Trump 100 days: after tepid start, protest movements – and Democrats – find footing
Although the resistance at the start of Trump’s second term was wobbly, ‘ordinary people’ are pushing the movement forwardThose opposed to Donald Trump’s agenda started his second term on a worse footing than the beginning of his first term.This time, the social media platform owners who previously tried to tamp down on false claims stood with him at his inauguration. Some major media outlets attempted to stay in Trump’s good graces. Democrats were wrecked by a popular vote loss, believing they lacked the backing to lead an opposition. The courts were stacked in Trump’s favor and had ruled the president had absolute immunity from criminal punishment for “official acts”. Continue reading...
Although the resistance at the start of Trump’s second term was wobbly, ‘ordinary people’ are pushing the movement forward
Those opposed to Donald Trump’s agenda started his second term on a worse footing than the beginning of his first term.
This time, the social media platform owners who previously tried to tamp down on false claims stood with him at his inauguration. Some major media outlets attempted to stay in Trump’s good graces. Democrats were wrecked by a popular vote loss, believing they lacked the backing to lead an opposition. The courts were stacked in Trump’s favor and had ruled the president had absolute immunity from criminal punishment for “official acts”. Continue reading...
