Pushback 22

Andrea Dooley

22 Feb 2025 — 2 min read

Photo by me, taken February 22, 2020, Yosemite Valley

Five years ago, when I took that picture in Yosemite, we had weathered three years of the Trump administration and, with a presidential election coming, it felt like the end was in sight. Two and half weeks later, our lives were put on hold, if we were lucky, while millions of people eventually died of COVID. There were times during the pandemic when I wondered if things would ever get back to normal, burning up the empty hours with baking projects and socially distant dance parties. It turns out making nice things and building community were the way through the last Trump-induced world crisis, and it will be the way through it this time, too.

My efforts to skip weekends are undermined by the number of great stories out there about people pushing back. You have to watch this short video of a Wyoming woman absolutely cleaning the clock of her dumb legislator. And Chris Kluwe, the former NFL player who was arrested for protesting a MAGA banner his town had hung up, is asking fans to not buy his jersey but instead donate to Trans Lifeline or The Trevor Project. I just donated $50 to each of them. And I particularly love this article: Trump’s Own Pollster Just Hit Him with Very Bad News—and a Warning.

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The following updates are from the Just Security Litigation Tracker

On Feb. 21, Judge Adam B. Abelson issued a memorandum opinion and granted the preliminary injunction in large part, enjoining implementation of the [Ban on DEIA initiatives in the executive branch and by contractors]. The court stated that “Plaintiffs’ irreparable harms include widespread chilling of unquestionably protected speech." The court also denied the preliminary injunction in part, allowing the Attorney General to prepare the report pursuant to Executive Order 14173 and to engage in an investigation.
The Associated Press sued the White House over its ban of AP journalists
City of New York sued Trump for taking back $80 million in FEMA funds for housing unhoused migrants.