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Make the share prices fall further

I think they saying it is good that this is partially overturned because the the bans will kill trans youth

We can still fight back on the state level. States and local levels will lead the way for progress here

California got a state law to enforce net neutrality in 2018. This is a good part of what limited the damage of Trump overturning it the first time

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Internet_Consumer_Protection_and_Net_Neutrality_Act_of_2018

Trump is often a paper tiger. He quite often backs down from fights the minute someone pushes back. He's also been rather willing to throw people under the bus

He's not yet a dictator as much as he might be trying to make himself one. Most of his power in this moment is from people complying assuming he is. He is a lot weaker in actually getting you to do something if you resist than he wants you to believe. Don't do his dirty work for him

The fight isn't over until it's over

If they don't testify, they can put people in contempt of congress which can be enforced by the Sergeant at Arms. This is something that did happen to Steve Bannon when he refuesed to testify for the Jan 6th committee. Not just a hypothetical power

The Sergeant at Arms is part of the house, not the executive

If Trump tries to illegally dismissing congress, they could just still meet and direct the Sergeant at Arms anyway

Chuck Schumer had that power last wee

And the senate would not need to be involved here. All but 1 house dems did vote against it when there was a real chance to stop it (it wasn't 100% certain that republicans had the vors in the house)

House dems are livid at Schumer. The house has been better at opposing - it's just that their powers are much more limited while in the minority are more limited compared to the senate.

Democrats have no subpoena power or ability to hold official hearings while in the minority

The context was in flipping the house. They would be in the majority in that scenario

If you for half a second think a Republican-led House

Again the context was flipping the house

Don't conflate national dems and state dem parties. The state dems are fighting back far stronger

Hell many are defying trump straight to his face such as Maine's governor who told him in person that they'd not comply with his anti-trans stuff

Kathy Hochul is still enforcing NYC's congestion pricing despite Trump directly telling her to stop and threatning federal funding

And so on

We've had multiple special elections already this year. Dems have had some massive overperformances in some of them.

For instance, Iowa saw a Trump+21 district state senate distict flip

Virginia had special elections earlier in January where dems had a couple of point overperformance compared to harris

Stop doing Musk's and Trump's work for him and claim things are over before they're over. All this does is create cynicism and apathy that play straight into his power

Join on the streets too and vote in every damn election. They want you doing neither, so do both

That requires much more than just red states republican legislatures being complicit. That's just a straight up military coup at that point. That's not the scenario the earlier people were laying out

We've had hybrid senarios before. During Lincoln's elections, many southern states didn't even let him put his name on the ballot. He still won the election

If they don't testify, they can put people in contempt of congress which can be enforced by the Sergeant at Arms.

The Sergeant at Arms as I wrote. They are part of congress. They are not part of the executive branch

Under this process, the procedure for holding a person in contempt involves only the chamber concerned. Following a contempt citation, the person cited is arrested by the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House or Senate, brought to the floor of the chamber, held to answer charges by the presiding officer, and then subjected to punishment as the chamber may dictate (usually imprisonment for punishment, imprisonment for coercion, or release from the contempt citation).[18]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contempt_of_Congress

The sergeant at arms of the United States House of Representatives is an officer of the House with law enforcement, protocol, and administrative responsibilities. The sergeant at arms is elected at the beginning of each Congress by the membership of the House.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergeant_at_Arms_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives

even if in a hypothetical that it was just blue states that held elections, that would be enough to potentially flip the house. California and New York have enough potential and realistic house flips to change the US from red to blue

Because they do have power if they're willing to use it. It can slow them down. For instance,

They have subpoenas. Make republicans have to spend all their time talking about all the horrible things they're doing to the floor. Remove all their time to do said horrible things because they're too busy testifying

If they don't testify, they can put people in contempt of congress which can be enforced by the Sergeant at Arms. This is something that did happen to Steve Bannon when he refuesed to testify for the Jan 6th committee. Not just a hypothetical power