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Summary

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez urged countering the Trump administration’s policies by resisting at every turn, arguing that its incompetence makes it vulnerable.

Her remarks followed chaos caused by a rescinded executive order that temporarily shut down Medicaid portals nationwide.

She encouraged activists to take offline action, citing ongoing mobilization efforts.

Her strategy focuses on making governance difficult for Trump, calling his administration “dangerous and cruel” but also “shockingly dim.”

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[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 28 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

"Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters."

A lot of Lemmy users really need to understand this. Far too often I see people deride want action that doesn't immediately fix all problems in the world as worthless or meaningless, simply because they lack the imagination needed to see how small actions can add up to big changes.

[–] hark@lemmy.world 4 points 35 minutes ago (1 children)

That's true, but it can also be used in reverse as a pacifying mechanism. For example, contributing to making the US the most incarcerated population in the world with ridiculously strict "tough on crime" legislation and then pardoning a small fraction of prisoners. Another example is forcing student loan debt to stick around through bankruptcy, but then forgiving a tiny fraction of loans. It's a move to pretend change is in motion, but it's so small and so slow that it's never going to actually solve the problem. This is especially bad when the other party makes such huge moves in the negative direction while we're supposed to be content with tiny steps toward "progress".

[–] Big_Boss_77@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 minute ago

Neighbor, you're who they're speaking to...

[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 2 points 41 minutes ago

This Lemmy user has the right idea.

[–] RangerJosey@lemmy.ml 8 points 37 minutes ago* (last edited 27 minutes ago) (2 children)

It isn't chump and his taintsuckers you gotta worry about.

It's the army of Federalist Society lawyers and policy experts around him. They've spent decades figuring out the removed in the armor of our governmental system. Figuring out how to dismantle it piece by piece.

Edit - wtf is that removed about? Wait....oh. bot thinks I did a racism.

[–] Machinist@lemmy.world 3 points 21 minutes ago (1 children)

Fucken hell, that's the correct fucking way to define a gap in armor. Bullshit. I really want to try a bunch of slurs out and see what sets it off.

[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 1 points 18 minutes ago (1 children)

Not much since you're on .world. .ml is much more strict.

[–] Machinist@lemmy.world 1 points 10 minutes ago

Jebus. I still haven't figured out if .ml is government funded or true believers. Very strange to me.

[–] ramjambamalam@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 minutes ago

There are better Lemmy hosts out there, just waiting for you to join.

[–] dustyb0tt0mz@lemmy.world 5 points 34 minutes ago

finally, a person with a STRATEGY. so sick of the whining.

she needs volunteers for personal escort and safety. i think she is going to be targeted.

[–] skhayfa@lemmy.world 11 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

That would be a great plan if the Dems were not spineless at best and complicit at worse

[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 4 points 37 minutes ago (1 children)

People see comments like this and get discouraged to vote or do anything meaningful. Life is choosing the lesser of two evils. By not choosing you have chosen the greater evil thus making you complicit.

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 3 points 22 minutes ago* (last edited 19 minutes ago)

That lesser evil still don't want Medicare for all, raise the federal minimum wage, and building more affordable housing-- all of which are actually what suffocate many Americans in the ever worsening wealth inequality. That's why people took the chance to vote Trump who promised tax cut, even though most Americans know they it doesn't actually benefit them but the 1%.

Look outside of the American mainstream news bubble and discourse that want you to pick the two lesser evils, instead of thinking outside the box. The only way for ordinary Americans to win basic rights is to organise and mobilise by advocating both ranked choice voting and promoting third parties. It won't happen in federal level so start on the local and state levels, and the changes will go up the chain to federal level. It's not like Americans haven't gone and out mobilised before for a better change. The people simply need to rediscover that they have the power.

[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 42 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Look at the "secret service detail" he picked.

He picked loyalty over skill, actually DEI

Just a few inches to the right

Few More Inches

[–] joyjoy@lemm.ee 22 points 4 hours ago

He got rid of DEI to make more room for cronyism.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 206 points 8 hours ago (41 children)

Any kind of on the ground movement or mobilization needs political support in the halls of power. It's what made the resistance demonstrated against Trump the first term possible, and the dynamic goes both ways. On the ground resistance gives political actors the space to be resilient. Resilient politicians give in the ground movement space to work.

Basically all other Democrats other than Bernie and AOC shrivelling up and hiding in their shells will have a chilling effect on our ability to organize on the ground.

[–] GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world 26 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

I've been bitching about the lack of leadership from the Democrats for a while now - I'm glad to see that others are seeing it too.

[–] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 41 minutes ago

They need to dump Wasserman-Schulz. She's a big part of the reason we're in this mess.

[–] mineralfellow@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

It's all been downhill since JFK...

[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 53 minutes ago

LBJ at least pushed for laws, he helped convince white senators to vote for the Civil Rights Act. I think if we had a second LBJ, we'd have something done.

...I'd rather not have a new VIetnam war if that was the case, however.

[–] DigitalNirvana@lemm.ee 31 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Heinrich from NM has made it clear that he will pushback. Let’s see what that looks like. I suggest folks that can contact your reps, now and frequently.

[–] 5in1k@lemm.ee 6 points 4 hours ago

Every day I have sent mine a note from the contact form on their pages. Angrily

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[–] NineMileTower@lemmy.world 86 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

If all Dems had her tenacity and honest interest in helping the middle class, we wouldn't be where we are.

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 50 points 8 hours ago

She encouraged activists to take offline action

Based

[–] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 46 points 8 hours ago

She is possibly our best hope.

[–] ohlaph@lemmy.world 23 points 7 hours ago

shockingly dim

When you hire yes men, you get some pretty dumb people.

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