Deport Republicans: A Practical Guide
They want mass deportations? Give them economic deportation. Blue states subsidize red states to the tune of hundreds of billions annually. Time to end it.
Massachusetts sends $4,846 more per capita to the federal government than it receives. Kentucky takes $2.61 for every dollar it sends. Blue states are funding their own oppression. The solution is simple: stop.
Start with federal tax resistance. Not individual but institutional. California's franchise tax board "accidentally" delays federal transfers. New York's banking system develops "technical difficulties" processing federal revenues. Illinois has "compatibility issues" with IRS systems. Make the federal government sue for every dollar.
The leverage here is extraordinary. California alone sends over $500 billion annually to the federal government. New York adds another $300 billion. These aren't just numbers on a spreadsheet. This is the federal government's operating cash. Delay it by a month? The Treasury starts bouncing checks. Delay it by a quarter? Federal agencies shut down. The government can sue, sure. But lawsuits take years. Meanwhile, every delayed payment triggers another crisis, every technical difficulty requires weeks of troubleshooting, every system incompatibility needs months of expert review. Problems cascade into catastrophes while lawyers argue about jurisdiction.
Meanwhile, states that are actually interested in running functioning governments, are free to do so.
The leverage isn't in transferring money, it's in the infrastructure. Every federal tax payment runs through banks, and most banks are state-chartered. Blue state banking regulators could require "enhanced security reviews" for all federal transactions. New York controls SWIFT and ACH systems that process federal payments. California's tech companies run the payment platforms. Illinois hosts the commodity exchanges.
Imagine if blue state systems developed simultaneous "compatibility issues" with federal payment processing. Or if state-chartered banks needed to "verify compliance" for every transaction involving federal agencies. The IRS can't function without state cooperation, they need state tax records for audits, state DMV data for collections, state banking systems for processing. Make that cooperation contingent. Make it slow. Make it repetitive. Make it hurt.
The beauty is plausible deniability. It's not refusal, it's incompetence. Sorry, our systems are from 1987. Sorry, we're upgrading our security protocols. Sorry, new compliance measures require manual review of every transaction. So sorry. Republicans weaponized bureaucratic obstruction for decades. They turned administrative delay into an art form. Use their masterpiece against them.
We can go so much further than finances.
Texas criminalizes reproductive healthcare? Their medical licenses become void in California. Florida persecutes doctors for treating trans kids? They can't practice in New York. Red state medical schools lose accreditation partnerships. Their residency programs lose access to blue state hospitals.
Their doctors can't get specialty training at Johns Hopkins or Mayo Clinic. Make the medical brain drain official: if you practice in a state that criminalizes healthcare, you can't practice in states that protect it. Let red state governors explain why their best doctors are fleeing and their medical students can't match at top residencies. Meanwhile, blue states fast-track licensing for any doctor fleeing prosecution for providing actual medical care.
Conservatives have spent decades demonizing blue states while leeching off our functioning economies and infrastructure. This must end.
Republicans have been ignoring federal law for decades. Texas kept its abortion bounty system running while courts declared it unconstitutional. They tweaked a few words and reissued the same law. Alabama ignored Supreme Court orders on redistricting and drew new discriminatory maps anyway. Wisconsin Republicans stripped gubernatorial powers during lame duck despite court challenges. Florida keeps banning books despite clear First Amendment violations. Their response to losing in court? Do it again tomorrow with slightly different wording.
Here's how it actually works: A court strikes down Texas's six-week abortion ban. Texas passes a new one at seven weeks. That gets struck down? Make it heartbeat-based. Then fetal pain. Then genetic abnormality. Each law takes months to challenge, years to litigate. By the time one reaches the Supreme Court, five more are already in effect.
The courts literally cannot keep pace. SB 8 created the bounty system where citizens sue each other, making the state impossible to sue. When courts said that was unconstitutional, Texas tweaked the standing requirements and passed it again. Then again. Then Idaho, Oklahoma, Missouri, Tennessee, and Florida copied it. Now there are dozens of versions across multiple states, all slightly different, all requiring separate lawsuits.
Alabama perfected malicious compliance. Courts ordered them to create a second majority-Black district. They drew one that was 40% Black and called it "majority-minority." The courts said try again. They made it 42%. This went on for two years. Meanwhile, elections happened under illegal maps.
Even when finally forced to comply, the damage was done. The illegal maps had already been used. Representatives had already been elected. Power had already been seized.
The cheat code is this: enforcement requires cooperation. When states refuse to cooperate, the federal government has surprisingly few options. They can sue, but suits take years. They can withhold funding, but blue states give more than they take. They can send federal agents, but states control the infrastructure those agents need. Republicans discovered you can just say no. No, we won't follow that ruling. No, we won't change the law. No, we won't stop. What are you going to do, invade Texas?
The strategy isn't one big dramatic stand. It's flooding the zone. Pass ten unconstitutional laws while courts review one. Implement fifty illegal policies while they litigate five. By the time a judge rules, you've already moved on to the next violation. Texas has perfected this: abortion bans, bounty systems, border walls, book bans, trans persecution, all running simultaneously. The legal system can't keep up. That's the point.
Even when they lose, they don't comply. The Supreme Court ordered Alabama to draw fair districts. Alabama submitted racist maps again. The consequences? Nothing. Texas was told their abortion ban violated federal law. They made it more extreme. What happened? Zero accountability. The lesson is clear: just do what you want. Make MAGA-stan stop us. That's how you stand up to bullies.
This isn't a schoolyard, we don't have someone to run to about the bully. Nobody is going to save us from the absolute insanity. Except us.
Think blue states don't have the stomach to defy federal law? We already did. Every dispensary in California is proof that states can tell the federal government to fuck off. We just need to start doing it for democracy, not just drugs. Marijuana is Schedule I federally, in the same category as heroin. Yet 41 states legalized it anyway. They licensed dispensaries, collected billions in taxes, created entire regulatory frameworks while the DEA insisted it was illegal. The federal government could raid every dispensary tomorrow. They don't. They can't. State non-cooperation made federal drug law meaningless.
The Second Amendment sanctuary movement went further. Nearly half of U.S. counties have declared federal gun laws don't apply. Sheriffs openly refuse ATF cooperation. Wyoming made it a state crime to enforce federal gun restrictions. Missouri sued federal agents who tried. The federal government backs down every time.
The playbook exists. Flood the zone. Pass everything at once. Because we are fighting for actual freedom. Freedom of speech, religion, and due process, bodily autonomy, collective bargaining, and truly so many other things people take for granted.
We can pass laws to protect all the freedoms Republicans hate, all simultaneously. Make them sue to stop each one. While they're in court over healthcare, pass consumer protections. While they challenge that, start the wealth tax. Never stop. Never comply. Just keep governing.
They wanted mass deportation.
We can deport them from the functioning economy.
There's so much value in battling bad ideas with good ideas. A few good ideas could change the world.
Thanks for the kind words Nancy, appreciate it ðŸ¤
And while we are at it, the Blue states should create coalitions with Canada, Mexico, and the EU.. they would much prefer to work with us. Squeeze the red states into submission.