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Democratic leaders across US work to lead resistance against Trump’s agenda

www.theguardian.com Democratic leaders across US work to lead resistance against Trump’s agenda

Democrats from California to Illinois prepare to ‘Trump-proof’ and ‘fight to death’ against his extreme proposals

Summary

Following Trump’s re-election, Democratic leaders in blue states are preparing to resist his second-term agenda, focusing on issues like abortion access, immigration, civil rights, and climate action.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a special session to “Trump-proof” the state, while Illinois and Colorado governors launched a coalition to defend state institutions against authoritarianism.

State attorneys general are readying legal challenges, citing a conservative judiciary and a more prepared Trump team.

Democrats also aim to lead grassroots resistance, with activists urging bold state-level protections amid fears of federal overreach.

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Is this performative or an actual strategy?
- Maybe they'll sing Imagine.
  Edit: Actually since it's resistance they'll sing like Tubthumping or something "i get knocked down, but i get up again"
  
  #saltking
- Democratic leaders
  
  In other words, theatrics with no substance.
- Maybe tulsi will go blue again.
  
  The gay bashing Russian asset who will shortly have top secret access to all of our intelligence services? Nah....

Don’t forget to invest on disaster protection as Trump will just let blue states die.

Oh you sweet summer children. Bless your hearts.

Too little too late.

Don't stop a damn thing, put a billboard up for every victim.

Cute.

A little late and early for much but words but we'll be watching

Empty words from scum Newsom, the tormentor of the homeless and needy.
- yes, lets further divide what's left of the US. /s
  
  California is one state where criminalization efforts have taken root. Last year, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced he would set aside $750 million from the state budget to help local governments conduct encampment sweeps, even though studies have found this practice to be harmful to homeless people’s health.
  Criminalizing Homelessness: How New Laws Punish Poverty Instead of Solving It
  Criminalization of homelessness is happening across the nation
  
  My life is on a trajectory to homelessness with disability and a system that refuses to help me. This is me, in the future, being traumatized, abused, and dying in a gutter somewhere while being criminalized because a political refugee from the other side of the world had to have a driver's license but had the cognitive capacity of a third grader. I was just commuting to work on a bicycle, a racer, upper middle class guy, working in a chain of high end bike shops. I'm you on an extremely unlucky day. You're only one bad day away from this exact same issue.

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