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Observing American politics feels really strange at the moment (lemm.ee)

submitted 3 months ago by pet1t@lemm.ee to c/casualconversation@lemm.ee

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As an outsider (I live in Belgium) it feels very weird and dystopian to see everything happening in American politics with Trump and Musk.

On one side, it's very interesting and almost entertaining; on the other side, it's scary. I can't imagine what it must be like to live in the USA.

Americans, how do you cope? What's your take on the situation?

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[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 28 points 3 months ago (2 children)

There have been people fighting back. They just get 10x less media coverage than all the horrible things going on. This is part of what people mean when they say the revolution will not be televised

Many of their actions have been blocked in many of the federal courts and they are largely complying with those orders

There are many federal workers refusing to go along with all kinds of their action that slow them down

Many blue states and localities have already passed laws/ordinances to stop cooperating with the federal government ICE raid making them more difficult to carry out

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Where can I find info on the people fighting back. I have found some judges, but the workers and people like that is hard to find in mainstream media.

[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Democracy Docket is a good source for court battles. They cover all kinds of court cases and the updates on them you hardly find in other media

The other action is harder to find concentrated in one source, but there's people on various social media that try to signal boost the limited media coverage of that stuff. For instance, Ariella Elm (@ariellaelm.bsky.social), various activism groups like Indivisible, the r/fednews and r/50501 subreddit, etc.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

Thanks, I'll take a closer look at all of them.

[–] GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

The revolution will not be televised.