If any of you live in New York, there is one simple thing you can do right now.
Write your state assembly rep, state senate rep, and the governor, supporting Senate Bill S4588.
It will deny House Republicans a crucial vote in the closely divided chamber. It will also give the Democrats a lot of leeway in how we handle special elections, which can be used to help Democrats win.
Hakeem Jeffries supports it. It’s a good and correct power grab.
New Yorkers!
Write Governor Hochul today and tell her to remove Eric Adams from the office of Mayor of New York!
​4 Deputy Mayors have resigned and are themselves calling for his removal!
Contact Form:
https://www.governor.ny.gov/content/governor-contact-form
Spread the word to your New York friends.
This is basically exactly what’s happening now.
A potential flash point for serious resistance has emerged.
These webinars are going to set up a test case for the Supreme Court.
Explaining to immigrants their legal rights is going to be declared a crime, and we are going to have a court ruling. If we win, good. If we lose, it’s the flash point. If they ignore the ruling… that’s war.
This is all extremely good and correct advice for how to resist this.
This is going to lead to a standoff between City/State and Federal law enforcement.
Trump is threatening the Boston Police Department​ over their refusal to assist ICE in deportations.
This is a big deal. This is a point of material resistance. Pay attention to this.​
He’s an hour into a serious filibuster.
“Tonight, I rise with the intention of getting in some good trouble. I rise with the intention of disrupting the normal business of the United States Senate for as long as I am physically able.”
It’s not a filibuster because no bill is being debated currently. It won’t even delay any official business unless he can go until noon, which he might.
Still going
And still going.
He beat Strom Thurmond’s vile filibuster of the Civil Rights Act.
These protests are important, and they’re growing.
I predicted the protests would get bigger when weather gets warmer. So far I’m right. Arab spring → American spring. I will also go out once it’s a little bit warmer 
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