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We're always on the lookout for articles, podcasts, YouTube videos, and other pieces of media to help engage local Democrats. If there's something you read, watched, or listened to this week that impacted you, email us at info@bernalillodems.org with a link and a quick note about why you want to share it.
1. “Liberal Legal Group Positions Itself as a Top Trump Administration Foe,” The New York Times (gift link; no account required)
“Democracy Forward, a liberal-leaning legal organization that frequently battled the first Trump administration in court, on Thursday unveiled a large-scale new effort aimed at thwarting President-elect Donald J. Trump’s second-term agenda from his first day in office.
“More than 800 lawyers at 280 organizations have begun developing cases and workshopping specific challenges to what the group has identified as 600 ‘priority legal threats’ — potential regulations, laws and other administrative actions that could require a legal response, its leaders said. The project, called Democracy 2025, aims to be a hub of opposition to the new Trump administration.”
2. “What’s Giving Us Hope Right Now?,” Greater Good Magazine
“What is giving you hope right now for the future of our society?
“... we posed [that question] to our circle of scholars, writers, and thinkers in the aftermath of the 2024 United States election…. Some find hope in potential common ground, others in their own communities and in points of resistance to the new president’s agenda. While not all those answers will resonate for you, our own hope is that they will spur you to look inside and ask yourself: What gives me the feeling that better things can come of this moment?”
3. “How Do We Get Through This?: Stacey Abrams on Finding New Strategies for Future Elections,” Assembly Required with Stacey Abrams
“Stacey speaks with historian Heather Cox Richardson to see what history can teach us about moving forward after Trump's reelection. They discuss strategies for countering disinformation, how Democratic leaders are preparing to use state's' rights to their advantage to challenge Trump's federal overreach, and how the era following William McKinley's presidency can be a guide for progressives. Then, Stacey answers questions from the audience on how to get involved in politics, and how to respond to community in this post-election environment.”
4. “This is the new progressive strategy for warring with Trump,” Politico
“Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, said in an interview that she would likely work with Trump if he pursues antitrust promises he made on the campaign trail. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) said he sees himself partnering with Trump to tackle “large corporate consolidations,” while Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) posted on X that he “looked forward” to Trump “fulfilling his promise” to cap credit card interest rates.
“Even Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), the resistance icon who popularized the motto ‘nevertheless, she persisted’ while skewering a Trump cabinet pick in 2017, is finding common cause with the president-elect.
“‘President Trump announced during his campaign that he intended to put a 10 percent interest rate cap on consumer credit,’ Warren told POLITICO. ‘Bring it on.’
“But, she added, ‘if he refuses to follow through on the campaign promises that would help working people, then he should be held accountable.’”
5. “Gov. MLG: New Mexico won’t cooperate in “inhumane, cruel, unfair, discriminate” Trump deportation policies” City Desk ABQ
“‘We ought to be working on making sure that violent criminal activity is stopped everywhere,’ the governor told Jen Psaki. ‘Disrupting family status and the economy, inhumane, cruel, unfair, discriminate policies that, again, are illegal on their face. We are not going to cooperate in any way in that effort.’”
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