Leaders in Democratic States Begin Planning to Fight Trump Policies
www.nytimes.com
Governors such as Gavin Newsom of California and JB Pritzker of Illinois are calling on state lawmakers to gird for battle, particularly in the courts.
  • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
    181·
    2 months ago

    This is a comment I had in another thread. I think it applies here as well.

    First of all, it’s not your fault. There already is a lot of people on Lemmy trying to blame ourselves for what happened while the R’s are legally cheating every which way you turn. We probably don’t even know the half of it. It’s not our fault, the end. If you voted for Harris, you did well.

    Also, stop looking at the big picture and take care of your family and friends while sticking together. Us being in distress is good for them to make democracy end that much easier. Take care of yourself and family, the government will not. I mean it, support each other.

    If people are being shitty and wanting us to fight inwards, ignore it, downvote it, and move on. Don’t fall for the trap.

    Accept that half of our voting population doesn’t care about anyone but themselves. Those people, just ignore them. Let them whine and cry when they get shit on too. Keep all of that energy for yourself and the people who you need to support and protect.

    You’re going to have to consider this a hostile takeover from the far-right, white nationalists, *billionaires, Russia and China. Buckle up.

    • silence7@slrpnk.netOP
      20·
      2 months ago

      He’s angling for it, but I’m far from clear that he’d win a competitive Democratic primary.

      • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        7·
        2 months ago

        I don’t think he would perform that well. He has decent support in California running against Republicans, but those who are against him are REALLY REALLY against him because of his general heavy-handedness, and he doesn’t win too much love from the real left either.

        That said, he had handled a lot of things (especially covid) swiftly and decisively enough that support could be drummed up without that much effort. It wouldn’t be a sweeping blow out, but it would be possible.

        • Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip
          7·
          2 months ago

          tl;dr for people not in california. hes a heavy system democrat, so progressives dont really like him, but he runs on charisma which is something important for elections.

          • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            3·
            2 months ago

            Yeah those were the words I was looking for honestly. He is a good “stop the bleeding” kinda candidate but you ain’t gonna get any Bernie Energy out of him.

    • tetrachromacy@lemmy.world
      9·
      2 months ago

      I hope not. We need an actual progressive to try and run. Newsom IMO is a corporate centrist posing as a coastal liberal, in the same vein as Feinstein. Lots of liberal friends but when the chips are down they choose to support big businesses and not the people living in their state.

    • stoly@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 months ago

      I’d have been all for mayor Gavin but then he decided to be a centrist corpo lover.