I wouldn’t say optimism. There’s historical precedent for this. Whether or not it will happen I have no idea.

Allow me to introduce you to my friend court packing.

But also in terms of things like Roe, all we need to fix that is a law passed through congress. The court would have no constitutional basis challenging it at that point. If they did it loops back around to justifying court packing.

In terms of the global economy I doubt any of us could raise enough capital to impact corporate strategy

Did it look like Vance was actually disturbed by this? He looked off more than usual.

He made his bed, but I wonder if he’s having regrets

If this was about affordable housing you could easily utilize limited parcels of land adjacent to towns and build a few high density apartments with priority housing for federal workers, since these land management agencies typically already do have employee housing. Allow HUD to manage it for non-employees.

Done, no need to sell anything and they’ll likely make money.

This could be done using very little acreage and have a huge impact on affordability in rural communities. Even adding 100 new apartments could be a big help and have such a small footprint.

There are solutions, but these people just want more fossil fuels

I hard disagree with what you said, but you are also correct with the political situation.

A minority party in a normal world shouldn’t only be obstructionist. They should ideally all work together to make the best outcomes for the constituents. This is a functional democracy.

Now that our democracy is in absolute decay on the path to a fascist takeover (if not already there), you are absolutely right.

Maybe pedantic, but I feel like it’s important to remember how things should function.

The next one will probably be No Kings 2 combined with anti Iran war protests.

If we make it out the other end the bastard should hang for treason

You can’t take away their hobbies that’s unfair. Just think of those poor officers

I bring my phone. I likely won’t be breaking any laws, and I can afford a lawyer. So yeah arrest me and waste the system’s time. Just another data point they have to sort.

And if it gets to the point where none of that matters we were cooked anyway

On the flip side if people bring their partners and children I think it emphasizes the intent to protest peacefully and deflated the rhetoric the right is trying to build

I’d definently like him a lot more if he did

We are so very fucked

He wouldn’t but that would be absolutely amazing

I salute our troops

And I’m not talking about the national gaurd

Remember historically successful resitances don’t meet the enemy on an open front. They harrass and kill individuals. Soldiers that are alone, at home, and at the bar have historically been targets

Only useful if you know when and where someone will be. Obviously heightens surveillance capabilities, but they can’t be everywhere at once

The powerful and their goons seem to have forgotten that sure they can roll up anywhere with an army and overpower protesters, but that’s not going to solve this. It’s just going to start a true resistance.

There have been few times in history where resistance forces have fought state forces on an open battlefield.

As seen historically, a typical resistance force will harrass the enemy. Bomb their buildings, stockpiles, and infrastructure. Wait until the state goons are alone, at their homes, at the bar, in a grocery store and then that’s when they kill them.

All sending the national gaurd in to kill protesters will result in is a true resitance forming.

The powerful have forgotten what it was like to be afraid to leave their fortresses