The three branches of our government are supposed to be equal. This is what we Democrats have been warning about and now it is happening. My question now is how can we stop him?

Trump has not yet gotten control of the U.S. military and can't yet use it to quell dissent.

If somehow the American people could rise up en mass NOW and all across the country to reject Trump's authoritarianism, he could be stopped.

Even without the help of MAGA and Trump voters, he could be stopped.

But it would take literally half the country to do this. Crowd sizes similar to the George Floyd protestors would be crushed by local law enforcement throughout the country.

But they wouldn't be able to crack down on half the U.S. population.

The big question is how? How could that be brought about and how could that be brought about quickly?

If our democratic elected officials at all levels of government unified and pushed to make this happen fast, then that would be our best chance.

Sadly, I don't see them doing that without quick and completely overwhelming pressure from us.

Literally tens of millions of us would have to flood their email, their phone lines, their social media, and their offices with demands that they do their best to get the American people to stand up en mass against Trump and his agenda. By stand up, I mean take to the streets and shut society down until Trump withdraws his authoritarian executive orders and backs down.

This is possible at least in theory.

Trump has not yet consolidated his power.

But we're quickly running out of time.

Trump is consolidating his power way too fast.

Does that mean they have to wait for a baby to be born to exercise standing?

Of course, the problem is that the undocumented family will not want to out themselves.

I'm proud of NC Governor Josh Stein - NC's first Jewish governor - and our Attorney General Jeff Jackson.

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