I was just about to post the exact same thing. (Reply #6)

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Fri Mar 27, 2020, 04:28 AM

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6. I was just about to post the exact same thing.

I've thought about that a lot over the past few weeks as the crisis has deepened due to covid-45's criminal behavior. I've also thought that this consortium of states could have knowledgeable spokespeople provide factual information to the public to counter the misadministration's lies.

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Why don't all the Blue State Governors, and any other willing Governor like Charlie Baker, get [View all]	OnDoutside	Mar 2020	OP
Because they, unlike Trump, don't have the Defense Production act, and the ability	pnwmom	Mar 2020	#1
So does tRump.	BigmanPigman	Mar 2020	#2
I would give anything to go back to any of them. They are just normal people with serious flaws	pnwmom	Mar 2020	#3
What Trump is doing to the states just angers me to no end.	smirkymonkey	Mar 2020	#4
I agree with you.	Scarsdale	Mar 2020	#8
But the states can still pool their bidding; they don't need the DPA for that.	SunSeeker	Mar 2020	#7
Exactly. Pool what you can pool.	OnDoutside	Mar 2020	#9
But they can't force the companies to work for them at a REASONABLE price or to limit their exports.	pnwmom	Mar 2020	#10
Cuomo was saying that he put in an order at $4, and then he was outbid by another state, at $5, who	OnDoutside	Mar 2020	#11
And suppose a group of states here banded together.	pnwmom	Mar 2020	#15
It would encourage the other states to join them, and even if the US Government were doing their	OnDoutside	Mar 2020	#17
The Defense Production Act would allow the Fed. govt. to require companies to sign contracts	pnwmom	Mar 2020	#19
I agree with all that, but where the States are now (i.e. Trump blocking Fed intervention), states	OnDoutside	Mar 2020	#20
Trump has them over a barrel!	True Blue American	Mar 2020	#13
They can still unite to work	wnylib	Mar 2020	#21
They are trying.	True Blue American	Mar 2020	#22
Yes, I know. I am in NY state.	wnylib	Mar 2020	#23
AOC	True Blue American	Mar 2020	#24
Yes, I read about that.	wnylib	Mar 2020	#25
Trump and bush are the same. Starting a war based on lies is pretty big criminal act.	rockfordfile	Mar 2020	#5
I was just about to post the exact same thing.	royable	Mar 2020	#6
Andy Slavitt, who did great work on the ACA, is on the latest Preet Bharara podcast. He would be the	OnDoutside	Mar 2020	#12
Guess what else has slipped through the news?	True Blue American	Mar 2020	#14
Republican Clerical Error....what are the chances ?	OnDoutside	Mar 2020	#16
I do hope Preet	True Blue American	Mar 2020	#18

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