The Soft Secession: How States Are Joining Together to Escape Trump’s Grip Facing federal paralysis and partisan weaponization, blue states are forming powerful alliances. From public health to climate, they are building their own future outside Washington’s reach.

The United States is experiencing a #SoftSecession: a durable reallocation of governing legitimacy from Washington to regional compacts, accelerated by structural underrepresentation and post-Rucho redistricting incentives.

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