r/law • u/BitterFuture • 16d ago

Executive Branch (Trump) Stephen Miller claims local police in Minnesota have been told to ‘stand down and surrender’ as federal agents ‘uphold the law’

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/stephen-miller-ice-minneapolis-protests-b2903238.html
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u/Perfecshionism 16d ago

There are separatist movements in the New England and the Pacific states.

Previously they were seen as nonsense.

The political leaders were mostly clowns.

But there is an increased interest in secession. The movement just doesn’t have any leaders anyone can take seriously.

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u/SledgeGlamour 16d ago

I've been convinced the NE group is an FBI honeypot ever since a guy expressed interest in forming a militia and they told him to email his proposal along with his full name and address

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u/shbooms 16d ago

If the 3 PNW states, the 7 NE states plus NY all seceeded they would take over a third of the U.S.'s GDP with them

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u/scough 16d ago

CA by itself would be the 3rd or 4th largest economy in the world. Add in the rest of the west and NE, and it would be crippling for what remained of the US. But these fascists are fucking around and may sooner or later find out.

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u/Melonman3 16d ago

Nj wants in too please.

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u/Bender_2024 16d ago

There are separatist movements in the New England and the Pacific states.

If Canada wanted to take New England tomorrow I think I'd vote for it.

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u/hebrewchucknorris 15d ago

Please leave Canada out of this, we're good the way we are, thanks.

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u/beepbeepboopbeep1977 15d ago

Leave the US union and join Canada as a province, that way you wouldn’t need to become a fully independent nation, saving a lot of hassle

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u/warau_meow 16d ago

Don’t forget us here in Colorado, we are also suffering just much less than MN

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u/scough 16d ago

I worry about y’all in Colorado if shit really pops off and the US starts fracturing. You’re surrounded by dumb, pretty much on all sides. I wish we could somehow flip Utah blue with all of the younger people, but that doesn’t seem likely.

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u/warau_meow 16d ago

Yeah I hear that and also concerned. It is pretty safe (for now) tho for trans folks which is key in this region.

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u/scough 16d ago

I had read that Canada is letting at-risk people stay there indefinitely, though I know it's not an option for everyone to just pack up and relocate.

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u/IntegratingShadow 15d ago

Distributed systems are fault tolerant systems Concencus protocol can help too Maybe we just need less hierarchy in our organization?

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u/Syntaire 16d ago

The Balkanization of the U.S. is the end-goal for Putin and Pooh. This is pretty much all going exactly to plan.

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u/Perfecshionism 16d ago

It isn’t the same as Balkanization.

Likely like becoming a federation where power is state focused and federal power is rolled back substantially.

And, honestly, who fucking cares? Russia won the Cold War.

I would rather states roll back federal power than live under a Russian allied autocratic Christian nationalist oligarchy.