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Demonstrators gathered in cities across the U.S. on Wednesday to protest the Trump administration’s early actions, decrying everything from the president’s immigration crackdown to his rollback of transgender rights and a proposal to forcibly transfer Palestinians from the Gaza Strip.

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The protests were a result of a movement that has organized online under the hashtags #buildtheresistance and #50501, which stands for 50 protests, 50 states, one day. Websites and accounts across social media issued calls for action, with messages such as “reject fascism” and “defend our democracy.”

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Sounds like there could've been a protest at your work.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 21 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

At the state house, handing out handwarmers and fliers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago

More power to you, that's really awesome

[–] [email protected] 12 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

unemployment and homelessness speed run any% world record

there is a very good reason our economy is set up like it is.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I've got bad news for you if you think doing your capitalist duty and going into work while fascists take over is going to somehow work out later.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

I'm not doing nothing in the mean time. I'm arming myself better and scheduling range time, stocking up on non perishables (rip my savings account), reaching out and donating more to some of my state wide civil rights organizations, and I'm forcing all my friends and family to switch over to encrypted call/messaging (Signal) that's harder to track and read contents of. I'll do more as time allows, but it's hard to support any cause if I end up dead of hypothermia under a highway bridge with no resources at my disposal.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

Employment lawyers exist for a reason. Better use their services now before they're all gone because the Trump Admin got rid of OSHA and the rest of our rights. Use em or lose em.

https://www.inc.com/kit-eaton/republican-pressure-to-disband-osha-rises-amid-sweeping-trump-orders/91143762

[–] [email protected] -1 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

Cuz if you're unemployed you can def afford a lawyer🤣 W E I R D T I M E L I N E

[–] [email protected] 3 points 19 hours ago

Examples of Strikes, mass protests, and revolutions that happened when things were easy for the strikers to go out and do them:

Times the police, military, and other centrist citizens did everything to directly stop or persuade them to stop: (all)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Pay nothing, unless you win.

Ever heard that phrase?

[–] [email protected] -2 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

Heard it bunches from ads used as an attention-getter. Heard it personally from someone who thought it would help him out--He lost tho.

Laws are only for the poor and only when they don't help them. This is something I don't hear almost ever oddly enough

[–] [email protected] 4 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Heard it personally from someone who thought it would help him out--He lost tho.

So... He didn't have to pay? So it worked exactly like it sounds?

I didn't read anything about any guarantee of victory.