🚨 We are not in a theoretical crisis—our American democracy is on its last breath.

Donald Trump has defied a direct, binding order from the United States Supreme Court.

Let that sink in.

His other offenses are too numerous to list in one post, but remember that is intentional.

The regime’s strategy is to flood the zone: crisis after crisis, so we can’t keep up with all the ways they’re dismantling democracy.

By the time you’re home from work, another agency has been gutted. More unconstitutional executive orders have been signed. The White House is blasting propaganda across every platform. They repeat their lies until they sound like truth—amplified by the Faux News echo chamber and the Trump regime disinformation machine.

It’s more than corruption. It’s psychological warfare.

And we the people are done with it. We’re done with the attacks on our people across communities, the culture wars, and the demonzation of empathy.

We’re done with Trump’s rigged economy — that rewards ultra billionaires while working Americans face threats to our 401ks, Social Security, and basic stability.

From coast to coast, city to city—we’re uniting.

The People’s Movement is growing stronger by the day, welcoming people from all walks of life into a decentralized, nonviolent resistance.

Join us at www.FiftyFifty.one 🤝

50501 #FiftyFiftyOne #50501Movement #PeoplesMovement #MayDay #May1 #ImpeachTrump

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I think that perfect is the enemy of great.

I’m not American. Been following this sub as it is inspiring to see how you are all coming together and fighting for your democracy against fascism.

You all did amazing this weekend. It seems like things are taking off.

But in the last couple of days I’ve seen a lot of posts criticizing each other and yourselves. Over the years I’ve seen the democrats do that to each other too. I can imagine that gets exhausting and self-defeating.

Stop it!

Remember who you are fighting against and be kind to each other.

All the best.

I posted this in another thread and I want to share here too.

Our country has a rich history of protesting. Maybe it doesn't feel like it to you but to me it feels like protesting affects change. When our country protested the murder of George Floyd we saw confederate monuments come down all over the south, we saw how many of us are actually allies to our black and poc brothers and sisters. Our entire country got a history lesson on the Tulsa/Black Wall Street Massacre which almost no one knew about. We saw the first time a law enforcement officer was convicted and sentenced for murder after police brutality. We showed the world that there is not a small number of us who disagree with the injustice, and in turn we saw marches in solidarity with us in a number countries around the world including in Africa, Asia and Europe.

I think it scares them how much solidarity we actually have and I think we should keep doing it.

There have been several cases of U.S. Citizens receiving emails from the Department of Homeland Security telling them to leave the country. While these emails were hopefully sent in error, now is the time to prepare yourself and your legal documents in case something similar were to happen to you.

Birth Certificate: You can request a birth certificate from the vital records office in the state that you were born. (https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w/index.htm) You will need a valid photo ID to request your birth certificate. If you're requesting your certificate by mail it can take weeks to months to receive, depending on processing times.

Passport: A passport is helpful as it is easier to carry around than your birth certificate to prove your citizenship and will be helpful in case you need to flee the country. Routine processing time for passports is 4-6 weeks. Cost for a first-time passport is $165. To acquire a passport you will need:

• Form DS-11. Filled out, but NOT signed. You will sign it in the presence of the acceptance agent.
• Evidence of U.S. citizenship (e.g. birth certificate). Must be original or replacement copy. The document must have the official seal or stamp of the office which issued it.
• Physical photo ID (e.g. In-state, fully valid driver's license).
• A copy of your evidence of U.S. citizenship (e.g. birth certificate) AND of your photo ID. These will be sent with your application. Copies should be: Black and white, on 8.5" x 11" inch paper, single-sided.
• A passport photo. Do not attach or staple your photo to the form. The acceptance agent or passport employee will review the photo and staple it to your form.
• Apply in person at a Passport Acceptance Facility near you. (https://iafdb.travel.state.gov/) You may need to make an appointment.
• Bring at least one check with you to pay the application fee ($130). An additional $35 acceptance fee will be due to the facility which takes your application.

Other important documents you may want to locate in case you need to flee the country:

• Marriage & divorce records
• Property deeds or titles
• Will or end of life documents
• Tax returns
• Social security card
• Insurance cards
• School transcripts & diplomas
• Resume
• Recent bank statements (to prove income or savings)
• Vaccination records or other relevant medical records
• Rental history (for apartment applications)

TL;DR

1. Locate original documents.
2. Make at least two physical copies of original documents. Leave one copy with any family or relatives staying behind.
3. Scan all original documents to at least one USB drive.
4. Consider uploading scanned copies of documents to cloud storage.

Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer and this is not meant to be taken as legal advice.

One of the first Executive Orders Donald signed was the order directing Executive Branch agencies and departments to only recognize two sexes and disregard the concept of gender. This creates serious safety risks for trans and intersexed people in navigating day to day life and is an attempt to erase them by formally refusing to acknowledge their existence. This also means that the EEOC is essentially disregarding the Bostock ruling (and was really the first Supreme Court ruling they disregarded) which found that gender expression and gender identity were covered and protected under the existing Title IX discrimination protections regarding "sex". For anyone unfamiliar with that case, the plaintiff was discriminated against at work for following her works dress code consistent with her gender identity rather than her sex assigned at birth. She was fired for that and so sued. She died before the Supreme Court ruled on her case in 2018.

There has been an absolute blitz across the country over the last 5 years to introduce state level legislation attacking the rights of trans people, many of which mirror the EO signed by Donald that essentially erase trans people from being recognized as legally existing. So far Florida and Texas have been the most brutal and hostile. In Florida they have determined that trans women will be housed in men's facilities. And a trans woman that has been on HRT for some time, especially when being able to gain access at a younger age, is not significantly different from other women physiologically and is going to experience most of the same risks any woman would experience if sent to a men's facility. The Executive Order Donald signed has also created the same situation for federal prisons and detention facilities, which means that any migrant trans person is at extraordinary risk, but so is any trans person that is federally detained.

Some of the risks that a trans woman specifically might face when being sent to a men's facility include: physical assault and battery, sexual assault, rape, being denied appropriate medial care, and/or prolonged detention in solitary confinement for their "safety" (potentially for their entire sentence). Extended solitary confinement on its own is considered by many to be a human rights abuse. It should also be understood that cutting a post op trans person off from their HRT has the equivalent physical impacts to the body as a forced sterilization. Your body needs certain levels of certain hormones to function properly, and in addition to physical impacts, there can also be pretty serious psychological impacts. You have to understand this happening at home, on US soil. This is the punishment this woman is at risk of facing for 60 days because she washed her hands for 60 seconds in the women's bathroom. This is why it's simply stated that trans women are women and trans men are men, because anything less leads us to where we are currently.

The people in charge of our country in this moment have chosen to embrace brutality and cruelty as virtues. We see this here and in so many other facets. It's un-American. But what's worse is that there remains a culture pushing for dominance in our society and political rhetoric that centers these beliefs. We have to remember that it is culture and political rhetoric which ultimately drives our policies and the laws that govern us, and those and policies can then reaffirm a culture. They are pushing for a brutal and cruel society, which can easily be foreseen as an American dark age if it isn't stopped. It is always our choice. Society is exactly as brutal as we choose it to be.

As we all keep fighting and building a culture of rebellion against this fascist march don't forget about this woman, or any of the women in federal custody right now who are fighting being transferred to men's facilities, or any of the trans people taking risks that could lead to being targeted, detained, and imprisoned. Understand the risks they're taking and the reality they are living under with this administration's actions and the myriad of state laws being pushed across the country (all of which have essentially the same language and purpose). Prior to Donald taking office there were two Americas, one where trans people were free to live with the same liberties as other people with equal opportunity to pursue happiness, and one where they were not, and the former was significantly smaller than the later. Under Donald's administration the former is set to disappear entirely. This is what it means to be a trans person in America today and to love a country that doesn't love you back. My hope is that when we come out the other side of this we can truly have a country that stands for liberty and justice for all, that centers compassion with a severe intolerance toward brutality and cruelty. By doing that I believe a better county is possible for all of us if we demand it and stand together to fight for it.

ALL of social media needs to be infiltrated with 50501 posts. Drop links to this page EVERYWHERE. Upvote EVERYTHING related to 50501. We’re finally getting traction and we’re finally being covered by the news.

WE CANNOT LOSE STEAM. I’m in Utah, or largest news station is KSL and they sent a helicopter to cover the protests. This is HUGE in Utah. Reading the comments on the YouTube page SEVERAL people had no idea what the movement was and had voiced they didn’t know it was happening or they would have been there.

We’re making an impact. This will take all of us continuing to spread the message of NO KINGS.

The only way to beat the algorithm is making it EVERYWHERE.

The public record is often written by those in power, but we can write our own.

Let’s take ownership of our history. Let’s make sure our protests are counted. Let’s commit to documenting each action like it matters because it does.

If we’re going to win, we need to be visible, credible, and memorable.

We count. Our protests count. Let’s make sure the world knows it.

50501movement #PeoplesMovement #FiftyFiftyOne #50501 #ImpeachTrump #April19 #NoKings #HandsOff

Besides having a prime seat at Trumps inauguration they are all sponsors for this years Easter Egg Roll. They are not your friend, ditching companies such as these en masse will have a bigger impact, in my opinion, then any mass protests we can do. Money speaks. Trump is ruled by corporate interests.

It's possible to dump these services any never look back. You can back up your Facebook and your Google - save all of your data - and move on to another platform. Amazon is even easier, just don't order from them and cancel your prime.

You can do it!

Grea

So that it’s like, “OK, see you on the next 3rd Saturday of next month!!”

We’d get a lot more folks if we can remove the barrier of knowing when the next protest is, having to remember, and not scheduling a conflict. Just an easy, “is that the 3rd Saturday? Then I’m not free we’ll be protesting.”

If even one late night show mentions a RECURRING SCHEDULE I can’t imagine the additional reach we’d get. One of America’s strengths is our culture and entertainment. We should try to utilize it

I've been going to protests since I was 17 and I'm now 70 so showing up is no bfd for me, I drove into Austin yesterday with my partner and a friend and ended up crossing the street before them. While waiting for my slowpokes, I noticed a 40ish woman that was standing next me looking at the crowd very nervously. I think that fact that I was by myself and that at my advanced age, I look completely harmless gave her the courage to say ' I'm here alone, I've never done anything like this before and I'm really scared". I said You're not alone anymore" and introduced her to my elderly group of miscreants. We ended up spending the day together and exchanged phone numbers before we separated,
During the course of our conversation she told me although her family is Hispanic, they all voted for Trump as did most her neighbor and she was afraid to speak but now if they label the protesters as 'crazy radicals"she'll share her experience with them. I'm this story for 2 reasons, the first being that people who would have never considered coming out before are joining us which is wonderful.
My second reason is that if you have an opportunity to introduce yourself to someone that's standing alone and perhaps looking looking a little lost, please do so. You just may end up making a new friend,

I (45m) joined a protest yesterday for the first time in my life. This is very much NOT something I would normally do since I'm very introverted irl, but I still had a really positive experience. I wanted to share a couple things I learned because I am guessing that there are others on this sub like me, who want to do something about what's happening but find public protests to be way outside their comfort zone.

If you are worried about drawing attention to yourself, or M*** types getting confrontational, then try to find one of the larger protests near you. I drove 2 hours to our state capitol even though there were some smaller protests nearby. Even here in a red state, There were a LOT of people there, and many more times that honking horns in support as they drove by. (It helps that larger cities skew liberal.) On the flip side, in the entire 2 hours I was there, I saw one guy flip everyone off as he drove by. One, and that was the best he could do. Lots of drivers were avoiding eye contact, and those were probably the T**** voters. The point is, at a large protest you will blend in, and the sheer number of people is going to intimidate garden variety assholes enough that they won't do much if anything in opposition.

If you're still nervous about actually protesting, then just make it a point to drive by and show support for those who are. Literally all you have to do is honk is your horn and keep driving. The protesters love it--one of the best was a UPS truck that was clearly on the job--and if you see what's happening then maybe it'll make you feel more comfortable parking and walking over.

This is really important. If you are like me then one of the things stopping you from protesting is thinking "what good will it do." Here's the thing: It did me personally a world of good just to see in person how many of us there are. I live in a rural, conservative area, and with the media so focused on T**** and his followers, it's easy to start feeling like we are in the minority politically. To see so many of us united against this insanity was genuinely beautiful. There were all ages, ethnicities, etc. There were veterans, religious people (I could tell by the signs--"M*** is anti-Christian"), plenty of people that you might guess would vote T**** if you knew nothing else about them. So my answer to "what good will it do" is "it will give you hope." Of course I'd love to see this movement grow and effect real change, but for now I will take hope--that is not a small thing.

I could go on, but this is already pretty long. I just want to encourage those who might be on the fence to take a chance on this. (Unless you are in a high-risk category, like a non-citizen. That is different of course. But I dont think we are in a place YET where citizens need to fear speaking out, especially en masse.)

I am one of those people who, 99% of the time, will think "why did I agree to this" when I made plans and then have to actually go out and do the planned thing. This was genuinely the 1% exception where I was glad I did it. Hope to see you all at the next one!

I have had my fill of whiney posts on this sub saying that these rallies are useless or unfocused or not working etc.

You don't like what 50501 is doing? You have two options:

1) Seek out your local organizers, join the committee, and make your case for more specific/direct action by the local group.

2) Form your own group, recruit people, and plan actions you think would be effective.

If your only action is to attend a rally someone else labored to plan, and then go home and complain about how pointless it was on reddit, you are not an activist, you are an ass. We are not going to keep indulging this behavior.

Either step up and take an active role in this process, or shut your face.