Surgery for minors has happened but only for a handful of children of wealthy families.
There was a 17 year old couple I read about pre pandemic that both had gotten surgery, they were boyfriend and girlfriend, both trans, and they were interviewed at their family lake house.
Navigating that level healthcare access is a privilege.
The ones with the courage to stand against trump have already been weeded out by retirement or primary. The sitting members are the replacements true to the cult. They have abdicated their responsibility.
How much you are willing to risk is a personal choice.
Get to know your neighbors, get back in touch with friends and family that you know are sympathetic. Give your time and effort to groups in your area that are resisting, whether legally, physically, or however that looks to you.
Starting the French underground is a big lift, but the French underground did not spring fully formed out of nothing. You have to find ways you can help.
People knew they weren't coming back from those trains.
They didn't know exactly how they were going to die, but they knew they wern't going to live on a farm somewhere. They just didn't ask questions because that could get you on the next train.
People hid and smuggled and lied for their friends and in-laws. You don't take that risk from ignorance.
If the full force of the FBI, military, and local law enforcement turns against the citizenry the citizenry is cooked.
Hopefully our fellow citizens will balk at killing their neighbors, but if they don't, shotguns and handguns are only useful to increase the cost of enforcement on the gestapo.
California was populated by desperate people losing their farms and homes. See: grapes of Wrath.
Penny auctions happened, but they weren't the norm nationwide. The banks did forclose and people did lose their homes and sometimes abandoned them because the land was worthless during the dust bowl.
If America gets that desperate again, you will see pockets of solidarity and community and other examples of heartlessness and tragedy. We can't know how much unless it happens.
There are 1.3 million people in maine. Of those, half are over the age of 45. And roughly 45% of the voters voted for trump.
There are roughly 213 thousand Mainers under the age of 45 that are politically engaged and not Trumpers.
Doubtless, some of them would be better candidates than Plattner. If they run I will consider donating to them. But currently, they are not running. Plattner has released videos, put together a team. It may be a grift. I'll take that risk. I want candidates to say the things he says when they run. The boring centrists have a machine behind them. The DNC. There is no progressive National Committee. There is only people like you and me chattering online and donating money.
If he was still denying the tattoo was a Nazi symbol I would shake my head and forget about him. I will not dismiss him because he is not polished. The campaign is will polish him as a candidate or it won't. Either way, my 20$ will do a tiny bit to encourage more candidates like Plattner to take the plunge and run for office.
They can't undo it. Each congress sets their own rules. If the Republicans end it while they have the majority, the Democrats would be the biggest cucks on the planet to bring it back when they take the Senate.
Running a milqtoast centrist is just fascism with extra steps. They will do nothing of substance and then people will vote for fascists to enact change.
Surgery for minors has happened but only for a handful of children of wealthy families.
There was a 17 year old couple I read about pre pandemic that both had gotten surgery, they were boyfriend and girlfriend, both trans, and they were interviewed at their family lake house.
Navigating that level healthcare access is a privilege.