let’s celebrate acts of defiance

Governors are already saying no to Donald

Nov 08, 2024

“do not obey in advance.”

that’s the sage advice from historian Timothy Snyder.

“Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want, and then offer themselves without being asked. A citizen who adapts in this way is teaching power what it can do.”

obeying in advance is how fascism wins.

just last month, we saw Dick-Rocket Czar Jeff Bezos — owner of the Washington Post — preemptively kowtow to Donny Convict.

‘please sir, don’t hit me. look, look, I’ve told my editor at the Post not to endorse Kamala. they had one all written, and I told them to shitcan it. see, sir? can we be friends now?’

today, lets check in on some leaders who are already saying no to the coming reign of King Fuckface the First.

Donny Convict hates the shit out of California — and, by extension, he hates its Governor, Gavin Newsom. look at this handsome fucker, with his square jaw and his thick head of hair. he makes Donny seem like a misshapen garden gnome by comparison — and Donny knows it.

inside Donny’s childish, ignorant brain, California is entirely populated by chardonnay-sipping hippie elites who hate his guts — and so when disaster strikes, he’s inclined to deny them federal aid.

there’s also that bit about the big fucking Canadian water faucet.

Donny somehow believes that all of California’s water comes from a massive faucet in Canada. this faucet is so ungodly ginormous that it takes an entire day to turn it. I wish I were making this up — but no, our incoming 47th president actually imagines that the reason California experiences droughts is because Gavin Newsom keeps that big-ass faucet under lock and key and won’t let anyone open it.

oh god oh god oh god he’s so fucking stupid. it hurt my brain just to type that last paragraph.

can we just pause to reflect for a moment on just how insane it is for a country to have a chief executive who believes in such a fever-swamp hallucination? this is a man who will once again be in charge of a nuclear arsenal — and he’s wandering about, babbling incoherently about giant spigots. holy shit.

Donny’s already threatening to inflict preemptive retribution on California as part of his Day One Dictatoring — and Governor Newsom has a message for Donny:

just try it, fuck-o.

California’s Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, a fierce critic of former President Donald Trump, on Thursday called for lawmakers to convene a special session ahead of another Trump presidency to safeguard the state’s progressive policies. Meanwhile, attorneys general in blue states across the country announced they were also gearing up for a legal fight.
Newsom’s office told The Associated Press that the governor and lawmakers are ready to “Trump-proof” California’s state laws.

no word from Newsom on if he’s ever going to open that big fucking faucet.

Gavin Newsom is not the only governor already taking steps to Trump-proof his state. in Illinois, Governor JB Pritzker is vowing not to put up with any of Donny’s fuckery.

In Illinois, Gov. JB Pritzker said on Thursday he would ask his state’s legislators, possibly as soon as next week, to address potential threats from a second Trump term. “You come for my people,” Mr. Pritzker said at a news conference, “you come through me.”

here’s New York’s Governor Kathy Hochul:

The announcements echoed a vow on Wednesday by Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York to “honor” the election results and to try to work with Mr. Trump, but also to fight any efforts to curtail reproductive freedoms, expand gun rights or curb environmental regulations.
At a news conference, Ms. Hochul addressed Mr. Trump directly: “If you try to harm New Yorkers or roll back their rights, I will fight you every step of the way.”

New York’s Attorney General Letitia James is also promising not to tolerate any of Donny’s shit.

“If possible, we will work with his administration, but we will not compromise our values or our integrity, our principles,” she said. “We did not expect this result, but we are prepared to respond to this result, and my office has been preparing for several months, because we’ve been here before, we’ve faced this challenge before, and we use the rule of law to fight back.”

Donny’s plan to round up million of immigrants and disappear them into detention camps hinges on using each state’s local law enforcement to do the rounding-up. Massachusetts Governor Maura Healy say that Donny can stick that plan where the sun don’t shine.

However, plans for using local law enforcement and the National Guard could face roadblocks in states led by Democrats.
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey told MSNBC that she would “absolutely not” allow state police to assist in mass deportations if the Trump administration requested it.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has a message for Donny, who has threatened to fire him: go ahead, make my day.

reporter: “if he asked you to leave, would you go?”
Powell: “no.”
reporter: “can you follow up on that?”
Powell: “no.”

but Chairman, doesn’t Donny have the power to fire you?

“not permitted under the law.”

it’s going to be a hard road in front of us. it’s heartening to know we have leaders who have no intention of obeying in advance.

in yesterday’s post, I included a list of people who can fuck all the way off. to this Hall of Shame we can now add useless waste of oxygen Joe Manchin.

Alexa, show me what obeying in advance look like.

“I want to congratulate him on a tremendous victory … he’s my president. I’m going to do everything I can to help him be successful … he has an unbelievable opportunity to bring the country together.”

I’m sorry, an “unbelievable opportunity” for WHAT?

fun fact: Joe Manchin lives on a yacht and has a history of blocking legislation to help the needy because he’s convinced they’ll just spend that money on drugs.

fuck off, Joe. just fuck off. you’ve been part of the problem since forever.

I suppose this is going to be my closing message for the foreseeable future:

practice self-care. do what you need to do to keep sane. if that means disengaging with my daily posts for a while, I get it. this community of ours will still be here when you return.

to all the people who have signed on in the days since the election, welcome aboard. settle in as we all try to deal with the shitfuckery that’s ahead of us.

we are all in this together, and we are all here for each other.