We need a Revolution to drive the Trump regime out of office. Authoritarians never leave voluntarily. It takes the wrath of the people to drive them away. From what I'm seeing, the anger is ramping up daily, & I've never seen so many folks hitting the streets to protest what they're doing to us.
I do agree but we need to do more to expose the reality. The *overall support he still has is sickening. Far too many still, SOMEHOW, just don't get it.
Media should be flooding the public with the reality of what's happening but I swear, they've somehow gotten worse after the election.
Fascism. Protests are NOT illegal. the actions of an individual protester might be if they engage in violence. He is going to eliminate free speech and any resistance to Maga.
Most Americans don’t grasp the gravity of our moment. They don’t see the fall of democracy as a real threat. It’s something foreign and the idea of the U.S. collapsing into authoritarianism seems unthinkable.
The First Amendment to the US Constitution prevents Congress from making laws…abridging the freedom of speech…the freedom of assembly, or the right to petition the government for redress of grievances. It was adopted on December 15, 1791.
There's no such thing as an "illegal protest". There are things protester can DO that are illegal, the all protests are covered by the First Amendment. Now Trump will decide that any protest he doesn't like is "illegal", but he doesnt have the last word legally.
Sure he does. SCROTUM, I mean SCOTUS has already ruled that Trump is essentially above the law. If he says it's illegal, they're not going to shut him down.
It feels like we, the people, are in a verbally ab*sive relationship with this Trump Administration. They are isolating us away from our family & friends (allies). They treat us like 💩. They tell us Trump's the best we'll ever have while blaming us when things go wrong.
pretty soon he'll outlaw gatherings of more than 5 people. Consider:
"On the 2 May 1933 trade unions were banned. Just two months later, on 14 July 1933 the Nazis used the Enabling Act to ban all political parties except the Nazi ..."
You're there now.
You mean five protesters could cripple garbage Conservative schools like Liberty University, Bob Jones University, Colorado Christian University, Auburn and Texas A&M by just showing up again and again with "Fuck Trump!" signs and wearing masks?
He’s scared of the press covering the protests will overshadow his address today/tonight. He wants to constantly impress Putin he’s got things under control, his control.
I swear Stephen Miller is now writing these.
That pesky First Amendment. I told my daughter to get a protest going at Mo West, and my gray-haired friends and I will join them. All of us in masks, of course.
I’ll repeat;
This is a DISTRACTION
nothing would fire up his base more than a bunch of college students protesting.
If he’s lucky a couple will be shot and we can spend our summer with RIOTING all over.
DO NOT FALL FOR THIS!!!
It's part of the plan to create havoc and eventually institute martial law and postpone - then cancel - elections. P01135809 said it himself: "you won't need to vote again."
This Orange Dictator will arrest and imprison our children for exercising their first amendment rights! What it going to take? Trump and his Republican collaborators must be stopped! Traitors!
We need to stand together, in Washington. Someone please call for a general strike and a march on Washington. Say Labor Day, May 1?
Freedom? Use it or lose it.
The forces would need to be organized. It's a long leap from a ranting post to college student suppression. I'm not saying it's impossible, but the federal government has limited resources. They don't have enough ICE agents. The military is being sent to Mexico border. There's not enough local cops.
Something to this effect: "Any act or statement that slanders the POTUS or the USA at large. This misinformation and high-jacking of our young students is spread by deep-state elites and anti-American groups engaged in Astro-turfing and dissemination of rhetoric contrary to American principles.(1/2)
"These traitors undermine true American patriots and do not share our values. This is leftist extremism and anti-Christian propaganda. They must be locked-up and/or deported."
The inciter of J6, where insurrectionists attacked police, many injured/some died, would like schools to control their protestors or face serious consequences. No one but he is allowed to sit back and watch hell rain down. *Note: Nothing will be done to stop school shootings, but protests are out.
Actually the destruction of human rights is central to their efforts to violently purge the country of everyone they consider subhuman. That's why exterminating trans people is such a huge priority--we're the first step, a test case for abolishing the rights to life and liberty.
The goal is wealth and power. There is no money to be made abolishing trans people, they need to create a false boogeyman as a distraction while they plummet the economy. Then the robber barons will sweep in and buy up the country at a fraction of the cost. It'll be the 'gilded age' on steroids.
I should also mention...they think eradicating "undesirable" people will make the nation wealthier. It's a major theme in fascist ideology, that disabled people, infertile people, and others they devalue are seen as a financial burden on the rest of society.
They've made millions of dollars spreading the gospel of trans eradication. It's such a lucrative industry that grifters from every corner of the political spectrum are pivoting into dedicated anti-trans hate media jobs
I also don't think most cis people understand how obsessive the anti-trans brainworms are once they take hold of someone. There are so many people who have basically demolished their personal lives by disturbing everyone around them with constant angry ranting about trans people.
All of you ever so brave Genocide Joe bullies, better hike up your big boy/girl pants now that an actual genocide supporter is in office. Alot harder to be brave and a bully now that the guy who supported your rights to protest is gone.
I have no doubt in my mind that Trump will use the US Military to violently quell protests that his handlers deem "illegal". He will order National Guard/Army to shoot Americans. It will happen.
Who determines what constitutes the fuhrer's listed protests? he has feed into his heroes' kim & vladimir's rule. And, emboldened by the cooperating terrorist group in both houses. The whole Constitution & Bill of Rights must be broadcasted, illuminated & adhered to or WE cease. #FORWARD
This is all BS. There is no legal way to backup anything Trump just posted. There is no such thing as 'illegal protest'. There is no mechanism to track federal funding to a school. There is no legal way to connect random Trump policy musings to actual spending.
This is just an empty threat.
This is a comic strip view of how the government works. The DoJ can't make law. The USG has no mechanism for the DHS to tell some other agency to stop funding. None of this holds up in court.
Here, though, there is no connection between the DoJ and agencies that may provide education funds. How does the DoJ direct the Dept of Ed to stop funding? We see push back now on the 5 bullet memo, and that does direct another agencies to do work that they could be liable.
Everyone needs to fully understand where they are taking us. Once they start trying to imprison people for exercising their 1A rights, it's time to push back with everything we have. I will not be silenced and I will protect that right to my last dying breath.
I've been buying tons of books just in case. I bought an old encyclopedia set plus stuff about world, American, and black history plus tons of banned books. I want to have a good library for one (in case we survive this) but I'm also concerned about the truth being lost
Look at DK publishing. They have amazing informational books for all ages. But their stuff is generally more broad topics so most don't go into huge detail but they're great resources for general knowledge. I have a kid's atlas. I need an adult one plus more books on historical figures and events
Uh, who gets to decide which protests are illegal? Isn’t our right to assemble protected by the Constitution? If Trump violates our Constitutional rights, which of the millions of people that have sworn an oath to protect the constitution from all enemies, foreign or domestic, will arrest Trump?
Nobody will ever arrest him. All branches of government as well as law enforcement (anywhere outside of DC at least) as well as the military are fully on board with fascism. There is nobody to protect us. Nobody will. It has to be us.
So students peacefully protesting gets them imprisoned but a violent insurrection at the Capitol where they beat cops gets a pardon from Trump. I hope nobody has any illusions about what happens next.
They don’t seem to care about the constitution anymore. If you didn’t believe it before believe it now. This is a full blown coup. Welcome to the United States of Russia.
I think it was over when SCOTUS declared Presidents don’t have to follow the law. That was the most ant-democracy, anti-American, unconstitutional act in U.S. history.
Except that’s not what they actually said, and if they had said that Trump’s administration wouldn’t be losing in court the way they have over the last few weeks.
It was a horrible decision but it wasn’t a blank check to do whatever he wants.
When your constitution allows the waving of Nazi flags and insignia, allows Nazi salutes, under " freedom of speech" BUT your government bans students or for that matter any other groups demonstrating.... Then you realise, as a country, you've pretty well hit the bottom...
Speaking as an American citizen who has always advocated for gun safety legislation and have never been and am not (yet) a gun-owner, is this not what the Second Amendment was intended to protect her citizenry against?
OTH, is he not trying to set us up to declare martial law?
The German resistance consisted of small, isolated groups that were unable to mobilize mass political opposition.
In power, Nazi leaders quickly banned extra-party demonstrations, fearing displays of dissent on open urban spaces might develop and grow, even without organization.
That's some kgb shit. We used to have freedom of speech.
If you protest, be peaceful. Not just for yourself, but so the protest can continue.
If you are arrested, you may be labeled enemy of the state and a domestic terrorist. At this point. They may freeze your bank acct. Withdraw cash first
What? I can assure you illegals are not protesting for fear of being deported or they left already. Let alone at a school. If he is talking about students with school visas then that is not an illegal. And now protesting will get you arrested. Land of the free???
I have 2 words for everyone, Kent State. If you're not old enough to remember, look it up. when I was marching in the 60s, the police were everywhere. We were tear gassed, we were beaten, we were locked in classrooms, and the kids at kent state were shot.The fact it's happening again is horrifying.
I just posted Neil Young as well. I mean, we lived this and to think we had the best fifty years the united states ever had for human rights, and now this, I am heartbroken for our grandchildren, just heartbroken
My heart is breaking for our beautiful country! If you want to do something but aren't comfortable or close to any protests, please don't buy anything on Wednesdays! Make it a regular thing, every Wednesday! You can show up by not showing up! Women have so much economic power, let's use it together!
Sounds like a script from some dystopian movie, where the calm, female voice announces participants are about to fight to the death, and then wishes them good luck
I attend the College of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas, and the President already sent out an informal letter alerting us of this and other changes. What a great time to be alive 🤪
Folks, Trump’s even more full of shit here than he usually is. Don’t let him rattle you with such anti-constitutional malarkey. He’s still smarting from the June 2020 protests that forced him to seek refuge in the White House ‘skif.’ He’s as much a wuss today with his phony bravado.
The window of opportunity is closing fast. You better believe the party of AI tech bros will mandate AI surveillance everywhere in anticipation of resistance. It takes one tragedy to spearhead the legislation to get it implemented. Protest now while you can, it may not be a right in the future.
Are there any institutions prepping to take this on, daring him to stop funding, with drafted complaint ready to go. It's hard to get injunctive relief but this would seem to be on the easier side.
Stay Calm and Protest On! Class action lawsuits to wipe trump/musk out! Our collective responsibility and our constitution is greater than one person! #RESIST
He knows that he legally can't stop protest, but that colleges can enforce expulsions and things like that so he's hoping that the colleges will do the dirty work for him since he's legally not allowed to do it
When the Social Welfare Cheques fail to arrive because of the reduction in staff by Doge.
An executive order will be Signed by Potus trumpie to Prohibit all Public Demonstrations.
Martial Law will be enacted.
Welcome to trumpieland.
🇮🇪🇪🇺
I live in Mo-not from here-but remember your campaign I knew you were a freedom fighter I live in North West mo.The far right repubs are vast majority.i was raised in heavily Democratic area; the Capitol of Illinois,so hard to understand extreme right who too often have no clue they embrace fascism
This man is an idiot. Does he really think EVERYONE is on X? AND pays attention to every post he makes? How is he using that platform as a way to communicate to all citizens? 🤦♀️
Yeah - I keep saying it feels like they have already exploited all the holes in our policies & systems using AI logic. For those with kids, we must have hope. Sigh.
Amen!
He's a dictator wannabe, and if we don't have some heroes in the wings ready to step up. . .we will not have the America our forefathers fought, died,and struggled to ensure ever again.
Our kids and grandkids will never know a free country.
I've seen this mode of government operations in other countries.
Russia, China, North Korea, if you dare to protest the government, you are a criminal.
Is this the route this country is heading to?
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Media should be flooding the public with the reality of what's happening but I swear, they've somehow gotten worse after the election.
Most Americans don’t grasp the gravity of our moment. They don’t see the fall of democracy as a real threat. It’s something foreign and the idea of the U.S. collapsing into authoritarianism seems unthinkable.
https://bsky.app/profile/televisionary.bsky.social/post/3lixqcpo6lk2o
Welcome to the Fourth Reich.
Arrest Trump!
Have not heard back, we are alone in
Missouri
"On the 2 May 1933 trade unions were banned. Just two months later, on 14 July 1933 the Nazis used the Enabling Act to ban all political parties except the Nazi ..."
You're there now.
I swear Stephen Miller is now writing these.
This is a DISTRACTION
nothing would fire up his base more than a bunch of college students protesting.
If he’s lucky a couple will be shot and we can spend our summer with RIOTING all over.
DO NOT FALL FOR THIS!!!
Freedom? Use it or lose it.
He’s scared about the wave of hate that’s being felt around the world
Because we know he’s a coward with bone spurs
Exactly 💯
I'm never sure if the posts I read from the specimen are real (red vs. blue bubbled ✔️'s).
Is this a threat the piece of 🐍 shit would post? Absolutely!
That's the garbage forthcoming.
politics #trump #love #peace
This is just an empty threat.
And if you didn't read the rest of the poem, learn to read.
Might as well make them all illegal now.
Republican
Under
Master
Putin
It was a horrible decision but it wasn’t a blank check to do whatever he wants.
OTH, is he not trying to set us up to declare martial law?
All because of the
GOP Republicans they are the enablers
The German resistance consisted of small, isolated groups that were unable to mobilize mass political opposition.
In power, Nazi leaders quickly banned extra-party demonstrations, fearing displays of dissent on open urban spaces might develop and grow, even without organization.
Fascism from him, nothing from you.
America's descent is picking up speed.
If you protest, be peaceful. Not just for yourself, but so the protest can continue.
If you are arrested, you may be labeled enemy of the state and a domestic terrorist. At this point. They may freeze your bank acct. Withdraw cash first
I'm so glad I don't have kids.
What it is ain't exactly clear...
They died for us.
I do remember.
😡
No masking this idea 47 needs to go….
#Protest
What am I gonna be kicked out of?
Arrested? For… what, exactly?
Celebrating 🥳 Fat Tuesday?
Time for some John Lewis good trouble.
Then Trump will justify declaring martial law.
An executive order will be Signed by Potus trumpie to Prohibit all Public Demonstrations.
Martial Law will be enacted.
Welcome to trumpieland.
🇮🇪🇪🇺
And wasn’t JD “Eyeliner” Vance lecturing everyone about “free speech”? 😏
It seems that “free speech” is a one-way street—flowing from the far right to the centre and left, but never in the other direction.
Idiocracy.
He's a dictator wannabe, and if we don't have some heroes in the wings ready to step up. . .we will not have the America our forefathers fought, died,and struggled to ensure ever again.
Our kids and grandkids will never know a free country.
Russia, China, North Korea, if you dare to protest the government, you are a criminal.
Is this the route this country is heading to?
Good bye USConstitution😢