Okay, we’re all extremely angry. So now what? It’s a serious question. I’m not an organizer and lack the skill-set to be one, but I’m curious what leading activists are saying about the right way forward now.
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The single best thing that could happen would be if 70 million Democrats in a unified voice told 70 million Republicans to go the fuck to hell. Anyone who thinks that would not have a profound impact is not living in reality.
I haven’t heard of any riot or revolution in history that has endet successfully, just with strategy.
If the POTUS will not play hard ball with Trump now, as long as US’s inner Security’s are following his orders, I’m afraid this can only end in violence, if one of both parties is not rowing back.
Seems to the rest of the World, That America is in another Civil War - War between the States
More than half of you Voted Trump/Republicans;the rest Voted Democrats
Wildly Different Ideas of How America should proceed into its Future
Trump hasn't even had his Inauguration,Yet,
neither has Project25😫
I believe it's more like 30% of adults of voting age in the US who voted for maga & 90 million didn't vote or left the top blank. It's a sad state of affairs for democracy, regardless. Pitiful turnout!
Oh, I dunno. What are the chances that in history ever, a BILLIONAIRE has been arrested, fingerprinted, hauled into court and tried by a jury of their 'peers'? fElon is on record saying that if Harris won, he'd be arrested. What for, pray tell?
Look for small pockets of resistance. Yesterday, Trump/Musk thought they could get away with what they did. Now, 38 Republicans have defied them. It’s all about #smallvictories
We need a prominent leader to call us all TO WASHINGTON DC in a mass, prolonged, and relentless peaceful protest that can’t be ignored by the captured corporate media industry.
Strike. Leave work and mass gather peacefully in DC.
Many Americans were conned into believing they were voting for Democracy, they are waking up to a Plutocratic Rule.....Resist 'The Rich at war with Democracy'.....United We Stand!
Volunteer for and support your local Democrat group, especially if you live in a red state. A free pair of hands and whatever your particular skills are can go a long way. Join Dem groups online that post volunteer opportunities.
Of course they cheated to win.Somebody needs to prove it fast.Current administration is rolling over. Once they take office there will be an apocalypse. I'm Canadian. Same thing happening right now here. Digital warriors needed. Confront their disinformation with truth. Warriors on the ground.
I have been sitting in on SURJ zoom calls
And following indivisible and this is also what they say. Local coalitions that take action when and how we can whether that is calling your elected officials or providing mutual aid and resources for the most vulnerable. But also projectmayhem2025
Stand up for racial justice. The specific calls I have been listening to are how to fight trump and how to form coalitions and protect minorities specifically for white people to learn. They have some really great speakers.
Agreed. The first meeting I got a bit put off because there was a bit of finger pointing and it’s part of the problem. I’m not here to blame I’m here to learn how to be a better ally and be of some damn help. We gotta stop the infighting. The speakers and personal stories however keep me going back.
I feel exactly the same. I'm a software developer and everything I hear is: "Don't like it, run for office!". Okay sure, but that's not an answer to the here and now. We have systemic problems we need some in power now to solve.
You could go to https://indivisible.org and find a local group to work with. Or if there isn’t one ( I could only find mine on Facebook) you can talk with your local Democratic Party headquarters and see what they have cooking. Find a group that might be talking and see if they want to meet up and
Thank you! I will check out that link and keep hearing how everyone can do small things to help out. I want to be part of that as well as start a larger movement. I feel the DNC needs to be replaced personally but that is not a snap your fingers and it changes event.
I think to be part of something bigger its easier to start at the grass roots to see where those movements are getting their info. That's what is amazing about Indivisible, it seems to be an actual attempt at a more uniform on-message movement on a national grass roots level. Also ...
local democratic office will connect you to county, state, regional democratic offices. I live in a really isolated retirement town and had a panic about how to get involved, then I remembered I know a council woman, I know the democratic headquarters dude & if anyone would know anything they would
Maybe create fliers to put up that combat the lies we are being fed. I live in an old people town so fliers would be effective here, but there are ways to resist and use that anger creatively
I’m the lead admin for a private group on Nextdoor (I know, I know). We organize phone & text banking, postcarding, sending $ and working on grassroots campaigns. We also just let members blow off steam. Had some great local wins last month.
But you have a big platform. We need to move to limit campaign contributions, dark money in politics, PACs, and Citizen United. To do so will require the masses demanding it, and we can flood the media market on this, boycott, and hit the streets.
I’m curious too. Are we sitting on our hands,so to speak, waiting for the bombing to start and then we switch to triage? I’m not an organizer either and I don’t have the legal prowess but I’ll help when I am given direction! 💣
This movement needs to continue.. too many people are still there. We need to stop enabling Musk and his companies.. get big investors to divest. And that goes the same for other investors who support this neo Nazi crap. Where is Anonymous when you need them?
And thank you for the link.. I wonder if any of them will act on anything that needs to happen right now? Radical action is needed. There are so many truly anonymous accounts and it makes it hard to know whose real and whose acting. But I followed! 💙🌎🦋🕊️✌🏻
Let's be honest. Cancel culture and pushing trans stuff too much is what cost us the election. Liberals want to be able to listen to comedy without someone always getting offended, and not all liberals are comfortable with the trans stuff yet.
If you pay very, very close attention, what you will see is that the libs weren't on the offensive about that conversation, they played defense. In other words, few people were pushing anything of the sort and only responding to claims by the right. You fell for it.
True, but talking about it all the time, even defending it, lost Dems votes. I have family who is gay but many others do not, and they are not ready for trans people in the same bathroom. Latino men, for the most part, are still not ok with trans stuff. We lost the Latino vote. Just one example.
I don't disagree, but (and I know people hate hearing this) that's an example where I, personally, would put blame on the voters. If a voter ignores EVERY OTHER ISSUE AND WARNING to go "nah, I don't like hearing the trans stuff so let me ignore the deportation stuff and vote for that instead" like 🤷🏻♂️
It is the voter's fault, I agree. But as Trump has proven multiple times, the majority of voters are not informed enough to know what candidates offer. We look into politics so we see those things. Most people just look at the MAGA posts from their crazy uncle and go off of that.
We need to figure out a way to combat all the lies on Fox, Newsmax , etc.They are louder than us and propaganda works. It seems impossible at this point. Just turned on Fox and they're blaming Dems & Biden for the shutdown already. No mention of the debt level & lying that we refuse to negotiate.
Exactly need an outlet that blocks Fake, NewsMin, etc. and says the truth to America. Re: pubs lie like 💩, want to deny we the average person exists and are not going to take a dollar from anyone who says otherwise.
The conservative base doesn’t care about facts. They throw catchphrases on the wall to see what sticks and then run with it. The only language they understand is money. Vote with your wallet.. no hobbylobby, no home depot, no fox news.Report prager U ads on youtube as inappropriate.
Its going to take a million little changes from alot of people before they get the message. If your church sends abortion marchers to DC every spring…go to a different church… whatever. And call and harass congress and senators every day. The fighting lies with facts methods didnt work.
The days of patty cake with these people are long gone. They wont listen or get the message if you debate them anyway. I dont advocate violence, but there are other ways of making things difficult for republican organizations…and they’re everywhere. Vote in every single election everytime.
And block every single one on here. Let them go back to truth social , telegram, and twitter. We need our own grass roots super pac and it starts here as a line in the sand. You cannot reason with them via keyboard warrioring anyway.
I agree. The lies and propaganda on Fox etc. are disgusting but effective. The question is how do you counteract a message where the other side is completely indifferent to facts, reality, and truth?
I guess our opportunity is coming. when they control the Senate, the House and the White House and things go south and people feel it financially or otherwise we need to be extremely loud explaining what happened. We need a leader who is in front of it. maybe even hold rallies.
We need Point/Counter Point back on TV, not cable. A “change my mind” show. Some of those fancy billboards that change messages. A Ross Perot-type infomercial with facts & achievements. Find out what your local organizations are doing and join in. Texts and emails only reach like-minded Dems.
It will be us thriving with joy because we were prepared keep ourselves safe in all
The ways we know how. Health wise, financially as best we can. Grow more of our own food if we can batter where we can. Be much more committed to our self defined communities.
Right-wing will never say those things. They say what supports their ideology & purpose. That's why legacy/mainstream media has to say what's really happening.
We don't need left-wing just slanting stuff in our direction either, IMO. Fine--hear that POV, but not omit or distort facts like right.
of course, but we still need to figure out a way to get the truth to the people who voted for Trump. different venues. or whatever. This apparently isn't working.
keep stoking the flames, both against the orange moron and against the Dems. The dem's need to start listening to the people who want to support them or they will burn with the right. If the dem's don't listen then the system has to burn.
See @demcastusa.bsky.social @politicsgirl.bsky.social @mspopok.bsky.social We build. we connect, we fight the good fights, ignore the BS, find your locals & your own voice to help knock back on the lies.
We must resist, do not obey in advance and we will riot to make our voice be heard. Then we appeal to the Democrats in the Senate to make our rights be respected.
National spending strikes! 30 billion is spent each year on holiday gifts no one even wants. Build common ground with the disenfranchised working class. Stop letting them divide us.
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I think we have other options, too. We need to get our finances in order to brace for whatever economic stupidity they pursue so we can all weather that storm. There will probably be high prices, inflation, and large job losses, at minimum. We can spend our time preparing.
I'm reluctant to just throw money at the DNC or individual campaigns. Yes, they need some amount of money, but a lot of that money just goes to the owners of ad companies, probably Republicans.
Nah. The DNC is as corrupt. Complete change to how we think. The DNC is part of the swamp. Look at what they did to Bernie. Just imagine if Bernie was President instead of the Zionist Biden?
We have to clean up our own side too in tandem. How are we supposed to go full Democrat when they won’t hold the other side accountable. It’s like they’re working together. Trump shouldn’t even have been allowed to run. The whole house needs cleaning
Anyone with dirt on them should resign and be replaced with sanders/aoc types who don’t take corporate money. Pelosi has done good things in the past but she is a beacon of corruption and a stain on the party as are many others. How can I fight for them?
“Shouldn’t have been allowed to run”… by whom? The court and election cases to strike him from the ballot failed. The only other authority to disallow him was the Republican Party.
We, the electorate, were ultimately responsible, and we failed: we reelected him.
It’s a huge conversation but I’m feeling like divesting energy from the democrats is going to be necessary. Build community power that can show up to support dems if they need to, but are focused on direct mutual aid/community. Nobody is coming to save us, but we might be able to protect each other
I think the United Auto Workers are making a serious push for a general strike. Planning it for like 2028, building power now. If it’s going to happen that’s probably our best bet. (Or something huge and organic, but I don’t think that’s likely)
Well - I mean - just spitballing here - but - doesn't forgiving everything that happened on 1/6 make all of that LEGAL discourse, now? Let's just have our own, "long coup." We KNOW he cheated. Start finding out HOW.
Start reading Marxist theory. Seriously, do it. Podcasts, books, whatever. Once you have a decent handle on it, join an organization/party you're ideologically aligned with with the intention of both learning and working. Ask questions. Start finding ways to help out.
It's important that we all get involved in collective struggle because this is the next step in building a united front. We need educated people buildings unions, organizing their communities, and educating people. The first step is finding a group of people who are doing this and help them
The only way fwd that I see is to stick to our values. Reevaluate our position on hot button topics. Strategically apply pressure where needed. Be patient & don’t overreact in response to public outcry or the Right’s insanity. Step away from the Woke mov’t & figure out a new path for those ideals.
The advocating of stepping away from human rights is a path you can go down by yourself because I'm certainly not following you there. Sorry but that's wrong. The answer is no.
Well you misunderstood. I said find a new path for those ideals. The term “woke” now has a negative connotation. In other words reframe the argument. >> Reading to understand is way cooler than reading to react. Try it sometime…
1. Well I’m not white 🇵🇷… “Woke” means being “awake.” It originally referred to awareness of social and political issues for black/brown ppl. Now it takes on laundry list of social issues. The problem is that “woke” has been weaponized against the exact ppl whom it was intended to represent.
Yep, folks are right on this thread. CAll/email your reps demanding that they uphold the 14th amendment section 3 on 1/6/25! 20% of both houses need to put their names to a letter saying his EVs can’t be ‘regularly ie lawfullt given until his handicap is removed via 2/3 vote from Congress first
"Be the change you want to see in the world"
Play the game of Life like it's Mario Party. Luigi shouldn't be the only one with a high score, anyone can pitch in to help the Mushroom Kingdom. Imagine a Blue Koopa shell to the Nazis trying to seize power? Hit em with the ol' "Wahoooo! Yippee! Wapow!"
It appears to me that either side will elicit a reaction from the other. The inevitability of these reactions is an escalation toward violence. This has been the timeline with fascism in its entire existence. If the left isn’t organized before violence comes, Martial Law extremely limits recourse.
1. Capricious gerrymandering plus the corrosive influence of $$$ in political campaigns is what got us here and fixing those 2 issues is the only thing that will get us out.
Our contract with the federal government is rendered null & void by the combination of the SCOTUS 2010 Citizens United v FEC & July 1, 2024 The Orange Slug v United States rulings which effectively interpret the Constitution into a serial autocracy beholden to technoligarchy (mutated plutocracy.)
I am putting together a timeline with the grievances. My goal is to model it off of the Declaration of Independence. The keystones, so far, are the 2010 Citizens United v FEC ruling, the events leading to January 6, 2021, the events on Jan 6, 21, & the July 1, 2024 Orange Slug v US ruling.
"Defund the police" didn't get Dems in enough trouble? Activists have come up with a lot of shite+very bad branding. I'd like to hear some sensible strategy, which should consist of appealing more to the common denominator. Don't tell me Christofascists don't care about their social security.
Americans think that good always triumphs over evil and that eventually justice prevails. At some point in the future people will realize that the saviors that they are waiting for are looking at them in the mirror. Not sure when or if that will ever happen.
It will happen. If we do it now they will just accuse us of being sore losers. When the time is right we will take to the streets like they’ve never seen. We just have to consider how they are going to use something like that against us in the media imo.
People who can walk off a job are privileged. Many cannot. They just can't. If they don't show up, they will be fired and even if they aren't fired, they will certainly not be paid, and we have way too many people living paycheck to paycheck. It's just not reasonable.
No, we're too busy watching for drones and glued to the coverage of the CEO killer.
Besides it's time to collectively fake our love of Christmas as we shovel more cash to corporations.
I wonder about immigrants not showing up for work on January 20th and beyond....imagine the effects of that, even one day off the jobs? Immigrants are rightly petrified of what's coming.
yes, we need to support and back them up. my partner is tutoring an immigrant from Guatemala (to help with his English), and I think I'll start tutoring someone in 2025.
We had the woman’s march day after last time he took office. Biggest turnout in history. From what I recall nothing changed. He didn’t even acknowledge it .
When our leadership scolds for outrage & saying we need recount, & says they're doing bipartisan & smooth transition, it dampens uprising, if there even is enough outrage among ppl for that to happen.
I think we in America don’t know how to identify fascism; refuse to believe fascism exists in the country; immediately tune out people who allege fascism; and insist everything will be fine. How do we hit home for Americans the seriousness of the current political situation?
Look at ways you can help with what you got. While protesting in the street IS still recommended, if you are better at messaging then there is no shame in focusing on that and getting the word out.
Yes! Support. No matter what you want to do, there is an organization doing it. If you can’t find one around you, maybe check out indivisible guide for crafting your own little action group, but there’s probably someone nearby doing what you care about!
The majority say “fight” but I’m not sure what that means. I say “let them have it” as in let them ruin the country. Too few of us know what we got, and many need to be reminded through pain.
Can you imagine if thousands of us took to the streets? What if huge crowds surrounded Mar a Lago, or Musk’s new mansion nearby? Other countries do it but Americans are too fat and lazy.
Separatism, but it can’t get any traction because we’ve conditioned ourselves to believe that’s crazy talk even though every country on the planet is the result of people going their own way at some point. It’s pretty much our only option once the courts find elections passé.
I’ve heard people say things , while I’m driving and I actually find myself braking and yelling out , wtf! to the radio, knowing its not supportable fact wise.
Pretty shocking about- face in reporting lately.
Wisconsin public radio has really good programming, don’t get me wrong. But Ive been pretty shocked about some normalization . But it doesn’t come even close go other networks have shown.
The streets are not the only place to mobilize in! Sidewalks, parks, libraries, museums. Use your local town halls! Disrupt church services. We simply need to be ready to help people think creatively. We don't need to convince people we simply need to be ready to guide them.
Just like in the Civil Rights movement we must be ready to train people on how to protest creatively. Training them is absolutely important! We have public spaces that exist that most people overlook. Become familiar with your local city council meeting schedules, school board meetings schedules!
... Their supporters will use violence illegally and they will be supported in doing so just like Kyle Rottenhouse. We must figure out creative and smart ways to limit and disrupt fascist violence characterized as patriotism. Our energy should be in creative ways to disrupt the organized violence.
We must figure out how to organize creatively in public spaces so that it makes it difficult for the regime to use or even justify violence against the people. We must think outside the box. They will use physical protests against us. They will encourage their supporters to police other people...
Trying to convince people to mobilize is a waste of energy. Most people will not move until it is clearly a personal matter for them. Frump and Muskrat can't help but pillage and rob. They WILL make a mess of things. Our focus should be on how to guide the people when they are ready to fight.
I think this is generally accurate, but there are things we can do to oppose Trump while we wait for the impact of Trump's reign to materialize. For example, we can at least secure our own finances to brace for whatever they do and stop buying shit that helps Musk, Bezos, and the others.
Former activist here. I say wait and let them govern until the grassroots mobilize organically. Trump and Muskrat have all three branches so they have no one to blame for the first two years. You shouldn't force the movement! Just be ready to guide the mob when they are ready. They'll need guidance!
Trump cult has already been posting pre-blame elsewhere: anything that Trump wants and doesn’t get, or it doesn’t succeed as per his promises, will be fully due to the evil democrats obstructing and undermining, etc etc.
It’s mind boggling how deliberately blind they are determined to be.
We will never change the minds of the most hardened MAGAs, but there are many people who voted for Trump with far less conviction and cult-like adoration. Those are the people most likely to start to regret their decision when things hit the fan and they are personally affected.
Universal basic income is a key component of the answer, as is single payer national health care. Universalism in general needs to be pushed for. You can help by occasionally boosting stuff like this thread. We have to think big and go bigger. We need a NEW New Deal.
Every citizen registered to vote should also get money every year that can only be used for political donations. We can't take money out of politics but we sure can work on making the playing field more level.
UBI is the compromise between oppression and worker liberation.
If they’re scared enough to offer us UBI, it means we have the political capital to end capitalism, which is the cause of our issues. Why don’t we just end capitalism instead?
It's not a compromise. It's a really important recognition of human rights which go beyond worker rights. It's also the only realistic way of getting beyond capitalism and helping and empowering everyone immediately in the here and now.
Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely believe UBI is better than what we have now, but it is still the compromise from total liberation of the working class. It’s what they’ll offer to placate the working class till they can get repeal it and then we’re back to square one.
Human rights also don’t “go beyond” worker rights. Worker rights are human rights. Worker rights are trans right. Worker rights are black rights. The marginalized are, predominantly, working class. There is no liberation of the marginalized that doesn’t include worker liberation and vice versa.
Then the PEOPLE had better start DEMANDING universalism. That can’t seem to do it at the ballot box, so ORGANIZERS are going to have to initiate ROLLING BOYCOTTS. Our POWER is in our COLLECTIVE PURSE. Not ineffectual, “protests!”
Patience. This go around with T is going to be exponentially worse. Thousands upon thousands will be hurt. More will wake up. Until then Dems need to attack attack attack. Inform their constituents every time T does something that hurts them. They must see the connection to break the spell.
Exactly. We need to be as relentless as they are with the attacks. Daily coordinated attacks. Keep them constantly on the defensive. Gaslight the hell out of them. Exhaust them with non-stop attacks. Obstruct everything they do. Wear them down.
This is the real question. It's fine for people to keep posting "F Trump"; they're angry. But it might be time for the big boy pants and actually do something
I have joined several organizations that have dealt with this administration before
ACLU , democracy Docket , EARTHJUSTICE, Sierra club. DGA. Etc. And if n when the time comes I will march protest n contribute anyway I can
We must support MSNBC and their anchors in mass or Fox news, the dictators voice, wins. Make it known to all! They are in this fight too! And have the voices we need to speak truth to power! I we lose our political voices, then we lose to MAGA. We can't let that happen!
Only 1 person embodies that creation regardless of the multiple voices who spread it. If he fails, then the walls of propaganda falls and truths revealed. He is the lie that must be revealed. So far he's doing it all on his own. We just need to help it along.
I like your upbeat attitude, but that is not all we need to do.
This guy is a Nazi. Say it out loud. He supports Nazi's. Nazi Republican followers are writing bills right now.
Make no mistake. A coalition is built to include many attitudes. An upbeat attitude can contain many things and many ways to act. My ancestors knew this well. You do not have to be loud to be strong. Angry to be fierce. You just have to know when to move and pick your battles wisely.
Trump is the embodiment of all this. He is, who they all advocate for. He is their "center". In my opinion, he is a living representation of all the wrong they think is right. He fails and I see their world crumble. How wrong they'd be proven to be. Like an ultimate I told you so. So he must fail.
We let Nancy Pelosi and all the super Rich Democrats tell us how to win over the Maga trailer trash that vote 99.99999))999)9))9))99999999999999999999999999999% against anything that would help them
Other than that maybe call the FBI and see about Musk talking about a graveyard of his enemies and attacking someone for Germany with AfD's whatever those are.
Don't go to DC. Instead let's go to DE & CA & line the streets with "Thank you" signs for Pres. Biden & VP Harris. Imagine if our "Thank you" crowds outnumbered his inaugural crowd?!
Why would we want to go to D.C. & let trump twist our numbers into looking like supporters for him?
Thank you so much. I have been finding them one at the time and following them. It’s so great to see them all in one place. My House Rep is so far to the right that he would fall off the edge of the Earth if it were flat.😞😡
Yes, I went on and thanked everyone. I wanted to have it as a news feed so I could keep referring to their posts, reposting, and responding to increase their exposure. Thanks for making it. I reposted.
You can make a list (check your profile) and add the accounts to it. Then you can add the list to your top bar, same as Discover/Popular among friends. Pretty easy way to browse a subset of the people you follow based on subject matter.
Found @emiliasykes.bsky.social . You have on your list to DM you additions, but I think you have that blocked? Anyhow that's likely going to be Emilia Sykes OH-13. Only 1 post so far.
I’m old, I’m tired, but I cannot stand to see what’s happening in this country that friends and relatives fought and died for.
We just sit here and touch a little red heart and think it will be ok??!!??
Take a leaf from Trumps book and use extreme messaging to dominate anf trend in media
Good job for extreme left. Where are they? Swing the pendulum back toward the centre. Good cop, bad cop - old strategy but works with a disengaged electorate.
Expending energy and resources in the hope of "deprogramming" cult members is not likely to succeed. I think there is something to be said for the "power of attraction" instead.
Yes… but fascism at home had been beaten back into the closet by then… Rachel Maddow has a great book about how far fascism had embedded in our social & political & financial systems before Pearl Habor
I don't know. I have no answers.
I'm just an average American. Ignoring MSN to save my sanity. Still in shock over this election. Grieving what could have been. Grieving for what is coming 💔
I’m with you 💯! I feel sick to my stomach, like you I’m still shock & I’m not even American! I truly feel for you all, I also feel for those worldwide who’ll eventually be impacted!! How could a minority of voters have brought this to be?? 😢 Did Musk use his $$$ to those who didn’t know better!! 🤔
Next month I am sitting down with several women who are active in our community. They are like me: white, 40+, highly educated.
I am horrified that 53% of white women voted for him. We are going to brainstorm ideas to determine why, what we can do about it, and once and for all get a seat.
The question you pose is one that has been rattling around in my head as well! I think the resistance needs a leader(s)! Leader Akeem Jeffries is a key figure and is starting to lead. House rep Raskin and Schiff and a few Senators Schumer, Murphy, Whitehouse come to mind. Possibly Harris?
I know what you mean about uncharted territory and you are right this is all new and scary to us. I want to throw out there that fascism/class conflict is studied and not new at all.
I don’t know much, but it’s been nice trying to read some of what is -known- about this, even while so much isn’t
When Yale Professor and Historian, Timothy Snyder’s book “On Tyranny” was published, I bought multiple copies to give to family and friends. I felt it imperative to educate ourselves on what may come. Rule #1 “Don’t Obey in Advance.” How many times has it already been broken. This time is different
Harris is not in the resistance, they have class solidarity - she's gonna be fine in her rich person bubble with her dem friends trading stocks with inside info
There's lots of keyboard warriors posting memes and calling themselves activists but very few willing to actually get involved. Too busy begging for followers, but to do what? To make better memes? To be more outraged?
So sick of people claiming to "Fight for democracy.
And I have some other suggestions for Actions to take pinned to my profile. We need influencers to agree on a list of actions that really work to help Trump fail. Imagine millions of us taking the same daily actions to oppose Trump and his policies.
I followed some of them on Twitter for years, but didn't realize it till I got here, and they arrived a week later, proclaiming they were going to take over Bluesky. Now I only follow people I think are interesting and who have something to say (plus creepy men so I can get them banned lol)
Me too! I hope that despite them and bots and porn that this can remain a successful space with good content. I’ve already met some cool game designers and artists…and of course the folks creating anti-MAGA content that isn’t performative.
I've found some really cool historians and genealogy people that have such good info! I had 10.5K followers on X and only 2K here but I probably have 10 times the engagement, which I really enjoy!
Yes, and they pushed the illusion that we would win the election, when they could have used their reach to post links for followers to make a difference by volunteering, organizing etc, They also told us to trust Merrick Garland and that Robert Mueller would be our savior.
"Blue Grifters"
You're going to need a general strike. If you go violent, it gives them an excuse to use violence back which they are just itching to do. Look at us Protecting you. Lay down the tools and stop working.
Our society is so interconnected, they will soon cave. Look at how hard they pushed to get blue collar workers back to work in the early days of covid. They needed their grocery stockers and hair dressers desperately. But it has to be deliberate, real and sustained.
Rolling general, well organized, strikes. If the MAGA idiots can organize an attempted coup, surely progressives can pull off a series of strikes and 'buy nothing' days?
Agree 💯 We can also do one day (24 hrs) a week of buying absolutely nothing, and deeply limiting our energy consumption (something like Shabbat). That’s worth est. 5 billion in lost per week in revenue to the economy. Possibly more if it really catches on.
Most people can't do that. Need to eat and all and there are issues with a general strike too, but it needn't be long, just needs to happen once, maybe twice to effect change. If it's too long it's j sustainable so better to have everyone involved for a shorter period of time.
Don’t block hospital access or the fire dept and paramedics from doing their jobs and drop semi trailers in spots that piss of the rich and drive away. Their goons can kick tires and pepper spray the mud flaps all they want. Nobody gets hurt and it creates maximum effect. General strike with style.
Yes. People need to grasp just becoming hateful like the haters weakens them & only makes more hate. It also gives reason to clamp down and take away more rights.
At the end of the day - this is a war of evil trying to control humanity and feed off of the consciousness and life energy of humanity.
History repeats itself. Same as last time... Highlight the incompetence, the failures, the scandals, the corruption, and everything that will plague the country for the next four years. There will be a non stop supply of all of it!
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) said she's going to drink her tea and wait for the Republicans to dig themselves out of the mess they created for themselves.
Do our best to protect our vulnerable citizens within our leftist communities however that is defined, shore up local supply chains, start working with the working families party. Just keep talking our talk and stay centered in good humor and some joy. THRIVE. And wear something with Luigi visible.
I agree 💯. If you google black hat it says it represents online hacking. President musk has been in black maga hat since he showed up at drums campaign rally.???
How did we get here?
1. Billionaire takeover of the media.
2. Blatently publish misinformation
3. Spread conspiracy theories via social media
3. Generate propaganda towards people w/no time to read or research
4. Rejection of intellectual curiosity (don’t be an “elite”).
How do we get out?
1. Replicate and replace the conservative playbook.
2. Support liberal voices/ideas beyond your echo chamber.
3. Cultivate young leaders (long game)
3. Develop liberal version of the federalist society.
4. Mobilize- marches, protests, visibly large crowds= the bandwagon effect.
Lots of good ideas going on within and among certain groups, including the DNC. More emphasis being put on year round organizing and communicating with voters as regular people, building community relationships etc. It's kind of exciting.
We hit them where it hurts, the pocketbook. People need to stop frequenting websites that bow to dictators. That includes meta. Stop purchasing things from Amazon. Remember, we are much better at cutting things out than they are. Use reliable podcasts for info and cancel the cable TV.
Start with something that is in our control. Boycott products of Frumpers/Frump inablers/frump butt kissers. I canceled Amazon Prime and have been convincing others to do the same. I shop carefully.
They are probably waiting for when the court can’t find a jury. You know all those who have been touched by health insurance companies making them jump through hoops only to be denied😂😂
Last night I watched the old Death Wish movie. The reaction of the public to the vigilante was similar to this. The Bronson one is graphically violent so be warned. I do not condone murder. It's the public's reaction that I'm pondering.
Yeah, but Death Wish (at least Charles Bronson) was just right wing “tough on crime” gun wank.
Luigi was tough on oligarchs.
There’s a difference.
This isn’t assassin masturbation. It’s class warfare.
I don’t watch any corporate media anymore. Get my updated from Meidas Touch Network, Bulwark, Adam Kizinger, 1440. Watching the cable news is just not an option for me. I don’t think those news networks are going to be around in the future.
If I remove Amazon Prime, I would soon be lying unalived on the lawn. Some of us live on the North Edge of Nowhere. I would also lose 1349 books on kindle. If you can tell me how to get all the Formula 1 programming, Stinky & Dirty, and Tumbleweeds on another service, please do.
“Musk has a 13% ownership stake in Tesla, worth more than $100 billion. His net worth has increased by 66% following Donald Trump's reelection as president, per Bloomberg.”
Quarter of his wealth comes from Tesla stock.
Dump the stock and the cars!
Picket in front of his charging stations!
January 20th is Cancel Amazon Prime Day. If every one of us did that on that date it would send a big message. I’ve already stopped buying there but want to cancel Prime on that date to make a statement.
I just started my journey with a Bluray player. Set it up yesterday and watched my Lexx 1.0 DVD on it. So much nostalgia for even just the mid-late noughties. Heading to 2nd & Charles to browse used Blu-ray sets soon.
I’ve no streaming subscription right now. I’m so pissed at these corporations.
For the 10 people who liked my half-joking posts about contributing to fighting control-obsessed huge corporations & oligarchs by… buying physical media 😅: I bought a very nice starter set of used Blu-ray stuff last night for a shockingly good price. Discs look good but haven’t tested yet.
Watched “Get Out” on Bluray last night and HOLY CRAP the difference compared to streaming services!!! Dark scenes are way cleaner and have more contrast. No compression artifacts! 1080p on a Bluray source looks WAY better than 1080p looks via streaming!
Nope! I'd recommend giving it a look - a lot of the first episodes of their shows are available on YouTube. Game Changer is one of their more popular ones!
This is a fundamentally capitalist approach to the issue, but even more importantly, it is a disorganized approach that relies entirely on individuals acting against their own convenience for no apparent benefit to themselves.
Mobilizing people requires organization and feedback.
Thought of something else. On another site, a post was made with Musk’s photo, and a quote. A poster said she couldn’t find anything about his feelings on the topic, or any such quote made by him. Good catch! We need to verify things and post about bogus info.
Okay, but we all already agree that it would be good if everyone did the right thing. The concern is that most people wouldn’t get on board with this — certainly not enough to make a noticeable impact.
I don’t even think it’s an “at this point” issue. People don’t do mass boycotts just because some people are calling for it — they stop buying something on moral grounds when they actually feel like it, and historically successful boycotts were always small scale and organized.
Right now everyone could boycott Amazon. Buy NOTHING from them until the striking workers get an agreement. This one is so easy to do. Not even like giving up butter during WW2, just don't buy or delay buying. Enough of us do it Amazon will notice it & other corps probably will too if media reports.
Just stay home and don't spend any money. Don't work. Shut down the country. The billionaires will cry uncle when they can't make money, and they can't without us.
I’m no expert, but I feel like it would be beneficial for all of us as individuals to be taking action on a daily basis, by calling in writing are elected officials to tell them what we want as much as what we don’t want. Literally every day. Being in their faces makes an impact. Let’s normalize it.
Protests and rallies are great, but it doesn’t have to be that complicated. Simply phoning the offices of the senators and congressmen every day to express your views & opinions goes a very long way. Mailing postcards/letters to them also works. This is quick, easy, and accessible to all.
That’s great! Just to be clear though you don’t need to join anything to make a difference. Each individual has the ability to call the offices of their elected officials at every level, and we should be doing that on the regular. I do it multiple times a week, the staffers are great, it’s very easy
I was just telling multiple people this at a Christmas party tonight. (Fa la la la la!) It seems like there aren’t many people who have ever even tried to make contact. Hopefully I’ve convinced them.
I get the impression that people feel intimidated to reach out. Hopefully more will start to do this, it really is so fast and easy, and it carries such a big impact sometimes even more than petitions or mass mailings. If we don’t communicate, we’re not doing our part.
You're right too many are giving up in advance. I worked to damn long in this life paying my whole life into a system I'll be damned to lose. Gonna be dragging me kicking and screaming first.
I’m really sorry but it doesn’t work. Look at who we are dealing with. There was one suggestion earlier to spend only on essentials. It will have an effect.
I would add that we should look for ways to save money to weather whatever comes our way and shift our spending on essentials to "left-aligned" companies and producers. Find liberal food growers in your area for at least some of your food. Shop at stores that evidence of progressive policies. Etc.
Mutual aid will be of the utmost importance. Better to network now with existing groups, and creating your own circle of mutual aid with family, neighbors, and friends. Get out ahead of it.
Yes! Daily personal action feels like the best! The group “Indivisible” has guides for this, for organizing your own little group to get together weekly or monthly and just do a -thing-
My opinion is we as a group have to hold firm to EVERYONE'S human rights. We can't start backing down now and give in and let ppl down. Democrats are already equivocating on trans rights. There must not be anymore of that.
Agreed. Human rights isn't that hard a concept. It's application should be universal. It's not like you should be compromising over which groups it applies to.
Either everyone is free or no one is. If one group can lose their rights so can every other group. Freedom is an absolute concept. It's not that hard to understand. Unless you're #MAGA I guess. Asshats.
So, how many have the will to actually act and stop supporting every Democrat who threw trans service members and their families under the bus by voting for the defense bill?
How many will actually write them and protest and try to get them to change course? My feeling is not one person here that has told me to stop talking.
1st I would like to see the various rights groups start working more in tandem with each other. If one has a march they should co-ordinate with every one.
2nd a series of online presentations on how to conduct yourself during a protest or march.
3rd Think Committees of Correspondence.
small groups and circles that keep each other informed and ready to rally their group for calls to action.
4th as various cells coalesce, build some into specially teams, that range from communications to first aid. these groups should be at every event.
5th staying power. a one day protest...
is soon forgotten we need to be thinking in terms of longer sustained campaigns. i get that is harder with permitting and people needing to make a living, maybe instead of shooting of a big number for one day, try keeping smaller numbers <1000 on a protest for a week or more.
What described mainly centers around action groups, but Unions do this regularly. maybe see ourselves moving to more of a protest and strike action. More like the French but with less things on fire.
Yes, this is what was going on in 2017 with small, individual women's groups all across the nation. This resulted in the massive Women's March in DC right after his first inauguration. We just need to regroup and add men to the list this time. Shouldn't be difficult to get it up and running again.
Men, BLM, LGBTQ+, All the above. In the end, its all about HUMAN rights. The siloing should stop. Agree to coach your memberships not to hijack each others messages and support each other even when its not your group that called for action.
Right. I wasn't being exclusive with the comment. Back then it was the Me Too movement that I was referring to and there was something alive with us, you could feel it. But then it just fizzled away, we didn't keep in touch. But we need to regroup, educate ourselves and shut this circus down.
I think we should ask why so many movements seemed to be running strong and then just fizzled. This going to have to a 4 year effort(please only 4). I like to have a gameplan in place. Hashing questions like this out helps.
What lessons can be learned from overseas? (Georgia, S Korea, etc.) How about Europeans answering the rise of right wing surge? American history also has plenty of movements with successes and failures.
Georgia leans more to my point about staying power. They aren't going home. But most of the people we are fighting for are 1 missed paycheck away from homelessness, they can't stay in the streets all week. Aside from literal shift rotations, I don't know. Any Organizers wanna chime in?
I think you are right. The reaction in South Korea was instant. We need to build up almost a reaction force. In every state. A lot of the fights are going to be on a state level. Building this time. We should start training people where to meet, how to engage, safety and equipment
I saw the Maddow interview, but that sounded like people disagreeing and offering alt advice. For sure that will be needed, especially if RFK Jr runs the next pandemic. But what i saw him describing seemed more about mitigating the damage as opposed to blocking him and getting control back.
Nation wide strikes. Hit the fascist in the pocket book.Chicago 1970’s IBEW members go on strike, bridge tenders are IBEW members and raise the bridges cutting off downtown and take the bridge keys with them when they walk off the job.Strike settlement occurs within hours.Wake up and organize!
Trying to penetrate the information bubbles people live is key. Messaging failed in this last election. People who are intelligent, articulate and relentless need to get out front and inform the uninformed and complacent. Legacy media doesn't seem to work anymore.
Trump or Musk, tbh. They’re both extremely unstable. Trump actually seems to be the more stable of the two, considering that he used to beef with Musk but bent the knee to him this year and put himself under Musk.
Maybe it will take the direct pain of the Ignorati (the far right bozos who chose this). If they figure out they've been had, perhaps they'll direct their crazy at the real perps.
What would have stopped Hitler had they known then what we know now? What act is too great to prevent this incoming christofascyst, authoritarian, dictatorship-vowing revenge and retribution- from gaining access to the levers of power that will embolden and empower them?
Any opposition, resistance, demonstration, or protest after January 20 will be put down and punished with extreme prejudice! The Constitution, pardons, precedent, norms, or legislative obstructions will not protect us.This is not fatalist. His first administration and rhetoric since make this clear!
Indivisible said to start forming small groups in our towns, and mine did. So far no one knows what to do, but when we think of something we'll have each other to do it.
Machiavelli witnessed some crazy shit: “whoever wishes to foresee the future must consult the past; for human events ever resemble those of preceding times”
Hello Seth. Big fish, small pond here. Invite someone to coffee. Have good holidays. Read a book on Grassroots Organizing. Read a good (non-political) book. Call your parents. Call on a neighbor. Volunteer. Listen to and support others. Walk downtown. Gift your mailman, sanitation worker. Smile.
Dems need to up their social media presence. And I don’t mean posting more pictures of them pretending to do things. Look at all of the right-wing influencers there are out there. Dems need a loudmouth voice for balance.
I like what Timothy Snyder suggested: Create a representative shadow govt. of people continuously on the news that explain to everyone exactly what should be happening in a sane world as compared to what Trump/Musk are doing. Keep the vision alive of right and wrong, ethics and morality.
Exactly. Someone was tagging Cuban earlier about starting up a new national media source. With all the substacks, YouTubers and pod casters now, it seems like many could get together and pool resources. It doesn’t have to be a fancy production. Many MSM anchors did shows from home during Covid.
The first goal is to find our voice without it being drowned out by the right wing media. Second we need young people with the right tech to take down as many right wing media organisations. We need to be able to counter every message from the RWNJ's as soon as it is published with FACTS!
Education n Awareness
Build Coalitions
Advocate for Policy Changes
Nonviolent Protest and Civil Disobedience
Run for Office or Support Independent Candidates
Strengthen Community Resilience
Leverage Technology
Legal Challenges and Accountability
Media and Cultural Influence
Focus on Long-Term Change
I've seen a lot of accounts on here promoting their own independent or left-aligned news services. I think what they're suggesting is to create new sources of news and abandon the ones we're used to. Ignore CNN, CBS, ABC, etc. Get news from sources that don't beg Trump to treat them nicely.
Go Timothy Snyder
GREAT PLAN!
Name a group
Give it a catchy name
(thinking)
Pick from rich talent pool of Dems
Call a presser to announce the group.
Keep each member sectioned;
each concentrating on a general catagory of federal responsibilities.
Legal advisers available to all
Pressers every day !
OFHS Biden, Harris Garland, Congress took an oath to defend and protect the Constitution from all enemies Foreign (Russia/Musk) & Domestic (tRump/Musk). tRump is disqualified from taking office based on A14 S3 of the Constitution. Americans need to demand oaths/Constitution be enforced.
There is no way I buy that JB wants this mess for his legacy.
There simply must be a gun to his head.
That's all there is to it.
No way is this,as we are told,about a rigid adherance to words in a document that will be meaningless next month when that document is burned.
We deserve a real answer.
Hmm, we don't know what's going on behind closed doors.There was definitely interference in election with Obver 60 Russian Bomb scares not to mention Musk's help while tabulation machines down. Then this....
Define "works". Because none of those things won the election. I'm not saying we should stop messaging, but we need to expand our skill set and tactics.
I think those terms are self explanatory.
What doesn't make sense to me is claiming that Dem messaging works after we just got our asses handed to us by a bunch of illiterates, racists, and fascists. Clearly Dem messaging does NOT work.
We need to be a much bigger presence where the Right's messages have been getting through (TikTok, et al). Go where the people you want to reach are. It's not that hard to figure out.
I’m an old activist but this is a new world. I live in Florida. If I protest, deathSantis made it legal to plow a vehicle into protestors. If that were to happen, would it hold up in court? Doubtful, but by then it’s too late. My district senators and Rep. are MAGA. A waste to call or write them.
Yeah. I feel this so hard. Are there local community groups in your area? Are there ways you can support each other without needing to go through a big disinterested structural power? That seems like it’ll need to be a bigger direction.
I was part of a local group during the first trump administration called Speak Out. We organized protests, marches, sit ins, writing, calling congress members, etc. I’ve not heard of a group this go around. But, if something forms, I’ll do what I can.
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If the POTUS will not play hard ball with Trump now, as long as US’s inner Security’s are following his orders, I’m afraid this can only end in violence, if one of both parties is not rowing back.
More than half of you Voted Trump/Republicans;the rest Voted Democrats
Wildly Different Ideas of How America should proceed into its Future
Trump hasn't even had his Inauguration,Yet,
neither has Project25😫
SmartElections Hacked Election Press Release and Video
https://youtu.be/fF22jp2VBJg
SmartElections Press Release
https://open.substack.com/pub/smartelections/p/the-press-release
We should stand by our principles and let pundits know that blaming our beliefs for this loss is bogus!
The ignorance and denial of low information voters led to defeat, not our actions!
Change Message
Strike. Leave work and mass gather peacefully in DC.
https://bsky.app/profile/jessicadenson07.bsky.social
Especially since:
https://bsky.app/profile/jessicadenson07.bsky.social
And following indivisible and this is also what they say. Local coalitions that take action when and how we can whether that is calling your elected officials or providing mutual aid and resources for the most vulnerable. But also projectmayhem2025
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/citizens-united-explained
https://bsky.app/profile/youranoncentral.bsky.social
The ways we know how. Health wise, financially as best we can. Grow more of our own food if we can batter where we can. Be much more committed to our self defined communities.
We don't need left-wing just slanting stuff in our direction either, IMO. Fine--hear that POV, but not omit or distort facts like right.
Ban trump from office
Deport Musk
End Citizens United NOW
HAVE A SPINE
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FHfFRVELGTc&pp=ygULc2FuY2hvIHNhbnM%3D
We, the electorate, were ultimately responsible, and we failed: we reelected him.
Fool us twice, shame on us.
I do understand. Not backing down on human rights for the comfort of white cis straight ppl. COPE.
Play the game of Life like it's Mario Party. Luigi shouldn't be the only one with a high score, anyone can pitch in to help the Mushroom Kingdom. Imagine a Blue Koopa shell to the Nazis trying to seize power? Hit em with the ol' "Wahoooo! Yippee! Wapow!"
Representative democracies work better with more input, not less.
You can't start a 3rd party @ the top of the ticket.
Absolutely a recipe for repeated failure after failure.
I intend to simultaneously prosecute the SCOTUS super majority in the court of public opinion.
The damages lend themselves to a massive class action due to the…
My goal is to create a declaration of grievances exposing the absolute despotism that the July 1, 2024 SCOTUS ruling culminates.
I do not consent to SCOTUS enforced absolute despotism.
#StandUp
The entire idea that we need to “change hearts and minds” is bankrupt. We need to respect our own laws. They apply to the patriarchy - it matters.
No amount of propaganda will change the prices of goods on the shelf or earn concessions from employers. Join or start a local union.
Be prepared to sacrifice. They will consume one another.
Be ready.
A general strike would work wonders.
Besides it's time to collectively fake our love of Christmas as we shovel more cash to corporations.
I still support my public radio station*.
*I know they pay NPR for their content, but I’m not ready to cut them off yet.
Pretty shocking about- face in reporting lately.
I guess we can agree to disagree.
https://youtu.be/ZhfNSdpxjGw?si=UJJIfNnV-6NUd2Vg
It’s been a while but Western Service Workers was one of the best groups for that I’ve volunteered with.
It’s mind boggling how deliberately blind they are determined to be.
https://bsky.app/profile/scottsantens.com/post/3lckzcleo7s24
#UBI now
The party is over. Fight - or die.
If they’re scared enough to offer us UBI, it means we have the political capital to end capitalism, which is the cause of our issues. Why don’t we just end capitalism instead?
Don’t compromise. Organize.
https://jacobin.com/2015/12/erik-olin-wright-real-utopias-anticapitalism-democracy/
MAGA must Lie, Cheat and Steal! Abortion. Guns. Equality. End Christian nationalism!Maga is the CONFEDERACY!! https://www.npr.org/2022/06/02/1102621352/how-the-southern-baptist-convention-covered-up-its-widespread-sexual-abuse-scand
ACLU , democracy Docket , EARTHJUSTICE, Sierra club. DGA. Etc. And if n when the time comes I will march protest n contribute anyway I can
Thank you. For sharing
This guy is a Nazi. Say it out loud. He supports Nazi's. Nazi Republican followers are writing bills right now.
In DC and at State Capitols. I wanna rep MN
https://www.mobilize.us/womensmarch/event/742704/
Why would we want to go to D.C. & let trump twist our numbers into looking like supporters for him?
On 20th we all watch something else don't attend. See his puny numbers & media blackout compared to protest numbers.
let's give the CEOs a sequel
https://go.bsky.app/4P7CkU3
We just sit here and touch a little red heart and think it will be ok??!!??
WHAT are we DOING to stop this ???
Seriously!!!!!
Good job for extreme left. Where are they? Swing the pendulum back toward the centre. Good cop, bad cop - old strategy but works with a disengaged electorate.
You can’t fight ignorance with a sword.
Education is the long game.
Short term: We have to figure out how to deprogram enough cult members to have an unbeatable majority.
Anyone else remember PS clips from the 40’s to educate Americans about citizenship, racism etc?
I'm just an average American. Ignoring MSN to save my sanity. Still in shock over this election. Grieving what could have been. Grieving for what is coming 💔
I am horrified that 53% of white women voted for him. We are going to brainstorm ideas to determine why, what we can do about it, and once and for all get a seat.
Lots and lots of alcohol.
I don’t know much, but it’s been nice trying to read some of what is -known- about this, even while so much isn’t
people need to learn from that
So sick of people claiming to "Fight for democracy.
https://democrats.org/who-we-are/state-parties/state-party-websites/
https://www.peoplesmarch.com
#People’sMarch
https://www.peoplesmarch.com
#People’sMarch
https://www.peoplesmarch.com
#People’sMarch
"Blue Grifters"
At the end of the day - this is a war of evil trying to control humanity and feed off of the consciousness and life energy of humanity.
Nekked protests.
Why nekked? Cuz
1) It's really fun
2) It's the ultimate expression of "We don't fear you."
Every protest needs to have a CLEAR MESSAGE and some colorful sidebars won't hurt
https://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/prof-snyder-musk-trump-spending-bill-fight-give-us-whiff-of-next-4-years-227646533527
1. Billionaire takeover of the media.
2. Blatently publish misinformation
3. Spread conspiracy theories via social media
3. Generate propaganda towards people w/no time to read or research
4. Rejection of intellectual curiosity (don’t be an “elite”).
1. Replicate and replace the conservative playbook.
2. Support liberal voices/ideas beyond your echo chamber.
3. Cultivate young leaders (long game)
3. Develop liberal version of the federalist society.
4. Mobilize- marches, protests, visibly large crowds= the bandwagon effect.
https://youtu.be/nskumJWJmuw?...
Luigi was tough on oligarchs.
There’s a difference.
This isn’t assassin masturbation. It’s class warfare.
Quarter of his wealth comes from Tesla stock.
Dump the stock and the cars!
Picket in front of his charging stations!
I’ve no streaming subscription right now. I’m so pissed at these corporations.
Mobilizing people requires organization and feedback.
So let's say we already are boycotting all MAGA companies and have been since 2016... what's next?
Just stay home and don't spend any money. Don't work. Shut down the country. The billionaires will cry uncle when they can't make money, and they can't without us.
https://indivisible.org/resource/guide
2nd a series of online presentations on how to conduct yourself during a protest or march.
3rd Think Committees of Correspondence.
4th as various cells coalesce, build some into specially teams, that range from communications to first aid. these groups should be at every event.
5th staying power. a one day protest...
Check out the community independents movement in Australia.
People powered politics elected 12 independents to Federal Parliament in 2022.
26 candidates are ready to run in 2025 election https://www.communityindependentsproject.org/
Build Coalitions
Advocate for Policy Changes
Nonviolent Protest and Civil Disobedience
Run for Office or Support Independent Candidates
Strengthen Community Resilience
Leverage Technology
Legal Challenges and Accountability
Media and Cultural Influence
Focus on Long-Term Change
GREAT PLAN!
Name a group
Give it a catchy name
(thinking)
Pick from rich talent pool of Dems
Call a presser to announce the group.
Keep each member sectioned;
each concentrating on a general catagory of federal responsibilities.
Legal advisers available to all
Pressers every day !
Absolutely.
Government is not a business.
There simply must be a gun to his head.
That's all there is to it.
No way is this,as we are told,about a rigid adherance to words in a document that will be meaningless next month when that document is burned.
We deserve a real answer.
Keep the messaging going and find new ways to get under their skin.
What doesn't make sense to me is claiming that Dem messaging works after we just got our asses handed to us by a bunch of illiterates, racists, and fascists. Clearly Dem messaging does NOT work.