Posted on 12/28/2016 12:41:26 PM PST by UnwashedPeasant
As progressives search for the next step in a world where Republicans will control the White House, both chambers of Congress and the majority of statehouses and governor’s mansions, the nascent anti-Trump resistance movement has been doing civil disobedience outside Trump Tower, pushing for bipartisan congressional investigations into Russian election meddling and itching to expose his Cabinet nominees’ conflicts of interest with the hope of sinking one — or perhaps even two or three — of them. Green Party-led recount pushes in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin drew national attention but in the end had little impact, other than to recertify Trump’s win, and Democratic efforts to urge Republican electors to vote their conscience, not their party, similarly sputtered.
Still, the liberal resistance to Trumpism has only started to gear up for what will probably be a series of epic battles around touchstone issues of race, immigration, health care and authoritarianism itself. Trump is weighted down by a 43 percent approval rating, making him the least popular newly elected president in the past half century. As the liberal-left works to organize in this environment, it confronts a set of opportunities, as well as tough questions about the path forward: Who should be the leaders of this resistance? Which strategies and tactics should they employ? What organizations and institutions could prove to be the savviest and most influential in curbing Trump’s authoritarian tendencies?
The answers will have implications not just for politics but also for the entire country during the coming Trump era. And the paths forward are in part illustrated by America’s rich history of political resistance on the left and the right — a legacy that’s both fraught and inspiring, filled with blinking yellow lights and solid-green guideposts. The resistance leaders will have at least four modes of viable dissent as they seek to launch a robust movement that can block some of the most feared aspects of Trump’s agenda.
Direct action... Lawsuits... Legislative obstruction... Electoral mobilization...
They are trying to start a movement. Pajama Boys on the march!
Trump is weighted down by a 43 percent approval rating.
51% now, more fake news.
Because liberals rioting and throwing temper tantrums has been so effective in winning the hearts and minds of Americans.
I’ve got some lessons for the “anti-Trump resistance”, and they come in several calibers.
As with most liberal polls, this is weighted by selective participants, of course....
Yep, it’s difficult to find Yayhoo news that isn’t fake.
Hey, Yahoo,
Have fun trying to get your merger with Verizon approved by Trump’s DOJ!
Funny, this list shows precisely why they are becoming irrelevant.
The quality of their "news" makes mother jones and the huff-n-puff post look legitimate.
Reader comments are a hoot. Lefties are completely outnumbered. I’ve noticed this on other sites. Except for dedicated left wing sites like Salon or Huff liberals are getting creamed in feedback.
I suggest they hold their breath until they get their way.
Yes. By all means, please do riot, whine and throw tantrums like a bunch of pre-schoolers. That should work out well for Dem candidates running in 2018.
(See Geo Wash Univ, latest news items.......)
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