Maryland National Guard enlisted to protect Covid test kits from feds

[mainer]

Jaw-dropping interview with Gov. Hogan who says the test kits are being protected at an undisclosed location by state police and the national guard, to prevent the feds from swooping in and stealing them.

Link to tweet

[KPN]

1. Am I really on the planet Bizarro and not Earth? Sure seems that way. BTW, this seems like it

would be a good way for a civil war to start. How did we ever let the South, the Confederates take us over?

[crickets]

2. And this is the story the news media should be flogging night and day,

not the disproved Tara Reade mess.

It's amazing that a state governor, a Republican governor, has to negotiate with South Korea to obtain COVID tests because the Fed is refusing to do its job in providing them... and then he has to have the State Police and the National Guard guard those necessary medical supplies to protect them from theft by the US Government.

Unreal, but good for him for doing it.

[SWBTATTReg]

3. Every state should be doing this. And protect other critical components of the recovery ...

processes being put in place by states, all w/o the help of the Feds.

After this is all said and done, I would like to see what happened to all of the stockpiled goods that the Feds had amassed. I wouldn't be surprised if rump and cronies stole all of it and sold it off to the highest bidder, meaning that even worse, rump anticipated this CV outbreak, which is why he was so sluggish in reacting to the outbreaks. Drive up prices first, and then sell off.

[sarge43]

4. That sounds right

With that greedy amoral creep always follow the money.

[EndlessWire]

14. I agree. n/t

[alwaysinasnit]

5. The impression I've gotten from all the actions taken by the federal government is that the

federal government is actively working against the states, which directly or not, are causing more deaths. Almost like the feds are starting a war with the states that is resulting in casualties.

[SoonerPride]

7. You would be correct

And they are doing it to make money off of the supplies too.

Jared gave up the game when he said the supplies are "ours."

.............To make money off of.

[alwaysinasnit]

10. Yup. This is unrepentant, naked, in-your-face greed on display.

[Hearthrob]

6. I think we have ourselves a 'HERO'.

[Paladin]

8. Good move, Governor. My compliments.

This is the kind of radical move that state officials are being driven to, to protect their citizens from the trump regime. God help us all.

[NotHardly]

9. The Feds need to be very very careful regarding their stupid stupid games...

there is lots of crazy and a lot more anger out there then they realize. This necessary action by the Governor of Maryland pits the protection of its people and vital protective materials against the Feds ugly rapacious ill conceived negligence and larcenous actions of the Trump Administration.

As a student of history, this sort of situation does not end well... and that confrontation may be exactly what Trump and his enabling Minions intend. Fascist f*cks that they are.

[Fritz Walter]

11. Meanwhile, our fed tax $,$$$,$$$ are buying body bags

I would ask how much more Fup Duck the federal response could get, but JarJar and the council of corporate CEOs might see that as a dare. And accept!

[Wounded Bear]

12. K & R...for visibility...nt

[chia]

13. This, to me, is one of the most significant stories of the pandemic.

It's huge. And mind-boggling. The governor protecting his citizens from the federal government.

[pazzyanne]

16. Perfect example of how far we have fallen as nation under tRump. nt

[Nay]

21. And how crazy-making it is to realize that gun-toting REPUBLICANS spent 8 years howling about

how the feds were gonna come and take everything from them during Obama's terms -- and now, when the feds, led by their little tinhorn dictator, are REALLY actually taking things from the states by threat of force -- well, it must be OK if our god does it!!!!

[pazzyanne]

22. Spot on, Nay!

How sad this is for a once great nation. I really miss sanity!

[LiberalFighter]

15. I hope they have orders to shoot to kill if an attempt is made.

[47of74]

17. Yeah me too.

[randr]

18. I smell a Kushner

[dchill]

19. Yep. He's in charge of the...

Federal Medical Supply Cartel. A much better racket than real estate criming.

[concreteblue]

20. Terrifying in implications, but well past due

It is past time to treat this as war. NOT war states vs feds, but citizens/states vs the Trump crime cabal.
States need to start planning/executing in this paradigm.
Example: PPE delivery. A small/insignificant/fake PPE delivery is scheduled and leaked. Coordinate with vendor to mark several pallets with RFID. Contact point should be secured covertly for 3-4 blocks in every direction. Area under surveillance by drone with chase vehicles at ready.
If feds show up, enact token resistance, then relent. Track feds and map seized goods further travels.
Etc....
If somebody sends this to John Grishim I want 3 points.