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"Behind closed doors, blue state leaders are planning. They’re war-gaming
scenarios where federal agents show up and continue to transgress further and
further past what is “legal.” Daily the courts are showing that that something
is legal when Trump wants it to happen, and illegal when he doesn’t. How does a
government function under these circumstance?
For many state Attorney Generals and Governors, the legal briefs are already
drafted. The strategy sessions have been running since December. “We saw this
coming, even though we hoped it wouldn’t,” former Oregon Attorney General Ellen
Rosenblum told
The 19th days after Trump’s inauguration.
This is what American federalism looks like in 2025: Democratic governors
holding emergency sessions on encrypted apps, attorneys general filing lawsuits
within hours of executive orders, and state legislatures quietly passing laws
that amount to nullification of federal mandates. Oregon is stockpiling
abortion medication in secret warehouses. Illinois is exploring digital
sovereignty. California has $76 billion in reserves and is deciding how to
deploy it. Three sources on those daily Zoom calls between Democratic AGs say
the same phrase keeps coming up, though nobody wants to say it publicly: soft
secession.
Not the violent rupture of 1861, but something else entirely. Blue states
building parallel systems, withholding cooperation, and creating facts on the
ground that render federal authority meaningless within their borders.
The infrastructure for this resistance already exists. Twenty-three Democratic
attorneys general now gather on near-daily Zoom calls at 8 AM Pacific, which
means the East Coast officials are already on their third coffee. They divide
responsibilities and share templates for lawsuits they’ve been drafting since
last spring."
Via dubbel mubbel and Kenny Chaffin.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
