When the feds close a door, the state will open a window.  Or so intends a coalition of progressive activist groups and state Democratic legislators who are coalescing to resist Trump and the GOP agenda, and ensure that voting rights, reproductive rights, environmental protections, education quality and other “amenities” that make life bearable remain strong in New Jersey no matter what the Trump administration hands out.

The day before a major religious holiday—in this case, Easter—is usually not great for group gatherings as people are at home or in supermarkets preparing for their celebration.

In the wake of the election that brought us Trump as president, Sussex County’s Democratic Party has seen attendees at local and countywide meetings filling all the available chairs, unusual to say the least in this counties GOP-dominated culture. Its FB page has jumped from 400 to more than 600 “likes” in a scant three months. It is experiencing an influx of new people who are either part of the 18,000 registered Democrats who previously felt intimidated to declare in public or part of the unaffiliated who now see activism in the Democratic Party as a viable way to fight back.  The SCDC is far from alone.

The Republican Party nationally and in New Jersey continues its assault on women, from promoting national legislation to restrict reproductive freedom to, in New Jersey, quashing a bill that would have guaranteed women workers equal pay.  And Sussex County’s GOP has an explanation for why that’s okay, and it came from a woman.

Sussex County’s leading Trumpette, state Sen. Steve Oroho, thinks barring refugees and immigrants from majority-Muslim countries who have already gone though extensive vetting, usually over years, and sending them packing is a great idea.

As Donald Trump spends his first week in office issuing executive orders (imperial edicts?) of dubious legal standing and without input from experienced government personnel, Democrats are pushing back.

A couple of weeks ago Sussex County roadways were lined with Trump lawn signs. In the past week or so, they seem to be disappearing. On one fifteen minute trip through the county, where last week you saw dozens of Trump signs, yesterday they appeared on only two lawns.

It looks like Chris Christie bet wrong when he went all in to support Donald Trump’s bid for the White House.

Republican leaders across the nation have recognized Trump as a sexual predator who publicly boasts about his prowess and the opportunities that his celebrity affords.  But what about in Sussex County?

Count Congressman Scott Garrett among those Republican politicians who continue to support and endorse Donald Trump.