So where was all this resistance during the election?
Where was all this activism when democracy hung in the balance?
Why did it take until the dictator was already in power for people to do anything about it?
Blue States overwhelmingly voted for Harris.
It was PA, Michigan, Arizona and Georgia where the Presidency was lost. But California and New York will solidly resist Trump, much as free states resisted slavery centuries ago.
Don't knock out history here. Sanctuary states/cities, free states, etc. etc. have a huge cultural impact and the states people WILL rally to the call. As long as we frame it correctly
I've got my Harriet Tubman underground railroad stop and the history all part of my State Public education, and I know all my fellow state citizens also got that education. We know the drill.
California recently voted to keep slavery legal so idk about them.
They were waiting for their favorite accounts to move to Bluesky. Switching platforms is super hard you guys! /s
Is it actual resistance, or more of the symbolic resistance from Trump’s last run?
Congressional Democrats claimed to be resisting Trump’s first term, and then proceeded to fund every one of his priorities.
Their refusal to fund his priorities resulted in the longest government shutdown in history.
I’m mostly curious about how we want to deal with his “enemies” that he was to drag into criminal and civil court.
Unless the Supreme Court is about to make some sweeping changes to "State Rights", good luck to them fucking over state prosecutors and state legal systems.
The Court of Delaware continues to be in control of Twitter (and other corporate cases), not the Supreme Court. The Court of New York remains in control of Donald Trump's felonies. Etc. etc. Sanctuary cities (and sanctuary states) will likely be able to thumb their noses at ICE (a Federal Agency with little power over the local state's residents).
State-level resistance is the next step. I know not everyone can move to a Blue State, and a lot of this is Red States purposefully purging "undesirables" out of their state. But... Blue States can accept the runaway migrants and protect them. As well as a lot of the other citizens who feel threatened (ex: LGBT and whatnot as well).
Will it completely hold? I dunno. But its the next bulwark we have available, and we might as well defend it as a community.
Didn't Trump try this with the DEA and states that legalised marijuana? Something about they wanted to start going after individuals and stuff because it's still federally illegal?
I just remember a majority of the state's said, "Go for it, but we're not helping you in any way." And they basically dropped it.
I'm hopeful similar situations will hold.
He's not dragging them into court, he has absolute immunity for official acts, he'll drag their bodies through the streets.
He promised to be a bloody dictator during his campaign and I truly believe that's one promise he intends to keep.
I'll belive it when I see it.
