American Opposition to Donald Trump was initially un-vocal until leaders like Steve Schmidtt, Beto O’Rourke, Adam Kinzinger, independent journalists and organizations made their opposition known. Courage is contagious .
Within a few months many were gathering at protests, creating Political Action Committees, civilians were holding town halls, calling their representatives, boycotting products, starting podcasts or news, educating followers in the constitution and peaceful resistance, reminding National guardsmen of their oath to the constitution, recording ICE activities for use in future prosecutions, comedically mocking Trump and ICE via late night comedians, Memes, animations, etc.
These opponents come from legal, political, military, arts, religious and journalistic communities. They have adapted to media like Substack to notify people of actions to take and of organizations to consult. Increasingly they are coordinating their efforts. This guide highlights those who are predominant in different areas and organizations.
With the quelling of major networks in the United States, their news coverage of politics has been tamed. This does not mean there is no coverage as as independent voices and independent media are racing to fill the void. Because they are smaller the coverage is not minute by minute and instead can be once a day - or occurring when an emerging story needs coverage. Leaders include:
The following are leading public intellectuals on authoritarianism, U.S. History and on U.S. Foreign Policy.