Can someone tell me, if SCOTUS is compromised, if Congress is compromised, the military is compromised, law enforcement is compromised, what is our recourse?
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aug 25, 2025, 1:37 am • 3 1 • view
3% of people in the streets and Trump at an approval rating of low 30s.
aug 24, 2025, 7:40 pm • 2 0 • view
You hit it on the head.
aug 24, 2025, 10:05 pm • 3 0 • view
That's what I'm afraid of.
aug 24, 2025, 10:44 pm • 1 0 • view
National strike
aug 24, 2025, 9:51 pm • 3 0 • view
We all know.
aug 25, 2025, 4:03 am • 1 0 • view
Revolution Civil War We aren’t voting our way out of this one.
aug 24, 2025, 9:14 pm • 5 0 • view
Would it be too depressing if I told you that Gavin Newsom Trolling the GOP on social media has been considered the strongest resistance by Democrats thus far?
aug 25, 2025, 2:27 am • 1 0 • view
You got something better? I mean, that puts your *own* career advancement and reputation on the line?
aug 25, 2025, 2:34 am • 1 0 • view
There really is no governmental recourse now. The time to act was January 7th 2021. We voted for accountability in 2020 and our reward was Merrick Garland.
aug 25, 2025, 2:37 am • 2 0 • view
We the people.
aug 25, 2025, 4:01 pm • 1 0 • view
sternly worded letters?
aug 24, 2025, 9:26 pm • 1 0 • view
I don't have an answer and that is terrifying. Civil disobedience and a total economic strike maybe? Where the fuck is our leadership?
aug 25, 2025, 2:06 am • 2 0 • view
You are the recourse. The People are always the recourse. It was on you to safeguard your institutions, and now it's on you to restore them. That, or you become Nazi Germany with nukes and a surveillance state.
aug 24, 2025, 7:08 pm • 11 1 • view
Blue states should disband their national guard units. Replace them with a similar force with no federal connection.
aug 24, 2025, 9:55 pm • 10 1 • view
Techno-FASCISM.
aug 25, 2025, 5:07 am • 1 0 • view
Not one of these Partisan Conservative Justices deserve an ounce of respect! And they should not be allowed any longer to pollute the sanctity of the Constitution with their own politicized hubris. Term limits. Make court 13 members. Impeach these SCROTUS criminals.
aug 25, 2025, 7:06 pm • 1 0 • view
Ourselves
aug 24, 2025, 10:43 pm • 1 0 • view
the epstein files, according to @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
aug 24, 2025, 9:15 pm • 0 0 • view
Checks and balances is a bitch.
aug 24, 2025, 6:22 pm • 1 0 • view
The 3 B’s
aug 24, 2025, 8:52 pm • 0 0 • view
aug 24, 2025, 7:47 pm • 0 0 • view
Your recourse is to rely on your family and neighbors. This is why they've wanted to divide everyone. They wanted everyone to be afraid of everyone, everyone to spend all their time watching TV or on the internet, instead of socializing. You neighbors and your family are your recourse.
aug 24, 2025, 7:28 pm • 6 0 • view
Secede California and start "West America."
aug 24, 2025, 9:33 pm • 3 0 • view
And the administration and secret service. It’s a coup. In the making for some time. We’re here because our leaders and their advisors have been and are weak. No one in leadership did their job: too afraid for their personal safety and unwillingness to tell hard truths.
aug 24, 2025, 7:46 pm • 3 1 • view
Massive peaceful civil disobedience.
aug 24, 2025, 7:29 pm • 7 0 • view
I don’t believe this will hurt Trump. Just give him a green light to escalate further. Whatever we do, it has to hurt him
aug 24, 2025, 9:55 pm • 1 0 • view
armed resistance will be mowed down. very few alternatives.
aug 24, 2025, 10:02 pm • 1 0 • view
Just like Vietnam.
aug 25, 2025, 4:07 am • 2 0 • view
We actually put a stop to that crap. Civil protest worked.
aug 25, 2025, 1:54 pm • 1 0 • view
Civil protest helped. The Vietnamese fighting ability and determination also made it clear that we would never win. They had to fight. As do we
aug 25, 2025, 1:59 pm • 1 0 • view
plus, Nixon never had a 'secret plan'.
aug 25, 2025, 2:16 pm • 0 0 • view
Nixons secret plan was his downfall. And republicans held him accountable. That was before they switched to a fascist party. It’s past time to treat them all as fascists. County, state and federal offices, all of them
aug 25, 2025, 2:21 pm • 1 0 • view
I know. But, if LA resistance didn’t discourage them from DC, and that resistance doesn’t keep them out of Chicago, NY, and San Francisco, and they start occupying all the red states too, what’s left? When they are deployed everywhere you don’t think they will escalate anyway?
aug 24, 2025, 10:06 pm • 3 0 • view
I absolutely believe they will.
aug 24, 2025, 10:47 pm • 1 0 • view
I think the idea of completely subjugating people is a bankrupt policy. They are already running out of morally bankrupt people. Who imagined we'd all get rich by turning on each other and selling them for a $3,000 bounty? Bankrupt policies by the King of Debt.
aug 24, 2025, 10:37 pm • 1 0 • view
General strike Hit them all in the pockets Only language they understand
aug 25, 2025, 10:16 am • 3 0 • view
2nd Amendment?
aug 24, 2025, 6:12 pm • 2 0 • view
Last resort.
aug 24, 2025, 6:18 pm • 1 0 • view
What until Trump restricts the right to card carrying Republicans
aug 24, 2025, 6:21 pm • 1 0 • view
I doubt even then will they get it.
aug 24, 2025, 6:22 pm • 0 0 • view
Why do you think Republicans were so hell-bent on arming them?
aug 25, 2025, 2:52 am • 1 0 • view
There is none. You're screwed.
aug 25, 2025, 4:45 am • 1 0 • view
Sorry misread it…..yr recourse is to take up arms against yr govt…
aug 24, 2025, 6:46 pm • 1 0 • view
🤔………….yes?
aug 24, 2025, 6:45 pm • 1 0 • view
WE. THE. PEOPLE. TOPPLE SAUAGE MOUNTAIN. START MICROLOCAL.
aug 25, 2025, 3:52 pm • 1 0 • view
Sausage Mountain.
aug 25, 2025, 6:05 pm • 0 0 • view
A very long national strike. Shut the entire fucker down.
aug 24, 2025, 11:56 pm • 6 2 • view
💯🎯
aug 25, 2025, 12:09 am • 2 0 • view
I am quickly coming to the conclusion that the only way may be the streets.
aug 24, 2025, 9:13 pm • 3 0 • view
Violence
aug 25, 2025, 3:55 am • 1 0 • view
Do what people in other countries would dictators do. General strike.
aug 25, 2025, 3:36 am • 4 0 • view
It’s so simple yet they make it hard
aug 25, 2025, 10:18 am • 1 0 • view
Nothing is happening because they aren’t coming after ‘us’ yet. When ‘our’ number is up, and it will be eventually, the resistance will be too weakened. That’s why ‘we’ need to start fighting for ‘them’ now
aug 24, 2025, 9:31 pm • 3 0 • view
IMHO, all of this is straight out of the Authoritarian Playbook. Once a despot takes over the legislative branch and the judicial branch, he is free to have the absolute power that he lusts after. Our only recourse is flat out rebellion.
aug 25, 2025, 6:42 pm • 4 1 • view
REVOLUTION!!!
aug 24, 2025, 9:29 pm • 2 0 • view
Citizens who care enough for a citizenry of sheep begets a Government of wolves!!
aug 25, 2025, 12:55 pm • 1 0 • view
Do what our past ancestors did , fight and keep fight like they did in the US Civil War, No matter what if You go to Jail or they Kill You, keep fighting for Democracy, Freedom and to remove Fascist & Nazis like Trump , GOP & his Administration and Media & Press that praising & supporting them!
aug 25, 2025, 4:28 pm • 2 0 • view
I'll tell you what our recourse is. I'll fuckin tell ye' alright.
aug 25, 2025, 2:55 am • 0 0 • view
Scotus is compromised. Many members of Congress are; elements of LE are as well. The military has always had its wackos- lee harvey oswald. Gen. Michael Flynn, G. Gordon Liddy, and William Calley. The solution has to be shining a light on the cockroaches, which much of the mainstream press isn’t.
aug 25, 2025, 12:22 am • 4 1 • view
Our recourse is mass civil disobedience and sabotage.
aug 24, 2025, 11:18 pm • 4 0 • view
That's exactly what I want to know, too.
aug 24, 2025, 6:51 pm • 2 0 • view
Civil War. Each of the blue state governors have their own Army and Air Force. Ope.
aug 25, 2025, 12:39 am • 2 0 • view
????? I know what the founders would have done
aug 24, 2025, 10:44 pm • 2 0 • view
The Power in America is The People. Sovereignty lies in We The People.
aug 24, 2025, 6:35 pm • 3 1 • view
Excellent questions … except we cannot assume “the military” as a whole is compromised, or even that all of Congress is compromised. I cling to hope, and I resist.
aug 25, 2025, 12:40 am • 1 0 • view
Boycott everything. Save more. Spend less. Turn off “the news” bc it is compromised, too. Look to your own heart & soul.
aug 24, 2025, 7:51 pm • 13 2 • view
General Strike. Cut off the elite from the goods of production. Cut off their ICE and military loyalists from society. Mutual aid goes only to those not working with the regime.
aug 24, 2025, 10:37 pm • 3 1 • view
Well, blue states are in control of the biggest ports.
aug 24, 2025, 10:49 pm • 3 0 • view
aug 25, 2025, 1:42 am • 2 0 • view
We the People start a revolution.🤷🏻♀️ In the meantime, let’s try more peaceful measures. What I mean by peaceful measures is follow the examples of Marc Elias, Gavin Newsom, Jasmine Crockett, etc. Leave the lukewarm ones behind like Schumer, Jeffries, etc. Our recourse needs people with fire!
aug 24, 2025, 5:56 pm • 43 4 • view
I would agree, & in fact, I think there is a good strategy with what you're sayin... but, let's call it what it is: war. Ppl are afraid of violence, me too - but we are very close to the point where it is time to stop looking to Dem leadership, & we the pple take it back to the GOP, Violently.
aug 25, 2025, 12:01 pm • 2 1 • view
I know, violence is not the "status quo" perspective, but that's where we are. I am 63, pretty darn fit, and I would enlist. I would fight this fight tooth and nail to "right this ship". Who's with me? At 63, and from what I've seen, "military" or otherwise... I would kick their ass.
aug 25, 2025, 12:01 pm • 3 0 • view
Nice to meet you Kent! I’m almost 60. I live with multiple spinal issues but my brain works just fine. My work helps ensure the poor and homeless get the healthcare they need. Even as broken as I am, I’ll continue to fight for them to “right this ship” just as you mentioned. Love your spirit!!
aug 25, 2025, 1:12 pm • 2 0 • view
We need both. We need the quiet ones who file lawsuits. We need the loud ones who go to demonstrations. AMERICA must defeat the anti-American MAGA crowd.
aug 25, 2025, 12:24 pm • 0 0 • view
We, The People, must take to the streets in protest and vote Blue in 2026 if we have elections
aug 24, 2025, 9:52 pm • 6 1 • view
Exactly. IF we have elections.
aug 24, 2025, 9:52 pm • 2 0 • view
This is happening in the background. cmarmitage.substack.com/p/its-time-f...
aug 24, 2025, 7:52 pm • 16 5 • view
War. Get over it.
aug 25, 2025, 12:11 pm • 0 0 • view
REVOLUTION
aug 24, 2025, 9:14 pm • 0 0 • view
SCOTUS and Congress are definitely compromised. Too early to determine whether the military is compromised, but early signs are not good. Deployment of active duty marines in Florida and California suggests that the marines, at least, will do what Trump-Hegspeth-Miller want.
aug 24, 2025, 6:48 pm • 6 1 • view
Work on Congress.
aug 25, 2025, 9:34 am • 1 0 • view
"Most commonly revolt is born of material circumstances; but insurrection is always a moral phenomenon. Revolt is Masaniello, who led the Neapolitan insurgents in 1647; but insurrection is Spartacus. Insurrection is a thing of the spirit, revolt is a thing of the stomach." ~ Victor Hugo
aug 24, 2025, 9:27 pm • 2 2 • view
Arm yourself. This doesn't end without violence.
aug 24, 2025, 9:42 pm • 3 0 • view
All of us stop working once their profits are gone they will change
aug 24, 2025, 7:37 pm • 5 0 • view
revolution
aug 25, 2025, 2:21 pm • 1 0 • view
Just throw as many wrenches into the machine as possible.
aug 25, 2025, 2:10 am • 1 0 • view
State secession? Ultimately I don’t think we’re getting out of this without violence (note, I’m not advocating for violence, it’s just the trajectory we appear to be on).
aug 24, 2025, 10:06 pm • 9 0 • view
1. National strike. No one works, millions demonstrate. Stop purchasing except essentials. 2. Tax boycott. Stop all tax withdrawals & payments. 3. Shut down Wall Street. Millions march on NYSE, etc., take over exchanges. It only works if millions participate. Biggest obstacle-apathy, no leaders.
aug 24, 2025, 6:18 pm • 25 5 • view
People aren't feeling the real pain yet. They will. But yes, where are the leaders among the people? Where are the Abbie Hoffmans and the Tom Haydens?
aug 25, 2025, 9:08 am • 2 0 • view
The no leaders, organisation or support is the killer.
aug 25, 2025, 2:51 pm • 3 0 • view
thats how they were formed to be, y'all need to realize we need horizontalism...
aug 25, 2025, 3:26 am • 1 1 • view
Not having an answer to that question has caused me to shut down in a certain way. I feel like I am in Germany in 1933.
aug 24, 2025, 5:55 pm • 38 0 • view
You're not alone
aug 24, 2025, 5:51 pm • 23 0 • view
All ppl had to do to avoid ALL of this was to vote for the eminently qualified Black woman.
aug 24, 2025, 8:01 pm • 11 1 • view
A bridge too far, it seems
aug 25, 2025, 2:12 am • 1 0 • view
Everybody knows it Revolution, but nobody wants it to be true. So we are procrastinating. It remains to be seen if we will wait too long.
aug 24, 2025, 7:59 pm • 17 0 • view
I agree Revolution. Revolution of ideas, strategies, tactics. Revolution through non-violent means but not peaceful (be loud, obnoxious, disobedient). We make it hot we lose. They make it hot we respond accordingly. Until then organize, for a mass sustained general strike. 1st Amendment 1st.
aug 25, 2025, 8:33 am • 5 0 • view
Yes!
aug 25, 2025, 3:21 pm • 1 0 • view
aug 24, 2025, 10:12 pm • 2 0 • view
• Mass protests and strikes: Large-scale, sustained demonstrations, walkouts, and general strikes that draw national and international attention. • Civil disobedience: Refusal to comply with illegitimate laws, policies, or orders as a form of protest.
aug 24, 2025, 6:59 pm • 36 4 • view
I think mass protests work. People standing together w/ like minded others. They know they are not alone in thinking 45/47’s actions are absurd. Videos from No Kings protests are inspiring. Protests have the added benefit of getting under 45/47’s skin - volume of people attending irks him. 🙂
aug 25, 2025, 2:06 pm • 2 0 • view
• Building parallel institutions: Creating independent civic bodies, courts, or local councils to organize outside of corrupted state structures. • Mutual aid networks: Organizing community resources and support systems to help people survive and resist together.
aug 24, 2025, 6:59 pm • 35 4 • view
• Spreading independent information: Supporting whistleblowers and independent journalists, using secure and encrypted channels to communicate. • International partnerships: Collaborating with global media, human rights NGOs, and international institutions to draw attention and support.
aug 24, 2025, 6:59 pm • 33 4 • view
• Noncooperation and withdrawal of consent: Citizens refusing to pay taxes, follow orders, or otherwise support corrupt institutions. • Diaspora and exile advocacy: Organizing advocacy campaigns and lobbying foreign governments from abroad to maintain international pressure.
aug 24, 2025, 6:59 pm • 24 4 • view
This breaks laws. Use last. Lest ye be deported when we gonna need all hands on deck.
aug 24, 2025, 8:34 pm • 5 0 • view
Posted in order of best to worse options for protesting our corrupt government.
aug 24, 2025, 10:18 pm • 10 1 • view
There's one more, and it has to be done very carefully. Empty the prisons of all non-violent offenders. It's the extreme end of mutual aid. Help against the regime, and they stay free.
aug 24, 2025, 10:43 pm • 5 0 • view
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aug 25, 2025, 2:39 am • 5 2 • view
The ultimate question. Even if the Democrats win mid terms, Trump will likely escalate imposing a police state. So without a military coup to support the rule of law, we will be subjugated to fascist rule I can imagine another revolutionary war, led by armed resistance and perhaps foreign support
aug 24, 2025, 10:43 pm • 3 0 • view
We never give up. Not on hope, not on joy, not on the many good & decent people, not on the idea that every single one of us can do SOMEthing to fight, not on fighting. Follow up on the many good ideas in this thread. Do not let the bastards get us down.
aug 24, 2025, 7:33 pm • 4 0 • view
“Lawyers guns and money.”
aug 24, 2025, 8:38 pm • 1 0 • view
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aug 24, 2025, 7:53 pm • 12 5 • view
I'm just waiting for everyone to wake up to this very obvious plan of democide Republicans have for us. You let them kill you with neglect since the RW plan is death to the poor old & sick to get underground as fast as we can for the rich. Most are a few COVID infections from being one of us sickies
aug 24, 2025, 11:36 pm • 1 0 • view
Being a sickie definitely means you get shit credit & ALL of any money you have taken to live & survive. There is no thriving for the sick class, guys, that's why you turn your noses up at us, bc we remind you all of your own shitty mortality. But so many of you will let it happen to us to be NEXT.
aug 24, 2025, 11:37 pm • 2 0 • view
well you’ve all got guns to ostensibly rove tyrants. perhaps you do the math?
aug 25, 2025, 10:32 am • 2 0 • view
I am afraid so, & I have no idea the recourse for 335,000,000 Americans. 50,000,000 go to DC & drag all the fascist traitors out into the street?😳
aug 24, 2025, 9:28 pm • 3 0 • view
We are fucked. Civil war.
aug 24, 2025, 7:20 pm • 3 0 • view
General strike
aug 24, 2025, 6:16 pm • 8 1 • view