The real resistance isn’t what you think it is

Eons (and Elons) ago, before DOGE began shaking up the federal government like a $6.1 trillion snow globe, California legislators convened in Sacramento to “Trump-proof” the state. 

Two months into Trump 2.0, lawsuits are sprouting like California poppies as Musk dismisses thousands of career employees, dismembers entire agencies, and unilaterally cancels federal contracts, wielding a chainsaw (both literal and metaphorical) to a chant of “waste, fraud and abuse.”

Many of the people who voted for Trump...