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They've had it up since before the election, right across from where my Harris sign was. My Harris sign that was also defaced and run over.

I just said fuck it and threw that thing away while giving the finger to any cameras they may have set up.

Seeing these agency higher ups resign in protest is sickening, that’s exactly what they want. Stay, resist, report is what the country needs. If you don’t like what is going on fight back instead of running away.

Thanks Obama!

Am I just being paranoid, or would it be wise to change my voter registration to Republican under the new Trump administration?

My logic is that perhaps there will be some new crazy policies that will favor those registered Republicans…or worse…somehow penalize or threaten those registered as Democrat?! May be a reach, but Trump’s new policies this term seem to be 10x more unpredictable and scary than those of his last term…

Also, considering moving out of the country. But also wondering where I would be most safe, both from Trump’s interest to invade and from the effects of climate change…

I could just be overly influenced by the fear-mongering promoted by the media…but at the same time, it objectively does seem like our democracy is at stake here. Any insights/suggestions welcome.

I’m so sick of the outrage videos from Dem leadership and basically cosplaying as journalists with no plan of action, no organizing- nothing! We are in this mess due to their decorum, ‘they go low we go high bullshit.’ While I am aware they have minority in both house and senate, they should be doing everything they can within their power to fight back.

We also need to start organizing on a local and national level. We need to be mirroring what the citizens of Georgia are doing. We need to plan and mobilize.

Let me get this straight rfk wants to make us healthy again, and ban processed foods from snap which is basically almost everything leaving really only meat fruit and vegetables. Fine, so how tf are Americans supposed eat if they can't afford those due to tariffs causing inflation?

How is a diet of only meat (really only beef because of the bird flu) with hormones supposed to keep Americans healthy? And he wants to end Medicaid on top of it .

Are they trying to kill us ?

Because it's another example of their contradictions, promise something then do the opposite. Im confused how so many still believe their lies.

You really think there’s any other choice than the 2 nominees? You really think spoiler candidates have any realistic chance of winning? You really think it’s better to abstain from voting out of pettiness know you won’t be affected than to swallow your pride and prevent trans people and immigrants from having their rights taken away by voting for the candidate who could actually win and prevent project 2025? It’s a winner take all system, we have no control over that. If your a one issue voter I hope you get educated and learn that the government is complex, though it is corrupt we either participate in it and affect what we can, or keep getting shot in the foot. U think an uprising would work? The conservatives tried that on Jan 6 and they got thrown out and that was while Trump was in office. If we even came close to overthrowing the country and doing a revolution you think the government would try to save us? They’d fucking kill all of us they got nukes and you know they’d use them to save their own skin in a heartbeat. Grow tf up

I don't understand what the point of implementing tariffs is when - let's face it - he knows Americans will suffer. Even the right-wing think-tanks are releasing info on how this will affect the automobile industry, for instance. My question is, is there a possibility he's just sinking the market of certain industries in particular, then he could come out on Tuesday saying the countries have come to some arrangement, and all of a sudden those industries would post big gains on the day?

Because I fail to see what the point of this is otherwise.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-china-canada-mexico-fentanyl-e526616cdcb7fc596ed999cb89ee2265

While lurking Hannity on Fox News, correspondent Alexis McAdams reported that a Jet Rescue representative stated that the crew and passengers were Mexican nationals intended to return to Tijuana, Mexico after the young patient had recently completed life-saving treatment in Philadelphia.

There was no bias or narrative in the reporting of this information, but I cringe at the thought of how Trump and MAGAs will deride this completely innocuous detail.

What a shit show.

https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-save-act-would-disenfranchise-millions-of-citizens/

Poltics of empathy have left this nation. I am getting tired of being blacksheeped. I just had to endure a your so young you don’t know crap esque lecture from my uncle who is a factory line manager.

Like bro I’m sorry I’m a liberal and you trump people are just more street smart 🙃. Please tell me more about how people like me are blaming everyone for the problems of the nation but ourselves.

I am going nuts honestly this nation is cooked.

So I've been going around social media lately particularly amongst indigenous circles.

A lot of people in the comments in posts like in Instagram and YouTube tend don't deny the genocide don't towards Native Americans but instead either try to justify it or dismiss it as "people always conquered eachother throughout history you simply lost" or "they didn't take advantage of the resources so it's justified for the Europeans to have come and industrialize it."

I want to know how I should respond to such arguments.

I'm just wondering since many use this as an argument against Democrats in general. I don't really approve of the mass deportations but I really do like him as a President. Im just wondering what the answer is to why this happened under Obama.

I promise I am not here to shame anyone or bring hate, I just want to know why this happened was all.

People living in Germany in 1933 didn’t know they were living in Germany 1933. There weren’t flashing neon signs saying “Fascism is happening now.” According to The Anne Frank House’s brief history of Germany from democracy to dictatorship:

When Hitler was named Chancellor “many Germans were indifferent to the news. They had seen many governments come and go and did not expect the new government to last any time at all.”

The first concentration camps (to hold political opponents) opened 2 months later. Germany was holding sham elections 8 months after that. Fascism is like life. It comes at you fast.

There have already been creepy parallels between the Trump team’s rhetoric/actions and those of early Nazi Germany. Is it overreacting to take those parallels seriously? Perhaps. But when it comes to potentially losing our democracy, I’d rather pull the fire alarm too early than too late.

If all goes well, we’ll look like we were overreacting. That's a risk I’m willing to take.

I’m looking for recommendations for a liberal-leaning lawyer in Houston who specializes in HOA disputes and enforcement.

I have a neighbor who repeatedly violates HOA flag rules in an excessive and retaliatory manner. During election season, I have put up a single, HOA-approved campaign sign—one for Beto in 2022 and one for Harris in 2024. Each time, he has responded by displaying large political banners in reaction.

He also keeps Trump flags up year-round, despite HOA restrictions, and has a pattern of excessive flag displays. We have documented evidence of his violations and are seeking a lawyer in Houston with experience in HOA law and injunctions to help stop this pattern.

If you have any recommendations or have worked with a great attorney for HOA-related cases, please let me know!

It’s only been two weeks but they have made themselves to be the victim of literally everything. What is their problem? Are they all children? It’s so shameful that they cry and moan over EVERYTHING.

I saw a post earlier about "how can we fight back?". Well I have one solution - it's a small one, but it could be quite effective. And that is - turn Fox News off for a whole day. Just do it. Don't feed the beast.

This administration, lives, breathes, and thrives off of that wretched network. It's the highest rated news network in the country. Literally every right wing politician in the country contributes to it. The best way to stop a troll is to not give it any fuel for the fire. And a lot of their hosts do nothing but trash other talk shows and anything else that doesn't fit Murdoch's mold.

The simple fact of the matter is that Fox News is poison. It has rotted as many if not more minds than the most dangerous street drugs out there. Doesn't matter which of their obnoxious hosts - if it's Hannity, Gutfeld, Ingraham, Baritromo, and so on, they're just trolls. They just feed and thrive off misery and chaos - particularly ours. And the people they promote and get elected are nothing more than glorified content creators for that channel. Hell, since taking office last Monday, Trump has been on that channel like 5 times in the last week. Vance has been on it almost every day. And everyone else connected to that administration is on it daily.

So the best way to starve a troll - don't give them any fuel for the fire. Turn off Fox. Just turn it off. If we could put a dent in their ratings, yeah it might not be much in the short run but hitting them repeatedly where it hurts could be a huge boost to our side in the long run. Turn off Fox - turn it off at gyms, turn it off at home, turn it off at restaurants, doctors offices, offices, everywhere. It's just a thought.

It’s not even widely covered yet because of all the other thousand things going on but they froze foreign aid funding. This is separate from the funding freeze that was reversed.

She works in global health and development. 2ish days ago they froze all foreign aid funding for an audit. Audits are normal but freezing it in the meantime is not. Not only that, they froze funding that was already allocated/promised. Nonprofits will spend that money on credit as soon as it’s allocated meaning several are already folding and declaring bankruptcy. Almost everyone she knows in the field have been laid off or put on leave. They’re freaking the fuck out as now the entire industry they work in is faltering and there’s no way to find a new job until this is resolved (if it’s resolved).

Luckily my parents are moving to London for a few years in the next month and she’ll be able to get a job there that’s not affected by the US government but this freeze means employees in other countries—many of whom are the breadwinners for their families—are abruptly out of work.

American workers who are abroad are being called home immediately and my mom told me there are shipments of essential goods en route now (including HIV medications) that now have no one to even receive them. Not to mention many people will soon be left without HIV meds they rely on NGOs to provide which could increase the spread and potentially cause severe illness and death. There are exceptions but they’re so murky and ill defined that no organization can figure out how to navigate them.

I’ve tried to stay optimistic but within less than a month this president and his weird sidekick have already cost my mom and thousands of others their jobs not to mention jeopardized the lives and safety of god knows how many people abroad.

I’m trying to stay positive but I’m absolutely terrified now.

Why do left leaning people not make "life liberty and pursuit of happiness" from the declaration of independence their whole personality like right wing nutjobs do with the 2nd ammendment in the constitution?

A majority of right-wing people make loving guns their entire personality. Why do left leaning people not do the same thing with their ideologies? I'm not saying we should go tit for tat, but I think we need to be as vocally passionate about our love for individual freedom and happiness as well

The Democratic Party is seemingly impotent. So much so that it might be complicit in the downfall of our republic. They cry, and wail, and wring their hands, and do.... nothing. We need to watch out for each other. How do we protect the most vulnerable among (queer kids, immigrants, etc.) us without any political muscle. Does anyone have some ideas on concrete, direct action?

https://www.youtube.com/live/ShRYdYTtIx8?si=sTe_NBBetVOxiwQA

I have created this community as a conduit for information, documents, videos, and any other evidence of crimes and corruption the government engages in. ICE raids, federal employees, anything. If you want to be a moderator please message me and ill get you set up. We're going to need a platform to share vital information with Social Media, and Legacy Mainstream media censoring any information coming out of the government, or having to do with government operations.

Looking for tips, really. I'm wanting to support organizations like Target, Amazon, etc. as little as possible since they're clearly in his pocket and/or are rolling back worker protections.

I didn't realize how much I rely on those two especially. I was thinking of using Costco for most everything but they don't always have what I need either.

If you've cut certain companies out, where are you going to find ethical replacements?