...and elsewhere for years now. The phenomenon arguably began during Covid, when the Trump regime confiscated PPE and other medical supplies and sold them to China--this was while medical professionals had to improvise PPE out of Hefty bags, by the way. "Blue state" governors had to run James Bond-style spy operations to get supplies delivered; these operations were on a truly epic scale, including armed officers, vinyl-wrapped disguises for the trucks, decoy vehicles, encrypted tactical radios, and secure comms.
The signs of breakdown have been there for all to observe for many years, however.
The "blue states" have been quietly opting out of the most regressive and reactionary law and policy favored by the MAGA chuds (and before them, the "Tea Party" movement, etc.)...It started with things like sanctuary cities, ignoring FDA scheduling of cannabis, the devolution of abortion law to the states, and other similar movements over the last 20 years or so. And the ties that bind were further stressed by the Trump regime's disastrous mismanagement of Covid...I really wonder what the country is going to look like in another 20 years.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220583559
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220583559#post3
Years ago, there was even a video game,
Shattered Union, which was based on a worst-case Civil War 2.0 scenario.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100218111552#post23
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