Paul CantrellFeb 10

This is exactly the groundwork we need to be laying right now, and I’m delighted to hear it coming from a US Senator (!):

If Trump tries to prevent a fair election from happening, then we need “a true national strike in the sense that, if they do this, if they try to overthrow our democracy, if you are allied with democracy, do not go to work . If you’re a pilot, do not show up. If you drive a train, do not show up. If you’re a teacher, do not show up. We grind the country to a halt.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/06/donald-trump-voting-midterms-democrat-national-strike

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‘Grind the country to a halt’: Democrat urges national strike if Trump meddles in midterms

In wake of Donald Trump’s call for Republicans to ‘take over’ voting, senator Ruben Gallego urges citizens to take a stand and give the ‘ultimate response’

The Guardian
Show threadPaul CantrellFeb 10

This part is especially important (emphasis added):

“If we have to destroy the stock market to save democracy, we need to accept that and, more importantly, •••the richest and the most powerful people in the world and in this country need to understand that that is a real possibility.••• There is no economic stability without democratic stability. If you take away our democratic stability, we will take away the economic stability.”

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@inthehands @jwz yeah, “economic stability trumps (no pun – he can’t achieve this himself) every other consideration” feels really stale to me after COVID.
Feb 10 at 4:42amWeb