i think this should be factored into how states, counties, localities and hospitals respond to these executive orders. "we will investigate you if you teach DEI." okay, with what agents, specifically? with what state capacity?
February 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM
i think this should be factored into how states, counties, localities and hospitals respond to these executive orders. "we will investigate you if you teach DEI." okay, with what agents, specifically? with what state capacity?
The Supreme Court has ruled that states and localities do not have to enforce federal law.
Trump Accuses Minneapolis Mayor Of Violating The Law—But Legal Experts Say Otherwise
The Supreme Court has ruled that states and localities do not have to enforce federal law.
www.forbes.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:55 PM
The Supreme Court has ruled that states and localities do not have to enforce federal law.
“We write with extreme alarm about the Administration’s efforts to undermine Congress’s power of the purse, threaten our national security, and deny resources for states, localities, American families, and businesses.”
January 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM
“We write with extreme alarm about the Administration’s efforts to undermine Congress’s power of the purse, threaten our national security, and deny resources for states, localities, American families, and businesses.”
Ossoff makes an important point here that accurately frames Trump’s election fraud lies as racist.
Trump’s 2020 election lies and efforts to overturn its results always target Black voters as illegitimate. The localities Trump challenged were disproportionately majority-Black.
Trump’s 2020 election lies and efforts to overturn its results always target Black voters as illegitimate. The localities Trump challenged were disproportionately majority-Black.
Ossoff: "We understand the president may be threatening to declare sitting senators illegitimate. If that's the course of action he pursues, he's calling GA voters illegitimate...he was humiliated as a committed lifelong racist that it was Black voters in Georgia who were instrumental in his defeat"
July 15, 2026 at 1:48 AM
Ossoff makes an important point here that accurately frames Trump’s election fraud lies as racist.
Trump’s 2020 election lies and efforts to overturn its results always target Black voters as illegitimate. The localities Trump challenged were disproportionately majority-Black.
Trump’s 2020 election lies and efforts to overturn its results always target Black voters as illegitimate. The localities Trump challenged were disproportionately majority-Black.
Leave civil rights up to the localities
the same localities that have attacked civil rights since the beginning of society??
thanks, Pete
the same localities that have attacked civil rights since the beginning of society??
thanks, Pete
Buttigieg has doubled down on his “leave the issue of trans kids in sports up to communities.”
To reiterate: This means leaving civil rights up to localities, abdicating the role of the federal government.
School districts controlled by Moms for Liberty extremists will be free to discriminate.
To reiterate: This means leaving civil rights up to localities, abdicating the role of the federal government.
School districts controlled by Moms for Liberty extremists will be free to discriminate.
August 6, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Leave civil rights up to the localities
the same localities that have attacked civil rights since the beginning of society??
thanks, Pete
the same localities that have attacked civil rights since the beginning of society??
thanks, Pete
localities can investigate and prosecute crimes like excessive force. Evidence must be shared
9) States and localities must consent to large scale operations
10) Congress can visit all ICE facilities
11) Detention centers provide basic facilities and access to counsel
12) No database of people who
9) States and localities must consent to large scale operations
10) Congress can visit all ICE facilities
11) Detention centers provide basic facilities and access to counsel
12) No database of people who
February 5, 2026 at 10:24 PM
localities can investigate and prosecute crimes like excessive force. Evidence must be shared
9) States and localities must consent to large scale operations
10) Congress can visit all ICE facilities
11) Detention centers provide basic facilities and access to counsel
12) No database of people who
9) States and localities must consent to large scale operations
10) Congress can visit all ICE facilities
11) Detention centers provide basic facilities and access to counsel
12) No database of people who
Many localities report popcorn shortages as federal grand jury assembles today in D.C. 🍿
August 1, 2023 at 4:05 PM
Many localities report popcorn shortages as federal grand jury assembles today in D.C. 🍿
I would be fine with data centers so long as the companies firmly agree to use 100% renewable energy resources and make it water neutral (this is possible)
I don't understand why we don't use NIMBYism to leverage these requirements in localities
I don't understand why we don't use NIMBYism to leverage these requirements in localities
April 26, 2026 at 11:16 AM
I would be fine with data centers so long as the companies firmly agree to use 100% renewable energy resources and make it water neutral (this is possible)
I don't understand why we don't use NIMBYism to leverage these requirements in localities
I don't understand why we don't use NIMBYism to leverage these requirements in localities
This is what every blue city and state must do! ICE isn't setup to handle mass incarceration and support due process. And localities can also shut down airports that have unauthorized flights.
The City of Glendale announced Sunday it was ending its agreement with Homeland Security and ICE to hold federal detainees in its jail.
www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/g...
www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/g...
Glendale terminates contract with HSI, ICE to house detainees in its jail
The City of Glendale announced it was ending its agreement with Homeland Security and ICE to hold detainees in its jail.
www.nbclosangeles.com
June 9, 2025 at 3:51 PM
This is what every blue city and state must do! ICE isn't setup to handle mass incarceration and support due process. And localities can also shut down airports that have unauthorized flights.
The national government doesn’t control elections. Localities do.
September 25, 2026 at 7:28 PM
The national government doesn’t control elections. Localities do.
Trump has signed an Executive Order attempting to ban states and localities from regulating AI.
It comes after Big Tech announced a $100 million lobbying blitz.
Always follow the money. https://youtu.be/imtkNL4v2ks?si=LHG-GWoIO87c1Tyi
It comes after Big Tech announced a $100 million lobbying blitz.
Always follow the money. https://youtu.be/imtkNL4v2ks?si=LHG-GWoIO87c1Tyi
Big Tech's AI Power-Grab
Robert Reich
youtu.be
December 14, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Trump has signed an Executive Order attempting to ban states and localities from regulating AI.
It comes after Big Tech announced a $100 million lobbying blitz.
Always follow the money. https://youtu.be/imtkNL4v2ks?si=LHG-GWoIO87c1Tyi
It comes after Big Tech announced a $100 million lobbying blitz.
Always follow the money. https://youtu.be/imtkNL4v2ks?si=LHG-GWoIO87c1Tyi
for all the hand wringing about democratic governance in cities/states, the bluest localities are ridiculously more prosperous, educated, and economically mobile than their red counterparts.
March 7, 2025 at 10:29 PM
for all the hand wringing about democratic governance in cities/states, the bluest localities are ridiculously more prosperous, educated, and economically mobile than their red counterparts.
Twenty states had challenged the end of the programme, meant to make localities more resilient to natural disasters.
Judge rules Trump unlawfully ended FEMA disaster prevention programme
Twenty states had challenged the end of the programme, meant to make localities more resilient to natural disasters.
www.aljazeera.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Twenty states had challenged the end of the programme, meant to make localities more resilient to natural disasters.
The constant doomerist fascism drum beat is just really annoying because it refuses to grapple with some really basic administrative questions, like, importantly, how do you gut administrative state and then expect to wield administrative power over resistant localities?
August 25, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The constant doomerist fascism drum beat is just really annoying because it refuses to grapple with some really basic administrative questions, like, importantly, how do you gut administrative state and then expect to wield administrative power over resistant localities?
Greg Abbott: "We as a state government don't manage these disasters. The locality does."
The localities: "Wut?"
The localities: "Wut?"
July 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Greg Abbott: "We as a state government don't manage these disasters. The locality does."
The localities: "Wut?"
The localities: "Wut?"
UN report confirms that Russia is using drones to systematically target civilians in Ukraine.
“These attacks have a devastating impact on the civilian population living in the affected areas. They have caused extensive damage and destruction, leaving entire localities unliveable”
“These attacks have a devastating impact on the civilian population living in the affected areas. They have caused extensive damage and destruction, leaving entire localities unliveable”
UN Commission says Russian drones target civilians and destroy infrastructure, making localities in frontline provinces of Ukraine unliveable
GENEVA / VIENNA – Russian armed forces have targeted civilians and a wide array of civilian objects using short-range drones in localities stretching over 300 kilometres along the right bank of the Dn...
www.ohchr.org
October 28, 2025 at 7:57 AM
UN report confirms that Russia is using drones to systematically target civilians in Ukraine.
“These attacks have a devastating impact on the civilian population living in the affected areas. They have caused extensive damage and destruction, leaving entire localities unliveable”
“These attacks have a devastating impact on the civilian population living in the affected areas. They have caused extensive damage and destruction, leaving entire localities unliveable”
Lectured on the “lavender scare” today, making sure to note that one consequence of the federal government attacking a sexual minority is that others (states, localities, individuals, etc) quickly decide to get into the act and do even more.
November 11, 2024 at 8:20 PM
Lectured on the “lavender scare” today, making sure to note that one consequence of the federal government attacking a sexual minority is that others (states, localities, individuals, etc) quickly decide to get into the act and do even more.
A lot of folks seem to not understand how federal elections work. They are run by states and localities, and federal elections are on the same ballots as state elections.
Think through how hard it would be to “steal” an entire set of midterms.
Think through how hard it would be to “steal” an entire set of midterms.
January 29, 2026 at 9:18 PM
A lot of folks seem to not understand how federal elections work. They are run by states and localities, and federal elections are on the same ballots as state elections.
Think through how hard it would be to “steal” an entire set of midterms.
Think through how hard it would be to “steal” an entire set of midterms.
In localities across the country, neighbors have worked across partisan lines. Republican officials often raise concerns about tax incentives and energy grid strain, while
May 25, 2026 at 5:39 PM
In localities across the country, neighbors have worked across partisan lines. Republican officials often raise concerns about tax incentives and energy grid strain, while
This is a good point. If there are localities where the rate is 10X the national average—and there pretty much have to be—then in those localities the number will necessarily be above one in a hundred residents.
It must be much closer to 1% in the target areas, which is remarkable
February 10, 2026 at 11:52 PM
This is a good point. If there are localities where the rate is 10X the national average—and there pretty much have to be—then in those localities the number will necessarily be above one in a hundred residents.
I am sure this will go well.
www.foxnews.com/politics/tru...
www.foxnews.com/politics/tru...
Trump to sign disaster relief order putting states, localities in the driver's seat of catastrophe response
President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order Monday that will emphasize the role localities play in preparing for and responding to disasters.
www.foxnews.com
March 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I am sure this will go well.
www.foxnews.com/politics/tru...
www.foxnews.com/politics/tru...
Also, it’s detailed enough that you can tailor critiques to localities — they want to do this to *our* local national park, etc
Project 2025 has a catchy name, a clean website, a well organized product, and its contents are extensive and made of plagues and nightmares
one of the things that made the Podesta emails so effective in 2016 was the constant drip of new shit coming day after day, and that's what we're seeing here
one of the things that made the Podesta emails so effective in 2016 was the constant drip of new shit coming day after day, and that's what we're seeing here
their snazzy marketing has backfired on them, people are actually having fun digging into this so every day there's a new "wait what the fuck" item
July 11, 2024 at 11:06 PM
Also, it’s detailed enough that you can tailor critiques to localities — they want to do this to *our* local national park, etc
Tammy Baldwin: This is a decision for sports leagues at the local level. They have to thoughtfully craft policies best for all players, not blanket mandates with unintended consequences. I trust our states, leagues, localities to make these decisions.
March 3, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Tammy Baldwin: This is a decision for sports leagues at the local level. They have to thoughtfully craft policies best for all players, not blanket mandates with unintended consequences. I trust our states, leagues, localities to make these decisions.
Remember when Roe was settled law? Remember when birthright citizenship was just an unquestioned feature of the 14th amendment? Remember when states and localities regulated guns all the time because of course the 2nd amendment wasn’t about individual self-defense?
February 16, 2026 at 4:25 AM
Remember when Roe was settled law? Remember when birthright citizenship was just an unquestioned feature of the 14th amendment? Remember when states and localities regulated guns all the time because of course the 2nd amendment wasn’t about individual self-defense?
He should be creating a list of planned facilities (which are extremely unpopular with most Americans) and encouraging candidates to fight them. Localities are already succeeding at this. Where they can't succeed, they're finding clever ways to punish contractors who collaborate with them. [3/4]
February 4, 2026 at 2:30 PM
He should be creating a list of planned facilities (which are extremely unpopular with most Americans) and encouraging candidates to fight them. Localities are already succeeding at this. Where they can't succeed, they're finding clever ways to punish contractors who collaborate with them. [3/4]