One of the ways to say "no" to all things Trump is for the states to step up and make their own laws to fight him. Several have already gone in that direction environmentally (led by California), and of course now a bunch of states are actively protecting reproductive rights — which kind of leaves women in Alabama, Mississippi and other red states up a creek, but still.
Yet occasionally a state's action can reach beyond its borders to affect us all. New York State, for example, recently voted for Congress to be able to access Trump's tax returns. And our state Attorney General, Letitia James, has the NRA in the crosshairs, so to speak. Both decisions could hasten Trump's and the NRA's political demise (or so we hope).
Now, the New York state assembly has voted to allow state prosecutors to pursue charges against Trump-pardoned felons. Message to the Paul Manaforts of the world: Look out.
As we've said before, it's a direct result of November's election, when the Empire State was able to finally flip the state senate to the Democratic side. Great stuff has been happening ever since. It gives us cats hope, and we PURR.
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