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Originally Posted By u/meowymcmeowmeow At 2025-05-11 02:37:25 PM | Source

Originally Posted By u/skrawberries_ At 2025-05-11 04:32:04 PM | Source

We all keep talking about doing more. Or what can we do. I talked with a coworker, bc one of the biggest things we all seem to be afraid of is going up against a militarized police force in addition to loyalists in the military. Media doesn't help, by dooming with their constant asking 'what can the judicial branch do? They have no executive force under their control.'

Oh yes they do- or, at least, they could. See, there's this fun trick that the judicial branch can pull where they can deputize citizens, basically making them sherrifs when the police force or other arresting forces do not comply with the orders. Deputizing means you can enter into places you normally couldn't, with immunity, and can carry a sidearm to defend yourself if needed.

Just imagine for a second that we convince the judges- who are already actively making moves against the administration- to deputize a large enough force to protect the people, reverse uno and arrest ICE agents and law enforcement that are compromised, and then the administration themselves. It's crazy, but I think this could work IF enough of us push for our judges on state and federal levels to do this.

Or am I just crazy, and this wouldn't work?

Originally Posted By u/SunRevolutionary6524 At 2025-05-11 03:34:00 PM | Source

Originally Posted By u/landmaze At 2025-05-11 11:59:42 AM | Source

I’m really frustrated with how this all feels like not enough. We’re all worried about “midterm elections” when the dude is thinking about literally tearing away habeus corpus. He’s already done that illegally… and our response is… oooo wait till we kick out some of your representatives…

Really? Sigh.. is there anyone who sees this? Or is this just me?

I am volunteering for a lot of roles here in NC. I went to the 4/19 protest and felt a bit dismayed because the sense of urgency and passion and call to action was not of the moment. Here’s what it felt like..

Imagine a kid being dragged away by a pack of wolves and instead of jumping into action with whatever you could at that moment.. you wished the kid the best of luck and hope that they save them for 550 days from now.

This is the situation we’re in. All I heard is about midterm elections. About supporting the community.. about religious views .. this isn’t doing anything but self-soothing.

Originally Posted By u/00Benny00 At 2025-05-11 12:16:23 PM | Source

A national boycott might have the most impact on those in power. No buying of anything, other than necessities like food. Buying from small, local businesses would be ok. But, no buying cars, technology, etc. A boycott would also undermine the administrations tendency towards violence against protestors. Would people be willing to do that until Trump is removed?

PS I am very supportive of protesting.

Originally Posted By u/Miserable-Army3679 At 2025-05-11 02:34:19 PM | Source

Originally Posted By u/mac-mcgreor At 2025-05-11 09:22:21 AM | Source

"I have spoken with my wonderful Secretary of Commerce, Howard Lutnick, and we agree that the Biden/Harris so-called 'Digital Equity Act' is totally UNCONSTITUTIONAL. No more woke handouts based on race! The Digital Equity Program is a RACIST and ILLEGAL $2.5 BILLION DOLLAR giveaway. I am ending this IMMEDIATELY, and saving Taxpayers BILLIONS OF DOLLARS!" Trump wrote in a Truth Social post yesterday. - Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/05/trump-is-killing-broadband-grants-because-some-of-them-help-minorities/

Originally Posted By u/Ornery_Discussion503 At 2025-05-11 09:32:33 AM | Source

The author of project 2025 said this is a “second American Revolution” that will be bloodless only “if the left allows it to be.”

This war has already begun. The time to save America is NOW.

Do not be stuck in denial or false hope— thinking that there will be an election in 2026 is foolish. It will be too late.

There is urgency now. They are disregarding our constitution. We must act today, and tirelessly. Your feet will ache and your motivation will drain by the end of this, especially when they use fear tactics and you witness them arresting people who look and talk just like you.

Freedom isn’t free.

This is a war. And blood is on their hands.

No, MODS, I’m not calling for violence. I am calling for mass action.

How do we win this war? It’s time to be strategic. They are counting on our protests and they are largely controlling algorithms and media coverage. They are threatening protestors, arresting representatives to send a message that trickles down to the people.

The liberal arts lovers must be creative. Those with means MUST run ads in newspapers and take out billboards. Our message must be unified: NO KINGS.

This must start today. I beg you.

Write letters, but not to your representatives. To your neighbors. To the editor of your newspaper. Post flyers on street lights at intersections, graffiti, sidewalk chalk art, plays in your square, stand on a soap box, take out billboards, banners over bridges, fly your american flags in distress.

One more thing: they have red hats.

I ask that you all do two things:

• Trump Pockets, similar to Hoover Pockets. Flip your pockets inside out everywhere you go— the store, out to eat.

• Tell everyone you know, proudly, who you are.

Originally Posted By u/Ecstatic-Will7763 At 2025-05-11 11:19:20 AM | Source

Originally Posted By u/clamdiggah22 At 2025-05-11 10:09:22 AM | Source

There was a Mother's Day rally held at the Brentwood Square Shopping Mall in Brentwood, Missouri on 5.10.2025.

Originally Posted By u/Top_Story_9447 At 2025-05-11 11:38:26 AM | Source

Do you know Leaving MAGA? If you don’t you should and so should everyone else. Leaving MAGA is an organization that was created by a former MAGA Rich Logis who left the cult after 7 years. He has helped other former MAGA leave including a J6er who is only one of two people who refused a presidential pardon.

This is a vital resource for ppl in MAGA rich districts and counties who are having second thoughts on MAGA but are too afraid to leave. And the crazy thing?

So many people haven’t heard about this organization.

Spread the word and spread it wide!

Originally Posted By u/Kookie2023 At 2025-05-11 03:37:02 AM | Source

Originally Posted By u/HumusSapien At 2025-05-11 02:00:02 AM | Source

Originally Posted By u/transcendent167 At 2025-05-11 01:19:08 AM | Source

This movement, all the protestors and dissidents, even party opposition, are all in danger if Habeas Corpus is suspended. This is the end of the line. We either fight back now as an exercise in democracy, or we fight back later hidden in the shadows while our people slowly disappear.

I have proposed direct action before, and people said it was too extreme, that we should still follow the rules and protest peacefully. This is how we will lose our country, because this is NOT a normal threat.

We need massive direct action NOW. Instead of protesting, we need to gridlock D.C , human chains at ICE offices, massive sit ins at federal offices, surround the White House. We need to make them scared of the people.

It's now or never people.

Originally Posted By u/lamchopxl71 At 2025-05-11 01:03:28 AM | Source

StopICE.net

Originally Posted By u/Cammander2017 At 2025-05-10 10:37:41 PM | Source

Originally Posted By u/lexapros_n_cons At 2025-05-10 09:44:22 PM | Source

Originally Posted By u/kayrazzle At 2025-05-10 08:52:46 PM | Source

Originally Posted By u/Kittyluvmeplz At 2025-05-10 07:19:36 PM | Source

Originally Posted By u/MeringueOk3338 At 2025-05-10 08:26:00 PM | Source

Right now, far-right job boards like RedBalloon are running ads that look like hiring opportunities. But read them carefully. They’re building a loyalist force for Project Homecoming.

Here’s the language from the post, word for word:

“Proudly supporting the incoming administration in efforts to dramatically ramp up hiring and training of officers, the goal is to help place a minimum of an additional 100,000 individuals in agencies across the country.”

That’s a call for mass mobilization.

Then it gets even more explicit:

“Are you…

Looking for a job opportunity with an employer who won’t force you to compromise your values?

Considering coming out of retirement to help secure our border and our nation?

Looking to get in the fight to protect the most innocent among us?

Looking to have the Trump administration hand pick you for national opportunities?”

This is not about public safety. This is not law and order. This is creating an alternative enforcement network one that is handpicked, ideologically screened, and designed to operate outside the traditional military and law enforcement structure.

It starts with undocumented immigrants. But this is about more than immigration. They are normalizing the idea that dissent equals danger. That anti-Trump means anti-American. We saw it with the Newark Mayor yesterday, your politics can get you not just labeled a threat but full on arrested.

Let’s be clear about what what’s occurring, they’re not simply posting jobs. They’re building a regime through job boards like RedBalloon, These are not ordinary roles. They are preemptive sign-ups to be part of Project Homecoming, Trump’s plan to carry out mass removals using deputized civilians and loyalist recruits.

They are preparing to bypass the chain of command, sideline existing institutions, and build an auxiliary force of private enforcers — many of them civilians, ex-military, or ideologically driven applicants — who will be handed authority without the accountability of public oversight.

We need to treat this like what it is: the quiet formation of a parallel state, one that answers not to the people, not to the Constitution — but to one man. Spread the word. Before these “jobs” become raids. Before these “opportunities” become orders. Before this “talent network” starts knocking on doors.

They know that many in the military and law enforcement may resist carrying out illegal orders. In fact, we’re starting to see the signs now. Recently, a combat veteran made a viral video urging fellow service members not to “pre-comply with fascism.” He reminded them that the oath they swore was to the Constitution — not to a man, not to a party, not to a political campaign. His warning was clear: do not let them use your uniform, your training, and your patriotism as a weapon against your own people. Do not let them conscript you into tyranny under the illusion of service. The moment to decide is not when the orders arrive. It is now. Refuse before you are asked.

This is the administration’s answer to internal dissent, instead of risking mutiny, they’re planning to overwhelm resistance with a fresh force that sees loyalty to Trump, not to the Constitution, as the only oath that matters.

This is how authoritarians compensate when institutions won’t fall in line. They don’t just try to control the state — they create new enforcement arms that are answerable only to them.

Right now it’s a classified ad. Next it’s a call-up list. Then it’s people with weapons and authority, knocking on doors under the banner of Project Homecoming.

They are not just planning mass deportations. They are preparing for political enforcement.

The recruitment has already begun. The infrastructure is already forming. And if we wait until the buses start rolling or the raids begin to say something, it will be too late.

They are not just building a force. They are building a purge. PAY ATTENTION.

Originally Posted By u/transcendent167 At 2025-05-10 06:05:08 PM | Source

Originally Posted By u/pamar456 At 2025-05-10 08:01:04 PM | Source

Originally Posted By u/souvlanki At 2025-05-10 03:30:06 PM | Source

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Originally Posted By u/Fragrant-Phone-41 At 2025-05-10 04:46:30 PM | Source

Originally Posted By u/TehNudel At 2025-05-10 04:23:36 PM | Source