I think the blue states should cut all the funding they provide for the government.
this post was submitted on 20 May 2025
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'Trump says 'big bill' should only help GOP states: 'Don't want to benefit Dem governors'
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balkanization of the united states plays right into putin's best interests. how about we just stack conservative bodies until this country stops being so fucking stupid?
It's too late for that. Everyone is finding the exit for the USD as the reserve currency. That loss of soft power alone is seismic.
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“The United [sic] States.”
Time for blue states to stop paying federal tax, then.
That must be comforting to hear to republican citizens living in those blue states.
All those red districts in blue states, get ready to get screwed. Trump ain’t helping you.
Unless you're in the top 1% of wealth, he isn't helping you either.
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Time for articles of impeachment. Or secession.
Secession is what Russia is blackmailing him for. Secede MAGA instead.
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Let me sure I got this right. Your plan is to take states that don't like you and teach them to be more independent of the federal government, is that correct?
I live in NC. We have a Dem governor, but the House and Senate are controlled by Republicans. The state has gone to Trump three times. What is his plan with that?
His plan, no matter what he says, is to fuck each and every one of us who isn't already rich and preferably white.
Woah you look like an immigrant with this statement. Careful about ICE
Dangle the money over the state and tell residents they can only have it if they remove the Governor.
He'll double down. Obvs.
Blue states cut off those wankers
They've been stupid and malicious for too damn long. Let them eat their own shit
Divided States of America (DSA)
Untied states of America
You want Boston to throw another tea party? They're game.
No taxation without representation motherfucker.
And whenever it’s Democrats in power they have to kiss Republicans’ ass.
No, they treat all Americans as All Americans. Which is apparently a fucking unbelievable concept.
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No they just choose to
Note that there’s no claim of it helping any people or benefitting constituents, even his own. In this world of narcissism, there’s only “what’s in it for me?” And “how to spite anyone who disagrees with me?”
He's a literal traitor.
Americans are just too stupid to see it in anything but hindsight.
Assuming the fascists don't win and rewrite history, he will be considered a traitor in the history books.
He is objectively the most prolific traitor in American history, and it isn't even close. He's literally worse than ALL other American traitors COMBINED. It's not even a debate.
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Let's fucking Balkanize already. My blue state has all the nukes and I would love to use them on Trump and his red-state dick sucks.
I hate that we're literally funding them to drag us all back to the dark ages since the blue states receive less than they pay in taxes and vice versa with the red.
There isn’t one state that has all the nukes.
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I don't think he realizes this isn't the gotcha he thinks. That means the poverty line between the states that already exists is going to get even worse, because they are taxing the lower income brackets even worse.
What a fucking cunt.
and we should have seceded and stopped paying fed taxes a long time ago.
at least im doing my part. I can cheat my ass off on my taxes and take payments under the table. they'll be none the wiser. especially now that they've gut the IRS. If that hurts the blue state i live in, fine. like i said, we should have seceded already.
When I say "not my president", it's not me refusing to acknowledge Trump's authority/ being a sovereign citizen. It's me saying he is acting in a deliberately antagonist way. He sees us as the enemy. He isn't leading, in fact he's doing the opposite.
Here's what's supposed to be normal: even if you don't vote for someone in office, you are still their responsibility. JB Pritzker still has a responsibility to protect Republicans in Illinois. Greg Abbott still has the responsibility to protect democrats in Texas.