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/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/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.