2,000 were federalized.

12,000-13,000 were not federalized.

Newsom needs to sue the federal government for a violation of 10 USC, the insurrection act, and violations of the 10th Amendment.

E xactly. I lived in Northwest Indiana for a while and even I know that IL doesn’t declare party affiliation. The source would be helpful: this isn’t a screenshot of VoteBuilder.

@petebuttigieg.bsky.social can talk about how obvious and predictable Trump’s address to Congress will be; criticize Trump’s intelligence and abilities to handle the complexity of international relations at the same time as domestic policy.

Change the order of agenda: provide criticism before, not a Dem response after. It should be a public criticism that attacks him where he is weakest: Gaza, Ukraine, Russia, Fed Job firings, Economy, Inflation, funding freeze, freeing criminals.

@petebuttigieg.bsky.social is the one who does this.

It was the most precedented of times.

“Please do more” and “you’re not doing enough” are critiques and expectations that seem fairly reasonable given the starting point we are experiencing with the Trump administration that is quite literally doing everything they want, legal or not.

There are distinctions to be made between attacking and setting expectations.

@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and other Democratic Party leadership are “pissed” about activists.

There has always been a divide between Democratic activists & Democratic stalwarts. Why get pissed now?

I’ve followed your work for almost 20 years now and have met you at various political conferences. Your reputation for Dem loyalty is apparent.

As a fellow long-time Democratic Party member, regular campaign volunteer, & delegate, we absolutely can and should expect more - vocally.