Laurence Thompson @thompsonlg.bsky.social

For those of y’all in blue states, in case you don’t know— Red state governors + their state legislatures love to take local control from counties and towns. This is especially true if you’re a more liberal jurisdiction, but they do it even to their red county and town supporters. In Missouri, they handed over farm land to China, stripped local health departments of their power during COVID-19, stripped KC of its authority to control its police department and hope to do the same in STL, and prohibited counties from protecting its citizens from CAFOs. Expect this to happen at a federal level. Red states won’t be spared. This is a corporate takeover and anyone who has assets that can create value will be targeted for acquisition. The Republican Party that spouted the ideals of federalism has long since expired. They’ve already talked about restricting state control of education, healthcare, elections and the environment.