That’s a convenient blanket statement to make out of anger and frustration. But all it does is denigrate the current politicians that are working hard and putting their lives and careers on the line to take stands for what is right and better for us.
Ok…. What do we do. Elon was given the treasury to destroy American lives. Why is this happening. Before Jan 20th, we had no chaos and a stable government.
Wolves on the hunt never growl, never groan and never make a noise before the kill. Never let maga know you are going to strike. Just rip them apart then leave. Celebrate when their movement is dead.
I’m so tired of Democrats playing nice. They’ve been in politics long enough to know how Republicans operate. Republicans don’t play nicely. So fuckin’ emulate the bastards!
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Why be nice when they're fckn' us without mercy, without our consent, without lube and without condom & enough to say they don't know how to do it either!😡🤮 Sorry to be this graphic, but they made me do it...
I'm going to have to see it to believe it. Right now I have lost the hope that I had in my elected officials. They are just letting things get overrun by these maga fools. They need to do more than just watch...
We now face the time of transformation and tribulation. Our actions today will set into motion the future which we face. It will mark a new age, but that path is now unclear.
From now on, I will never vote for the "norms and traditions" candidates in the primaries (general election is another matter). I only want fighters. Newsom. Whitmer. AOC. No more Merrick Garlands!!
YES! No more support for cowards who refuse to fight. We need to go on the offensive. Expand the Supreme Court. If the attempt is blocked, gut the Court's funding until it is expanded. Cut funding for their clerks' positions. Eliminate the justices' benefits. Put them on a federal minimum wage.
I would be a Democrat but this 🇨🇦 finds it so hard to understand this "gentleman's" approach to fighting with creatures such as the Republicans. You're not fighting Republicans.They're gone.You're fighting fascist.Resistance fighters in Europe didn't go high when they went low.They attacked..attack!!
I think we all may need to react by taking it to the streets. Other countries are already having huge protests against Trump. I think it might be our turn. Our leaders will pay more attention if tens of thousands of us are in the streets screaming about this.
Good luck with that. Last one I went to was full of oligarch wanna-bes.
I heard one old businessman say to another, “if he didn’t want to do it, he shouldn’t have taken the money”.
No progressives to be found.
I work at a day program with individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities, I got 20 of them interested in politics and civil rights and registered to vote last year, we meet regularly and
continue to register others.
Also got my former republican in-laws to register as Dem.
There have been protests. They are not getting coverage by MSM.
I just googled and several have come up. Covered by small outlets.
Look at https://Mobilize.us to find some to join.
Msm hasn't been trustworthy for awhile, and people aren't watching.
Local news and independent journos are the way to go, you'll get more factual coverage.
I have contributed to several Substack writers on this forum and follow most of the others. I contribute to ACLU, AHA, VoteVets, and other orgs to try and make a difference.
I also give platelets twice a month at the Red Cross. I'm 63 and still fighting for an America I don't think I will ever see.
Keep in mind that protests are what Trump wants—particularly with minorities so he can have the footage edited to look like it’s scary & a security threat.
TALKING to everyone you know & teaching them to do the same is a high-impact thing you can do but https://mobilize.us is definitely helpful too.
We can't not protest in my opinion. Trump is always going to try and Trumpify everything to his advantage. We have to Filipino box him. Keep him back on his heels and don't give him the oxygen to do his dirty deeds.
We can. Protests were largely used to find like-minded people but we have the internet for that now. Our highest impact will be on the local level driving his approval down (complaining to all we know is key) + working to win every election no matter how small.
Maybe so, but not protesting will just hand them the keys to the White House permanently. We can't show them that they can get away with their tactics. We have to push our representatives to do just that... represent us.
It has! We are living in insane times. Hopefully we can pull as many people through this as safely as possible. To do what is needed in the face of overwhelming odds is the definition of bravery. Fear is the mind killer. We are better than these monsters and we have the sword of intellect.💙
Yes! 3,656,000+ votes for Kamala Harris were removed from the voter roles illegally. Why didn’t the Harris campaign or the DNC challenge this? She would have won. But, her and Biden needed to prove a point on the peaceful transfer of power. Now we have chaos and unqualified people in power.
Seems unlikely, given their mind-boggling dilly-dallying & failure to recognise that letting #JoeBiden break his one-term pledge was the path to disaster.
The Republican Congress need to stand up to Trump.
Power in Numbers! The more of you who stand with the Dems, the more your constituents will respect you (this time).
No they won’t. They live in fear of Trump and his minions. They have been like this for years and keep getting voted in. Their constituents love what they are doing.
It's now baked in to their psyches. It's also called loving the taste of bullshit. There's no point trying to reason with people who have become the "Walking Dead". Trump became attached to the GOP & their voters because he knew that they were as pliable as clay. It doesn't take much to mold haters.
I swear, watching these MAGA zombies is like watching a grade D horror movie. They lurch along, uttering the dumbest shit. Then, there's the rage. WTF are they pissed off about? Trump is in the WH. The GOP has the majority in Congress. Trump signed 300 fucked up EOs. They should be ecstatic.
He's the one who introduced RAGE (retire all government employees) and its author, Curtis Yarvin, to mango Mussolini, which they started yesterday. Vance is indeed far more dangerous that felon47.
We must resist and act. But I am a lifelong Dem and I will not become what they are. Peaceful resistance is not weakness. We must be what we want all to become.
Only if the current leadership gets the h*ll out of the way and let the younger generation lead. This current leadership is why I left the Democratic Party after 40 years and joined the California National Party. They are hopeless.
Imo Michelle Obama sent out the bat single that going high was no longer an option. #LetsLow
Another thing, KH/MO in 2028 both with First Gentlemen. MB/HJ in 2036. HJ/JC in 2044-52. Fix this shit right up. I'll RIP
I called Senator Schumer’s office today. I informed him that we do not want to see even one Democrat vote for the fascist’s nominees—and that they need to fight for us!
They've been acting like that since 2016. Two impeachments, multiple investigations, continually highlighting his lies. If you want them to keep it up, give them kudos rather than kicks.
We’re where we’re at because Democratic leadership is too timid. They’re happy with their gov’t check, insider trading no one seems to care about, and soaking up donations for the next campaign. I said it before the last election, Gavin Newsom is the future leader of the Democratic Party, watch.
The elected officials are going to fafo. If they can not salvage our country from this travesty that they let happen, the masses will have no choice other than a revolt. That will not be without harm to many. We counted on them to protect OUR democracy.
They should take their cue from Caroline Kennedy and her family. There’s a time to be nice and make a few “please don’t vote for him for president” kinda comments and a time to get out there and say STOP! WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU’RE DOING GIVING HIM ANY POWER?!?! SSSTTTOOPPPPPPP!!
I guess the DNC by doing nothing is actually doing something: it’s like those voters who chose not to vote in 2024. By not voting, they helped elect Trump & the GQP, giving the Trump Rethuglikkkans a majority in both House & Senate. The DNC leaders are complicit in what happens by their inaction!
Congress is Republican. Dems didn't vote for Trump.
Its the Republican members who can stand with the Dems. Power is in the numbers. The Dems are outnumbered.
Yes, it is along with the Executive branch, & SCOTUS. I agree that Dems probably didn’t vote for Trump, but 85.9 million registered voters did not vote; Trump won by only 2.5M votes; had only 5% of non-voters voted for Harris/Walz, the 🍊💩 would have lost! So what is your point?
Remember, most of the Democratic representatives are wealthy themselves so they’re going to reap the benefits of the Trump tax breaks. Or they are frightened of Trump‘s paramilitary (proud boys) coming after them. I don’t know how else to explain their passivity.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. applied to trademark "Make America Healthy Again"opens in a new tab or window to potentially market supplements, vitamins, essential oils, and cryptocurrency, but transferred ownership to an anti-vaccine ally. (Washington Post)
OK all you people out there wanting "action", what is it exactly you want to be done? Should we storm the Capitol and desecrate the walls? Should we put H-bombs on the drones and drop them in strategic places? Exactly what do you want Dems to do?
You have THE BEST posts Jon. You do not beat a bully with intellectual banter and taking the high road. You roll up your sleeves and FIGHT. I’m more of a Malcom X “by all means necessary”. JOIN JOHN JOIN US!!
Nope! Dem leaders will continue to wait for the right to grow a conscience. Even if they took over the government and Trump became a dictator they would still say that there are decent people on the other side that will do the right thing. 🤦🏻♂️
Yep. I chased a MAGAt away after he apparently thought I would be receptive to his BS about his dear leader, Donny the Felon. I’m not having it anymore.
The Democratic leadership is as weak as the Republican leadership. They’re all cowards that are on the wrong side of history. Every one of them need to grow a spine and stand up against fascism.
So far the answer is: they do not understand and keep kowtowing to him at every turn. Acting aghast and screaming every 5 seconds then doing nothing about it is how we ended up here. The people we elected are failing us. It is up to us to do it ourselves.
Humanity has had to put a lot with psychopathic wealthy class throughout history. Wealth breeds evil. Rinse & repeat. Male centred societies breeds ignorance & greed. It is always the ignorance that allows it to happen. I get it in the 4th C but not in the 21st C. Uncivilized.
@resist.bot is easy and therapeutic! I’ve sent at least one everyday this past week. (It works because I’ve gotten replies back via email.) Their offices make record of our contact. We should let them know we’re resisting in big numbers! The best numbers!
And it’s not just up to the good and decent governors to save it! We must help them and protect the brave, dedicated civil servants in our federal gov’t who are being threatened as they try to protect our Constitution RIGHT NOW!
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The current roster of democratic leaders have to go before we see anything substantial change . The likes of Pelosi, Schumer etc have to retire and allow new young charismatic leaders to rise.
💯 💯 💯 Cricket, AOC, Stillwell... We need the loud, young politicians to come in and stand up to all this bullshit! Enough is enough. You boomers gotta go!
Change won’t happen until the old guard steps aside. Leaders like Pelosi and Schumer need to retire and make way for a new generation with fresh energy and vision.
Exactly! Nobody believes Schumer for Christ Sake! We need a leader that's going to get everyone's attention & believe! AOC & Jasmine Crockett are those badass women! Let's go!
I personally never subscribed to the whole idea of going high when they go low. It's a noble ideal, but it only works when you're dealing with people that have souls.
There is no working with or bipartisanship with a dictator. It’s his way or the highway. The sooner democrats get that, the sooner we have unity as an opposition.
'Democratic leaders' had their shot ... now it's the PEOPLE'S turn to fix this mess.
You go 'write to your congress representative', while we do what NEEDS to be done.
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MAGA think liberals are too passive to pick up a gun, but to save their COUNTRY, the left will go to WAR.
Bullies pick on what they see as 'easy targets', that's why Trump is rude to allies, threatening Canada and tiny Greenland, but snivels at the feet of Russian and North Korean 'strong men'.
The answer is before Trump supporters. In a conversation with an uneducated Trump supporter, I said that Trump could sign an executive order to lower the price of gas, eggs, and groceries. He said, did you think Trump was going to control prices? That would be communism. YOU are the problem, not us
From here on out, Dems should not help the other party achieve the destructive and despicable Project 2025 goals, nor should they confirm Trump’s unqualified candidates! 🇺🇸 This is a crisis. 😨@housedemocrats.bsky.social @senatedemocrats.bsky.social
The old guard Democratic leaders need to GO. I've spent my entire life watching them whiff easy lob balls, like the nerdy kid who gets picked last for the baseball team. The time has passed for playing nice, and they're still playing nice, as if rules still exist. Time for new blood.
Who in the hell do you think is looking out for you and me right now? How old are you to even say such a thing. Watch CSPAN and educate yourself on how the democrats are looking out for all Americans not their personal wallets. It’s a party that the billionaire can’t buy from the American people.
Congress is Republican. Dems didn't vote for Trump.
Its the Republican members who can stand with the Dems. Power is in the numbers. The Dems are outnumbered.
They can still talk! They should stop being quiet and point out all the things this administration is doing wrong. It’s no time to be silent. I for one is tired of it! Speak up!
They failed us, and I never want to see Harris's face again. It was a fraudulent election and they did Nothing. No words, no actions. She better just go away
The only 2 who understand the assignment and are willing to speak tuth to power are Jasmine Crockett and AOC. Of course it has to be 2 WOMEN and POC! The rest of these fuckers need to be voted out. Esp Chuck Schumer!
Actually, they are the only two who get covered. Watch my rep, Melanie Stansbury. Every time she says anything, the trolls come out in force to slam her. She’s not a fire-breather like Jasmine, but she’s in her camp. Watch her.
We’ve been told by dems to not overreact when we held their feet to the fire about Trump not being held accountable. We were told they were playing chess ♟️, while Trump was playing checkers. We were criticized for pointing out it was too late to work. Now we are told “oh well too bad”. 🤷♀️
Playing chess??
Listen up Democrats, people will die. Mass deportation is happening now.
ICE is invading elementary, middle and high schools.
Here’s an idea. Just act as you would IF YOU OR YOUR FAMILIES KIDS ARE TAKEN.
The time is NOW! Get off your asses and do something!!
I’m glad AOC continues to speak out. She is an excellent communicator. But so many others are 🦗🦗🦗. I feel like they have either given up or are in denial of the realities surrounding them. And it’s pathetic.
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Please explain the difference between turning a blind eye to something and turning the other cheek and silence is consent.
I think the Democrats missed something.
History is repeating itself.
We fear losing our liberty
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Why be nice when they're fckn' us without mercy, without our consent, without lube and without condom & enough to say they don't know how to do it either!😡🤮 Sorry to be this graphic, but they made me do it...
But what we want and what we get are two different things. The fight in front of us is against fascism. Democrats are part of it.
Then you can bet the federal minimum wage will FINALLY go UP.
That's what I've been telling my Senators.
"There-are-PRIMARIES".
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DON'T forget what AOC did!💥
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I live in a BLUE State.💙
I'm Sick🤒
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Tired of being Sick😴🤒
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Tired of the same Ooold SHIT!🥱😴💤💩
I heard one old businessman say to another, “if he didn’t want to do it, he shouldn’t have taken the money”.
No progressives to be found.
continue to register others.
Also got my former republican in-laws to register as Dem.
I just googled and several have come up. Covered by small outlets.
Look at https://Mobilize.us to find some to join.
Local news and independent journos are the way to go, you'll get more factual coverage.
I also give platelets twice a month at the Red Cross. I'm 63 and still fighting for an America I don't think I will ever see.
TALKING to everyone you know & teaching them to do the same is a high-impact thing you can do but https://mobilize.us is definitely helpful too.
Hitler 2.0 is setting up his concentration camps.
This is the Fourth Reich.
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-directs-guantanamo-bay-prepare-hold-30000-migrants-2023123
I also imagine that they’d like to scare people into leaving on their own.
There will be no constraint on their treatment in Gitmo. We know that from the Bush II era.
I'm kind, but I am finished with being nice
Power in Numbers! The more of you who stand with the Dems, the more your constituents will respect you (this time).
By means of cheating only!
give these assholes what they want.
You can not continue bringing a bouquet of flowers to a gun fight. The right threw out the rule book 4 decades ago.
Another thing, KH/MO in 2028 both with First Gentlemen. MB/HJ in 2036. HJ/JC in 2044-52. Fix this shit right up. I'll RIP
the adult in the room!!
Democrats eat their own and it costs us elections.
Its the Republican members who can stand with the Dems. Power is in the numbers. The Dems are outnumbered.
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“Hello, I’m Jane Doe, and I’m not nice.”
Chuck Schumer definitely doesn't.
WE NEED TO ORGANIZE!
Staying silent now is complicity.
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MAGA must Lie, Cheat and Steal! Abortion. Guns. Equality. End Christian nationalism!Maga is the CONFEDERACY!!
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/10/new-apostolic-reformation-christian-nationalism/
Democrats in Congress WAKE UP and play by the new rules - NO MORE BEING NICE IT HASN’T GOTTEN YOU ANYWHERE with the Republicans/Fascists.
You go 'write to your congress representative', while we do what NEEDS to be done.
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Bullies pick on what they see as 'easy targets', that's why Trump is rude to allies, threatening Canada and tiny Greenland, but snivels at the feet of Russian and North Korean 'strong men'.
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We don’t have any other options that are effective.
Its the Republican members who can stand with the Dems. Power is in the numbers. The Dems are outnumbered.
Listen up Democrats, people will die. Mass deportation is happening now.
ICE is invading elementary, middle and high schools.
Here’s an idea. Just act as you would IF YOU OR YOUR FAMILIES KIDS ARE TAKEN.
The time is NOW! Get off your asses and do something!!