Governors of Various US States to form a Union

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer

Thanks to journalist Andy Borowitz for this exclusive scoop from the New Yorker, detailing how various governors facing the challenges presented by the COVID-19 crisis contemplate joining forces:

Governor's Consider Forming Country

The radical proposal is an unusual bipartisan effort, spearheaded by the Democratic governor of Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer, and the Republican Governor of Ohio, Mike DeWine.

“Mike and I were bidding against each other for masks and ventilators, and I was, like, ‘Mike, this is crazy,’ ” Whitmer said. “ ‘It would be so much better if we just worked together and formed a country.’ ”

“It was one of those moments where someone throws out a nutty idea and you think, ‘Hold on, let’s think on that for a second,’ ” he said.

Now I will say, the article suggests Andrew Cuomo as the person to head up this new country in a presidential role, and I think Gretchen Whitmer would be a much wiser choice. If you talk to people from New York state, many progressives have been less than happy with Cuomo’s leadership for some time.

In related news, the CIA has warned it’s employees not to use hydroxychloroquine, the drug promoted by a famous con artist from Mar-A-Lago in Florida.  The CIA points to various side effects of hydroxychloroquine, including “sudden cardiac death”.

See details from Washington Post:  CIA Internal Warning on Hydroxychloroquine