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Chuck DarwinAmericans aren’t waiting for the Democratic Party to take on Trump In February, anti-Trump demonstrations took place in all 50 states, part of the of 50501 movement (which stands for 50 protests, 50 states, one day).On March 15, thousands of people marched in New York City under the banner of public employee unions against the Trump/Musk cuts to public services. The arrest of pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, a green-card-holding Columbia University graduate who played a prominent role in anti-Israel protests last year, has sparked an uproar over whether the Trump administration is violating the 1st Amendment by targeting immigrants for their political beliefs.And God bless New York Rep. <a href="https://c.im/tags/Alexandria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Alexandria</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Ocasio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ocasio</a>-<a href="https://c.im/tags/Cortez" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cortez</a>, 35, and Vermont Sen. <a href="https://c.im/tags/Bernie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bernie</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Sanders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sanders</a>, 83, who are on the road in Western states with their “Fighting Oligarchy” tour, which has drawn thousands of people to arenas this week in Arizona, Nevada and Colorado.There’s more. “Missing member” events, for example, where voters are holding their own town halls because their Republican members of Congress are too afraid to face them.In some cases, constituents step up to a microphone and pose questions to an empty chair. In Wisconsin, Republican Rep. Derrick Van Orden did not show up at a town hall, so a Democrat from a nearby district, Rep. <a href="https://c.im/tags/Mark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mark</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Pocan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pocan</a>, came instead and spoke to 300 people next to an empty chair with Van Orden’s name on it.Hundreds of healthcare workers demonstrated outside the Anaheim Hills office of Republican Rep. <a href="https://c.im/tags/Young" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Young</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Kim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kim</a> the other day to protest expected cuts to Medicaid, the health safety net for more than 72 million low-income and disabled Americans. And millions of Americans all over the country may answer the call on Saturday, April 5, for a “Hands Off” protest organized by Indivisible, the progressive grassroots group that got its start in 2017 when a handful of congressional staffers put together a handbook about peaceful, effective resistance to right-wing power grabs. The “Hands Off” motto: “They’re dismantling our country. They’re looting our government. And they think we’ll just watch.” <a href="https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-03-23/donald-trump-elon-musk-democratic-party-resistance-oppositionr" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-03-23/donald-trump-elon-musk-democratic-party-resistance-oppositionr</a>

Chuck DarwinProgressive lawmakers (AKA The Democratic Wing of the Democratic Party) condemned Donald Trump and Elon Musk on Monday, ➡️pointing to the attempted shuttering of the foreign aid agency USAid and the accessing of the treasury department’s federal payment system as the markings of a ⚠️“constitutional crisis”.After Musk declared that he was working to shut down USAid, Democratic members of Congress tried to enter the agency’s Washington headquarters but said they were turned away on the orders of Musk’s “department of government efficiency” (Doge). USAid staffers were also locked out of the building on Monday, as the White House confirmed plans to merge the agency with the state department.Addressing reporters outside the USAid headquarters, Representative Ilhan <a href="https://c.im/tags/Omar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Omar</a>, a Democrat of Minnesota, accused Trump and Musk of attempting to “take away the constitutional power of Congress”, which has the authority to allocate federal funds.“We are witnessing a constitutional crisis,” Omar said. “We talked about Trump wanting to be a dictator on day one, and here we are. This is what the beginning of dictatorship looks like. When you gut the constitution and you install yourself as the sole power, that is how dictators are made.”The clash at USAid came one day after news broke that Musk’s associates had received access to the treasury department’s federal payment system, potentially exposing the sensitive personal data of millions of Americans. Democratic lawmakers reported receiving a deluge of calls from constituents expressing alarm over the possibility that their personal information might have been jeopardized.“Donald Trump has given unprecedented power over the federal government to an unelected, unaccountable billionaire,” Representative Greg <a href="https://c.im/tags/Casar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Casar</a>, a Democrat of Texas and chair of the congressional progressive caucus, said in a statement. “Progressives will fight this in the courts, on the House floor, and with every tool at our disposal until Elon Musk is out of our government and no longer putting taxpayers, the sick, and the elderly at risk.”Senator Elizabeth <a href="https://c.im/tags/Warren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Warren</a>, a Democrat of Massachusetts, sent a letter to Trump’s new treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, on Sunday to demand answers for his role in allowing Musk’s team access to the payment system. She warned that such access “puts the country at greater risk of defaulting on our debt, which could trigger a global financial crisis”.“It is extraordinarily dangerous to meddle with the critical systems that process trillions of dollars of transactions each year, are essential to preventing a default on federal debt, and ensure that tens of millions of Americans receive their Social Security checks, tax refunds, and Medicare benefits,” Warren wrote. “The American people deserve answers about your role in this mismanagement, which threatens the privacy and economic security of every American.”Representative Alexandria <a href="https://c.im/tags/Ocasio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ocasio</a>-<a href="https://c.im/tags/Cortez" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cortez</a>, a Democrat of New York, described the intervention of Musk, who spent more than $290m on the 2024 election, as a “five alarm fire” and a “grave threat to national security”.“This is a plutocratic coup. If you want the power, run for office and be chosen by the people,” Ocasio-Cortez said in a social media post. “Short of that, this is an exercise in vigilantism.” <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/03/trump-musk-plutocratic-coup?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/03/trump-musk-plutocratic-coup?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</a>

Joan't Stop Me Now 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️😷Hang on. Omar, Tlaib, Ocasio-Cortez all not only won their seats, but resoundingly wiped the floor with their Republican opponents?? Hold your ground, stay true to your principles and to yourself, and never *ever* concede to the right. ¡No pasarán! ✊🏼 Sources: <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-elections/minnesota-us-house-district-5-results" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-elections/minnesota-us-house-district-5-results</a><a href="https://theintercept.com/2024/11/06/dearborn-michigan-rashida-tlaib-kamala-harris-gaza/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://theintercept.com/2024/11/06/dearborn-michigan-rashida-tlaib-kamala-harris-gaza/</a><a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4978657-ocasio-cortez-trump-2024-election/amp/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4978657-ocasio-cortez-trump-2024-election/amp/</a><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/IlhanOmar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IlhanOmar</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/RashidaTlaib" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RashidaTlaib</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Ocasio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ocasio</a>-Cortez <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/AOC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AOC</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Minnesota</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Michigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Michigan</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/NewYork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewYork</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/NoPasar%C3%A1n" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoPasarán</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/AntiFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AntiFascism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Solidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Solidarity</a>

HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴(17/n)"...beneficiary of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RonDeSantis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RonDeSantis</a>’s [<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RDS</a>] <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/redistricting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#redistricting</a> in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Florida</a>, where she is strongly favored to take the 13th District seat currently occupied by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democrat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Democrat</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CharlieCrist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CharlieCrist</a>, who is running against <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DeSantis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DeSantis</a> for governor. ...,👉 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Luna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Luna</a> has the potential to become the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Alexandria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Alexandria</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ocasio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ocasio</a>-Cortez [<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AOC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AOC</a>] of the far right👈... However, there may also be a cascade effect that goes much deeper than these short-term...

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