https://www.democraticunderground.com/10113922

Other than the outstanding leaders speaking truth to power, lately led by AOC, Bernie Sanders and Tim Walz, leaders have to be led.

John Lewis and Dr. Martin Luther King are gone.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219813493

Will you take their place in a demonstration or show up at the Sanders-OC road show?

When 30,000 people show up, it sends a message.

Those who do are ignorant and wrong.

As correctly noted: there exists no mechanism of governance affording Democrats and other opponents of Trump the power or authority to countervail Trump’s lawless acts – save that of the courts.

The blame rests solely with Congressional Republicans – it’s their responsibility to remove Trump from office via the impeachment process; but Congressional Republicans are blind partisan members of the Trump Cult, those who aren’t in the Cult are cowards.

Don't you mean "better?"

at this point.

It's truly up to us to create the push back and unite.

Politicians aren't going to get us out of 40 years of right-wing brainwashing. Talking to your friends, family, and neighbours and actively trying to deprogramme them is the only thing that stands a chance of doing it.

FWIW, this is my top priority:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220146722

I would suggest that works only when the political leadership supports the peoples' position, e.g. The Civil Rights Act of 1964. The President was a Democrat and both chambers of the Congress had massive Democratic majorities. Which is not to say I disagree with the value of the ongoing protests against the Trump agenda but his average approval rating is still near 50%. The crazy people who elected him, still support him.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/donald-trump-approval-rating-polls.html#

And when you add the intimidation factor by Trump in cowering the GOP lawmakers' actions, the power of the people is toothless.

I think Trump actually believes he can personally run the government and will eliminate federal workers and agencies to the point the government can't effectively function; after which time he'll make daily decisions on what the government does and just tell the Cabinet members to "make it so."

As a point of fact, he's already doing that...

..if Trump's poll numbers drop and if we make it to the 2026 midterms and if Trump hasn't corrupted the election process.