I am disgusted with ABC, NBC and CBS national news for barely mentioning this monumental event yesterday. It is the biggest news of the day, but apparently they don’t want to broadcast all the news. On the local SF ABC station they did show news about it, but then broadcast interviews of local GOP leaders saying how meaningless the demonstrations were.
Of course, I shouldn’t be surprised, but they should be ashamed of themselves for their lack of credible journalism.
This is what we have to do now. Register Democrats. Organize ongoing registration parties in your neighborhood and or town. Do this every day. Then Trump will be stopped when the voters have their say.
The protests are effective because they feed our resolve! I even made a new friend on my way to the protest on the L. We had a great chat and it’s always fun to meet someone so like-minded.
It lets us see what can be in terms of cooperation & kindness.
I also enjoyed the signs and creativity, a few made me laugh until I cried! 😂
We see our numbers, now we show our power in those numbers. It was a great day.
AND I understand they're intending to coordinate a strike for May 1. I think this, more than attempting to boycott all the evil empire's retailers, will have the greatest impact. Hit them all - HARD - all at once. THAT is people power. (Thanks for all you do!)
I'm hopeful that as more and more citizens encounter tangible proof that this regime is not only harming/destroying our domestic government but is also threatening the entire world order through the unimaginably reckless actions of one demented, physically and cognitively unfit malignant narcissist and the deranged people who support him, that a larger proportion of the people who protest will be moved and empowered to engage in further effective actions as you describe to hasten and enact real change in toppling this toxic regime. Thanks for your work!!
The event I hosted had about 2,000 here in Stillwater, Minnesota,a small city of about 19,800. And we weren’t the only game in town. A local senior development had their own event, too!
Engage in conomic boycotts of MAGA-enabling corporations (Target, Wamart, Wendy's, Home Depot, Whole Foods, etc), limit purchases of Apple products to the bare minimum, switch browsers from Google, mass deletion of SM accounts, mass unsubscribes from Amazon Prime and ChatGPT, cancel streaming services, cancel cable.
Support independent journalists, independent media, Run For Something progressive candidates (their latest win was the special election in the district including Mar-a-Lago), Leaders We Deserve progressive candidates.
Don't vote for any candidate who accepts AIPAC (or AIPAC cutout) funding....even aside from Gaza, Lebanon and Iran, we know the type of status quo politician this PAC supports.
Speak out constantly...against fascism and corporate centrists alike...courage us contagious.
Brian Tyler Cohen had a live YouTube from the event in LA pointing out the hundred or so tents set up by various groups. Rev. William Barber called "every protest a voter registration drive" in his speech in Raleigh, NC. We saw and heard similar things at the small town protest I went to. BTC called it "not a destination, but an on-ramp". I had a similar conversation with a friend who was skeptical of how much this would move the needle, and again with someone at the protest I was at. Except instead of "on ramp" I said "gateway drug" which is probably less compelling, but whatever metaphor you use, the idea is the same. If you want to get 12 million people off the couch, you have to make this movement accessible. Because there's a LOT of inertia to overcome. And to move that much mass, you need a lot of energy and -- like it or not -- time for the momentum to build. That's just physics. The good news is, once you have that body in motion, it is REALLY hard to deflect it from its path.
The scenes from Boston, Chicago, NYC, LA and especially Minneapolis are inspiring. But the ones that give me hope are the ones for The Villages in Florida, and Fort Bragg, CA where a town of 6500 people turned out 14500 for No Kings III. When a small town in Idaho that voted for Trump by a 2:1 margin is turning out No Kings protesters, and a town in Central NC with a municipal population of 4700 has an event with 1500 bodies on hand, this is organic. No matter how hard the regime tries to pretend that George Soros astroturfed 9 million people into showing up.
We also need a people’s democratic socialist party to counter the current political system - many of the politicians are just 2 sides of the same coin!
There was also a massive group of disabled voters who participated via Zoom, and likely weren't counted, and those unable to be present who watched livestreams.
I am disgusted with ABC, NBC and CBS national news for barely mentioning this monumental event yesterday. It is the biggest news of the day, but apparently they don’t want to broadcast all the news. On the local SF ABC station they did show news about it, but then broadcast interviews of local GOP leaders saying how meaningless the demonstrations were.
Of course, I shouldn’t be surprised, but they should be ashamed of themselves for their lack of credible journalism.
This is what we have to do now. Register Democrats. Organize ongoing registration parties in your neighborhood and or town. Do this every day. Then Trump will be stopped when the voters have their say.
a bunch of losers who voted for genocide
but don’t own guns bc these idiots pretend to oppose violence
just walked around asking for the thing that 2A is for
useless sacks of shit 🤭🤭😂😂
The protests are effective because they feed our resolve! I even made a new friend on my way to the protest on the L. We had a great chat and it’s always fun to meet someone so like-minded.
It lets us see what can be in terms of cooperation & kindness.
I also enjoyed the signs and creativity, a few made me laugh until I cried! 😂
We see our numbers, now we show our power in those numbers. It was a great day.
Protesting is a starting point....
The ending point?
Please, Qasim: while I fully agree in GOTV action, I firmly believe we must execute a general strike. Indivisible is hosting a debrief call 3/31.
https://indivisible.org/get-involved/attend-an-event/
AND I understand they're intending to coordinate a strike for May 1. I think this, more than attempting to boycott all the evil empire's retailers, will have the greatest impact. Hit them all - HARD - all at once. THAT is people power. (Thanks for all you do!)
share 🔊 NO KINGS 3 VIDEO
https://ojaiohana.substack.com/p/video-montage-no-kings-3?r=5chxge
Joined. Thanks
Banner and t-shirt of a fellow honk and waver, who happens to be a retired rear admiral, USN. Foxtrot Delta Tango.
I'm hopeful that as more and more citizens encounter tangible proof that this regime is not only harming/destroying our domestic government but is also threatening the entire world order through the unimaginably reckless actions of one demented, physically and cognitively unfit malignant narcissist and the deranged people who support him, that a larger proportion of the people who protest will be moved and empowered to engage in further effective actions as you describe to hasten and enact real change in toppling this toxic regime. Thanks for your work!!
The event I hosted had about 2,000 here in Stillwater, Minnesota,a small city of about 19,800. And we weren’t the only game in town. A local senior development had their own event, too!
Nice job Deborah. I’ve been to Stillwater a few times, beautiful area!
Engage in conomic boycotts of MAGA-enabling corporations (Target, Wamart, Wendy's, Home Depot, Whole Foods, etc), limit purchases of Apple products to the bare minimum, switch browsers from Google, mass deletion of SM accounts, mass unsubscribes from Amazon Prime and ChatGPT, cancel streaming services, cancel cable.
Support independent journalists, independent media, Run For Something progressive candidates (their latest win was the special election in the district including Mar-a-Lago), Leaders We Deserve progressive candidates.
Don't vote for any candidate who accepts AIPAC (or AIPAC cutout) funding....even aside from Gaza, Lebanon and Iran, we know the type of status quo politician this PAC supports.
Speak out constantly...against fascism and corporate centrists alike...courage us contagious.
Brian Tyler Cohen had a live YouTube from the event in LA pointing out the hundred or so tents set up by various groups. Rev. William Barber called "every protest a voter registration drive" in his speech in Raleigh, NC. We saw and heard similar things at the small town protest I went to. BTC called it "not a destination, but an on-ramp". I had a similar conversation with a friend who was skeptical of how much this would move the needle, and again with someone at the protest I was at. Except instead of "on ramp" I said "gateway drug" which is probably less compelling, but whatever metaphor you use, the idea is the same. If you want to get 12 million people off the couch, you have to make this movement accessible. Because there's a LOT of inertia to overcome. And to move that much mass, you need a lot of energy and -- like it or not -- time for the momentum to build. That's just physics. The good news is, once you have that body in motion, it is REALLY hard to deflect it from its path.
The scenes from Boston, Chicago, NYC, LA and especially Minneapolis are inspiring. But the ones that give me hope are the ones for The Villages in Florida, and Fort Bragg, CA where a town of 6500 people turned out 14500 for No Kings III. When a small town in Idaho that voted for Trump by a 2:1 margin is turning out No Kings protesters, and a town in Central NC with a municipal population of 4700 has an event with 1500 bodies on hand, this is organic. No matter how hard the regime tries to pretend that George Soros astroturfed 9 million people into showing up.
We also need a people’s democratic socialist party to counter the current political system - many of the politicians are just 2 sides of the same coin!
Where are you getting the number 9 million? Nokings coalition is saying 8 million which is disappointing
8 MILLION is not disappointing.
Even 8M is still larger than the previous protests. But I'm seeing the 9M number while including international protests too.
There was also a massive group of disabled voters who participated via Zoom, and likely weren't counted, and those unable to be present who watched livestreams.