He won’t. He’ll just do whatever he wants and bully them into settling.

There’s another one listed here in this post about accepting federal funding for road management. Even if the state were to resist, Trump would then withhold federal funding for… everything if needed. To include road maintenance.

Limiting interstate travel, is the argument I’m hearing. The tolls are (currently) being taken at the borders into other states, is what they’re saying.

This isn’t about the judicial, though.

It’s about the FTC, SEC, or other government regulators that have historically acted on behalf of the President to interpret laws when regulating the sectors under their purview. The WH and Trump are saying that they’re reigning these regulators in and requiring direct AG or President oversight. Remember when they said that* they should just gut all regulations? This is that.

The Republiklans have created a situation where they win no matter what. Think tick-tack-toe where they own three corners with two separate gaps between them and no matter which gap you block they fill the other and take the win.

If the Dems shut down the gov’t, the gov’t ceases to work, and DOGE wins anyway because that’s what they’re already doing. They blame the Dems. Then they use the failure as leverage to take more power and control away from the dysfunctional Congress, which they could do outright (because fuck the constitution) or by declaring a state of emergency. They just need an excuse to name Democrats Enemies of the State and begin rounding them up.

There isn’t a win here unless the Democrats can grab themselves by the balls, pull out some charisma, and steal the narrative while bringing light to what’s happening. We’re seeing the Republiklans destroy America in real time. They need to convince Rs in Congress, and possibly the SCOTUS, and then convince the military to back a counter-power grab to dethrone Trump and his cronies.

But, you won’t see that. That’ll be labeled a ‘coup’ by the Rs, when the Rs and Elite already are doing just that right now.