Warning49 1d ago

Dark tower reference?

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u/NPRdude Canada 1d ago

Handmaid's Tale

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u/Electronic_Warning49 1d ago

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

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u/NPRdude Canada 1d 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 1d 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 1d 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 1d ago

No flag no country!

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u/HauntedCemetery Minnesota 1d 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/CircumventingTheBan_ 11h ago

Does that mean when Trump disbands the USDA, the tumbleweeds will have won?

It's our very own emu war, god damn.

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u/Gowalkyourdogmods 1d ago

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

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u/In-The-Cloud 1d ago

Cascadia has been a west coast fantasy for decades

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u/Indubitalist 1d ago

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

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u/claimTheVictory 1d ago

Truth And Freedom Land

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u/tame-til-triggered 21h 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 1d ago

California is just fine

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u/Western-Purpose4939 1d ago

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

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u/mEFurst 1d ago

Califoregonton

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u/cobainstaley 1d ago

🎶🎵

Cascaaaadia, Cascaaadia

Where rights are still a thing

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u/Illustrious-Dot-5052 1d 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 1d ago

The best ring!

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u/selfpromoting 20h ago

Good boardgame too

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u/armen89 16h ago

CASCADIA! FUCK YEAH!

It kind of works