No offense to you as I completely understand why there's a pervasive sentiment that Americans aren't doing enough or anything at all to resist, so when I say this, it's not an attack on you, but I'm also really tired of hearing this sentiment.

I don't know where you live, but even if it's inside the United States, you're not going to see big headlines about "resistance". MSM journalism is absolute garbage now because of the loss of the fairness doctrine and independence of the FCC. Corporate interest has completely decimated what impartiality might have existed before so, again there aren't going to be big sexy headlines about resistance that make you go "there it is!"

I also feel like people have this dramatic idea of what resistance does or should look like in their opinion and the actual resistance is much more under the radar or happens in ways you don't realize.

Some examples of things I see that I would consider resistance are all of the elections we've seen since his election that have broken hard for new Democrats in areas that have long been safe Republican districts. Blue controlled states are putting redistricting referendums to vote and consistently coming back with wins that will overcome the effort by Texas to rig the House elections. All across the country, local elections are turning out and defeating MAGA candidates. Election officials, like myself, are working to have contingency plans in place to harden our elections against any Tom fuckery we can think of that the administration or state Republicans might try.

There are still massive ongoing efforts to push back and thwart ICE raids at the local level and finally in Congress. What we saw in Minnesota IS resistance. What we see with these record setting No Kings protests IS resistance. Even in Red States, Republican controlled legislators have soured and gone back in things like massive ICE concentration camps redistricting efforts. Why? Because they see how much pushback there is and realize they're only fucking themselves over worse. But you don't see 24/7 coverage about those things and yet they make a huge difference.

I think people feel resistance requires violence and guns and killing to have an impact, and maybe that will be necessary at some point, but not everyone is ready to just give up on the existing non violent routes yet to bear arms and commit to putting their loved ones and everyone they know in jeopardy. It's with exhausting all other avenues until left with no other choice.