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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Her remarks followed chaos caused by a rescinded executive order that temporarily shut down Medicaid portals nationwide.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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[–] dustyb0tt0mz@lemmy.world 32 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

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.

[–] bane_killgrind@slrpnk.net 10 points 7 hours ago

She has employees

Donate to her

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[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 61 points 12 hours ago (2 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

[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

First president with gage earrings.

[–] billiam0202@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Does smashing your head against the podium give you gauges? Cause he clearly doesn't have anything missing (except for intelligence, compassion, and empathy) and they wouldn't release the medical record, so the likelihood he was hit or grazed by the bullet is IMO is slim to none.

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[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 246 points 16 hours ago (58 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 40 points 13 hours ago (3 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 9 points 8 hours ago

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

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[–] skhayfa@lemmy.world 11 points 10 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 13 points 8 hours ago (6 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 9 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (8 children)

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.

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