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Soft Secession: Blue states explore withholding tax money from federal government

Soft Secession: Blue states explore withholding tax money from federal government

Ellsworth Toohey
Aug 27, 2025
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What if California stopped sending its tax money to Washington? What if Massachusetts refused to let federal agents use state databases? What if blue states with the biggest economies just said "no" to a federal government they don't trust?

These aren't hypothetical questions. An Instagram video reve…

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