I hope your community is never occupied like LA or DC. But if it is, you’ll quickly find that people don’t take kindly to having their city under federal control. And folks are just getting started. 📌 Protesters gathered near a checkpoint in the U Street corridor in Northwest Washington.
I remember the curfews etc after George Floyd got murdered here, the cops who had been roaming around in unmarked vehicles “hunting” people for fun with rubber bullets etc (until they caught return fire)
And all the Whyt yahoos driving in from the boonies looking for a riot. One of them tried to set fire to our library, but the neighbors (who were on the sidewalk with folding chairs) chased him away. Also, ACAB.
I knew this would happen. It is only a matter of time before this gets really ugly
Insane far left radicals protest to keep crime thriving in DC🤦♂️
Much of that sentence is demonstrably false.
If you look at their profile they are MAGA strong.
Bro he's retarded... Just give up.
I am referring to Rove as the retard btw. I understand Rove would have some trouble figuring that out.
The comment above yours is a MAGA.
Here you see hordes of black protesters attacking the police. Oh. Oh no. They all look like white professionals armed with sandwiches. This is why Trump is completely fucked politically. White YUPPIES hate him now. @chriscillizza.bsky.social @chrislhayes.bsky.social @aoc.bsky.social
Facists GO HOME
They need to go to prison instead of home. No mercy for fascists
We The People aren't having it.
Deport the MAGA ICE Gestapo to the South Pole and Make America Greater Again...
Smaller government apparently necessitates a larger armed forces.
Portland sends its videos.
Why aren’t police protecting the citizens from ICE……. Isn’t that what they’re supposed to do PROTECT
The police are mostly MAGA types. They work for the dictator now. 🤦🏼♂️
Yeah, but if you throw a sandwich at one of 'em, drunken teevee star Jeanine Pirro will send your ass to Alligator Auschwitz.
Spread nails all around their cars.
Amen Sing it over, Amen, Amen Amen amen
DC needs to have a sidewalk dance party that goes on for miles. With “Fuck Trump” blasting. #Epstein
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Trump is stretching his Supreme Court hate for humanity power to the extreme and he will eventually dig his hole so deep he will not be able to crawl out of it. And those gathered around him today like flies on rotten meat will not be there when his tomorrow comes. Vote Blue in2026 💙🇺🇸
I agree but there is a reckoning in the making black people need to reflect back to grandma’s words and Stand Still no Protesting watch and wait God is stepping in and black people know that if they stand still God will fight their battles! This is a God move moment! Keep watching!
But trump controls everything , including this - once it’s commissioned. We didn’t stop him when we might have been able to. www.facebook.com/share/r/19QH...
#FreeDC This is what all of us see when these Fascist Fucks roam our streets #KKK - Keystone Kops Klan youtu.be/GwUUUqgfu-E?...
End freemasonry in police. Their oaths are the linchpin of corruption in our society
There does appear to be a correlation between that style of badge and police fuckery.
Freemason cops don't just defend and protect the satanic pedophile elite. They organize and participate
You never win with freemasonry youtu.be/vAIT6qQZZtQ?...
Freemason cops don't just defend and protect the satanic pedophile elite. They organize and participate youtu.be/E_uz37x_dgY?...
Never in America - 🙏🏼 this ends sooner than later
America has officially reached 1933. November 24, 1933 - Nazis pass a Law against Habitual and Dangerous Criminals, which allows beggars, the homeless, alcoholics and the unemployed to be sent to concentration camps. www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/ho...
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#DoNotObeyInAdvance #NurembergTrials2NOW
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Never stop resisting. Never stop calling truth to power. This is an illegal administration. Treat them as such. Their time is coming.
A CHECKPOINT. A. CHECKPOINT. I cannot get past this.
We the people
Keep it up, DC
good people!!!
The most dangerous city in the U.S. is, apparently, Memphis, Tennessee. Note the list in the article indicates the most dangerous cities in the U.S. are mostly in the South & West. Trump needs to stop the political theater. https:/www.newsweek.com/most-dangerous-cities-trump-washington-dc-2112006
It's as if Blondi & felon47 are looking at a different set of stats. 🤨 🤷🏼♀️ "U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said during a news conference: "Let me be crystal-clear: Crime in D.C. is ending, and ending today. We are going to use every power we have to fight criminals here.""
Well the problem with that is, Trump will just use that as an excuse to send more troops in. "See how out of control they are"?
We are not Russians, we are not Chinese, we are not Hungarians. We are AMERICANS! And we’ve fought a king once before. We won’t take this bullshit!!!
Hear me out, Mr. Webb, if DC’s leaders weren’t so soft on crime and actually worked to prevent the violence and theft, maybe this wouldn’t be necessary. Instead of throwing tantrums, aim your outrage at the people who let it get this bad.
DC Metro police should strike!
little bit like this in Cambridge - police arresting anyone driving a non-rental E-Scooter on the Road - with immigration authorities on hand - to pass them onto - while ignoring anyone riding any E-Scooter on the sidewalk..
Let the hoagies fly!
Shut Down DC Refuse Facism 🤍✌🏽
I LOVE the activists in DC. They are among the best
gonna need more than a few dozen to make these fascist pigs sit up and take notice. still not sure why no one has called for a general strike
Good. Have to keep fighting. This is not ok.
Haven’t lived in DC in a long time, still feel proud. Fuck dem fascists.
Question from an (half) American: Isn’t this exactly the kind of situation the 2nd Amendment was written for? Isn’t it about preventing government overreach? No I don't want violence. It is an honest Question.
Trump and his minions are inciting the riots. They are the source.
NW is the richest area of DC, I guess that's where all the violent crime occurs now?
This is just a distraction. Just t like the ICE goons, they won't go in the bad areas. Wimps.
Wimps indeed. I did all my med school clinical rotations at DC General Hospital in SE in the early 80's. We were tough 😎.
AMEN AMERICA!!! FREEDOM IS PART OF DEMOCRACY. NEVER ACCEPT FASCISM, NEVER.
People Power Rock on!!!!!!!
That's funny. I think T is looking for people to join his Administration, like several that are already there. He's continuing to build a corrupt government.
Do y’all ever wondered if military in LA and D.C. are being propped up as back door for foreign invasion? Why both seaside cities?
We need to start publicly talking about cutting the U.S. military budget by 50%. The military industrial complex has been getting fat off US taxpayer dollars since WW2. They are hurting us. They shouldn't keep getting budget increases almost every year.
I’m not sure if you just dropped in… but, Don’s "One Big, Beautiful Bill," officially H.R. 1, includes a significant $150 billion investment in the federal military.
Is there a mass murderer in D.C. they are looking for???? Why all the police??? Someone bad there??? No just neurotic Donnie wasting money. These police type guys are laughing all the way to the bank. Money for nothing. Pay must be good.
An idiotic idea to begin with.
Ottawa says hi. Our police did nothing for weeks while little shits and fascists occupied the Capital.
This is DICTATORSHIP.
D.C. 🧵
“I love being micromanaged by as many people as possible.” - No one. Ever.
Seeing the makeshift signs makes me wonder if convenience stores should carry various protest signs, since you don't know when you might need one.
Since many corner/convenience stores and the like are owned and run by immigrants, this seems like putting an unnecessary target on their backs for "treasonous paraphernalia" or some Bullsh¡t ICE would claim as a reason to raid and abduct. I hate being so cynical.
This has been MPDs checkpoint long before last night, regularly. Why 🤔 doesn't tRump send the jarheads to S.E.D.C. where babies keep getting shot. #the💩headpotus!
Check point? Like a citizenship/show me your papers check point?
List of military checkpoints in gaza and West Bank. Permanent military checkpoints began in 1990, 51 years after Israel was established. www.btselem.org/freedom_of_m...
Going to work. Shopping for food. #checkpoints in West Bank. They lose millions every year. 70 years and counting.
DC or state? www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Every blue community is at risk now. I have already seen it in NJ where politicians doing their jobs and checking up on facilities are arrested and charged by ICE.
I can't tell you how much I want to jump an Amtrak and scoot down for the weekend.
And I think about what I just said and could this be the real purpose of this? To force people to rise up in the streets so they can justify martial law? I hate the way these people make me contort my thinking!
Protest PEACEFULLY. They are looking for violence – don’t give it to them.
No. No more peace. They don't deserve it and it's time for this shit to stop and peacefulness isn't helping it's hindering.
This fascist takeover attempt ain’t gonna be won by peace, seeetheart - if we want to hold onto our rights & freedoms, we’re gonna have to FIGHT for them, just like those who came before us had to. Catch up with reality.
The violence and oppression obviously hasn't touched you and yours yet. When it does, you won't be calling for peace.
'Non violent' protests dont have to be peaceful. Yelling and taunting are a great way to wear the bastards down. Hell of a lot more effective than being quiet and polite.
They're COWARDS, they runaay with ANY sort of repurcussions I say take a few out in a horrific way as a message to the rest. For the record; YOU CANNOT REMOVE FASCISTS WITH PEACE😡
Republicans justified the DC invasion because one MAGA tool got beat up in street fight, try to imagine what happens when a few federal officers get taken out "in a horrific way."
And for the record, FUCK what Republicans do say act cry blah blah blah about. JFC, can you quit giving them a platform and grow a spine, for once? Because you white men in this fucking country have been an utter fucking disgrace. Complying to tyranny, and not doing a fucking thing
For the record, I don't GAF what Republicans say, they are certainly not the answer to Republican fascism. What's about to happen will be determined by the 90+ million voters who haven't picked a side, murdering cops wins no hearts or minds. bsky.app/profile/shep...
Once again, I have to remind you that those numbers you are spewing are FAKE and manipulated, to make you believe bs & spread the fucking lies that we sat out He stole our votes, like a KNOWN grifter would to stay out of prison🙄🤦♀️ Quit spreading russian propaganda, PLEASE?? electiontruthalliance.org
They're cowards, trust me Republucunts hide in the houses our tax dollars pay for. They WANT you to be afraid of their tantrums #fuckrepublicons Grow a pair, bro, wtf
We aren’t going to peace our way out of this for sure.
It’s just a matter of time before violence & death occurs…the military and bounty hunters are well armed… That’s the USA he wants
He wants this country to be Russia
Do you know what you get when you turn the other cheek to a bully? Two bloody cheeks. They are ALREADY being violent towards CITIZENS. So if you think peace is the answer, you are not seeing what is happening or where this is going.
Peaceful protests work. The chaos is a diversion Release the Epstein Files. Is anyone else remembering way back when, maybe Johnson was right. Shut down the government. GOP in hiding. Create many major chaotic events all around the country - should I say Blue country. Epstein who?
"Peaceful protests work". Let me know what that happens. Also, do you know why you have the luxury of thinking peaceful protests work? They are not rounding you up, yet. Not to be snide but all I have seen, is everything get worse.
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It’s definitely scary!
I am white and 60. Despite my mouth, I am pretty far down the list. But I have no illusions of how far they would like this to go.
So are you suggesting taking up arms against the US military? Against police? Against the government? Because it’s gonna take a lot more organizing to not get your ass thrown in jail or buried 6 feet under then a protest.
The military needs to wake up and protect the constitution
Yeah they do!!!
Only a fool would suggest taking up arms against the military. Organizing will be failure as any and all such groups will be infiltrated. This will come down to the lone wolves. The ones who are angry enough to take to a rooftop. If they had abducted any of my family? That would happen.
So peaceful protest aren’t working. It’s foolish to take up arms against the military. Lone wolves, taking up arms against the military is the way to go. So you are suggesting a violent approach against the military (and presumably political leaders).
I am not suggesting anything. I am predicting where this is going. MAGA's lone wolves have been at it a while. Luigi is a folk hero to many. Cops have recently been ambushed. Civil war does not start with one side lining up against the other. It starts with acts such as those above.
And I don’t know how much history you are familiar with, but resistance groups have historically been pretty successful. Not 100% successful. But pretty successful.
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Christopher thank you for always finding these poignant videos. I get tears in my eyes everytime i see people fighting back. MORE OF THIS
Notice they never occupy or swarm or kidnap anywhere where people are known to shoot back. Cowards larping as "the law".
I agree. For a population as heavily armed as we are supposed to be, we're going down pretty fucking quietly...
It’s not the independent thinkers that are armed. It’s church zombies
Nobody is going down. We can’t feed the orange fuhrers fuel. Do you get it?
You must have access to facts I don't. I also don't "get" what you are trying to say in your second sentence -- punctuation, please?
Nobody wants to be the one who fired first and started the war.
Such unnecessary chaos, money, energy, hurt, disruption. On the upside in our hellscape, I completely, finally, confidently know how to spell “unnecessary” (which get the double letters) cause I say it so goddamn much. TRUMP… is unnecessary.
If I lived there I would be doing the same thing .
Martial Law it is.
fight back...else they will feel comfortable enough to kill You...fight with rocks, with knives; with whatever You have...because they are coming for you, and they will not show any mercy.....destroy there enemy, before the nazi fucks destroy ... us ....
there is no emergency and thus absolutely no legal basis for deploying federal troops to do local law enforcement. on what basis are they setting up checkpoints?
"Just following orders."
And I hope everyone who is out there protesting also brings a Subway hoagie and at some point they throw them en masse. Let them try to arrest hundreds for throwing sandwiches. We need to do stuff like this to prove how idiotic these MAGA flying monkeys are
I get people want to protest within the law This is a gentle reminder that the 2nd amendment is also the law
Here's a suggestion for DC residents: It seems to me that a good response to the absurd invasion of DC by tRump's order is to drive your car around the city all day, as long as it takes, until the dictator backs down. Best wishes, The Rest of America [Please repost] #resist
This is what has to be done everywhere these forces show up. They may not react outwardly, but some of them have to be feeling pretty bad/demoralized when faced with this from their fellow citizens. Keep chipping away at them.
Checkpoints
When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes a duty. Solidarity with the citizens of Washington. Drive the fascists out of the city.
They should start getting help from outside DC. Trump put the Guard there to scare people from protesting. It would backfire spectacularly if a crowd that slowly swelled to over several million began demanding his impeachment.
We support you here in NYC!!
I wonder what would happen if the people that owned grocery stores, motels, restaurants or pretty much all businesses including gas stations, refused service to them. No food, no gas, no lodging, their money is worthless.
I have so many places that have signage “We reserve the right to refuse service”
Well done, citizens of DC!
Check points were used during Covid on the Cheyenne Reservation in SD check points & white ranchers disliked that use & complained to Governor Kristi Noem I wonder how the check points usefulness would be on the rest of nation. Will the independents rise up against the local rural goons?
Agreed
If he comes to New Orleans, he may get more than he bargained for. We have never colored inside the lines.
We need to make federalizing our police an almost impossible thing to do without Congress!
Hard to do when Scump has congressional rethuglicans firmly entrenched up his ass.
I think most cops are for trump
If this administration was serious about safety, our children wouldn’t be hiding under school desks in fear while shooters with automatic weapons roamed the entire fvcking country.
New York City and Chicago getting ready even now for these fascist invaders..
Checkpoints? #%&#%
Protest donate Register vote get others to do the same. Call senators and representatives 202-224-3121. The time to fight is now it will be over very very soon. We have to win the midterms or he will be president for his rest of his life.
A President who incited violence on Jan06 is now planning to stop violence in D.C. to distract from his involvement in the Epstein-files! America, haven‘t you heard the wake-up call?
Truck Fump
I would not let a "checkpoint" exist.
Really? What would you do?
Sorry, cannot say.
I understand. That is EXACTLY what trump wants...guys who think they can directly challenge the weaponry of the police and the military. Please don't walk into that trap.
Oh, I know I am no match for that. My only hope would be to make big news. I'm much closer to the end of my life than to the beginning.
Come to Chicago. No, please, you fuck monkeys in vests please come! . Watch what happens.
Have we gotten to the point of being asked for papers?
Have you not been seeing the many many video clips online re exactly that. Mostly from brown people being asked for their ID and reason for being out in public, but not exclusively. It seems US is no longer a free country. Terribly sad.
Browns being racially profiled yes by ice. Not sure by the guard. I’m waiting for a rubicon moment. It won’t happen until white citizens are either arrested or shot at. America doesn’t care for people of color or undocumented.
I gather the white homeless are also under attack. Many are veterans.
I would imagine so. Trump also doesn’t care about the poor, homeless or vets. He really doesn’t even care about his cult followers. He cares only for himself. He’s controlled by oligarchs and Putin. But when he goes after whites, it’s a new ballgame. He’s staying away from red cities/towns
He cares about those who have kompromat on him, I suspect, and this may affect his plans on both Ukraine and Gaza.
Yes
They should protest in neighbouring streets to warn drivers where the checkpoints are.
“Come together, right now over me”. Beatles💙🇺🇸💪
It's a trumpism thing because of Trump's distorted view of many city's due to misinfo from RW distorted info as always
The weird part is they're going to the safest areas -- not too weird, actually, they're just after photo ups so he can say, "I fixed it."
I am in Canada 🇨🇦👏😎 watching your protests of the fascist thugs overtaking your city (and LA) and I am so happy to see how many of the 300 million + of you that hate Trump are not going to rest now until this despicable rapist felon is behind bars where he should have been for at least a decade now.
This is Epstein's 'black book'. 'black book' Link above image of screenshot. www.snopes.com/fact-check/t...
If this man keeps Geri g away with all he’s doing and done and no body stops him in whatever way that is possible, all states will be experiencing a take over in one way or another. Its dictatorship & Putin is helping DT & other dictators letting him know what he needs to do to take down the country
I can't wait until it reaches the boiling point and we start seeing ice agents in coffins with flags draped over them.
DC cops are helping the fascists? Mayor Bowser needs to refuse that.
Mayor Bowser doesn't have the authority to refuse that. DC does not have the control over its own government in the same way an ordinary city does. The DC Mayor and city council can be overruled by Congress and the President in a lot of areas. Policing is one of them.
I lived in DC for many years, worked most of my adult life there & now live in its suburbs. I understand Home Rule. Mayor Bowser & her police chief could refuse to do what the fascists order. She can’t throw them out, but she could refuse to cooperate. The police union could also call a sick out.
She could refuse to cooperate? How? And the police union isn't going to call a sick out for 30 days or any length of time because the head of the DC police union loves tRUmp: share.google/M5TQDKYj5DuB...
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HISTORY IS ABOUT TO REPEAT ITSELF I WAS IN DC IN 68 LARGE PARTS OF THE CITY WERE ON FIRE, AND IT'S COMING AGAIN. VERY SOON THIS VIOLENT ADMINISTRATION DOESN'T UNDERSTAND PEACEFUL PROTEST😳🤬
Here in Olde England we are also being invaded by #JDVance and his performing circus
Hey, all you 2nd Amendment douche cunts, THIS is what the tyranny you’re always yammering on about as the reason why you need your guns looks like! You aren’t really against tyranny. You just have a massive gun fetish.
people should think about the fact that 2A is not just for the right. it's for ALL Americans. You have the right to bear arms.
It's great to see good people resisting the fash, always!
Yes, it's better to deploy the National Guard to DC than to release The Epstein Files. In Epstein we trust! bsky.app/profile/opsa... DC is a better backdrop than LA .. a more contained space .. all that marble .. all those historic views.
It is up to American citizens to rebel and take back their country. Cannot count on Congress and the Judicial system to protect the Constitution or our country. Grateful that I am not one of the weaklings suckered into a cult run by a charismatic (don't see it) demented old con.
DC man accused of throwing sandwich at federal officer and calling him a ‘fascist’ www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
MSNBC reported that the sandwich throwing man was a DOJ employee, who has now been fired
Drones are the answer.
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Get this trash off our streets.
A checkpoint for what? To check your papers? WTF? This is about as un-American as is gets. Fuck these fascist pigs.
This will end up Marshall Law in every state. Keep the cock sucker in office..........
That is why he said he probably would run again but he keeps talking about it. He won’t run , he will just stay in office . We have voted through depressions and war but he will change all of that and the republicans party will help him do it.
Our town at night has only congregations of cats under the streetlight, occasionally snatching up a cricket to play with. Near the end of my mom's life, I was up one night with her, looked out her front window, and there they were.
#9/2SurvivorsDay The Survivors with their lawyers and Reps from both sides of the House will be giving a press conference in DC. Acknowledgment is part of recovery. If you’re in the area please shower them with flowers. Courageous women moving forward!
Speak up every where. This is not America. This is Trump's 'gangsterism' as perfectly described by George Conway. #GangsterTrump
Thanks for sharing. I'm sharing a couple of these, too. ✌🏾💙🇺🇲✊🏾🙌🏻
Consider posting them individually.
Use pots & pans to alert folks. ☠️
I'm in Portland Oregon. We're very blue. It's only a matter of time before they occupy our city.
A unified approach to protest is needed. I propose the unifying chant “ENOUGH”
Come to Detroit and they’ll find out. We don’t forget 1967.
I think just the name “Detroit” strikes fear in what passes for hearts in that rabble.
Too bad citizens don't come out en masse in DC at night vs. the handful of "do gooders". I appreciate that, but it does not affect change.
Can somebody project this 👇 on a building where the national guards can see that they swore to uphold the Constitution not an orange wannabe dictator?
Trump and his band of thugs and criminals are trying to provoke a situation where citizens are fed up and fight back,and then he’ll claim justification. But poking the bear may just backfire! We are so many more than them.
Thank you to all the actual heroes FIGHTING FASCISM !! ❤️🤍🤜🤛
It's sad that it has come to this but I do believe the people are the only savior we have. repubs have welcomed & supported this dictatorship & Dems are letting them. We need to UNITE TO SAVE DEMOCRACY.
It's the Duty of the people to alter or abolish our current tyrannical government and create a new system that works for the people. We have let it go too far, but there's still time.
The Republicans gave us this shit. I don't know what the Dems are supposed to do without enough votes. To get anything through they need Republicans to cross the aisle. I don't see that happening.
THIS IS MY WORRY. But we can't give up either. I like the fight of Texas dems, Newsom and Pritzker.
I'll vote for whichever candidate the Dems nominate but I do NOT want a billionaire or another yt guy.
Newsom’s an opportunist fuck. He tried to throw trans people under the bus. I don’t want another extremely moderate candidate who ends up changing nothing when they get in office.
College sports is a stupid hill to die on. Look where it got us.
To be honest sports in general is a stupid hill to die on
Is this about sports, or trans people's right to exist?
Please reconsider Newsom. Don't get me wrong, I initially was pissed at him and still not pleased he said this. I'd rather know where someone stands though. Many try to hide it. I look at who are able to justify killing humans. Newsom wasn't cutting healthcare, which would be a serious concern.
As a Californian, I beg the nation to not advance that man's career. He is an opportunist. He stands for nothing. Don't get me wrong, he does some good, but that man personally destroyed the belongings of homeless people, openly took bribes to neuter the CPUC, and ignored his own lockdown orders.
We NEED Kamala back. She only lost by like 120k votes after running for 100 DAYS. She built up a shocking amount of enthusiasm too! She helped Biden get us out of COVID while Newsom was busy w/his winery & French Laundry dinners. She's the only one I trust to handle the RFK Jr induced outbreaks.
I'm torn on this. I was Team Kamala in 2020 and honestly thought that her approach to law enforcement while problematic looked great for a generalized executive. But Americans will not vote for a woman over Trump. Especially if Trump is running for president for life in '28. Or Vance inherits.
We all need to support any Democratic candidate running against the GOP. We can’t afford to wait decades to reverse the damage they’ll inflict. Don’t give them another chance. “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” — Maya Angelou
I am happy for him to be the pitbull right now when we seem out of options but doesnt mean I would vote for him, given other options.
He can be President Harris' WH Press Secretary in 2029. Then he can be paid SPECIFICALLY to troll Republicans, lol!
I will NOT support someone who is opposed to me just existing. If the Dems use him in a national election they will lose.
This. They’ll bleed votes from actual progressives while not changing the opinion of republicans. The only way to change people’s minds is to create a contrasting narrative and not normalize their bullshit
@petebuttigieg.bsky.social has been on hills where he could have literally died. I’m glad that Newsom has stepped up against this regime, but when I am asked who I trust to defend me and this nation, I’m going with the guy who has already done so.
He doesn't want me to exist... Fuck Newsom.
Yeah no thanks. We’ve seen time and time again that repeatedly diluting messaging and not protecting minorities hasn’t worked. We need a different message from the republicans, not just diet fascism. We have seen that America does not want the establishment. We need something new. Newsom ain’t that.
Definitely not in love with Newsom but he knows how to handle and troll the malignant narcissist Dump and he's right that Dump is rigging the 2026 election. Also, he hasn't received the Democratic nomination for 2028 so wouldn't sweat it at this point..
I'll take Newsom over ANY aligned with the Republican Party. What I don't want are politicians taking money from AIPAC and justifying Israel's continued claim to self-defense. It's been 2 years of murdering innocent Palestinians. Justify killings means they don't value all human lives.
Agreed, re Newsom, but the Biden/Harris administration turned out to be 1 of the most progressive in modern history. Biden governed way further left than he campaigned as. Harris was likely to do the same.
A change-nothing Democrat president would be light years better than another Project 2025 maga president. However, there’ll be SO much to repair, that IF we can get a Democrat elected, he (and it’ll have to be a he to win) will make positive changes.
It doesn't have to be a "he" to win. HRC won the popular vote and Trump only won by a small margin.
Kamala was 120k votes away from the presidency after only 100 DAYS!
But tragically for all of us, his extra 120k votes were spread across the swing states, and we ended up with a dictator-wannabe, instead of the fabulous President Kamala would have been. (I do think it’s possible that Elon helped manipulate him getting those extra 120k votes.)
Sadly. I pray she'll give this stupid country another chance! We NEED her.
Hillary should have WON. And Kamala should have WON. Each was extremely well qualified, and would have made an excellent president. But many Americans, both male AND female, are very misogynistic, and will NOT vote for a woman for president. Maybe that’ll change in time, but sadly, it won’t by 2028.
The majority of white voters including white women voters didn't vote for HRC or Harris. In fact, they resoundingly voted for the felon, racist, rapist pedophile.q
I don’t understand it, but a lot of women are as misogynistic as men. Sigh. My friends and I are among the unfortunately smaller percentage of white women who are able to recognize and appreciate a great female candidate. We campaigned for her and voted for her.
By 2028 they'll be desperate enough to! We've never run a woman in a year where the current Republican administration was so bad that voters were throwing themselves at Democrats (ie 2008, 2020). Realistically, Kamala is the only one experienced enough to fix all the damage.
I hope you’re correct about how eager/desperate that the majority of voters will be to vote for a Democrat for president in 2028!
It happens EVERY time! Voters Elect Republicans. Republicans Fuck Things Up. Voters Beg Democrats to save them. Rinse & repeat. Trump's approval ratings are ALREADY in the toilet and it hasn't been a year. The GOP is toast!
It’s true. But I am really tired of that argument. SCOTUS did this!
The Democrats need to be leaders. They need to put themselves in the way, to lead the people in massive, sustained protest. Most Americans don't want this & people need leaders to organize. The Democrats (with few exceptions) aren't leading the charge. Saying nothing can be done doesn't help us.
The Democrats are a controlled opposition. They're not coming to save us, and there's no voting our way out of fascism.
It's up to the people at this point, because Democrats are working with them, but pretending they aren't. They voted against the Epstein files. It's all a show.
The Rethuglicans have never had a problem being obstructionists even when they didn't have the votes. Dems knew what would happen, they made no plans to do anything. They denied this was coming for fifty years and now pretend it will be "back to normal" soon.
There is another option. The right to govern is voluntarily given by the governed. That right can be taken away and when it is it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it and began anew. Jefferson is a shitty person but he said it best.
Yes, and we elected a fascist. Fascists don't leave when asked.
I know. I have a degree in this exact field of study. We are fucked. And the majority of people have no idea just how fucked we are. Shit is about to get very very bad. And they think they can course current on a few years. That will not happen.
Yeah, this shit isn't going away quickly. I agree 100% that most people have no fkn clue.
They should be making a lot of noise and good trouble. But only about 6 Dems are actually doing that.
That's why ppl need to elect Dems to every office too give them a veto proof majority.
100%
Democracy is already dead. You need to understand that. Fighting to fix or rebuild a failed system will only invite future failure. It also legitimises the current government. The only option is to build something new and to do that the old has to go.
Trump failed in LA, and he will fail in DC!
Look in an uncensored history book in the year 1933, Germany. Do you see what's going on? You are not after 1945. You are close to 1933 in Germany.
I will believe you when I see you start to fight back. Think Little Bighorn.
I don’t GAF if you “believe” me. What kind of reply is that?!
It’s one of exasperation. Protesting won’t stop fascists. You must fight back, set traps, lead them around like the dogs they are. They think they are in control. Show them otherwise. I can’t tell you what to do, but it should be obvious. The people of Washington ARE the gov’t. You can bring it down
This is why: youtube.com/shorts/kl7sL...
No doubt, but so what? It just proves they are fascists. I’ve known this for decades. Sitting up here watching you not fight back, thinking protesting is going to work. You have been occupied by fascists. Just like Ukraine. Fight back like Ukraine. FYI—Fire is a wonderful cleanser…
Operative words *sitting here, watching you...* 🙄
We wish we could do more to help. The world wishes it could do more. Canadians are doing what we can. We’re all behind you but unlike you, we’re not at ground zero…
I just don't know what we can do beyond protesting, phone banking, canvassing our neighbors, & voting for candidates who claim to hold common-sense, progressive values. I'm one of those active people. I also help run a community-based, local radio station & contribute to our Civics programming 🤷♀️
That’s awesome that you do. IMO—It’s time for a General Strike, especially by the federal public service. The public service can bring the country to a halt if everyone acts in unison. It’s a Ghandi approach, but I think it’s time now to ramp up the pressure in a way that will get their attention.
I'm absolutely on board w that. I have dear friends, though, who still buy shit through Amazon, go to wal-mart & other consumer-based activities. So, getting folks to participate in a general strike may impact their privilege 🙄 I don't want to focus on the negative, but...
I’m thinking more of people not going to work. Air traffic controllers, train conductors, bus operators, etc. all not going to work. Without the public service nothing happens. Get as many as you can to commit to sitting on their butts for a few weeks. See how the stock market reacts…
Pot stirrer. The point is to never become violent.
Never say "never." There are some situation where it is necessary, (my admiration for Gandhi, also exists, but if I saw someone getting beaten up by one or more bullies, I'd tell them to stop in no uncertain terms, and if they didn't I would do my best to stop them. Sometimes we can't do nothing!
Keep it up
I used to work in DC (lived in NoVA). It was a great town then, & crime rate is even lower now. That said, its population is not one I recommend FA with, because you WILL FO. They are the people who run the town that runs our nation & help other nations & people do the same. 1/
The people of The District are the people who TEACH others how to stand up to tyrants and warlords. They’re the ones who run NGOs, & the ones that build and run institutions. They encounter world leaders so often that it is routine. They’re the ones that really run this country. 2/
The people who live & work in DC are have watched administrations and regimes come and go. Whether they’re Senate staffers or the homeless gentleman that alerts people how much time they have until the next VRE arrives (❤️ & 🙌) - they’re smarter & more resilient than this regime. 3/
So, let’s remember: No taxation without representation. No occupation without opposition. 4/4 #NoOccupation #OccupationofDC #DCStrong #Notaxationwithoutrepresentation #NoTyrants #EpsteinFiles
There are certain states- places here where the people take their freedom and liberty very seriously. These places have lots of guns. There's a deep rooted dislike of Feds. I don't see an occupation in those places
Thank you to the American patriots that showed up to protest
So in the last interest of stopping violence they arrested a dude driving without a license?🤦🖕🖕
I feel more hopeful for the US after seeing this.
People should drive their own cars down and park them, then walk away, blocking the feds in. Make the city decide if they’re going to enforce towing…
I love this - people of DC making "good trouble."
Don't blame them for protesting. It helps. Just remember - it's all a diversion. The felon is terrified the Epstein files will indeed come out. And then his base will dump him. Without power, without adulation, he'll wither. And go dog go!! Can't wait.
As soon as this escalates violently you will have martial law...where it goes after that is anyones guess.
It all feels very deliberate… I think you nailed it.
There are more of us than them- and I think a lot of the military is not too thrilled or believe they should be there. People will make the difference. The protests will get larger and hopefully the military will turn on frump. These are not regular times and we can’t go by the old rules.
The United States will grow to hate its military.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wa-...
If you encounter Federal troops in your city, please ask them to call the military's GI Rights helpline for resisting illegal orders. The troops are trained to ignore protesters, so maybe holding up a big sign would be better. 1-877-447-4487 girightshotline.org
Proud of my fellow citizens!!! NO KINGS!!!!
Trump invaded the US. Now he only needs a pee pee tape agreement with Russia to hand the US to Putin.
I wonder hos my fellow Canadians would react if it happened here. It may very well be in our future. We seem so ready to please T-Rump with Mark Carney's recent decisions, and Pierre Poilievre is a fanatical fascist, whom I hope never gets elected.
That’s what Trump’s new dictatorship is banking on: just one violent outburst that gives them an excuse for State-sanctioned military rule. That guy who tossed a Subway sandwich at a cop got charged with a felony.
Smh! America isn’t America anymore. On the verge of a banana republic.
I haven't spent a lot of time in DC in years, but when I did, NW wasn't where the criming was going down. If these guys were serious about stopping crime, shouldn't they be hanging out south of the Capital?
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Isn't that what tea party/don't tread on me folks always said? "We need a huge Fed government takeover, including random checkpoints on roads." SMFH. We need to water the tree of liberty with trumpblood.
Keep it up, America. We need more civil disobedience and flood the zone. Fight fire with fire.
Talk to them. Tell them they are violating their oath to the constitution. Tell them they’re unwelcome. Remind them we are family, like the Village People that Trump loves so much.
Great music festival
You can quickly lose respect for law enforcement when you see how a lot of them appear to pleasure in what Trump has them doing. I know for sure there will be many officers who are appalled by it, but there are just too many, particularly those in charge, who have no balls whatsoever.
#ACAB
I wish some people would show up in fancy dress, carry a balloon, carry soft toys etc. to protest. Highlight the ridiculousness of the hysteria by Trump and the unnecessary forcefulness of law enforcement. Party protest so that any media shots can’t be so easily framed as conflict or crime.
thanks, amanda. most yanks don't have the guts.
The ' law enforcement ' ICE literally went around telling people they ' couldn't smoke in public because Trump doesn't like it '!!! THAT is what is being called a national emergency, Trump doesn't like it a national emergency.
How long before the 3rd Amendment is trampled by the traitor and thief? Probably not long before the 2nd. Hopefully people will look up from their phones.
Thank you for your time, protests, voices of dissent! This administration "has gone off the rails" regarding their use of force, flagrantly violating federal laws, constitutional protections and the long established separation of powers.
My concern, outside looking in (uk) is that 🍊 is provoking people, desperately seeking a reason to up the ante, declare an emergency, suspend constitutional rights and impose some sort of martial law. Stay safe, protest peacefully if you can. Don’t give him the satisfaction. Worried for you all.
as an American, I'm f***ing worried, too! thanks for your concern. don't want dictators, fascists or Nazis....yet they seem to have taken over the gov't.
It’s a bizarre situation, that’s for sure - we are all watching, because honestly, the UK/EU is drifting further and further to the right too - it’s a worldwide problem, but you’re ahead of us - I’m looking for some hope that we’re all actually better than that?! (Yourselves included!)
Love to see it.
Let's go!!!
if you can't join em, beat em #ICEICEBABY
I expect this "show of Force" will happen in Every "Blue" city in the next year. SUCH BULLSHIT!
When it comes to Denver, I’ll be somewhere in the protest. 😁
So much for state rule.
Yes, I agree with you.
checkpoint for what???
COLLECT BADGE NUMBERS FROM ALL THESE FUCKERS. IF THEY FAIL TO PROVIDE ONE, THEY ARE NOT ICE. They are the ##MAGAstapo
Again, I see badges, no ID, a couple of ICE t-shirts, but you can buy those off Etsy. #FuckICE
Seriously ... how many people have been kidnapped completely outside the government's involvement? Any bumkin with a mask and "ICE" on his shirt could just steal people off the street. But we'd have no idea because the "official" kidnappings are so random and, I'm guessing, poorly tracked.
There could be rapists, serial killers, or any opportunity criminal plucking victims off the streets as well.
There have been assaults like that. This isn't the only incident. Even before all this, ICE has been credibly accused of systematically sexually abusing migrants they detain, too. I can't imagine how bad it is now when people have almost no ability to seek outside help. abc11.com/post/raleigh...
I bet there are hundreds or rapes and SAs happening and nobody to hold them accountable. It's a free for all for these sick fucks!
I am SOOO sorry, I misunderstood your original reply. I thought you were saying ICE might have criminals IN CUSTODY (hence defending their actions) but I TOTALLY misunderstood. My bad. But, YEAH! Fuck ICE! 🤣
We've all misunderstood posts before. It's easy to misread sometimes. No need for the apology, but thank you. Talking about shitty posts, Google ICE + rapist. There's a TON of ICE press releases claiming to be rounding up the worst rapists ever. Meanwhile they're brutalizing ordinary people.
I'm on it! Unbelievable.
This is WHY we have badge numbers and names and accountability! But this administration is a terrorist group and probably appreciate the additional level of fear instilled by the fake ice agents.
Epstein.
That’s when things got out of sorts in Portland, Oregon last time around. When t rump sent the Feds. Thank you, wall of moms for standing up in front of us all. The right talk about state rights, but only when it’s convenient to them
Literally why we have street gangs to this day. Maybe there’s still some OGs around that remember their roots.
You know what makes me feel unsafe as a DC resident? Hordes of emotionally unstable straight men, armed and walking our streets like they're zookeepers maintaining the animals. The same kind of loons who attacked this city 4.5 years ago. How many of those masked thugs were there at the Capitol?
A large % i’d stake my life on it‼️😡
IKR?!!!
They literally hired people who were involved in and pardoned for being in the insurrection
So true, trying to stir shit up to justify the violence they want to create and engage in order to “protect” with their tiny fists and big guns
You’re absolutely 💯 right! 🎯
Some of the same ones as Jan 6, I’m pretty certain.
Love the protests, we need to do this everywhere they show up BUT let's keep in mind almost no Federal Officer got into that role to patrol our streets. They also hate it (well most of them outside the psychopaths) What happens to administrations that turn their security services against them?
Ice will roll up on the wrong crowd of people soon, one that outmans & outguns them. We'll see how the weekend warriors respond then. There may be fewer people eager to get into their ranks. One horrifying irony of it is it's exactly what Trump wants, rationale for martial law, troops everywhere.
Trump needs to take his terrorist to RED STATE America where white boys are committing higher rates of crimes and murders. This is Trump’s ploy to criminalize Black boys. This is Trump’s racist tactics to scare White folks into believing his tough on crime BULLSHIT.
What about the blue dots stuck in those shitholes?? There are WAY less pos fascists and fake patriots than real ones like US, kick THEM out. Exile their asses🤬if they want communism, go to russia, their granddaddy penishead-putin needs meat for his wars🤬
You are our HEROES!!!!!
I think DC should just take advantage of this added help. The national guard cant do policing per the Constitution, but they could clean top trash, maybe do a little extra cleaning on the cops bathrooms. In fact, the sewers probably need to be unclogged. You know how branches and garbage can clog.
Seriously, we are going about this wrong. Put these guys to work! Instead of just sitting around, playing on their phones like they did in LA, put them to work!
Americans are living under a defacto fascist regime now. They can deny it all they want, this is what fascism looks like and jackboots are speaking English.
✊✊✊ Thank you Protesters. RESIST! ✊
KEEP FIGHTING UNTIL WE WIN!!!
I thought MAGA was for LESS gov't control! Seems they waffle around with what they think and want.
well they've ALWAYS been up women's vulvas trying to control them, now they're up EVERYONES behind. they are not for small gov't. now these f**** are in every facet of American life, seeking to control and destroy it.
I strongly believe EACH city that comes under federal control should be flooded with these signs, flags, posters and bullhorns. Mocking Trump and Mocking the military will DEMORALIZE them (no need for physical resistance at this point…. Psychological warfare against them works!!)
Protesters should dress up in white polo shirts, high-waisted black pants, golf hat and imitate the eff out of his hideous golf swing!!
Poms and MI5 have copies as well as Maxwell's to ensure daughter safety. They got good Tarriff deal.
Do members of the military care about the Epstein files? How will these signs demoralize the military?
Chicago might be next. That won't be pretty at all!
Philadelphia seems to be targeted, that won't be pretty, either!
They are a tough city, too! 💪🏻
It's nice to see people protesting, & they really should, what's going on in DC at La are ridiculous. But the chilling takeaway I get from this post being 100m from DC, is there is a checkpoint in DC. That's the kind of thing you see in military occupied territories. This is not 🚫 normal or right
Decades ago I had "visions" of America requiring each state to have checkpoints on all their borders. In order to travel interstate, everyone would need to show their papers. I had "visions" of armed militia on street corners nationwide like some developing countries have. Felon is making it real.
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Our moronic voters made it real.
I wrote a dystopian story about 10 years ago which had this premise as backdrop and Facebook as border patrol. But one voter's dystopia is another voter's heaven, I guess. Glad to see regular citizens in DC and LA (& everywhere) are not taking this incursion lying down.
Yes it's really quite chilling. The only good thing to know is every fascist/authoritarian regime comes to an end badly. The only question is how long it takes, there lies the rub and the problem.
Yes! And who among us will resist and lead? I split time between DC and WV and seeing this is beyond surreal! But it’s a kick in the ass to keep going and to get others to start fighting because that is what it will take!
People are living in their own worlds and just wanna keep doing what they’re already doing. Few are willing to actually fight on a regular basis, it seems. As an introvert, I struggle with figuring out how to get them to get off their metaphorical asses and do anything.
Start reading Ariella Elm, Jessica Craven, Robert Hubbell, Field Team 6, Indivisible and others and you will see all that people are doing.
Thank you! And yes, there is a lot happening-I’m involved w/Indivisible in my very red WV-but, we need so much more & much faster. And many are still in denial or watching from the sidelines. GET IN THE FIGHT NOW BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE!
Not sure I can agree. There are people protesting & resisting in different ways all over the country. Town Hall takeovers, facing down ICE raids, organizing resistance groups. We don’t see it because the owned media won’t report it. But it’s happening even in red states. We’re only at the beginning
I think you are absolutely correct. But the majority are still not fighting or not fighting enough. Some of my DEM friends still think we are not at authoritarian rule’s door. WTRF else needs to happen? With every passing day there is the risk of irreparable damage & lives lost. RESIST NOW!
I agree with Nelson! Sure, yes, many people are fighting. But in a population of 335 million with power insanely skewed toward the hands of a few, “many” does not mean enough. We need an army. And in an army, it doesn’t matter if you have 1 million soldiers if you only have knives & they have guns.
To defeat the 100,000 with guns, that 1 million needs to grow to 30 million. Numbers matter. Strategy matters. You don’t assume you’re going to win a war just bc you have “many soldiers.” You have to compare their power to yours, their strategy to yours. You have to be smart, dedicated, overwhelming
There are no participation trophies until after the war is won.
You have to have every soldier you can get to reduce the chances of losing and of more casualties.
Two other more pressing questions come to my mind 1) how many lives will be lost and 2) how many torn apart and displaced before this fascist is toppled?!
Those are good questions, valid questions. the orange stain supposedly bussed a bunch of homeless people out of DC already, where did he bus them too? Does anyone know the answer to that?
That's so horrible. Ripping people who are so, so vulnerable away from any safety nets and community that they've been able to build, many have pets, families, and no answers or plan for what happens after they've been kidnapped off the streets. Illegal, immoral, unjust.
Likely one of his concentration camps 💔
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Sadly I was thinking that, hopefully some savvy reporter will give us an answer soon.
Let’s ask @washingtonpost.com because that’s supposed to be their beat. Let’s also ask @wired.com, @latimes.com, and @propublica.org because we don’t want Bezos censoring the answer.
To the train station. I'm getting Yellowstone vibes.
Volunteers?!
I haven't watched Yellowstone yet
Oh, you have to watch it!!! Who wants to volunteer to take Epstein's bestie, aka the Pedo Felonious Facist, to the train station?!
Oh wow. That's disgusting
Does anyone know how many of them were veterans? Veterans make up a large portion of the homeless population in D.C. usvets.org/locations/wa...
Heartbreaking! No regard for human life!
I don't know if anyone knows what's really going on, I think that's the real problem here. Just like with orange Mussolini's first term it's just chaos
Every day I wake up and ask two things: 1. Is he dead yet? 2. What stupid shit has he done now?
I hear you Ike, I hear you 💙
It's not stupid shit, it's evil.
Some of us think that first question multiple times a day
Trump doesn’t care about veterans. Some lost homes from cut programs. The VA Home Loan program forced veterans into high-interest rate loan modifications and LEFT them BEHIND in financial jeopardy! Recent actions by Congress including the Reform Act do not help this group. Who will stand up??
They are being taken to one of Trump's concentration camps that are privately owned and getting paid to keep people there. The place that tRump gets kickbacks from.
Exactly this!!! It's all for tRump and GOP billionaire oligarchs profits. Human life has zero value to them.
Excellent question
I'd like to know the answer to that as well. I doubt any consideration was given to their possessions (certainly not to their dignity), but I *hope* they are alright. I'm not confident they are.
How long it takes and how many die? That’s the sad reality. The day he won the first time I said to my husband “people will die because of this”. I was right then and sadly I’m still right.
In Palestine it's been about 80 years of tyranny.
As rapidly as trump is moving towards fascism I'm beginning to think this could evolve into a violent revolution.
How long it takes, and how much blood it will cost. That miserable vermin Russell Vought already called for spilling blood.
It will take several generations to purge the tRump mindset from the world. Until then… keep fighting the good fight!
The visions were more like dayscares rather than nightmares. Another one is living in a country where pollution was so bad that people needed to wear gas mask like respirators everyday like standard clothing. Those who could afford the masks that is. I used to "see" smoggy orange skies daily.
We take the right to travel as a given. But its not enumerated in the Constitution. You may not be wrong. The most corrupt partisan SCOTUS in history would allow it, at least for a while while they let the lawyers "brief" it and argue and delay ending such a practice, if the GOP made it so.
Most of what Trump does is so blatantly unconstitutional, like ending birthright citizenship. SCOTUS let's it go on while the issue is "briefed." Deliberate delays show they are accomplices in the illegality. Judges can't even hold these shitters in contempt without "briefing." BS #FUCKSCOTUS
Well, there are now lots of “illegally stop, assault, and arrest” locations. We’re slowly being strangled by the ICE/FBI/DC Cop noose, and it will only get worse.
Agreed 💯
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GOOD LUCK EVERYONE... The laws as written and as acted upon by a CONVICTED FELON, allows him to do this...it's HANNAH ARENDT'S BANALITY OF EVIL...orders are given and ordinary bureaucrats, clerks, police, and soldiers, just "follow orders" and do their jobs...
Fight! Get back our country!
Hope so - no time to be passive!
Checkpoints? What a fn joke.
A R/C truck could put an incendiary device under ICE trucks. They will get their message if they have to walk home. Not hard to do these days.
It also says a lot about America, given the history of redandBLUE-- especially by now, a melting pot of cities, suburbs and farms of political dumbness; and yes it should be considered CRIMINAL by now, and so now we got a Donald and still definitely should be able to do something about the issues
I can’t believe this is happening.
Also, while Republicans are having wet dreams over the National Guard in the cities, the National Guard is made up of residents of the state. They may realize that they are more loyal to their state than the country.
Keep up the fight everyone.
