Michael K Gilson

If the National Governors Association chooses to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.

We should be standing as one against the idea that Donald Trump can call up the National Guard against our will.

It’s time for soft secession How blue states can use their economic clout to stand up to Trump’s agenda—starting with California.

Interesting ideas for how blue states can exert power. Article is too long, so you can jump ahead to "Short of actual secession, what could California do?" for the good stuff.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Yes that’s exactly what it looks like

Either way, it is terrifying because it continues this administration's signalling that we should not expect there to be any limits on its aggression against those who oppose it -- up to and including violence.

U.S. Corporate media ignores that man who waged deadly attack on a Mormon church was a Trump supporter This fact was covered by international media but not US

U.S. Corporate media ignores that man who waged deadly attack on a Mormon church was a Trump supporter. This fact is important given Trump and Stephen Miller are seeking to blame Democrats for all violence to label Dem party a terrorist group. My article deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/us-corpora...

I hope it's clear to everyone now that Trump really is going for it - he's trying to become a dictator. I don't know if he'll succeed, but he's working to install himself as an autocrat unaccountable to voters. And he's weaponizing the military against Americans who oppose him as part of that effort

To Donald Trump:

Stop using military troops and ICE to invade and disrupt American cities.

Stop calling your political opponents “enemies” of the US.

Stop attacking the 1st Amendment.

Our troops and our nation deserve better than you acting as a petty tyrant.

A president threatening to withhold from an American city any federal funding if that city elects someone he doesn’t like. We’ve so normalized his abusing the powers of his office. Any other president before Trump would’ve been impeached for making such a threat.