Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Colorado Gov. Jared Polis have formed a coalition of governors to fight against “increasing threats of autocracy” and strengthen democracy during a second Donald Trump presidency.

The goal of Governors Safeguarding Democracy, or GSD, is to protect state-level institutions of democracy — and to utilize their collective legislative, budgetary, executive and administrative powers. Pritzker said it will “catalyze collaboration across state lines.”

“It’s built off a model that all of us governors have already successfully pioneered through the Reproductive Freedom Alliance,” Pritzker said. “And together, what we’re doing is pushing back against increasing threats of autocracy and fortifying the institutions of democracy that our country and our states depend on.”

  • @elliot_crane
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    Governors Safeguarding Democracy

    GSD

    Get Shit Done

    Nice acronym.

  • HubertManne
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    Im really surpised I have not heard something like from california with washington and oregon or new york with the northeast.

    • @elliot_crane
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      Other governors very well may be involved and we don’t know it yet. In the article, it says they asked Pritzger who else he’s in talks with and he said that not everyone wants to be publicly named yet.

    • @mipadaituOP
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      Pritzker has been very outspoken about defying national orders, and even protecting the vulnerable in other states.

      I’m not surprised he’s leading the charge.

      I thought he was going to be another shit governor in a long line of shitty Illinois governors, but this guy is knocking it out of the park.

      • HubertManne
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        yeah. honestly I was a little worried he would get picked for vp and am worried he will run in the future for the big seat. I don’t want to lose him.

  • @Tujio
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    I’m sure the “Party of States’ Rights” GOP will be perfectly fine with this.

  • @[email protected]
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    Just like they safe guarded the presidency, the supreme Court, and Congress? No one is coming to save you. Especially not the Democrats.

      • HubertManne
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        from what I have seen many on the far left think money is speech even more than the republicans and also feel the left should lie their way to the top.

        • @[email protected]
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          Most of the far left want all money out of politics, know that corporations aren’t people, and that politicians spend way too much time raising money instead of legislating.

          The problem is that the moderates are convinced that they need to spend the same amount as the right wing super pacs. Which Trump proved was probably unnecessary in 2016 (though he has the electoral college advantage that the left lacks).

          Getting the money out would also get Wallstreet and aipac out too.

          • HubertManne
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            I get post and replies about the democrats fault because they did not spend enough and because they did not say such and such regardless of what they intend to do or they should just go do things against the law like trump talks about doing all the time. It may not be the actual far left but its a left that presents itself on these forums. Its like im basically left of center and pretty far if we take the current overton window but some here would place me as super right.

      • @[email protected]
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        It actually is buddy. Their weak ass bullshit policies have helped steer this ship. The ever ready rush to meet in the “middle” as long as they make bank. Why reform or progress as long as I can insider trade. Then dumb fuck pussies like you will call me extreme because I don’t want to bomb kids and I like clean water.