06/26/2025
🚨PSA🚨 Just Because You’re Ready to Fight Doesn’t Mean It’s the Right Fight.
I don’t know whether I learned it in the streets of Southeast D.C., in Glassmanor, in the United States Marine Corps, or during my federal law enforcement career but one thing I know for certain:
👉🏽 You must pick your battles.
👉🏽 And you must pick battles you can win.
I’m not saying don’t fight but let’s stop throwing ourselves into emotional warfare with no strategy.
This latest controversy with the federal courts and the administration? That’s federal vs. federal. And truthfully? Local leaders, activists, and influencers need to stay in their lane.
We can’t beat the feds.
But we do need the feds resources, funding, enforcement, infrastructure.
When we antagonize federal agencies or overstep jurisdictional boundaries, we hurt ourselves more than anyone.
This is emotional manipulation plain and simple.
Another performance to stir up the crowd, sell the illusion of resistance, and build political name recognition.
🗣️ “Any press is good press” and in politics, visibility is 80–90% of the battle.
But let me be real:
While these political actors throw punches to get headlines, we the people are the ones bleeding.
It’s like watching two parents fight. The argument may feel good to them, but the children always suffer.
That’s us. We’re the children in this dysfunctional political family.
Let our U.S. Senators and Congressional representatives fight that fight on our behalf.
Let’s stop inserting ourselves emotionally into federal battles we don’t fully understand, and most importantly can’t win.
I’m done blaming them. They’re playing a game that works for them.
Now it’s time for us to demand a system that works for us.
This performative resistance?
It makes noise.
But it doesn’t make progress.
This is Dave Grogan and I approve this message
Public Integrity Advocate | Retired Federal Law Enforcement Executive | Marine for Life
The Trump administration has filed a lawsuit against all 15 federal judges in Maryland, ratcheting up a fight with the federal judiciary over President Trump's executive powers.
