![Outmaneuvering MAGA: Christopher Armitage & Sumathy Kumar on Soft Secession [Full Uncut Conversation] - Laura Flanders and Friends: Solutions-Focused Progressive Perspectives on Politics, News, and Culture cover](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.simplecastcdn.com%2Fimages%2Ffc671404-9abb-4783-bad5-692b3dbc59cf%2Fea633011-dc97-46fb-b4af-886de62e30ea%2F3000x3000%2Fep245-20radio-20promo.jpg%3Faid%3Drss_feed&w=3840&q=75)
Synopsis: Local governments take a stand: Find out how people-powered movements can push back on federal overreach. Description: Guests Christopher Armitage and Sumathy Kumar are organizers and strategists with experience and plans for outmaneuvering MAGA at the state and municipal level. What’s possible when people take federalism seriously and partner with state officials to protect their constitutional freedoms — and elections — from being violated by the federal government? “We need to take power away from the Trump administration and from the GOP. That means taking that power and putting it locally . . . Being able to provide a good quality of life in an affordable environment for your residents is soft succession.” -Christopher Armitage Guests: • Christopher Armitage: Journalist & Policy Strategist; Substack, The Existentialist Republic; Author, Oppositional Federalism • Sumathy Kumar: Executive Director, Housing Justice for All & NY State Tenant Bloc Watch the episode ...
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