The Opposition Playbook: What Would an Effective Resistance to Trump Look Like?

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🗓️ 13 February 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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In the midst of President Trump’s rapid fire, sweeping, and arguably illegal actions since inauguration day, resistance and protest against the president and his agenda has seemed quieter than at the beginning of his first term. But as the administration continues to take controversial actions on federal funding immigration, and transgender rights, resistance is ramping up in congress, the courts and on the streets. We’ll talk to Trump opponents about their strategies and what resistance could look like in this Trump term. And we want to hear from you, what is missing from the Democrat’s resistance strategy? Guests: Ezra Levin, co-founder and co-executive director, The Indivisible Project; co-author, Indivisible Guide; former Congressional staffer Rebecca Solnit, writer, newsletter called "Meditations in an Emergency" about politics, language and possibilities; historian; activist; author, more than twenty books that include "Orwell’s Roses"; "Recollections of My Nonexistence"; "Hope in the Dark"; and "Men Explain Things to Me." Lateefah Simon, U.S. representative, California's 12th congressional district; former board director, Bay Area Rapid Transit; board trustee, California State University system; longtime friend and mentee of Kamala Harris Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:05.2	At the beginning of Donald Trump's first term, the popular resistance to his administration was enormous.
1:12.3	The massive women's march in Washington, D.C. was just one of a variety of other marches, actions in the streets, and new organizations. This time around, the Trump administration has blitzed the nation with a
1:17.6	dizzying array of executive orders and Elon Musk's doge monkey wrenching of federal agencies.
1:24.3	Where in all this is the opposition? Where are Democrats and civil society groups? Will
1:29.2	there be marches on the scale of last time? We talk with people organizing the Trump opposition.
1:35.1	That's all coming up next, right after this news. Welcome to Forum. I'm Alexis Madrigal.
1:52.8	In these first weeks of Donald Trump's second term, his administration has taken radical steps to shrink the size of the federal government without authorization from
2:02.0	Congress and in the face of a flurry of legal challenges. These actions are far outside the norms of
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