Big, growing crowd just west of the U.S. Capitol protesting Trump, Musk and DOGE on President’s Day. “Hey Congress, grow a spine,” they shout, gathering for a rally around the reflecting pool.
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I did a walkthrough, here’s a timelapse. This is probably the biggest demo in D.C. so far post-inauguration, brought together by the 50501 Movement which originated on Reddit.
Everyone was chanting “fire Elon!” while I was filming this.
I don't understand the point of this. We already know that very close to half of America voted against him, and if that wasn't enough, why would he pay any attention to anything less?
We need 3.5%.
Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts – a threshold of 3.5% of the population has never failed to bring about change.
Thanks - I'm gonna check out that article - I think this largely depends on many other factors besides the use of violence/non-violence from reading the BBC summary, but I'll look through the details. I'd be especially keen to see how they control for different types of government
Absolutely not....we need 12 to 15 million people in DC... this will require leaving your families, quitting your jobs... commitment...sustained in the streets until it's over, not a weekend that's convenient
Yeah, but I asked that question considering that the protests are organised and taking place in every State and more are planned in the future, also in different forms like boycotting and striking generally
Those are good and necessary, but they are often convenient, temporary and hit 'n miss. We need sustained defiance, we need to stop spending our money, shut it completely down and take to the streets heading east to Washington.
Kinda like J6, except 226 x's bigger.
I spent the last couple of hours doing still photography up until the protest dispersed. Here’s a few. Also seen: green Luigi hats, depictions of Musk doing a Nazi salute, “Captain Maryland” with a belt of Old Bay tins and a giant crab mallet.
40 years ago, the biggest music stars in the world came together.
Contact Kendrick Lamar and encourage him to pull together a celebration of the power, creativity and the power of collective humanity to do the same to save our country, our democracy, and the world.
All our organizations need to do fundraising to invest in LOUD sound systems. The inexpensive, light weight or cheap bull horns do NOTHING in outdoor spaces. To be heard we must be LOUD, stop being afraid to shout. Not a time to be polite.
What sort of equipment works? Let's go shopping!.🔊📢
A good sized line array will do the trick. But they are expensive and if not operated correctly can be problematic.
For example.
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That is a good turnout. It will encourage others going forward. When the weather warms, there will be countless swarms of people. It would be useful for the signer/sign language interpreter to have an elevated dias/stool/trunk/even a mini trampoline/rebounder would work, to be seen by more.
National Blackout 2/28/25 Peaceful Protest at your state capital #r50501
We cannot delay, we need more. This is a +1 event, bring your neighbor, bring your friend, introduce yourself to a veteran, healthcare worker, someone who’s being impacted, and bring them
depends on what you watch. Tons of video on YouTube. I don't have cable or watch local news so do not know about that but the evening MSNBC shows covered it
There is nothing that makes you feel more powerful than PEACEFULLY protesting in Washington DC! It’s the energy from those who walked those same steps before you and what was accomplished in the face of adversity & the grit to never back down. If you can go to DC and be part of this, DO IT!!!
Just gonna point out, there are enough people there to easily kill everyone in a building. In minutes. The treason muppets Trump let out wandered around for hours.
my guess you already know that 80% (prob higher) of Americans aren’t built for that. The good news is people are out there, they’re doing what they can. It’s a positive start.
Free people vs the meta-fascist coup. Get informed, get organized, take action. They won’t give up power without a coalition of the masses and every available uncorrupted politician acting together to remove & arrest the regime. They stole the election, they’re destroying democracy, they won’t stop
His genius was revolutionary his voice, his profound lyrics truly addressed the human condition with unvarnished truth! I was just listening to his 1994 album Spirits.
They need to protest at EVERY PLACE the GOP congress goes. Give them no sleep. Protest at their homes, their restaurants, their clubs, their offices... EVERYWHERE!
Great crowd with lots of energy. But no organized speakers or concrete ways to channel this energy into concrete action. No elected officials. We can’t fight back against a very well organized Project 2025 without better planning. Also, saw press interviewing the Trumpers.
Way to go DC!!!! I'm leaving soon for my city hall in my tiny rural eastern WA town. Hoping I'm not the only one. People are afraid to speak up here. #Resist #NoZeroSumGames
one advantage the Europeans have over us. Their countries are small, & they have top notch public transportation. It is really easy to pull together a crowd if you can be there in 15 minutes or less on the subway. We only have a few cities with that kind of mobility.
Make CCS2.0 the American standard like in Europe. Why did they cave to Tesla two years ago? Caving to Musk's businesses has to stop. We need CCS for our electric car market to be open with the rest of the world. This is just one example of our government caving to Musk. Which lead to this circus.
I can’t wait for all these incels to find out Project 2025 has a roadmap to ban porn in every form. What will you do all day in mom’s basement after that? it’ll be fun when you all realize they aren’t on your side either. They are trashing the govt to provide unchecked power. That’s it. Wake up.
Doesn’t matter to me, I don’t use it. But it’s true. And if you don’t believe this admin is implementing Project 2025 do yourself a favour and read the playbook (on their site) and then comment.
Thought you would enjoy this since you like to cite MSNBC.
MSNBC Executive BUSTED on Tape stating their Viewers are Brainwashed and Dumb, Admitting they’re Goal is to do everything they Can to get Kamala Harris Elected
You are proving the opposite point here bud. I sent you 5 links to 5 news sources PLUS the official source. My god. Keep stretching. Do you need me to find this actually piece of news on Fox before you will believe it’s true? Get a life.
Senate Democrats deserve yelling at. But yes, there are a handful of Republicans who know what they're facilitating and might be shamed or bullied into changing course.
Why do people like you even bother forming an opinion? You have no idea how things work, why can’t you admit that to yourself? There are no bills to gum up. Zero. They slowed down confirmations. They are filing lawsuits. You should look up what the 111th Congress did
McConnell didn't just use the filibuster against the Democrats. The Senate minority has a lot of tools they could have used to dramatically delay the confirmation of Trump's disastrous cabinet nominees, and they didn't use them.
Using procedural bullshit to grind Senate business to a halt. They could have delayed Trump's cabinet confirmations for weeks, but they fast-tracked them at the Republicans' request.
You are replying very aggressively, so I'm going to gently suggest you pause, come off the defensive, and consider that you may need to learn something about how the Senate works. I will provide some links to that end below.
That's probably why they're saying "congress"
Considering Clyde and the felon are taking actions on the budget which is explicitly under the control of congress, yes, the congress as a group needs to grow a spine.
Well I come on social media and see groups protesting democrats, and people yelling “do something!” at democrats bc they don’t understand what being in the minority party means, and everyone seems to believe government = democrats, so I have zero faith those people are protesting who they should be
This is great though I've always been confused by this location for rallies. It's a big open space and it does make it easy to draw passersby from the Mall I guess and makes for a nice picture, but it's really the middle of nowhere as far as federal office buildings are concerned
Hi I used to live on Capitol Hill in DC. It's "in front of Congress" but there's a huge open space between the location of the protest and the Capitol Building. This crowd is ~1/3 of a mile away from the BACK of the Capitol Building. Members come and go on the other side
Awesome, I still live here - I walked from my house to the protest. I think it's better to be in front of the legislature who could serve as a check on TrElon's coup, vs in front of fed buildings in the Executive branch who ultimately work for Trump. Different protests for different goals.
Then again both are empty now as it's a federal holiday so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I'm actually surprised nobody's started protesting outside Heritage Foundation yet, given that they wrote Project 2025.
A nation on the edge. The walls of democracy tremble, yet its supposed defenders mutter poll-tested platitudes, bar charts, mistaking timidity for strategy.
Meanwhile, the strongman sharpens his axe, unchallenged.
They say there’s a time to govern and a time to campaign? How about a time to fight!
That's a lot more people than orange asswipe's inauguration!
Of course that's because there are only a few people who own the entire world that attended that. But those owners were all there, enjoying Elon's Nazi salute and rubbing their hands together in anticipation of the looting to come!
Thank you Alejandro! I appreciate that you marched and thank you for sharing your videos. Disabled and no longer able to march, but made my calls and continue to, several times weekly. Fuck the Felon and his owners!
Al Jazeera
Jake Broe
A little bit of BBC
Mother Jones
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John Oliver
Timothy Snyder
Ruth Ben-Ghiat
The Guardian
Bloomberg for business
Ray Delahanty
Money and Macro
Kanal 13
Suchomimus
WIRED
AP from the Gulf of Mexico
This crowd of amazing American patriots is not large. Pick a warmer day ahead, and millions of Americans should March on the White House and permanently get rid of everyone inside
@nbcnews.com @msnbc.com @apnews.com @newyorker.com @pbsnews.bsky.social @cbsnews.com @abcnewsgo.bsky.social WHY AREN’T YOU SHOWING ALL THE PROTESTS AROUND THE UNITED STATES 🇺🇸?! DO YOUR JOB! NOT WHAT THEY TELL YOU TO REPORT! REPORT THE REAL NEWS. STOP THE PROPAGANDA BULL SHIT!
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how do we channel all this energy into a bigger, better organzied demo in a month, a demo that has speakers that offer good ideas on what to do, not just stupid slogans like stop the coup
Reporters need to be on the ground at these rallies to find the people, business owners, farmers, etc. who are in danger of financially going under/harmed because Putin's guys Elon & Trump froze/canceled contracts/funds under congressionally mandated programs.
TELL THEIR STORIES!
Where were you guys / losers?
Chuck Schumer
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Well - I may have thought about flying to DC for the protest - but this admin has made flying too risky.
Part of the plan?
Scare the media into compliance, fire the IGs to stop oversight, bully the FBI and DOJ into submission, make citizens fear mobilizing and become more isolated and submissive.
So we protest even more. Rebuke their plan.
Local or travel... It ALL matters. Call local station to report news.. call and email them like our Reps in all branches. Hell stand outside of their studios for all I care in protest. Anyone seen the 4th estate lately?
The protest in Santa Fe is aimed at much at #ElonMusk as at #DonaldTrump. Maybe it’s a huge error to have put a weirdo fascist billionaire from South Africa in charge of the US government.
„The protest in #SantaFe is aimed at much at #ElonMusk as at #DonaldTrump. Maybe it’s a huge error to have put a weirdo fascist billionaire from South Africa in charge of the US government.“
Musk's reply to protests is clear:
"These Brats should go to prison"
Let's be ready: it's not IF will it happen, but WHEN will it happen. It's up to us to act faster than him.
#3E
To all those who are out speaking truth today, from all those who physically can't be with you:
We are so very Grateful! We are sending you our Love and Thoughts and Prayers. Also, sending Protection and Clarity. We are with each one of you with all our hearts and minds! Stay safe.
THANK YOU! 💞✌️🙏🏼🙌💗🤗
we had a huge crowd at Texas Capitol, another big group at Dallas City Hall and there were protests in Iowa, Kentucky, NC, SC, Tennessee, Arizona (big one) Oklahoma, FLorida. the plan is 50 states 50 capitals 1 day.
40 years ago, the biggest music stars in the world came together.
Contact Kendrick Lamar and encourage him to pull together a celebration of the power, creativity and the power of collective humanity to do the same to save our country, our democracy, and the world.
Congress is who stole our taxes and allowed deep kickback corruption to thrive in the DoD and Intelligence Community Contracting arena. Thousands of these evil theives will be exposed.
No one will touch DoD, their budget has been growing and they are home to the most waste and abuse then any other dept. Have been for decades! While we lose our jobs in every other dept. they are hiring. No freeze for them. DoD’s waste, fraud, and abuse is criminal but no one will touch them!
I have recruited, as an independent contractor, for nearly every agency that serves the U.S. Government over the last 35 years. You ARE WRONG. I see kickbacks to Agency hiring authorities nearly Everywhere I have served.
DOGE discovered that there are 394 million Social Security recipients in the U.S., despite the country having only 334 million citizens, a discrepancy of more than 60 million. You Libtards gonna ignore this too?! WHO got those payments?
Now that you were all gathered go find musk and his little minions. Do it while you're there. F Trump and his martial law. Defy him while we still have Patriots inside the military and police departments. Once Trump replaces them we're truly in trouble. Now is the time to fight.
I noticed too. Wrote a letter to the editor. So sad. I think they have the best journalists in the world, but the editorial staff is squashing the message. However, they are the first source of information and facts for all the talking heads and podcasts. so what are we going to do without them.
Grow a spine? Congress gave out their power to unelected bureaucrats of the administrative state long ago. Unelected bureaucrats that you never seem to
#resist
Our media is ignoring this. Our media is censored. They fired more FAA employees. They are trying to isolate us. Please don't forget about those of us who didn't vote for this when everything goes silent. Thanks for your support, we need it. I wish I was Canadian.
Awe, aren't they cute little boys.. they've paid 1 or 2 years into social security. Many of us have paid a lifetime could lose everything. No, they just want to get their peepee's wet, just like their Nazi leader Elon, who couldn't get laid in high school and is taking it out on the entire world!
I have one question. Which MSM network is there covering this protest, which shows are dedicating their time to cover it, and which Democrats are out there with the people who voted for them, and speaking truth to power? Anyone have an answer? I’ll wait.
since we are not seeing any close in coverage, we really don't know what Democrats are doing. Most likely you can find it on YouTube, their facebook pages, and websites
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Everyone was chanting “fire Elon!” while I was filming this.
He could have his citizenship revoked?
Definitely contracts cancelled.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXfafZo3H84
This would have to happen on a scale of millions of people in multiple cities and sustained or it's just going to be shrugged off.
Tbilisi has been at it for months.
-15°
Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts – a threshold of 3.5% of the population has never failed to bring about change.
https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-54142487
Kinda like J6, except 226 x's bigger.
(202) 224-3121
#Bluestormrising
#5calls
out of a cannon..?
…
I’m sure Arlin’s worried…
🤣🤣🤣
It’ll be on X soon
… ready to destroy the world and mankind…
… ALL HIS servants (every single one☝️) are to blame…🤷🏻♀️
… what do you expect from a guy who disowned his own child…
“We’re tired of the executive branch putting us at risk. We need our fellow Americans to stand up with us … we need Congress to take action.”
Otherwise we're still just talking to each other and nodding.
😕
Poor babies…
I need to gather my strength.
I can't imagine Nintendo knows how to handle this lmfao
Luigi becoming a mascot for political revolution and class consciousness
Contact Kendrick Lamar and encourage him to pull together a celebration of the power, creativity and the power of collective humanity to do the same to save our country, our democracy, and the world.
https://youtu.be/9AjkUyX0rVw?si=rhFARaS-rvp5f9ce
https://i.imgur.com/wjYmJ3B.jpg
What sort of equipment works? Let's go shopping!.🔊📢
For example.
These kinds of pa are easily scalable so find a reliable contractor who has a track record with events like this.
https://meyersound.com/product/leopard/
170,000,000 🇺🇸 Men
2nd Amendment
Right to Bear Arms in Case of
Tyrannical Government
1,000’s Kids Shot by 🇺🇸 Men
Thoughts and Prayers
Tyrannical Gvmt Shoots Back
🇺🇸 Men: Crickets
Fascism Arrives in 🇺🇸
🇺🇸 Men: Crickets
Superbowl & Daytona
🇺🇸 Men: Watching like they are on Heroin
We cannot delay, we need more. This is a +1 event, bring your neighbor, bring your friend, introduce yourself to a veteran, healthcare worker, someone who’s being impacted, and bring them
🤷🏻♀️
https://open.spotify.com/track/7KqE1CaTDaVP5U2JWj8LlE?si=9YormFM2RhK3NExydwLI7A
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Funny how he didn't show up for this one?
https://bsky.app/profile/chrissielinnit.bsky.social/post/3lhqzsngfqc2m
Curious, does fabricating stories about random people on the internet make you feel better? Sad life.
https://www.project2025.org/truth/
Doesn’t matter to me, I don’t use it. But it’s true. And if you don’t believe this admin is implementing Project 2025 do yourself a favour and read the playbook (on their site) and then comment.
MSNBC Executive BUSTED on Tape stating their Viewers are Brainwashed and Dumb, Admitting they’re Goal is to do everything they Can to get Kamala Harris Elected
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/09/fox-news-quietly-reports-fact-sheet-correcting-fox-news-misinformation/
It’s endless. Fox is 99% lies.
How bout that one?
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6368960434112
Considering Clyde and the felon are taking actions on the budget which is explicitly under the control of congress, yes, the congress as a group needs to grow a spine.
Know the enemy
There is a no shopping day Feb 28. There will be lots of things
Meanwhile, the strongman sharpens his axe, unchallenged.
They say there’s a time to govern and a time to campaign? How about a time to fight!
Of course that's because there are only a few people who own the entire world that attended that. But those owners were all there, enjoying Elon's Nazi salute and rubbing their hands together in anticipation of the looting to come!
Jake Broe
A little bit of BBC
Mother Jones
Warthog Defence
John Oliver
Timothy Snyder
Ruth Ben-Ghiat
The Guardian
Bloomberg for business
Ray Delahanty
Money and Macro
Kanal 13
Suchomimus
WIRED
AP from the Gulf of Mexico
Journalism:
https://youtu.be/LrikL4kKYPo
PLEASE text PXHTGI to 50409 to help SAVE #Medicaid! I will lose my #health #insurance, #housing, doctors, & #prescriptions. #Hospitals, #nursing homes, #disability services, #caregivers, & clinics will lose crucial funding. Call the Capitol Switchboard NOW! 202-224-3121
Danke aus Deutschland 🙏🫂
Protests do little without action. Chanting is not enough. Those without shame can't be bothered by shaming.
"NO TRUMP! NO MUSK! NO FASCIST USA!" and "DEPORT ELON! IMPEACH TRUMP!" were popular chants.✌🏻
(202) 224-3121 #Bluestormrising
Soy boys.
What the fuck exactly are *you* doing, big man?
Follow the money.
how do we channel all this energy into a bigger, better organzied demo in a month, a demo that has speakers that offer good ideas on what to do, not just stupid slogans like stop the coup
TELL THEIR STORIES!
Chuck Schumer
@schumer.senate.gov
Hakeem Jeffries
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
DNC Chair Ken Martin
@kenmartin.bsky.social
SENATE Dems
@majoritypac.bsky.social
HOUSE Dems
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
CNN, MSNBC
Just sayin'
Part of the plan?
Scare the media into compliance, fire the IGs to stop oversight, bully the FBI and DOJ into submission, make citizens fear mobilizing and become more isolated and submissive.
Townhall with @ericswalwell.bsky.social is tomorrow night (Feb 18).
Virtual as the response was too large to hold in-person!!
We fight when and where we can - continually!!
Townhall with @ericswalwell.bsky.social is tomorrow night (Feb 18).
Virtual as the response was too large to hold in-person!!
We fight when and where we can - continually!!
Local or travel... It ALL matters. Call local station to report news.. call and email them like our Reps in all branches. Hell stand outside of their studios for all I care in protest. Anyone seen the 4th estate lately?
Townhall with @ericswalwell.bsky.social is tomorrow night (Feb 18).
Virtual as the response was too large to hold in-person!!
We fight when and where we can - continually!!
Townhall with @ericswalwell.bsky.social is tomorrow night (Feb 18).
Virtual as the response was too large to hold in-person!!
We fight when and where we can - continually!!
Hah!
https://youtu.be/eO9hbmSPPlQ?si=qIcNsuJpFcTX1wRz
„The protest in #SantaFe is aimed at much at #ElonMusk as at #DonaldTrump. Maybe it’s a huge error to have put a weirdo fascist billionaire from South Africa in charge of the US government.“
#notmypresident #50501Movement
"These Brats should go to prison"
Let's be ready: it's not IF will it happen, but WHEN will it happen. It's up to us to act faster than him.
#3E
Time to start covering faces on protests?
#3E #USprotests
We are so very Grateful! We are sending you our Love and Thoughts and Prayers. Also, sending Protection and Clarity. We are with each one of you with all our hearts and minds! Stay safe.
THANK YOU! 💞✌️🙏🏼🙌💗🤗
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REPUBLICANS are in the majority.
REPUBLICANS need to feel and see the pressure.
There are supposed to be monthly events
How will we ever survive?!?
Contact Kendrick Lamar and encourage him to pull together a celebration of the power, creativity and the power of collective humanity to do the same to save our country, our democracy, and the world.
https://youtu.be/9AjkUyX0rVw?si=rhFARaS-rvp5f9ce
https://bsky.app/profile/deniseks.bsky.social/post/3likkofsogs26
Wapo was to scared to even run an ad criticizing Trumo.
Democratic leaders need to realize we are at War.
Thank you.
#resist
Take action now:
Austin, Texas
https://www.trumpnationaldc.com/
No watchdog here, no oversight,
Just Musk declaring wrong from right.
Conflicts? Nah, don’t stress yourself.
He pinky-promised to police himself.
Canadian cheering you on. Only you can fix it!
No Muskrats
Don't be a stooge
Keep them coming, I can't wait to see 3x that crowd size showing up and refusing to leave.
@msnbc.com @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
Fuck this timeline.
The authorities sleep while Trump and Musk run renegade tearing down and isolating America.
Will they wake up?