Democrat governors colluding to end Covid-19 lockdowns spark talk of secession
Here comes ‘Cascadia’?
by Nebojsa Malic
California Governor Gavin Newsom got the ball rolling Monday, by announcing his state would coordinate ending the coronavirus shutdown with the neighboring Oregon and Washington further north – both run by Democrats as well – and not follow the lead of President Donald Trump and the federal government in Washington, DC.
The West Coast is ahead of the curve on COVID-19. We’re going to make sure that stays true.
WA, OR and CA will work together on a shared approach for reopening our economies. #WeGotThisWA
— Governor Jay Inslee (@GovInslee) April 13, 2020
Such theories were further fueled by Newsom’s comments last week, when he described California as a “nation-state.” Asked about it on Monday, he defended it as a “choice of words that gives you a sense of the scale and scope,” for a state that’s “larger than 21+ states combined, the world’s 5th largest economy, most diverse state and democracy.”
That was enough for some liberal activists to hear a dog-whistle for separatism, getting “Cascadia” – a term for an independent Pacific Northwest polity – trending on social media.
Chase Cross@chaseacrossSoft launch of Cascadia. https://twitter.com/GavinNewsom/status/1249786091353169920 …
I’ve never really wanted a tattoo, but hot damn if I don’t want a billboard sized “CASCADIA FOREVER” tat inked across my sweater puppies after seeing news of the Western States Pact. So thrilled to join forces with our Washington state & California neighbors!! West Coast LOVE!! pic.twitter.com/yAvWOFEusc
— PurpleGimp (@PurpleGimp) April 13, 2020
Meanwhile, on the East Coast, New York governor Andrew Cuomo said he would work together with five other states in the region to coordinate their reopenings as well. This would involve New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Rhode Island – all run by Democrats. Later in the day the bloc achieved bipartisanship of sorts, when Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, a NeverTrump Republican, reportedly joined up.
Unlike “Cascadia,” this seven-state bloc has not yet come up with a catchy label, though there have been suggestions along the lines of “Acela Territories” after the passenger train corridor running through them.
These two regional agglomerations prompted hopeful speculation about how “the US federal government is losing operative control of its two primary economic centers” and “things might be done that aren’t easily undone.”
#MaskUp@mattparlmer
Wrong. It is not the president’s decision. 95% of the country is under some form of lockdown. The reason it’s not 100% is because it’s a state-level decision and some governors decided not to go with full, statewide lockdowns. Trump has limited power here due to 10th Amendment. https://t.co/e3V16c62rx
— John Haltiwanger (@jchaltiwanger) April 13, 2020
Texas@angler_texasand just like that the leftist suddenly discover states rights…
The reality when a national disaster was declared, the rules changed a little
But go-ahead to the states that don’t want to open back up. See how that works out as the people revolt
That anyone is even entertaining the thoughts of separatism in 2020 is a bit… problematic. The last time there had been a dispute over the primacy between the federal government and the states in the US was 155 years ago. Admittedly, that also involved Democrat states rebelling against a Republican president whose election they considered illegitimate.
That particular conundrum, in case some people forgot, was “resolved” by war and at the cost of more than 600,000 lives; the United States became a singular noun, and the Tenth Amendment tacitly became a quaint relic of the antebellum age.
Fiction writers have long assumed that any modern separatism in the US would involve conservatives seeking to resist the overreaching central government dominated by coastal liberals – rather than the Democrats irritated that the Bad Orange Man in the White House refused to be dictatorial enough for their taste. But here we are.
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About the writer
Nebojsa Malic is a Serbian-American journalist, blogger and translator, who wrote a regular column for Antiwar.com from 2000 to 2015, and is now senior writer at RT. Follow him on Twitter @NebojsaMalic
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Hello Steevypaaw: You nailed it. This “pandemic” has false flag written all over it.
The world’s economies have been failing for over a decade > hardly any civilians noticed… The World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and Bank for International Settlements are all Ponzi banks. All knew that unregulated arbitration of trade derivatives and junk bonds would never bail out the sinking boat. Corona virus is a cover to hide the disintegration of corporate capitalism and the world’s true economic status.
Whether, or not, Leftist have just recently found the 10th Amendment is NOT the point. The point is they are right in searching and finding them now.
The Free Sovereign people can NOW hold these leaders to the new finding of the 10th Amendment.
It is quite evident that there was NOT a 100% mandated lockdown, so there can NOT be a release from any lockdown from the Federal government.
We need to be asking lots of questions, and demanding lots of answers from ourselves, our neighbors, our local community governments, our State governments, and our Federal Incorporated government.
The numbers of this KILLER VIRUS, simply, do NOT add up. This casual flu like, so called, Novel Corona Virus is rather more of a minor virus as to that as what we were sold , and are being told even now.
There has been red handed catching of agencies cooking the books on the numbers.
Yet, what is a God send and a relief is that ALL OTHER DEATHS BY DISEASE HAS GONE DOWN DRASTICALLY. So Covid-19 aka SARS-2, is a miraculous gift.
Cancer, heart disease, stroke, old age, comorbid extraneous sicknesses, all have been, apparently, drastically reduced if not wiped off the charts as “Cause of Death”.
https://www.centerforhealthsecurity.org/event201/videos.html
It is rather a strange thing in this modern day life, that, all major world events are either preceded or ran concurrent with “exercises” that DETAIL TO THE MINUTIA of what that real world event turns out to be.
9-11, drill ran concurrent
Boston Bombing, drill ran concurrent
Sandy Hook, drill ran concurrent
LAX-TSA-Ciancia, drill ran a couple days preceding
Mother Emanuel Church shooting drill ran preceding
Corona Virus Pandemic, drill ran preceding
Wow, talk about the amazing accuracy of these drill… I hope they never run a 3rd World War nuclear exchange…
Because…
Well, you know.
It would happen in real life!
Why were banks and corporations bailed out once more?
Why have people sold out to the latest 10 trillion +/- bailout for a pathetic miniscule measly 1200 bucks?
We have been scammed once more.