The No Kings protests affirmed widespread opposition to Trump\u2019s actions. As the midterms approach, we have an opportunity<\/p>\n
Last weekend, millions of us once again affirmed the foundation of the common good.<\/p>\n
Across America, people showed their solidarity \u2013 in opposition to Trump\u2019s ill-considered war in Iran, with immigrants being targeted by ICE and border patrol agents, with current and former public officials whom Trump is prosecuting, with the students and universities whose freedom to learn and speak continues to be threatened by Trump, in favor of the earth and stopping climate change, and with every American who\u2019s determined to reject dictatorship.<\/p>\n
Target vulnerable Republican senators and House members. Either get them to switch parties or become independents who caucus with Democrats, <\/strong>or<\/strong><\/em> flip their seats.<\/strong><\/p>\n Republican majorities are razor-thin in both chambers, and some Republicans who represent purple districts and states are struggling to keep their Republican supporters behind them. (They\u2019re also struggling with their own consciences in continuing to support Trump\u2019s authoritarian fascism.)<\/p>\n Begin organizing and mobilizing now to get out the vote for November\u2019s midterm elections \u2013 aiming for Democratic takeovers of both chambers of Congress by wide margins, which will severely limit what Trump can do after January 2027.<\/strong><\/p>\n The key will be to get out the vote. Make a plan. Use phone trees. Write postcards. Arrange transportation for people who need it.<\/p>\n Root out and challenge any Trump Republican attempt to intimidate likely Democratic voters or manipulate the election process.<\/strong><\/p>\n It\u2019s important that neither Trump nor his state lapdogs diminish the turnout of likely Democratic voters in the weeks leading up to the November midterms \u2013 by stationing federal agents near polling places, interfering with the counting or certifying of ballots, or altering laws and rules to make it harder to vote.<\/p>\n Robert Reich, a former US secretary of labor, is a professor of public policy emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a Guardian US columnist and his newsletter is at robertreich.substack.com<\/a>. His new book, Coming Up Short: A Memoir of My America, is out now in the US<\/a> and in the UK<\/a><\/p>\n Continue reading…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The No Kings protests affirmed widespread opposition to Trump\u2019s actions. As the midterms approach, we have an opportunity Last weekend, millions of us once again affirmed the foundation of the common good. Across America, people showed their solidarity \u2013 in opposition to Trump\u2019s ill-considered war in Iran, with immigrants being targeted by ICE and border … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70912\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}