Yes civil disobedience is out on display, and it’s phenomenal, but it’s not enough; like MLK’s movement, there has to be enough organizing for at least a strike, a general strike. We can’t pretend that, using your example, Hochul’s push for laws protecting abortion rights in NY are enough with her corporate Democrat sentiments capitulating to the right; she’s going to undermine some of Mamdani’s more ambitious plans for NYC, and I don’t anticipate maximum resistance from her when defending her constituents against fascists. And sanctuary cities are the ones under attack my friend, they’ve been “sanctuary cities” for a long time. That’s why they’re going after them.

Bipartisanship is dead, and we need fighters, as peacefully as it can possibly be done. Right now until further notice with Mamdani’s inauguration, so far the NYPD has been cooperative with ICE as well; we can’t count on our leaders to apply pressure for us right now, and we have to use our leverage.

A more honorable response to Trump and ICE has been Illinois, with Gov. Pritzker and Mayor Johnson. They have the right messaging, they have the right constituents defending their communities in Chicago, and the Chicago PD is pissed enough at ICE to not cooperate (with no arrests of ICE agents, mind you), but it has not been enough to kill the momentum. We NEED to use our leverage.

On a side note at least, it would appear from the outside that military does not hold as much confidence in their commander and chief as Trump hoped. A blanket use of marshal law doesn’t appear possible with the White House’s ambitions of foreign policy. It truly is spectacular implosion to be witnessing.