My wish may be coming true. Our governors are trying to create their own federal supply system and

[shockey80]

bypassing that piece of shit in the Whitehouse. Governor Newsome was just on Maddows show talking about. He has figured out a way to get Tens of millions of masks in a way where the states don't have to compete with each other or the federal government. The states are setting up a system where they will supply each other with what is needed.

Our Governors are tired of dealing with Trump, this is great news.

[Me.]

1. That Will Cut The Menace & His Profiteers Right Out Of The Loop

[BComplex]

35. I'm just worried trump will find out how they're doing it and sabotage the efforts

That's how he rolls.

[MuseRider]

2. Good. Kansas is almost out

and our Governor keeps asking for more. Our first shipment was not ever complete and the last 7 requests have never even been answered. She is asking Auto Body shops for masks and Tattoo stores. Our nurses have been told to make their own masks.

[Igel]

4. Sorry to hear.

And the snarkmeister in me wants to add, "Wait--I thought there was a conspiracy to fully supply red states and let blue states die."

But I'll be nice and won't even suggest it.

[central scrutinizer]

9. The governor is a Democrat after Brownback tanked the state

This’ll teach them the proper way to vote!

[MuseRider]

12. I somehow doubt that

but I appreciate every thought in that direction.

[MuseRider]

11. Our Governor is a Democrat.

Still pretty much a Red state but we do like our female Democratic governors.

[yonder]

15. I once had high hopes for Kathleen Sibelius.

[MuseRider]

27. Funny, I have heard that before.

Didn't we all?

[Hekate]

32. Wasn't she tapped to join Obama's Cabinet or something?

That's the reason I always hesitate to endorse the notion that all the good talented Dems who are Governors and Senators should be plucked from their elective posts to become Cabinet members. We never really know who will replace them.

Could be wrong that Sibelius was one such, but I do recall the name.

[Blue_playwright]

34. Sec of HHS, I think.

Lovely lady. Tiny bit fierce.

[MuseRider]

37. U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services

under Obama. She was replaced by her AG and he did not run for another term. That is how we ended up with Brownback.

I agree with you about plucking Dem Governors or Senators, it can leave a gaping hole for the R's to slither into.

[yonder]

38. She once gave the democratic response to a SOTU speech, I think.

That speech put her on my radar.

I don't remember for sure but I think she got tarnished for something she may or may not have had something to do with. I recall thinking that it was a media/GOP setup/hit job that did her in?

[MuseRider]

39. When she was first up

they found some discrepancies in her taxes. She looked at them, found that she had "unintentional mistakes" in her taxes and cleaned it up by paying what she owed.

I think she caught a lot of flack over the ACA when she was in charge of the website, seeing that it worked and was easy and it was not easy and did not work very well. It was fixed of course.

She did some good things in Kansas. She actually protected LGBT for employment harassment/discrimination for state employees but that was gone the minute ole Sam got in.

She is a nice person, never what I was wanting for a Dem governor but she comes from solid Republican stock so there is that, it certainly helped her get elected. She did some good while here.

[yonder]

41. Yes. Thanks for the refresh.

Funny how "unintentional mistakes" on Jared's many security clearance application attempts or the perpetual fuckupedness of his FIL's administration are okay with little to no repercussion.

[NoRoadUntravelled]

3. Now there's some good news!

I'm imagining how amazing that will be. And smiling

[spin]

5. Your governor should do everything reasonable to prepare for disasters. ...

That’s part of his job.

[iemitsu]

6. Time for us to become 50 seperate countries.

The Federal Government is a failure, superfluous, and a drain on our resources.

[mwooldri]

19. The federal government isn't the problem.

We know what the problem is.

Besides if there were a sudden disappearance of the US federal government, there would be a whole lot of countries/states that would find themselves turned into 3rd world countries overnight.

[Aussie105]

25. Bad news!

The federal government has pretty well disappeared as an effective organisation.

More bad news!

Lose your job, lose your health cover, catch the virus, stay home and die because that is your only option?
Now tell me the USA ISN'T a third world country already!

[meadowlander]

30. No need for such an extreme measure

[iemitsu]

42. Looks good to me.

[alittlelark]

7. bypass AZ cuz NM is on the same page !!!

[GusBob]

8. aka 50 state anarchists

Ya

[Takket]

10. GOOD!

I was just saying to my wife yesterday that the Dem governors should form a compact with a czar to manage these resources so states at a peak can be supplied by those in a lull... because the White House has NO ONE at the switch and if the states sit around waiting for Jared "the stockpile is ours, not the states'" Kushner to get his thumb out of his ass and figure out what to do, people are going die (even more than they already are)

[Flaleftist]

13. Yes, and it would be wise for them to use their own security forces to protect their supplies

so Trump doesn't send in people to confiscate them.

[bubbazero]

20. Saw Gov Gavin on Maddow tonight

When he said 200 million masks a month along with other PPE I thought of security first. You may literally have to talk of or threaten secession of western states to keep Trump and Kushner's hands off of it. They CAN nationalize supply chains, but not of other countries. Crazy, I know

[Glimmer of Hope]

14. It sounds like Newsome is taking on that role and

has the resouces to do so. He has distributed hundreds of ventilators to states in need and will soon have 200 million masks to shell out too. He is getting it done.

[SheltieLover]

16. Excellent!

So long as shitstain does not confiscate shipments going to states as he did to Wyoming a couple of days ago! 🤬

[yodermon]

17. All well and good, but this is the very definition of Grover's Bathtub n/t

[ALBliberal]

18. I love this!!!!!

[zaj]

21. Federal government 2.0

[Aussie105]

22. Bypassing the Federal system?

Who would have thought that you needed to bypass the hopeless sewer pit dwellers that the Federal Government has become, to get anything effective done?

I think the answer to that is . . . the MAJORITY of Americans!

Like any large organisation - you go to the people in power, and if you get the cold shoulder from them, you seek out the people who do things without a personal agenda. Do things because they know what is right, know what needs to be done.

Hoping Trump gets the cold shoulder in November. If the virus or his health conditions don't do him in first before then.

[marieo1]

23. A Hero

I heard Governor Newsome, too and it was so encouraging to hear someone fighting for his state. We need to get rid of that piece of horse crap in the Whitehouse.

[tinrobot]

24. He called California a "Nation State" on Rachel's show.

As a Californian, I wholeheartedly support that concept.

[cilla4progress]

26. Wonderful!

I was just thinking tonight watching "local" (Seattle news), I feel so fortunate to have Inslee as my governor. Like I did during West Wing, I am going to "pretend" my President is someone else..Inslee.

[Historic NY]

28. They better make sure they have the supply guard 24-7...

of the Trump family black market operators will come for them.

[deurbano]

31. I was thinking that when watching Gov. Newsom, too! He'll need to make a big fanfare out of the

arrival (or something), so it can't be stolen out from under us.

[roamer65]

29. This is the beginning of the dissolution of the United States.

The final destination will be determined by the November election.

[NBachers]

33. I would like to see a trading alliance of like-minded states.

[Talitha]

36. Will that shitbag in D.C. try to conviscate them?

[bdamomma]

40. Governors are

bonding together. Thank God.