# The Resistance is Working

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**Created:** [February 13, 2025, 6:40pm UTC](https://spaceisameansofproduction.discourse.group/t/the-resistance-is-working/70 "2025-02-13T18:40:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Feminist\_Lo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/spaceisameansofproduction.discourse.group/feminist_lo/32/5_2.png) [@Feminist\_Lo](https://spaceisameansofproduction.discourse.group/u/Feminist_Lo)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2025, 6:40pm UTC](https://spaceisameansofproduction.discourse.group/t/the-resistance-is-working/70/1 "2025-02-13T18:40:49Z")

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“ The new resistance to Donald Trump’s presidency had a plan: State attorneys general from Maine to Hawaii would rush to court to stop vast portions of the agenda Trump had spent years promising to deliver.

And it’s working: Democratic attorneys general and the Democracy Forward [coalition](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/14/us/politics/democracy-forward-trump-administration.html) of liberal lawyers have been winning in court and throwing up hurdles to his agenda. Skeptical judges have kept federal workers in their jobs, unfrozen billions of dollars in grants, and preserved birthright citizenship; Democracy’s own network of partner organizations has grown from around 180 after the election to more than 400 now.”

> **[Actually, the #Resistance is working](https://www.semafor.com/article/02/12/2025/actually-the-resistance-is-working)**
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> Panicked Democrats have overlooked their early successes.

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**Author:** ![Lady\_Ren](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/spaceisameansofproduction.discourse.group/lady_ren/32/340_2.png) [@Lady\_Ren](https://spaceisameansofproduction.discourse.group/u/Lady_Ren)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2025, 8:16pm UTC](https://spaceisameansofproduction.discourse.group/t/the-resistance-is-working/70/2 "2025-02-13T20:16:12Z")

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These victories may seem small, but they aren’t. It is easy to get caught up in the fear tactics they are using, ie the overwhelming amount of executive orders. But this is purposeful and mainly for show. It looks like he is doing what his supporters wanted. They are not paying attention to the latter part, when most of them do not become law. I do think that Biden and Harris spent a good amount of time shoring things up as much as they could so that when the onslaught came, people were ready to counter.