Resistance works: 21 victories in 21 days for the majority of Americans

1: Following massive protests and public outcry, Trump’s Muslim ban has thus far failed in court.

2: Uber’s CEO resigned from Trump’s economic council following outrage over the company’s attempts to capitalize on the upheaval created by the travel ban.

3: The ACLU raised more money in one weekend than in the 2 years prior, after ACLU lawyers immediately brought a suit against the ban.

4: Mayors across the nation are protecting undocumented immigrant families, having declared their cities “sanctuary cities.”

5: Similarly, “sanctuary campuses” are protecting students at colleges and universities.

6: The White House walked back plans to reinstall CIA black sites as an interrogation strategy, again after public outcry.

7: Public pressure killed Representative Jason Chaffetz’s (R-UT) bill to cede federal lands to states.

8: Following gag orders on the National Parks Service — specifically on climate science — the Badlands NPS began tweeting climate facts in defiance of Trump.

9: Americans have formed over 4,000 resistance groups in local communities.

10: The federal hiring freeze at the Department of Veteran Affairs was reversed after public pushback.

11: Public pressure led Seattle to divest from Wells Fargo in support of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe in North Dakota in their protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline.

12: Boycotts led major companies to drop Ivanka Trump’s clothing lines, and Trump’s negative reaction actually helped the companies’ stock.

13: Seventy-three House Democrats skipped the inauguration.

14: Trump’s disapproval rating is historically high and support for impeachment is already at Nixon-era levels.

15: Nearly 3 million people gathered at Women’s Marches to protest Trump, whose crowd size at inauguration was massively smaller.

16: Democrats have boycotted committee meetings and stayed up all night to delay confirmations of Trump’s Cabinet picks.

17: Constituents concerned about the direction of the Trump administration are calling their Members of Congress at such volume that the Capitol switchboard has had its busiest days in history.

18: Republicans have found themselves so swamped with opposition when they attend town halls in their districts that they are running scared.

19: Obamacare is increasingly popular, and Republicans missed their own deadline to start repealing it.

20: Republicans dropped gutting the Office of Government Ethics, despite Trump’s support, following widespread resistance.

21: Democracy keeps winning in court cases, particularly in North Carolina, where the court has blocked laws aimed at limiting the Democratic governor’s power, and issued a ruling against partisan gerrymandering.

The bottom line: Resistance works, even in these dark and difficult times, and even if it is just a phone call or a post card. Sustained pressure and demands for accountability have already had noticeable and meaningful impact. And these victories will continue, as long as the people keep fighting for them.