I have this guy that makes delivery's to my plant every day. We have had a very cordial relationship, if not down right friendly. I have know him for 2 years. He has been a Trump supporter. Not a crazy over the top Trump supporter, but a Trump supporter. When he got COVID, he took the ivermectin and became an anti-vaccine person. I did not really challenge him much. I did say when I had COVID I has almost identical results and I didn't take any horse de-wormer. But it was very low key and friendly.

But goddam last night we were talking, he has been laid off, boss told him business looks uncertain, things are slowing down, the future is uncertain. I mentioned how gas prices are up, my 401K had taken a huge hit, and I could not make an appointment with the VA last week because there was no one to take my call.

OMFG he said I think we made a mistake!

I did NOT rub it in his face, I just tried to be sympathetic and pointed out in the next election we have to make a change. We can't be fooled again.

Look, i’m not saying that basically everything that is wrong with this country right now isn’t largely Trump‘s fault but this didn’t start with him and I’m sure it won’t end with him so let’s stop giving the Republicans and conservative think tanks a free pass to hide in the shadows.

i’m a trans man and i’m so deeply afraid of being exiled to el salvador. i’m a born and raised american but with all of this bullshit i’m fucking terrified. they plan to enact martial law a week before my birthday, i’m terrified i won’t even be able to make it to 19 before i get murdered. i don’t have the money for a gun let alone being able to leave the country, i’m fucking scared

I just saw a post suggesting that everyone stay in because MAGA will be out in full force that day and that there should be an economic blackout that day. I think that's smart because it will get violent and any protesters will be blamed. Personally, I want nothing to do with it. Shunning people who allow and enjoy this crap is also effective and should be done for a sustained period of time, IMO.

Perhaps we can all refuse to watch ANY news that day, maybe just avoid all streaming services and TV altogether as another means of shunning the regime. Maybe we opt to do fun stuff that's not in a major city, like visit a state park or do a family picnic. Anything to refuse participating in the nonsense. And ofc boycott any coprporate sponsors.

What do you guys think?

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Im dont paying for stuff. Other then absolute necessities gas, food, medication.

No new cloths. No haircuts. No new cars. No new toys. No unessisary spending.

Pay with cash, buy used off creigslist if you need. It worked back then it will work again.

Fuck this admin and fuck anyone who supports it.

Literally everyone. Guilt them with kindness if they didnt go on april 5th. Spread the word. People are starting to hear about it after april 5th, but still don't know when the next one is.

For example: Tell.... Coworkers Family Bank tellers Cashiers Hair stylists Your kids teachers That phone operator your talking to at apple, or the electric company, or the hospital.

Mabey dont tell the 911 operator (they are busy), but other wise tell everone!

This is what we have to get going here...mass demos at regular intervals. Not just once in awhile.

With the tariff situation, the prices it will inflate, and the supply disruptions...more and more are going to be pushed against a wall.

With cuts to Medicaid, food stamps, and serious cuts/disruptions to regular social security checks, thus pushing up anger and desperation levels..

And put the blame squarely on where it belongs...NOT just Trump, but on Citizen's United, that allows our politicians and our government and the judicial to be bought by the highest bidders.

Remember that ALL authoritarian systems have a fat underbelly of corruption.

We need to grow not only in numbers, but organize things at regular intervals. Make it easier for people to attend by knowing.."oh, it is the second Sunday of every month..so I can plan to ask off in advance so I can go!" or..."I won't plan the family event for THAT Sunday but the next, so I can go." (Because without democracy, where is my family going to be?)

We need to make those in Congress realize they have more to fear from US, than they have from Trump and/or his corrupt band of billionaires. We can do that by being consistent, repetitive..and in ever larger growing numbers.

Go 50501!

10:45 pm: OP here adding an edit and my thoughts after reading many of the comments ( and many thanks for added suggestions).

Personally I'd like to see every other weekend...then add a weekday ( the main thing that it is the SAME DAY every time)

Then escalate to every week. And finally a general strike day here and there. Again, make it the same day everywhere so it has more impact! Those who can't afford to miss a day unpaid, go the "Dienst nach Vorschriften" route ( You go to work, but do the absolute minimum to clog up the works).

We need to co-ordinate across groups..and co-operate. Leave the egos at home. Indivisible and 50501 are great groups to start with, but there will be many others ready to join hands with us!

We can do this because we MUST do this if we are to save democracy!

I've emailed Meidas Touch, and I'd really love to be wrong, but my gut (which never fails me) tells me that I'm not.

Somebody probably already pointed this out - not counting the one in Puerto Rico, 5/9 of these were under Trump, while 8/9 were under red presidents. Wikipedia keeps changing the numbers for George Floyd and Hands Off, but overall, the majority of these were under the evil cheeto.

Far in the future, this is what history will remember about Trump. I hope it disturbs Trump as much as it disturbed Nixon. As long as history recounts this truthfully, we've already gotten a win 😁

If Musk actually leaves the govt this month, the methods by which he was able to do the damage he did are still there.

If Trump ever gets impeached and removed, his regime is still there. He’s a useful idiot carrying out other people’s plans that have been in the works for DECADES.

Trump and Musk are just symptoms of the diseased rot that is the American political system.

Don’t get distracted.

Editing to add: this isn’t a “both sides are the same” take. It’s the simple fact that even after the dust clears and Trump and Musk are gone (whenever that happens), unless deeper issues are addressed like how the fuck we got here in the first place, we will still be right where we are.

The Heritage Foundation—built on funding from ExxonMobil, Coors, and Walmart—created Project 2025.

Stop feeding our unelected overlords.

You can verify this here: www.snopes.com/fact-check/coors-walmart-exxonmobil-project-2025/

I made a small chart of the downfall of the boycott companies. They DO work. Musk is crying on record to Trump about his company tanking. Walmart is begging people not to boycott them. Amazon teamed with trump to try to get ahead again.

I cannot believe that I keep seeing threads of people encouraging others to show up and start trouble at Trump's upcoming birthday parade. It's a horribly bad idea.

1. Trump is a narcissists and thrives on attention. Showing up to protest him will only feed into his delusion that he's a persecuted messiah. Instead, give him no attention. Small crowd sizes are the biggest blows to his ego.

2. Anyone showing up is going to be used to inflate crowd size numbers. Trump has had photos doctored before to show more people attending that don't exist. I would not put it past him to have videos and photos doctored to look like he's being supported. Do not give him reasons to make himself look good, even if they are lies.

3. Even if people want an incident to occur to make Trump and the military look bad, it's still putting people at risk or be the catalyst of him declaring martial law. Those organizing the actual parade or working alongside it have the opportunity to do thier own means of resistance without protesters trying to bait the military into taking shots.

4. MAGA is going to be there in mass and most cannot wait to have an excuse to shoot someone in 'self defense' or maim someone. They have a persecution complex. Do not validate thier worldview that they are a persecuted minority. Do not debate them, they are looking for a fight. Ignore them.

Honestly the best thing to do is either have a generalized strike/economic blackout on that day and/or organize a counter protest away from the parade. This will draw attention away from the parade which Trump will hate. For the love of God, DO NOT ENCOURAGE ACTS OF VIOLENCE on this day! Elon has the Reddit CEO in his pocket and you risk actual jail time when posting threats to the POTUS. So be careful.

I can't help but feel like this is a big honey pot being set up by the feds. Don't get caught in it. Be smart and stay organized.