Paul Cantrell @inthehands@hachyderm.io
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If Congress doesn’t have the power of the purse and the courts don’t have the power of law, then our system of checks and balances crumbles and the US constitution is finished.

Either the administration faces immediate and overwhelming resistance to this, or democracy in the US is over.

Paul Cantrell @inthehands@hachyderm.io
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There are mass protests in Serbia right now.

There are mass protests in South Korea right now.

And yes, there are mass protests in the US right now, getting larger and larger by the week. You don’t hear much about it — the press is sheepish about covering it — but it •is• happening.

Time to show up. Over and over.


latimes.com/california/story/2

Los Angeles, CA - February 02: Thousands of protesters gathered downtown to demonstrate for immigration rights, blocking lanes on the 101 Freeway at times on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025 in Los Angeles, CA. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Thousands rally in downtown Los Angeles, shut down 101 Freeway to protest Trump's immigration policies

Draped in Mexican and Salvadoran flags, roughly 1,000 demonstrators gathered near City Hall shortly before noon, blocking traffic at Spring and Temple streets.

www.latimes.com · Los Angeles Times

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