3/ Via @StaceyCornelius:

I watched AOC's Insta stories yesterday. She said phone calls are making a difference. She has acquaintances across the aisle who are noticing the outrage.

And that people need to up their phone calls, b/c conservatives are much better at it and in much bigger numbers.

The pressure is working.

4/ Via @Nonya_Bidniss:

Heard on a podcast this week, I believe it was Dahlia Lithwick's: Yes the courts will be very important & esp it's critical that many, many lawsuits be brought bc even if the SCOTUS is in Trump's/oligarchs' pockets, they can't & won't take every case that comes through the appeals process. They'll take a few. But if there's a flood, it means Federal courts will be able to stop a lot of the malicious shenanigans, and SCOTUS won't end up involved in the majority of cases.

5/ Even if we lose court cases, each ruling against them knocks them down a peg, provides public information that FOIAs may not be able to access anymore, and encourages more people to get out and do something.

EVERY single time we slow them down, they lose momentum, they become a little weaker, & we become stronger & more inspired to fight back even harder.

It's incremental, folks. Courts are 1 component, protests are another, pressuring Congress is another, joining school bds, unions, etc

@GottaLaff

Every little bit helps. As individuals, we can only do so much, but collectively, with everyone doing their little bit, it makes a huge difference. This is how we stop fascism. This is what those Germans who just went along should have done a century ago. We can't wonder why they didn't, we just have to do better this time around.

@goodreedAJ @GottaLaff Oh, they did. There are quite a few stories of little successes here and there.

It was not enough.