usernamesAreTricky

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Starting March 5th

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/26257143

[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago

You can hold mid to lower level officials in contempt without as much pomp and circumstance as holding the president in contempt. They can be held in civil contempt (can include fines, asset seizures, and or jail time) which is not a criminal charge and thus not pardonable

If everyone below Trump gets the brunt, they're going to feel obliged to actually follow the courts rather than what Trump says

[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 days ago

Yes, just gets 10x less coverage than all the horrible things

For instance

The Trump administration restores federal webpages after court order

[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

My point is more so to fight every damn fight

Assuming that it's all worthless is exactly what Trump wants from everyone

For what it's worth, there are threats of contempt of court in some of those deliberate misinterpretations of the court

[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

Media coverage of any good news is pretty minimal lately, but he has largely (though not entirely with some deleberate misinterpretation of them) been complying with court orders for the moment

Fight every fight with every tool you have

[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml -4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (11 children)

He's mostly followed rulings so far, so yes

Edit: and to clarify, I mean this in a "fight every fight" kind of way. Don't give in and assume all fights are hopeless. That is exactly what Trump et al want from you. Use every tool to fight back

 
[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 days ago

NY is taking them to court over it - just as a note. States do have the ability to enforce things themselves, so a court ruling in their favor can be enforced by the state itself

[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 55 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Specifically in a few months on April 1, 2025. This will determine if Wisconsin keeps their 4-3 liberal-conservative split. The races are technically non-partisan but one candidate is an insane republican-endorsed figure. The other, Susan Crawford is already on the court and she has previously ruled to do things like stop gerrymandering in Wisconsin and helped give them fair maps

Make sure you are registered to vote - especially if you want a mail ballot! The deadline to register online is March 12th. Wisconsin also has same in-person registration available through election day via same day voter registration (not all state have this)

[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 days ago

Indivisible is also doing some good work with traction too. Local branches have been an organizer of some of those 50501 protests and they also do directed pressure on lawmakers

[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago

SCOTUS is insane, but they haven't been a pure rubber stamp for him in the past even recently. They're much more selective about when to be insane than people who don't watch the court closely think

It also takes time to get up to SCOTUS even if they do rule in his favor. The name of the game for opposition is delay delay delay, so even just slowing him down a lot is helpful

[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Progress often seems daunting and impossible until we make it happen

Many institutions that seemed impossible to tear down have been torn down before

It won't happen overnight, but there is always the possibility for progress when we fight for it

[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 42 points 3 days ago

He's created that in large part because of the media environment around him. Many republicans were upset and outraged on Jan 6th until they heard the fox news, rogan, etc line

Change the media consumption and a lot will follow from there. Changes to which media are more dominate are going to matter more than people think

[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 21 points 3 days ago

Notably those other platforms are all views that Joe Rogan isn't getting. They just add to the total. You don't have to top each platform individually to get to the overall highest

The article cited a source on overall views where you can see exactly what they described

https://app.podscribe.ai/series/top?months=1&orderDirection=desc&orderName=monthlyDownloads&pageIndex=0

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