Local News and the Growing Resistance
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I’ve spent my journalism career working in local newsrooms and I’m very impressed by the quality of work. It’s timely, often gut wrenching and impactful. Equally, in an era when people doubt the news, it feels authentic.
One of the biggest stories across America is the growing anger aimed at Musk and Trump revealed in numerous town hall meetings this week. In Yucca Valley, California, the Hi-Desert Star witnessed the shouts of’ ‘no kings’ and ‘do your job’ at Republican Congressman Jay Obernolte’s Saturday morning town hall. In Milwaukee, TMJ4 was there as the crowd booed claims that Doge was proving successful. In Tulsa, News on 6 reported on calls for congressional hearings. In Georgia, multiple news outlets covered the overflow crowd that jeered Republican Rich McCormick especially when he compared the crowd to the January 6th rioters.
In an interesting role reversal, the heated town hall meetings have quickly become national news and the numerous video clips are sweeping across social media. Much of that anger stems from the callous firing of federal workers. Local news throughout America is filled with stories about the remarkable work these people were doing for our country and the horrible way they’ve been treated by Musk and Trump.
This first-person account of the deceitful firing process from an Illinois USDA worker in the Champaign News Gazette stood out: “There is no civility in this, no courage, no honor, no consideration for the citizen employee.” On Iowa’s KCCI-TV, fired National Park Ranger Brian Gibbs said “It felt merciless. I felt violated, very disheartening.”
In the Salt Lake Tribune, Allison Stegner, a researcher for the National Geological Survey in Utah questioned whether any of this really has to do with cost-savings: “Now, rather than paying income taxes in Utah and continuing to work sustaining the health of the federal lands that fuel Utah’s economy, I am applying for unemployment in Utah.”
It’s also worth noting here that while the Democratic Party leadership is completely 100% worthless, the old left-leaning idea that change comes from the grassroots seemingly proves true here. Change comes from ourselves, not Chuck Schumer. And that’s what we see with locals flooding Republican town halls and such and the beginning of a real reaction to President Musk destroying the government. Democrats will take their lead from the people, not the other way around.