{"id":63973,"date":"2024-11-13T12:36:28","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T17:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=63973"},"modified":"2024-11-13T12:37:03","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T17:37:03","slug":"in-the-new-civil-war-the-blue-states-are-our-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=63973","title":{"rendered":"In our new Civil War, the Blue States are our defense"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just picked this up from the Chicago Sun-Times:<\/p>\n

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Colorado Gov. Jared Polis have formed a coalition of governors to fight against \u201cincreasing threats of autocracy\u201d and strengthen democracy during a second Donald Trump presidency.<\/em><\/p>\n

The goal of Governors Safeguarding Democracy, or GSD<\/a>, is to protect state-level institutions of democracy \u2014 and to utilize their collective legislative, budgetary, executive and administrative powers. Pritzker said it will \u201ccatalyze collaboration across state lines.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s built off a model that all of us governors have already successfully pioneered through the Reproductive Freedom Alliance,\u201d Pritzker said. \u201cAnd together, what we\u2019re doing is pushing back against increasing threats of autocracy and fortifying the institutions of democracy that our country and our states depend on.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Governors Safeguarding Democracy<\/a>. Excellent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Just picked this up from the Chicago Sun-Times: Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Colorado Gov. Jared Polis have formed a coalition of governors to fight against \u201cincreasing threats of autocracy\u201d and strengthen democracy during a second Donald Trump presidency. The … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5929,8220,8679,8157,8818,6736,1095,1175,2902,1265,1055],"tags":[6427,11067,1684,11065,11066,11068,11069],"class_list":["post-63973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-american-fascism","category-good-things-happening","category-government","category-human-rights","category-immigration","category-lawyers","category-politics","category-the-facts-of-life","category-trump-stuff","category-voting-rights","category-american-war-on-women","tag-blue-states","tag-chicago-sun-times","tag-civil-war","tag-governors-coalition","tag-governors-safeguarding-democracy","tag-jared-polis","tag-jb-pritzker"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t