On February 3, 2025, with Elon Musk breaching US databases, Jay Kuo posted a thorough and clear summary of the actions officials are taking at various levels of government:
This weekend’s head-spinning headlines were enough to spike blood pressure nationwide. Mass purges of prosecutors and agents at the FBI. A shutdown of an entire agency at USAID. Even a tech bro putsch at Treasury and the Office of Personnel Management, giving an unelected billionaire access and possible control over our entire federal workforce HR and some $6 trillion paid annually by our federal payment system.
The most common question I saw across social media and in the comments was understandable: Is somebody doing something about this?
The short and important answer is yes. And we need to understand a few things to help bring things into focus.
After he summarizes important actions by individual government workers, our elected legislators in Congress, state attorneys general, and grassroots resistance groups, he says,
But one thing is already clear: Resistance to Trump and Musk will take many forms, all of which can involve some level of participation from the public. We can amplify stories of the personal heroes who stood up to the illegal orders. We can support our Democratic leaders even as we urge them to take stronger stances. We can donate to the nonprofits who are litigating constitutional rights on our behalf. And we can take direct, peaceful action through organized groups like Indivisible and MoveOn.
It's worth a read.
