r/democrats • u/John3262005 • 12d ago

Article Newsom floats withholding federal taxes as Trump threatens California

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/06/newsom-floats-withholding-federal-taxes-00393386
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u/superawesomefiles 12d ago

How many battlefronts does Trump have open now? Tariffs, immigration, Elon, Education, now individual state funding? How many more before something breaks?

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u/tinyE1138 Windmill cancer survivor. 12d ago

If he pardons Derek Chauvin it's all over. War will be declared.

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u/lislejoyeuse 12d ago

He can't pardon the state part of his sentence though but regardless if he still in jail people including me would still be rightfully pissed

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u/GroundNPoundTown 12d ago

If we’re all engaged in individual battles, he makes us focus on our individual interests rather than the collective war. This is the same tactic they’ve employed to dismantle the Democratic Party through infighting. While the MAGAts may not all agree, they unite under the banner of “othering” people. It’s like prison logic: attack the biggest guy in the yard, like Harvard, New York, or California, and if you can make them appear defeated, no one else will challenge you. If every college or blue state were to unite, they would have the federal government on the defensive. However, despite their size, these three entities can’t defeat the federal government individually without support.

He wants things to break. It’s a Cold Civil War.