It only took 100 days for Trump to tank his presidency and wreck what marginal popularity he possessed. His failure to deliver on his promises means that a strong majority of Americans now oppose him.
thanks Tristan for the great summary of "wins" - I know there have been times in the last 100 days when many us could never have imagined these victories, how real Americans are showing up.
When I think about this 100 days of chaos, certain images come to mind -
a man in a baklava grabbing someone off the street,
a chart showing a bad day on Wall Street.
a closed social security office,
the crazy-eyed Kash Patel, the "wild and crazy" Pete Hegseth,
Putin with a big smile on his face, the amazing protest in NY City,
and of course, front and center, Elon with his chainsaw....
pictures speak louder than words - hope we can find ways to get this montage of horribles in front of the public in every way possible!
thanks for your inspiration - information is power!
Glad too see someone is telling the people the truth. Americans are 20% poorer due to Trump’s polices. Less money for retirement, less money for weather disasters and less money for everyday needs as prices are increasing. Trump did that in <100 days!
At this point in Biden's term he had a 54% average approval rating. Trump now has approval ratings in low 40's.
When does the House GOP become unafraid of Trump and do their jobs? With a job approval rating that low this affects them in their districts. Maybe it is a tipping point.
Trump and MAGAs literally have to do everything and anything they can to remain in power or they’ll end up in prison with how much criminality and damage they are doing.
Time to wear this "Don't blame me, I voted for her" t shirt 👇
Speaking of national security, Der Spiegel just reported that two Russian spies were arrested and had Hegseth's contact information in their possession. Trump's supposed to keep our country safe, yet he allows this severely compromised ignoramus to continue on as the Department head.....what else do Russian spies now have because of these serious breaches in security??
Thanks for this great article Tristan, I appreciate it, as always. 🙏💙
The People, the protectors of Democracy, are out and about. What "people," out where, about what--and why? First, millions said "Hand Off"to Trump/Musk et al, then on the 19th via 50501" (50 protests, 5o states, 1 Movement + Indivivable) millions more protested the mess in WDC. Also on the 19th we celebrated the "the shot heard around the world at Lexington and Concord, starting the Revolution and our country. On the 22nd protectors of the environment cleaned up a different kind of mess on Earth Day.
As important as the participants in environmental mess cleanup and American history are, this post is dedicated to the named and unnamed protestors fighting the Trump/Musk Washington, DC, tyrannical mess. Or as Susan Grymes calls it: "Protectors" of democracy, and so shall I in this post.
Who are the Protectors of democracy on April 5, 19th, May 1st--or all the everydays in between and into the future?? We will never know the names of each individual marcher, sign holder (or just standing together in solidarity). But we do know by name some people, advocacy groups, judges and law firms, and other entities who have not been cowed, and have fought back publicly--sometimes under threat of death.. Some, such as Sen. Cory Booker, with his 25 hour righteous speech on ethics, morality, and American democracy,have become an inspiration. Here then, in no particular order of noteworthy (except the first three), are the names of many of the army of protectors of democracy--and remember Courage is Contagious:
(Of course, the list is imperfect, Additions are welcomed. Also re-posting is permitted and encouraged.
PROTECTORS OF DEMOCRACY (By pen, voice, sign, or act)
(Updated April 28, 2025) Individuals
Heather Cox Richardson/"Letters from an American,"
Jess Piper/"View from Rural Missouri,"
Joyce Vance/"Civil Discourse,"
Rep. AOC,
AGs, 23 Blue States,
Aaron Parnas,
Adam Kinzinger,
Sen. Adam Schiff,
Adam Smith,
Alex Wagner,
Alexander Vindman,
Ali Velshi,
Alison Gill
Alvin Bragg (and the unnamed Manhattan jurors),
Amb. Susan Rice,
Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzales/Democracy Now,
Anand Giridharadas,
Anat Shenker-Osario,
Andrew Weissmann,
Andy Borowitz,
Ann Telnaes,
Anne Applebaum,
Annie Laurie Gaylor, FFRF (Freedom from Religion Founda
Ariella Elm
]
Ari Melber,
Asha Rangappa
August Flentje,
Ben Meiselas/MTN,
Beth Benike,
Brett Meiselas,
Brian Tyler Cohen,
Cassidy Hutchinson,
Charlotte Clymer,
Chris Geidne/LAW Dork
Chris Hayes,
Chris Krebs,
Col. Susannah Meyers,
Congressman Jim Himes,
D. Earl Stevens,
Dan Barker, FFRF (Freedom from Religion Foundation)
Dan Pfeiffer,
Dan Rather,
Daniel Berulis,
Daniel Morton-Bentley,
David Frumm,
David Hogg,
Dean Obeidallah,
Delia Ramirez,
Sen. Elizabeth Warren,
Sen. Elyssa Slotkin,
Erez Reuveni,
Rep. Eric Swalwell,
Francie Garber Pepper (1940-2025),
Garrison Keillor,
Garry Kasparov,
George Conway,
Glenn Kirschner,
Gov. Beshear,
Gov. Janet Mills,
Gov. Kathy Hochul,
Gov. Maura Healey (MA),
Gov. Tim Walz (MN),
Gov. Tony Evers (WI),
Greg Olear,
Harry Litman,
J.B. Pritzker,
Jake Auchincloss,
Rep. Jamie Raskin,
Rep. Jasmine Crockett,
Jay Kou,
Jeff Danziger,
Sen. Jeff Merkley,
Jeff Stein,
Jeff Tiedrich,
Jen Rubin And the Contrarians,
,Jeremy Seahill,
Jessica Craven,
Jessica Yellin,
Jill Filipovic
Jim Acosta,
Jim Hightower,
Jimmy Kimmel,
J-L Cauvin,
John Cusack,
John Larson
Sen. Jon Ossoff,
Jonathan Bernstein,
Jordy Meiselas,
Josh Johnson (stand-up comedian),
Josh Marshall/TPM,
Joy Reid,
Judd Legum (Popular Information),
Julie Roginsky,
Katie Phang,
Ken Harbaugh,
Lawrence O'Donnell,
Liz Cheney,
Lucian Truscott IV,
Marianne Williamson,
Mark Fiore,
Marvin Kalb,
Mary L. Trump,
Maxwell Frost,
Mayor Michelle Wu,
Mehdi Hasan,
Melvin Gurai,
Michael Bennett,
Michael Cohen,
Michel Zeitgeist,
Miles Taylor,
Nicolle Wallllace,
Noel Casler (former and current staff of the Inter-American Foundation, a small but mighty federal agency for Latin America)
Olga Lautman,
Oliva Troye,
Paul Krugman,
Prof. Lawrence Tribe,
Qasim Rachid,
Rabbi Joshua Hammerman,
Rachel Cohen,
Rachel Maddow,
Rebecca Solnit,
Rep. Andrew Egger,
Rep. Emily Randall,
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries,
Rep. Jessica Denson,
Rep. Jonathan V. Last,
Rep. Noe Casler,
Rep. Pramila Jayapal,
Rep. Sarah Longwell,
Rep. Al Green,
Rep. Don Beyer,
Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde,
Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II,
Representative Yassamin Ansari
Rez Reuveni (acting deputy director for the Office of Immigration Litigation, and his supervisor),
Rich Wilson,
Robert B. Hubbell,
Robert Reich,
Roger Parloff,
Ron Filipkowski,
Ruth Ben-Ghait,
Sarah Inama,
Scott Dworkin,
Sen. Amy Klobuchar,
Sen. Andy Kim,
Sen. Angus King,
Sen. Bernie Sanders,
Sen. Chris Murphy,
Sen. Chris Van Hollen,
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand,
Sen. Lisa Murkowski,
Sen. Maria Cantwell,
Sen. Patty Murray,
Sen. Raphael Warnock,
Sen. Ron Wyden,
Sharon McMahon,
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse,
Simon Rosenberg,
Stacey Abrams,
Stephanie Miller,
Stephen King,
Steve Brodner,
Steve Schmidt,
Sue Nethercott,
Sen. Tammy Duckworth,
Tennessee Brandon,
Thom Hartmann,
Tim Miller,
Tim Snyder,
Timothy Snyder
Tristan Snell,
Will Bunch,
Zev Shalev,
ADVOCACY GROUPS, MEDIA NETWORKS
ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union),
AICN (North Carolina),
American Oversight,
Bill Kristol/all NeverTrumpers,
Blue Future,
Blue Missouri,
Blue Wave,
Bluesky,
Bulwark Media,
CODEPINK,
CREW,
DemCast,
Democracy Forward,
Democracy Index,
DemocracyLabs,
Every State Blue,
Feathers of Hope/Jerry Weiss,,
Field Team 6 (North Carolina),
FiftyFifty one (50501),
Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF),
Fred Wellman/On Democracy,
"Hands Off,"
Indivisible,
Jessica Valenti/Abortion Everyday,
Lambda Legal,
League of Women Voters/Dr. Allan Lichtman,
Marc Elias/Democracy Docket,
MeidasTouch Network,
MoveOn,
MSNBC (an exception to corporate news, and their suppressing news0,
No Kings,
Olivia Troye,
Protect Democracy,
Public Citizen/Co-president Robert Weissman,
Run for Something,
Seneca Project,
Substack,
Team Sunrise,
The 19th/Errin Haines,
The American Manifesto,
The Bulwark,
The Civic Center,
The Dean's List/ Dean Obeidallah,
The Dr. Martin Luther King Center
The Lincoln Project,
The Politics Girl,
The States Project (North Carolina),
The Union (North Carolina)
Third Act,,
Thomas Zimmer/Democracy Americana,
Truth Matters,
We the People Dissent,
Working Families Party,
LAW FIRMS/ORGANIZATIONS, LAWYERS, COURTS, ACADEMIA
American Bar Association,
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer,
Big Ten Universities,
Brenna Trout Frey
David Pepper,
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher (representing the Amica Center for Immigrants Rights and others seeking to block funding cuts for immigrant legal services),
Harvard/President Alan M. Garber,
Hogan Lovells (seeking to block executive orders to end federal funding for gender-affirming medical care),
Jenner & Block (also seeking to block the orders on cuts to medical research funding),
Judge Hannah Dugan,
Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III,
(former) Judge J. Michael Luttig,
Judge James Boasberg,
Judge Paula Xinis,
Judge Royce Lamberth,
Justice Elena Kagan,
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson,
Justices Sonia Sotomayer,
Lawyers for Good Government,
Northwestern University,
Perkins Coie and Covington & Burling (have resisted Trump, fighting back with the help of other courageous firms like Williams& Connolly),
Presidents of 328 U.S. colleges and universities who have signed a letter condemning “government overreach" (including St. Louis University),
Ropes & Gray (seeking to block cuts to medical research funding), Susman Godfrey law firm,
UC Berkeley Law School Dean Erwin Chemerinsky,
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr (per the ABA Journal, representing fired inspectors general),
Wilmer Hale Keker, Van Nest & Peters,
Southern Poverty Law Center,
Letter signed by 500 law firms joined a court brief supporting Perkins Coie lawsuit against the Trump Administration),
To paraphrase Churchill: We shall fight them in the streets, we shall fight them on the sidewalks, we shall fight them on the internet, we shall fight them in the courts, we shall fight them in the Congress, we shall fight them in the voting booth--We shall never surrender. YOU ARE NEVER ALONE. SOLIDARITY..
So how do we "hold him accountable," short of Civil War scale violence?
This administration is criminal, and will kill those who oppose it. The killing in foreign gulags has started; it's only a matter of time until it's in the middle of Broadway at high noon.
Talk is cheap - and it's totally impotent against this gang of psychotic autocrats.
The fascists who constitute this regime - these religious fundamentalists, these oligarchs, these mentally unsound malevolents - do not care about polls. They are looking to destroy everything we hold dear about this country and to turn it into some sort of feudal state. Face it, in that they are largely succeeding and they have only been in power for about 100 days. I hope to God I'm wrong, but I seriously doubt that the midterm elections are going to be held. Why on earth would the fascists cede power when they hold all the reins of government in their clammy hands? Trump will "postpone" the midterms under some pretext or other, perhaps through a manufactured "emergency." For those who think our laws will hold, please consider that Trump has already made a mockery of the law by dispensing with habeas corpus, the very foundation of jurisprudence.
If this regime is to be stopped, it has to happen through mass civil disobedience and general strikes. We, the People, have to render the country ungovernable in order to bring the regime down. None of this will be easy, but that's what it will take.
What we desperately need, however, is a united opposition, both, to spearhead the resistance and to be in place to pick up the pieces once the regime crumbles.
These times are anything but normal. We cannot expect to resolve our situation through measures that provide the false comfort of normalcy.
For that matter, Sharon, the felon is supposed to have no control over the imposition of tariffs. Yet, here we are.
We’re at 99 days and counting. The nation has not yet tested what might happen under the imposition of martial law. It would be a mistake to expect the norms to hold.
Can someone please tell me if the president and vice president have a surety bond I can complain against? https://bondsforthewin.com/ There are so many things a lot of people could make a claim about.
Also, isn't it correct that taking the oath of office and ten minutes later pardoning all the J6ers is giving aid and comfort to insurrectionists, thereby disqualifying him from office?
Listening to your latest podcast - was thinking about a major change during Trump #1 he never received any backlash about: the cap in SALT deductions to $10,000. If -anything- was going to create buyer’s remorse, I was sure this would be it.
Someone has been impersonating you and using your name. I reported it, but you might want to look into it so no wrong things get mistakingly attributed to you.
Thursday is May Day: worker’s rights, Law Day - lawyers affirming their oaths - Beltane…. and Mayday the call of our Ship of State in danger. many organizations will be MARCHING for Democracy… however you participate, thank you, and thank you Tristan for your ongoing loyalty to your oath 🙏🏼
thanks Tristan for the great summary of "wins" - I know there have been times in the last 100 days when many us could never have imagined these victories, how real Americans are showing up.
When I think about this 100 days of chaos, certain images come to mind -
a man in a baklava grabbing someone off the street,
a chart showing a bad day on Wall Street.
a closed social security office,
the crazy-eyed Kash Patel, the "wild and crazy" Pete Hegseth,
Putin with a big smile on his face, the amazing protest in NY City,
and of course, front and center, Elon with his chainsaw....
pictures speak louder than words - hope we can find ways to get this montage of horribles in front of the public in every way possible!
thanks for your inspiration - information is power!
Glad too see someone is telling the people the truth. Americans are 20% poorer due to Trump’s polices. Less money for retirement, less money for weather disasters and less money for everyday needs as prices are increasing. Trump did that in <100 days!
At this point in Biden's term he had a 54% average approval rating. Trump now has approval ratings in low 40's.
When does the House GOP become unafraid of Trump and do their jobs? With a job approval rating that low this affects them in their districts. Maybe it is a tipping point.
Trump and MAGAs literally have to do everything and anything they can to remain in power or they’ll end up in prison with how much criminality and damage they are doing.
Time to wear this "Don't blame me, I voted for her" t shirt 👇
https://libtees.dashery.com/products/74030236-dont-blame-me-i-voted-for-harris-t-shirt
Speaking of national security, Der Spiegel just reported that two Russian spies were arrested and had Hegseth's contact information in their possession. Trump's supposed to keep our country safe, yet he allows this severely compromised ignoramus to continue on as the Department head.....what else do Russian spies now have because of these serious breaches in security??
Thanks for this great article Tristan, I appreciate it, as always. 🙏💙
We the People at Work
The People, the protectors of Democracy, are out and about. What "people," out where, about what--and why? First, millions said "Hand Off"to Trump/Musk et al, then on the 19th via 50501" (50 protests, 5o states, 1 Movement + Indivivable) millions more protested the mess in WDC. Also on the 19th we celebrated the "the shot heard around the world at Lexington and Concord, starting the Revolution and our country. On the 22nd protectors of the environment cleaned up a different kind of mess on Earth Day.
As important as the participants in environmental mess cleanup and American history are, this post is dedicated to the named and unnamed protestors fighting the Trump/Musk Washington, DC, tyrannical mess. Or as Susan Grymes calls it: "Protectors" of democracy, and so shall I in this post.
Who are the Protectors of democracy on April 5, 19th, May 1st--or all the everydays in between and into the future?? We will never know the names of each individual marcher, sign holder (or just standing together in solidarity). But we do know by name some people, advocacy groups, judges and law firms, and other entities who have not been cowed, and have fought back publicly--sometimes under threat of death.. Some, such as Sen. Cory Booker, with his 25 hour righteous speech on ethics, morality, and American democracy,have become an inspiration. Here then, in no particular order of noteworthy (except the first three), are the names of many of the army of protectors of democracy--and remember Courage is Contagious:
(Of course, the list is imperfect, Additions are welcomed. Also re-posting is permitted and encouraged.
PROTECTORS OF DEMOCRACY (By pen, voice, sign, or act)
(Updated April 28, 2025) Individuals
Heather Cox Richardson/"Letters from an American,"
Jess Piper/"View from Rural Missouri,"
Joyce Vance/"Civil Discourse,"
Rep. AOC,
AGs, 23 Blue States,
Aaron Parnas,
Adam Kinzinger,
Sen. Adam Schiff,
Adam Smith,
Alex Wagner,
Alexander Vindman,
Ali Velshi,
Alison Gill
Alvin Bragg (and the unnamed Manhattan jurors),
Amb. Susan Rice,
Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzales/Democracy Now,
Anand Giridharadas,
Anat Shenker-Osario,
Andrew Weissmann,
Andy Borowitz,
Ann Telnaes,
Anne Applebaum,
Annie Laurie Gaylor, FFRF (Freedom from Religion Founda
Ariella Elm
]
Ari Melber,
Asha Rangappa
August Flentje,
Ben Meiselas/MTN,
Beth Benike,
Brett Meiselas,
Brian Tyler Cohen,
Cassidy Hutchinson,
Charlotte Clymer,
Chris Geidne/LAW Dork
Chris Hayes,
Chris Krebs,
Col. Susannah Meyers,
Congressman Jim Himes,
D. Earl Stevens,
Dan Barker, FFRF (Freedom from Religion Foundation)
Dan Pfeiffer,
Dan Rather,
Daniel Berulis,
Daniel Morton-Bentley,
David Frumm,
David Hogg,
Dean Obeidallah,
Delia Ramirez,
Sen. Elizabeth Warren,
Sen. Elyssa Slotkin,
Erez Reuveni,
Rep. Eric Swalwell,
Francie Garber Pepper (1940-2025),
Garrison Keillor,
Garry Kasparov,
George Conway,
Glenn Kirschner,
Gov. Beshear,
Gov. Janet Mills,
Gov. Kathy Hochul,
Gov. Maura Healey (MA),
Gov. Tim Walz (MN),
Gov. Tony Evers (WI),
Greg Olear,
Harry Litman,
J.B. Pritzker,
Jake Auchincloss,
Rep. Jamie Raskin,
Rep. Jasmine Crockett,
Jay Kou,
Jeff Danziger,
Sen. Jeff Merkley,
Jeff Stein,
Jeff Tiedrich,
Jen Rubin And the Contrarians,
,Jeremy Seahill,
Jessica Craven,
Jessica Yellin,
Jill Filipovic
Jim Acosta,
Jim Hightower,
Jimmy Kimmel,
J-L Cauvin,
John Cusack,
John Larson
Sen. Jon Ossoff,
Jonathan Bernstein,
Jordy Meiselas,
Josh Johnson (stand-up comedian),
Josh Marshall/TPM,
Joy Reid,
Judd Legum (Popular Information),
Julie Roginsky,
Katie Phang,
Ken Harbaugh,
Lawrence O'Donnell,
Liz Cheney,
Lucian Truscott IV,
Marianne Williamson,
Mark Fiore,
Marvin Kalb,
Mary L. Trump,
Maxwell Frost,
Mayor Michelle Wu,
Mehdi Hasan,
Melvin Gurai,
Michael Bennett,
Michael Cohen,
Michel Zeitgeist,
Miles Taylor,
Nicolle Wallllace,
Noel Casler (former and current staff of the Inter-American Foundation, a small but mighty federal agency for Latin America)
Olga Lautman,
Oliva Troye,
Paul Krugman,
Prof. Lawrence Tribe,
Qasim Rachid,
Rabbi Joshua Hammerman,
Rachel Cohen,
Rachel Maddow,
Rebecca Solnit,
Rep. Andrew Egger,
Rep. Emily Randall,
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries,
Rep. Jessica Denson,
Rep. Jonathan V. Last,
Rep. Noe Casler,
Rep. Pramila Jayapal,
Rep. Sarah Longwell,
Rep. Al Green,
Rep. Don Beyer,
Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde,
Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II,
Representative Yassamin Ansari
Rez Reuveni (acting deputy director for the Office of Immigration Litigation, and his supervisor),
Rich Wilson,
Robert B. Hubbell,
Robert Reich,
Roger Parloff,
Ron Filipkowski,
Ruth Ben-Ghait,
Sarah Inama,
Scott Dworkin,
Sen. Amy Klobuchar,
Sen. Andy Kim,
Sen. Angus King,
Sen. Bernie Sanders,
Sen. Chris Murphy,
Sen. Chris Van Hollen,
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand,
Sen. Lisa Murkowski,
Sen. Maria Cantwell,
Sen. Patty Murray,
Sen. Raphael Warnock,
Sen. Ron Wyden,
Sharon McMahon,
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse,
Simon Rosenberg,
Stacey Abrams,
Stephanie Miller,
Stephen King,
Steve Brodner,
Steve Schmidt,
Sue Nethercott,
Sen. Tammy Duckworth,
Tennessee Brandon,
Thom Hartmann,
Tim Miller,
Tim Snyder,
Timothy Snyder
Tristan Snell,
Will Bunch,
Zev Shalev,
ADVOCACY GROUPS, MEDIA NETWORKS
ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union),
AICN (North Carolina),
American Oversight,
Bill Kristol/all NeverTrumpers,
Blue Future,
Blue Missouri,
Blue Wave,
Bluesky,
Bulwark Media,
CODEPINK,
CREW,
DemCast,
Democracy Forward,
Democracy Index,
DemocracyLabs,
Every State Blue,
Feathers of Hope/Jerry Weiss,,
Field Team 6 (North Carolina),
FiftyFifty one (50501),
Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF),
Fred Wellman/On Democracy,
"Hands Off,"
Indivisible,
Jessica Valenti/Abortion Everyday,
Lambda Legal,
League of Women Voters/Dr. Allan Lichtman,
Marc Elias/Democracy Docket,
MeidasTouch Network,
MoveOn,
MSNBC (an exception to corporate news, and their suppressing news0,
No Kings,
Olivia Troye,
Protect Democracy,
Public Citizen/Co-president Robert Weissman,
Run for Something,
Seneca Project,
Substack,
Team Sunrise,
The 19th/Errin Haines,
The American Manifesto,
The Bulwark,
The Civic Center,
The Dean's List/ Dean Obeidallah,
The Dr. Martin Luther King Center
The Lincoln Project,
The Politics Girl,
The States Project (North Carolina),
The Union (North Carolina)
Third Act,,
Thomas Zimmer/Democracy Americana,
Truth Matters,
We the People Dissent,
Working Families Party,
LAW FIRMS/ORGANIZATIONS, LAWYERS, COURTS, ACADEMIA
American Bar Association,
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer,
Big Ten Universities,
Brenna Trout Frey
David Pepper,
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher (representing the Amica Center for Immigrants Rights and others seeking to block funding cuts for immigrant legal services),
Harvard/President Alan M. Garber,
Hogan Lovells (seeking to block executive orders to end federal funding for gender-affirming medical care),
Jenner & Block (also seeking to block the orders on cuts to medical research funding),
Judge Hannah Dugan,
Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III,
(former) Judge J. Michael Luttig,
Judge James Boasberg,
Judge Paula Xinis,
Judge Royce Lamberth,
Justice Elena Kagan,
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson,
Justices Sonia Sotomayer,
Lawyers for Good Government,
Northwestern University,
Perkins Coie and Covington & Burling (have resisted Trump, fighting back with the help of other courageous firms like Williams& Connolly),
Presidents of 328 U.S. colleges and universities who have signed a letter condemning “government overreach" (including St. Louis University),
Ropes & Gray (seeking to block cuts to medical research funding), Susman Godfrey law firm,
UC Berkeley Law School Dean Erwin Chemerinsky,
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr (per the ABA Journal, representing fired inspectors general),
Wilmer Hale Keker, Van Nest & Peters,
Southern Poverty Law Center,
Letter signed by 500 law firms joined a court brief supporting Perkins Coie lawsuit against the Trump Administration),
To paraphrase Churchill: We shall fight them in the streets, we shall fight them on the sidewalks, we shall fight them on the internet, we shall fight them in the courts, we shall fight them in the Congress, we shall fight them in the voting booth--We shall never surrender. YOU ARE NEVER ALONE. SOLIDARITY..
E pluribus unum ( "Out of many, one
Woo hoo, Larry!!! Thank you!!!!!
You're welcome. Forward together in Soliditarity.
So how do we "hold him accountable," short of Civil War scale violence?
This administration is criminal, and will kill those who oppose it. The killing in foreign gulags has started; it's only a matter of time until it's in the middle of Broadway at high noon.
Talk is cheap - and it's totally impotent against this gang of psychotic autocrats.
Pressure Republicans to impeach him. Tell them they will lose their seats if they continue to support him.
Exactly this, Nancy. What can we do besides protest, make calls, tank his approval ratings? This is out of control, and I feel lost.
Excellent list of awesome Human Beings💗
The fascists who constitute this regime - these religious fundamentalists, these oligarchs, these mentally unsound malevolents - do not care about polls. They are looking to destroy everything we hold dear about this country and to turn it into some sort of feudal state. Face it, in that they are largely succeeding and they have only been in power for about 100 days. I hope to God I'm wrong, but I seriously doubt that the midterm elections are going to be held. Why on earth would the fascists cede power when they hold all the reins of government in their clammy hands? Trump will "postpone" the midterms under some pretext or other, perhaps through a manufactured "emergency." For those who think our laws will hold, please consider that Trump has already made a mockery of the law by dispensing with habeas corpus, the very foundation of jurisprudence.
If this regime is to be stopped, it has to happen through mass civil disobedience and general strikes. We, the People, have to render the country ungovernable in order to bring the regime down. None of this will be easy, but that's what it will take.
What we desperately need, however, is a united opposition, both, to spearhead the resistance and to be in place to pick up the pieces once the regime crumbles.
These times are anything but normal. We cannot expect to resolve our situation through measures that provide the false comfort of normalcy.
Homi, you can sign up for a general strike here: https://generalstrikeus.com/. When they get 11 million signatures they will call the strike.
Excellent! Thank you, Paula. Done.
Happy to help.
The midterm elections are administered by the states. The felon has no control over state matters.
For that matter, Sharon, the felon is supposed to have no control over the imposition of tariffs. Yet, here we are.
We’re at 99 days and counting. The nation has not yet tested what might happen under the imposition of martial law. It would be a mistake to expect the norms to hold.
Can someone please tell me if the president and vice president have a surety bond I can complain against? https://bondsforthewin.com/ There are so many things a lot of people could make a claim about.
Also, isn't it correct that taking the oath of office and ten minutes later pardoning all the J6ers is giving aid and comfort to insurrectionists, thereby disqualifying him from office?
I think that beats the previous record, set by… whaddya know? Donald J Trump.
This is all well and good. But we've got 3-1/2 years of this shit left.
This is all well and good. But we've got 3-1/2 years of this shit left.
This is all well and good. But we've got 3-1/2 years of this shit left.
This is all well and good. But we've got 3-1/2 years of this shit left.
Listening to your latest podcast - was thinking about a major change during Trump #1 he never received any backlash about: the cap in SALT deductions to $10,000. If -anything- was going to create buyer’s remorse, I was sure this would be it.
To be fair, trump was always a failure. This the GOP failing America, again.
Tristan Snell,
Someone has been impersonating you and using your name. I reported it, but you might want to look into it so no wrong things get mistakingly attributed to you.
Thursday is May Day: worker’s rights, Law Day - lawyers affirming their oaths - Beltane…. and Mayday the call of our Ship of State in danger. many organizations will be MARCHING for Democracy… however you participate, thank you, and thank you Tristan for your ongoing loyalty to your oath 🙏🏼