in worcester, massachusetts.cided to resist by declaring the city a sanctuary for transgendered and nonbinary people. big opposition to trump. because that's exactly what americans have been clamoring for. now more on that in just a little bit. but the resistance which is mostly now funded by unions and rich progressives is just one endless parade of victims. it's nonstop fear-mongering. when what americans should truly fear is the possibility that democrats ever get power to screw things up again. a month into this trump presidency, and their response is just a broken record of old toxic grievances. as we have seen so often before, democrats think that they can buy enough votes to win. of course, buy the votes among whom? well, among government workers and african-americans. because nothing screams 2025 like another push for reparations. >> for those who say we need to just get over it, um, that's interesting. when as a nation you are benefiting right now from an economy that was built on the brutalized backs an

we welcome those of you who are with us here in antiquarian hall in worcester. we also welcome those of you who are watching us tonight on youtube. whether you are here in worcester or anywhere around the country or around the world. we're also pleased to have with us tonight c-span recording this program for a later broadcast. the american antiquarian society is located on the ancestral homelands of the nipmuc tribal community, who remain an active presence here in central massachusetts. my name is scott casper and i have the pleasure and the honor of serving as president of the american antiquarian society. our mission here is to cultivate a deeper understanding of the american past, grounded in the primary sources we've been collecting for more than 200 years. we have in collection everything from newspapers and periodicals to graphic arts material to books and pamphlets, manuscripts and children's literature. more than two and a half million objects collected over 200 years and continuing to be collected to this day. in addition to welcoming researchers from

are investing in headquarters, in labs in manufacturing plants, not only in greater boston but in worcester and all across this state park . started the growing here that will help us decarbonized and bring more energy to massachusetts. now they are able to scale up statewide with support from our new climate tech initiative. we are also going to go big on artificial intelligence. i don't want anybody to be afraid. ai is what the internet was 30 years ago is going to change everything. and states will either help steer ai's impact, or they will struggle to keep pace. well, massachusetts where he actually planted the science behind ai, so i want us to lead from massachusetts businesses, for residents and for our workforce. see, ai is going to help us secure those diseases faster. ai is going to help us identify where we need to build up those dance and shore up our coastline to do with the effects of climate change. ai's going to help us and is helping our administration right now with speed and improve the delivery of services. that's what massachusetts does. we do it better than anybody el

in worcester, we are going to protect you. >> trace: they got their wish. what do you think?resting. i'm curious what they are so afraid of happening. the majority of americans agree that minors should not undergo any sort of sex change. that's just common sense policy. to they think that it's okay for minors to be able to change their gender when they can't even drink alcohol? it makes zero sense. >> trace: they can't get an aspirin without the school calling the parents. writing the following. disney making changes to its efforts. disney changing its diversity, equity, and inclusion programs to focus more closely on business outcomes. who knew disney wanted to make money? >> who knew we would see a return to their end results. the fact that they are reversing and walking back everything they just fought for the last four years proves that dei has been an abject certified failure on so many levels. profitwise, and audiences. parents want wholesome entertainment and experiences for kids. returned to merit, returned to truth. >> trace: disney changing content warnings out of m

that, quote is from a case called worcester versus georgia. it didn't involve. yeah, the cherokee case didn't involve actually the executive branch at all. the supreme court never issued a directive to the president. the president never defied that. when the supreme court, in donald trump's lifetime told harry truman, you can't seize the steel mills unilaterally, even if you had good motives. harry truman complied with that. and this was a supreme court dominated by people of harry truman's party. when, in the nixon tapes case, the court with four nixon appointees, three of whom were on the court and one of whom recused, told him he had to hand over the tapes, he obeyed that. that's what presidents have done in years past. and, and and i fully expect that this president will do that if he really wants to make america great and have a good reputation going forward. because our best presidents actually have been law abiding presidents. the greatest of them all was abraham lincoln. he did not disobey a supreme court order, as some people have sometimes said. it's j

in 1832, president andrew jackson refused to enforce a supreme court order in worcester versus georgia, a case about the sovereignty of the cherokee nation. and this is when he famously. supposedly said, the chief justice has made his decision. now let him enforce it. most historians agree he never actually said that, but he did ignore the order. the other case dates back to the civil war. chief justice roger taney ruled that president lincoln had violated the constitution by suspending the writ of habeas corpus. the right to challenge your detention. but that was during wartime, and congress later authorized what he was doing. and it was all 160 years ago. right. so this is this is new in modern history. i guess the biggest question that's left on the table is, are we already in a constitutional crisis? those two words. right. constitutional crisis. lawyers tend to be very cautious with their words. and they talk about the possibility of a crisis. but maybe maybe we already are in one. if the executive can ignore a court order with no real fallout, and this happens repeatedly, we're f

another in worcester runs a small nonprofit to help communities vulnerable to the climate crisis. they have one and a half million dollars in contracts that they now can't access and soon they're going to have to lay off employees. the impact of holding this money up is real, it is felt in our communities, it is felt household by household by household. when people can't get to the money they need so that they can issue the paychecks and keep people working. why and how is that making america any better off? or take this story from "the boston globe" entitled am i going to lose my husband? the real price of trump's budget freeze. quote, the freeze is harming real people. one of them is james, a virginia resident who told his story to the editorial board but asked that his last name not be used because he fears retaliation. eight years ago when james was 32 after years of health problems, he was diagnosed with ne neuroindoctrine humanors, formally called carcinoid cancer with accompanying severe carcinoid syndrome. tumors were in his intestines, in his liver with nod yules on his -