Heidi Li FeldmanWe are going to need a wholesale reconstruction of the U.S. federal government if we are ever to restore anything like rule of law and pluralistic democracy in the U.S. I know I have said this before, but it bears repeating. If Democrats gain control of one or even both houses in the midterms they may be able to limit just a bit of what Trump, with Roberts Court, can do but that will be only a small patch on a government that must be completely overhauled. 1/
This does not mean we shouldn’t fight like hell to protect the freedom and fairness of the midterms and to put as many Democrats in office as possible. But we also have to be honest with ourselves. This cold Second American Civil War will not be won nor ended by Democrats gaining control of one of or both houses in 2026. 2/
That would be a stopgap measure, en route to kicking Republican Fascism out of the White House. We need to wrest control of both Congress and the Executive in order to ever reform the Supreme Court as is necessary. 3/
Even if we put anti-fascists in the Presidency and in control of Congress, we will have to insist they do the work necessary to a) fix the corrupt Roberts Court, b) enact all manner of laws to undo the effects of Republican Fascist rule and to attempt to bulwark the federal government from future fascist demolition. 4/
Ben Rosengart@heidilifeldman Reformers will not be "pushing on an open door" — the same forces that helped Trump tear down the old order, will resist the imposition of a new. We'll need a great deal of organization and planning.