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WIP making a thing tonight…
Protest sign creation should require NO SPECIAL SOFTWARE, and should let people TILE regular 8.5x11 printed pages into giant posters with ease. I see people holding little tiny printed out pages in some of these protest photos.
This SHOULD be easier for people to do.
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Translate your outrage into action. Make a sign. Stand somewhere.
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Read this with an open mind
The Democratic Party needs to come to terms with the fact that liberalism does not equate to leftism. Liberalism – and I called myself one for 20 years until Schumer’s CR vote – is ONLY liberal relative to right-wing conservatives. Look at a political compass: It’s all still in the authoritarian right. We’ve been kneecapping ourselves by not mounting an HONEST opposition in this country to the corporate political establishment. The path forward is Social Democracy, and the New Deal. Deeper inclusiveness and most importantly ENDING CORPORATE CONTROL OF GOVERNMENT. In my view Bernie has been the biggest champion of this message.
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I should clarify, however, that we should not let the perfect be the enemy of the good: Trump serves his own interests of corporate dominance and totalitarianism while the old guard tends to use soft power to maintain control. Both of these are bad, but one is actively more urgent to stop!
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The message of the next political uprising isn’t just about stopping Trump and the oligarchy he intends to cement with his coup within a coup; it is to END CORPORATE CONTROL OF GOVERNMENT.
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When you protest alone, it signals to other people: 1) That there is something important others should know; 2) That it’s okay to let others know what you think, and they might be inspired to join in. This is its true power.
Single protest is a catalyst for exponential awareness.
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Lone protest is your most powerful political tool because you own it and you decide how and when to use it. We perceive lack of numbers as a sign of weakness, but it is the opposite because it is impossible for people to ignore and is difficult to repress.
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We have the power to remove this man from office – today. The world is flabbergasted that we aren’t tearing this country apart in protest. We are sitting idly by while democracy is stolen from us. America calls itself the land of freedom – use it or lose it.
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If you have MESSAGES ON YOUR PHONE indicating that you don’t like Trump, you will be DENIED ENTRY to the United States of America. This guy doesn’t just want Nazi Germany; he wants America to be North Korea! newrepublic.com/post/1929…
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A quick history lesson from Rick Steves: www.threads.net/@hi.t.ani…
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Protest before you can't
Had a full-on existential crisis today. I was panicking this morning. I’ve been feeling helpless and terrified about what’s going on right now. So I worked through some of that and tried to channel it into something productive.
That resulted in me protesting solo outside today for 3 hours this evening. I was initially hesitant to do this, but I have to tell you that protesting by yourself can be incredibly energizing and liberating. My thesis is that we often think of protests as just a way of lobbying our representatives, but at this point we need to be lobbying our neighbors to raise awareness of what’s going on! So many people came up to engage with me and I found it a very positive experience. We are not alone, and other people feel just as terrified as you and I.
Don’t wait for permission to protest. Don’t wait for someone else to organize you. Don’t wait for the next big mass action. Just do yourself a favor and make a sign, pick a spot, and stand there. Right now. Talk to people. Clue them into this madness. The media isn’t going to do it for us. Our leaders aren’t going to save us. We have to do this work ourselves.
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It’s been pointed out to me that the purpose of protest at this point is NOT to lobby our representatives, but to call our neighbors to action.
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If you’re waiting for permission to protest, like some moment where you can be like, “ah, now it’s time.”
No! Stop waiting. The time is now. We’re in a continuous drop to bottom.
Go to stand at an intersection, or by a store. Do it solo. We need to get people to pay attention to what’s happening.
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We need to be out on the streets RIGHT NOW protesting or we are finished.
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I assume the Dems have fired their consultants by now, so here’s some free advice: STOP TALKING, START SHOWING. You control states – pass universal healthcare, paid leave, labor rights. Make red states jealous. Give people something real to fight for. Show, don’t tell. Make Trump oppose you.
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We need to find a way to break through to these people: foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/1…
Like a secret handshake to communicate, “Hey, person I don’t agree with: You’re doing a coup to me,” and they can be like, “Oh shit, sorry man!”
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Make no mistake: We are in a constitutional crisis.
Weeks ago, Trump claimed he alone, not the courts, determines the law: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2…
This is a direct assault on the judiciary, imposing ad hoc law – where Caesar’s word is law.
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This crisis has forced us as a party to seriously confront a simple truth: that corporate Democrats and fascist Republicans have been playing the good cop, bad cop on us all along and it was always in bad faith. We need to rebuild with a platform that is bold and can inspire people. Think FDR.
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This is their endgame: www.propublica.org/article/c…
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SCOTUS isn’t buying this shit: www.politico.com/news/2025…
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Detained without cause for 12 days. Outrageous. www.the-independent.com/arts-ente…
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Here’s a one line platform for the Democrats: Liberty and Justice for All.
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I suggest that this misalignment is the problem with the Democratic Party.
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I’m gonna boil the problem with the Democratic Party down to one simple idea: We’re selling the wrong thing. We’re trying to sell social liberalism (and we’re barely even doing justice to that) when we should be selling social democracy. It’s the wrong product and nobody is buying it.
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Chuck Schumer's Surrender is Clarity
Great discussion with Senator Chris Murphy about the CR: Watch here
It boils down to this: The Democrats are like watered-down seasoning – there’s a hint of something great, but ultimately, they’re ineffective. Nothing made that clearer than Chuck Schumer’s preemptive surrender to Donald Trump last week. Instead of using his power to stand firm, he caved. And this is the cycle we see over and over again.
For decades, Democrats have positioned themselves as the party of working people, of big, bold governance. But the truth is, they’ve been seduced by corporate interests and have stopped fighting for systemic change. In some ways, that’s even worse than what Republicans do – at least the GOP is upfront about their allegiance to the wealthy and powerful. The Democrats, on the other hand, keep dangling hope in front of us, only to let it slip away. Where was the public option? Why should we accept that as our stretch goal when we should have been fighting for Medicare for All? Why do we keep lowering our expectations instead of demanding what we actually need?
This is what Jon Stewart was getting at: At some point, the Democratic Party stopped being the party of big government solutions. Bill Clinton even said it outright: “The era of big government is over." But why did we accept that? Why did we buy into the conservative framing that government is inherently inefficient, when history tells us the opposite?
The New Deal coalition built the 1950s America that everyone nostalgically worships – when the middle class thrived, unions were strong, and the economy worked for ordinary people. That happened because government took an active role in lifting people up. The Democratic Party of today could reclaim that legacy, but instead, they’re too busy playing a game that’s already rigged.
If Democrats actually governed like Bernie Sanders, they could build an unstoppable coalition in this country. A movement that doesn’t just settle for the least-worst option, but actually demands and delivers change. Because we know what’s possible – we’ve done it before. We can do it again. But first, we need leaders who will actually fight.
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