The Mel K Show MORNINGS WITH MEL K - Subversion Instead of Elections: Lawfare vs. the People 1-29-26
Jan 29, 2026
Dr. Carlin, a researcher of left-wing organizing and protest movements, offers on-the-ground insights into activist groups, funding, and tactics. The conversation covers how small protests grew into coordinated unrest. Short takes explore mutual aid funding, distinctions between DSA and revolutionary groups, teacher and youth involvement, and calls for strong government response.
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Litigation As Political Strategy
- Mel K defines lawfare as litigation and NGO coordination substituting for elections and persuasion.
- She claims Norm Eisen and allied NGOs normalized courts and multi-state suits to manage political outcomes.
Restore Judicial Restraint And Federalism
- Reaffirm that elections are decisive by restoring judicial restraint and limiting nationwide injunctions.
- Preserve federalism by preventing NGO-coordinated multi-state litigation from overruling state autonomy.
States United's Coordinated Playbook
- Mel K says Norm Eisen's States United Democracy Center coordinated left-leaning legal and organizing strategy post-2020.
- She frames the group as central to synchronized multi-state litigation and voter-protection operations.