The Trump administration is preparing to cancel a large swath of federal funding for California, an effort that could begin as soon as Friday, according to multiple sources.
Agencies are being told to start identifying grants the administration can withhold from California. Sources said the administration is specifically considering a full termination of federal grant funding for the University of California and California State University systems.
Singling out one state for massive cuts would be an unusual move, but Donald Trump has long made Democratic-led California a target.
Lawsuit in 3…2…1…
What Tsar Vlad wants to see.
So Americans need to switch it off and on again. Gather up new founding fathers and mothers, write up a new constitution and declaration of independence - write up documents for a new federation between states…
Create a back up United States. Declare the old one null and void. Stop interacting with the old one. Start interacting with the new one.
Call all this something benign sounding. Try not to go to war about it. But yeah, you all need to switch this shit off and on again.
I agree. Time for a good old constitutional convention.
Except that’s exactly what the Heritage Foundation has been wanting for decades so they can turn the US into an official Christofascist nation.
I can’t wait to be the United Coca-Cola States of Unilever America.
Yup, by excluding the south east (Texas to Florida) they could easily reboot it in a much more progressive manner.
Texas and Florida? You mean North Mexico and Cuba Libre?
Woah woah woah. Texas seceded from Mexico to preserve slavery until they joined the US so they could secede to preserve slavery. And a cuba libre is delicious, not nearly as watered down (underwater) as Florida is.
California should confiscate Trump National golf course.
Finally a good use of eminent domain
Turn it into a homeless shelter.
And spend 30 years building high speed rail through it, just to flex.
Wind turbines
And another big ass canal, for good measure.
He’s still mad that Schwarzenegger took over The Celebrity Apprentice
Holy shit. This would be so on brand for Trump that it’s probably the main reason.
The ICE raids are meant to cause the response we are seeing, and eventually an even more powerful response. The White House has already been throwing around the word insurrection, which implies the insurrection act. If the natural escalation that they expect takes place, it could create the conditions where the insurrection act can be invoked. Since the Federal level is under control of the Trump Administration, that leaves the National Guard, state police, county sheriffs, and local police departments. The only one of these capable of standing up to the Feds would be the National Guard. If things turn ugly over the next few weeks during continued raids in places like L.A., it could force the Governor to deploy the national guard given the numbers of people involved. Some of these communities are well armed and they are already fighting back. If the goal is to cause the conditions to invoke the insurrection act, it would take away the ablity of the California Governor to direct his national guard. They can be forced to follow the orders of the President, which is one of the reasons for using the Insurrection Act in the first place.
In a place like L.A., this leaves just the LAPD and Sherrifs department and they do not have the power to stop both the Feds and a national guard under White House control. L.A. seems to be heavily targeted by the Trump administration in many different ways. They are looking at bribery and corruption in many areas like LA Homeless Agency. The ICE raids targeted the Fashion District are meant as an economic attack, as many of those people worked in shops and factories. Other ICE raids targeted companies involved in agriculture. The Trump admin is also looking at other Federal funding to take away from California.
All of this combined could mean that the state Government, state and local police cannot protect these communities from what is being sent after them, partially as an overall form of economic warfare against California generally. You have the wildfire funds, the tariffs attacking the shipping areas of coastal California, and it’s obvious that it is a well planned operation. Behind this too is a hostile DOJ and FBI, not to mention DHS, ICE, and everyone else. They are being hunted.
The State Government can’t protect anyone either, they have been totally outmanuvered at every stage, because they are just coasting until 2026. The one advantage people have is their numbers. Peaceful protest is the way forward, it just takes a lot more people knowing about the raids and being present to protest them. If the Trump admin wants a Kent state or Tiananmen Square type situation on their hands, that will be on them…
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National Guard was already deployed by Trump to Los Angeles today.
I posted that about 30 minutes before it happened.
Yup, not arguing, just adding some updates.
“The takeover will be bloodless if the left allows it to be.”
There’s your choice, America.
They got guns, we got guns…
Just so others know that is an actual quote.
"I want to encourage you with some substance that we are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be.” - Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts
I will find this man and show him how peaceful the left can be.
Everyone should find that statement absolutely chilling. They are prepared to kill anyone that tries to prevent them from getting their way. Those are the stakes. The courts won’t help you
the only people who want California to secede are tech freaks that want to establish a monarchy and see this as an opportunity to do that
Idk, im a lefty who would love to see Cascadia
I’m just waiting for The Big One™ I was always told would make us break off from the rest of the country to become our own island.
If you build the dome in silicone valley, John Galt will appear beneath it and bless the Mars sperm ark.
Who is John Galt?
This guy sheds a tear but to know.
california doesnt even need federal funding. california funds everyone else.
All blue states feed the poorly uneducated.
We also feed everyone else.
Since Confederate States of America have gained a negative connotation and to avoid confusion, you could proclaim Libertarian States of America, I know most people here are not libertarian, but still fucking closer to that than typical trumpists, and they are going to steal the word otherwise. Said as a libertarian and a citizen of Russia, which means I’ll enjoy watching the events from afar quite a lot, might even remember to make popcorn.
Since Confederate States of America have gained a negative connotation
No they did that to themselves by caring only about preserving slavery
That’s what I meant. I was joking, there’s such a thing - joke
And just like they did in Maine, California will sue him and win.
Wow, so I thought I was fucked when I had “California secedes” on my bingo card
You still are, just in a different way.
Is California secession still a thing?
I’m pretty sure Texas is the only “legal” state allowed to secede, but I’m not a lawyer and my info may be woefully out of date
Texas can split itself up into 5 states, but not secede.
No state is allowed to. Read the 14th amendment.
And there is an emoluments clause. And dozens of others already violated.
That’s irrelevant to whether or not a state has an established legal right to do a thing.
When it gets to the level of a component piece of a country leaving said country, it doesn’t really matter what the law is. The South isn’t part of the US because it was decided that secession was illegal, they’re there because they got their ass beaten.
The colonies weren’t “allowed” to leave England either, yet here we are.
Would it cause a civil war? Yea. Would California win? Of course not.
I don’t think it would be at least that simple… Would it be bloody and awful most likely but California holds a lot of military how many would stay loyal is dependent but I could also see some other world power interfering maybe… For better trade or special treatment.
I’m not convinced it would lead to civil war. It could, but it still takes a lot of manufacturing consent for us to go to war with random brown countries. It’d be no easy task to convince the US population and military we needed to start dropping bombs on Hollywood. Soldiers would desert and other states would think about joining.
No, Texas (nor any other state) can not secede from the Union.
https://www.sll.texas.gov/faqs/can-texas-secede
Can Texas secede? I heard it is one of the only states that can secede from the United States.
It is a common misunderstanding that Texas has the right to leave the United States. The Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) addresses this on their page about Texas’s annexation:
It is said of Texas (and, occasionally, Vermont) that it received a letter or document of permission to withdraw from the Federal Union if it so chose. […] In fact, Texas received no special terms in its admission to the Union. Once Texas had agreed to join the Union, she never had the legal option of leaving, either before or after the Civil War.
I stand corrected
The US would never allow that much freedom. It has to ensure everyone is locked down.
Sounds like is sure could be. Also sounds like the basis for a court case.
There’s an ongoing political effort to get it on the ballot called “CalExit”
Next: California will not pay Federal taxes?
How about California cancelling paying federal taxes in turn? This would probably lead to a big loss for the federal budget, wouldn’t it?
Maybe someone will cancel tRump. One can dream …
