[dillondoyle]

I doubt public demonstrations would do it. They'd have to start losing MAGA cult people for them to change course themselves.

But if we can hold out for 2 years (big if) there's a very strong chance we'll retake the house.

And if things continue down this path (i think it will get worse) we could maybe take back the senate. but the map is very hard.

That would give power to fight back.

If we get a once in a generation swing of seats we could think about getting rid of the filibuster / few remaining norms. Then we could rebalance judicial. But that's a big risk if not sure the power will endure beyond a handful of cycles.

[spencerflem]

i dont think demonstrations would work either fwiw.

a big swing requires the dems to seem credibly like a real opposition, for people to want an opposition, and for that election result to be untampered.

given how little they've done to stop this so far and how little they're promising to do now, and how shaky the foundations for the elections are in the first place ..

idk, it seems unlikely

[alienthrowaway]

> I doubt public demonstrations would do it.

Trump is itching to trigger provisions of the Insurrection Act as far ahead of the mid-term elections as possible. Public demonstrations by anyone associated with the left will achieve nothing right now given the composition of Congress. The best bet is to stand down, and stand by. The ground will probably be fertile for local organizing though.

[andy_ppp]

Trump will send the military in this time and kill protesters. Like he wanted to before.