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/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 1d 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 21h 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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