Approval ratings might fall, but they've installed a system in nearly unchecked power, and have shown a blatant disregard for law. It's probably too late for even the base to affect change without bloodshed.

The flipside of the "states' rights" movement is that the Federal Government is much weaker: so while it's easier to strip away rights and dismantle federal institutions, it's also easier for individuals to oppose the concrete harm that'd cause by working the levers of their local government. https://plush.city/@scarlet/114355949314782873 gives a few concrete things that individuals (not even groups) can do, which might make an outsized difference.

You're right in normal situations, but masked federal agents (HOURS FROM MY HOME) are kidnapping and sending US citizens to foreign gulags. As what point does "states rights" extend to the physical protection of its citizens? Will my local police protect me from the gestapo?

US citizens? Plural? Please provide at least two examples. So far I've heard of one legal resident, and zero citizens.

If you have an example, I have people to yell at about it. But I don't think you're correct.

That's the topic of section 9 (quoted below, with minor formatting changes). I recommend reading the whole thing, since it also explains how to raise things, how to follow up in a way that gets them addressed…

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If you're concerned about ICE, then you'll want to show up at your City or County council and hit the following points -

* Are local police cooperating with ICE?

* Are they following due process?

* What happens when due process isn't followed?

* If ICE isn't following due process, and local police are still coordinating, then how will they keep residents safe?

I know things feel dire, and things are certainly very bad for sure, but they have been bad before and things turned around. The Gilded Age comes to mind. Hell, even Nazi Germany didn't last forever.

Don't despair. Do what you can to make the world you want to see, accept the things outside your control, turn off social media, and stay positive!

>Hell, even Nazi Germany didn't last forever.

But they did cause the death of some 70+ million people. And they didn't have nukes.

...or social media.

When I look back at my family tree there is a massive gaping hole where "killed by the Nazis" sits. "Don't worry we'll get through this" doesn't account for the tombstones of all the people who don't get through it.

The Gilded Age was followed by the Great Depression.

> accept the things outside your control, turn off social media, and stay positive!

Is a crazy statement to see next to

> even Nazi Germany didn't last forever.

> Hell, even Nazi Germany didn't last forever.

How'd that work out for the millions slaughtered while the vast majority of the German population (who knew about the death camps) did nothing?

I'm getting pretty sick of this twee bullshit about how "we've come back from worse!". No. Not all of us did. Stop it