Trump resistance is ready for when Democrats are done grieving [View all]

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/11/22/trump-resistance-groups-democrat-movement/76414325007/

"But Trump's win has also created renewed interest in progressive activism. Since Election Day thousands of Americans have newly joined the loose coalition of online and in-person groups aimed at challenging Trump's policies in court and in Congress, according to several of the organizers.

While plenty of Democrats are tired, frustrated and tuning out the news, the coalition of anti-Trump resistance groups that were hastily put together in 2016 and 2017 already have the infrastructure in place to continue the fight when their members are ready to re-engage.

Strategy calls have attendance levels that rival what they saw in 2017 and volunteers are rushing to offer to run for office or back expected lawsuits. Local activists say people are asking for tangible actions they can take to push back on what Trump's second-term agenda, such as mass deportations of people in the country illegally or abolishing the Department of Education.

Ezra Levin, co-founder of the progressive non-profit organization Indivisible, told USA TODAY that 11,000 people showed up to an election result debriefing call Indivisible held the day after the election and more than 40,000 were on a call announcing a new version of the Indivisible Guide a week later, numbers he hasn't seen since 2017."

THe article covers progressive groups all around the country. The heartening thing about this is that there is already a well-developed infrastructure in place and activists are flocking to it.

I was at the Indivisible meeting a week after the election with 40,000 people and Elizabeth Warren and it was very inspiring.

THe new Indivisible guide is out now.