--- Originally Posted By u/Hot_Variation_1281 At 2025-03-16 11:08:17 PM | Source

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This is it. The moment we all feared. The moment we all warned about. The moment when democracy isn’t just threatened—it’s being dismantled, piece by piece, right in front of us.

Trump has declared that he is voiding the pardons granted under the Biden administration. Let’s be clear: this is not how the law works. The Constitution gives the president the power to grant pardons, but once they’re given, they can’t be taken back. The Supreme Court said it over 150 years ago—Ex parte Garland made it clear that a pardon “blots out the existence of guilt.” It is final. It is permanent.

And yet, here we are. A sitting president has decided that none of that applies to him. That his power has no limits. That he can take back what was legally and irrevocably given.

Trump is justifying this by claiming that pardons signed by Biden’s autopen—a routine practice used by many presidents—are somehow void. He calls them “OF NO FURTHER FORCE OR EFFECT.” This is not law. This is not how the system works. It is pure authoritarianism.

But it doesn’t stop there. His statement makes something else clear: this is not just about undoing pardons—this is about retribution.

“Those on the Unselect Committee, who destroyed and deleted ALL evidence obtained during their two-year Witch Hunt of me, and many other innocent people, should fully understand that they are subject to investigation at the highest level.”

This is a president using his power to strip people of their legal protection and then go after them for political revenge. He is not just testing the boundaries—he is crossing them outright. He has decided that the Constitution does not apply to him, that judicial rulings do not apply to him, that he alone dictates what is legal.

This is dictatorship.

I’m not saying this lightly. I’m not being dramatic. I’m telling you exactly what this is.

This is what happens when a leader decides the law no longer binds him. The courts ruled against his mass deportations. He ignored them. The Constitution gives the pardon power only to the president at the time. He’s tossing that aside, too.

He is testing the waters—seeing how far he can go before people stop him.

For years, some of us have wondered what a theoretical American dictatorship would look like. Would it come in one sweeping moment—a military coup, a dramatic power grab? Or would it creep in slowly, step by step, normalizing each breach of power until the people were too tired, too beaten down to fight back?

This isn’t theoretical anymore. This isn’t something distant. It’s happening now.

Right now, we all have a choice to make. Do we stay silent, hope for the best, and let history take its course? Or do we stand up and fight for the future we deserve? • Speak up. Let the world know what’s happening. Let them know that Trump is trying to rewrite the Constitution itself. • Refuse to back down. If we let this slide, it will only get worse. • Organize, connect, build. They want us scared. They want us isolated. We cannot let them divide us. • Hold the line. They will say this is normal. That this is legal. It is not. This is the moment we decide whether we live in a democracy or a dictatorship.

What You Can Do—Right Now

Mass Call-In Campaigns – Call your state representatives, governors, and Congress members every single day. Demand they publicly oppose this, call hearings, and take action. Tie up their phone lines. They need to feel the pressure.

Public Demonstrations & Walkouts – Organize marches, protests, and strikes. If you can, participate in coordinated workplace walkouts, student protests, and public sit-ins. Mass disruption is how people show power. They want obedience—deny it.

Jam the Narrative – They want to control the message. Flood social media, news articles, and public forums with the truth. Challenge propaganda. Make sure people see what’s happening before they normalize it.

Legal & Digital Security – If you’re organizing, protect yourself. Use encrypted messaging apps like Signal. Avoid discussing direct action on social media. Document everything—record protests, save copies of statements and articles.

Direct Pressure on Key Officials – Focus efforts on governors and state attorneys general. They can refuse to cooperate with federal overreach. Make them take a stand.

Community Resilience – This is a long fight. Build local networks of support. Have meetups. Share resources. Keep each other informed and safe.

Hold the Line

They want us to feel powerless. They want us to feel isolated. They want us to think we can’t stop this.

This moment will define the future. If we let this happen, we will never get this moment back.

I don’t know what’s coming next. I don’t know what Trump will do when people resist him.

But I do know this:

I would rather stand and fight than live in the world he is trying to create.

--- Originally Posted By u/transcendent167 At 2025-03-17 02:27:19 AM | Source

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They are not here to protect us, keep that in mind

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03/17/us/trump-news/5a1fab41-927e-56fa-bf82-dc3e4aa4982a

--- Originally Posted By u/SlippySlimJim At 2025-03-17 07:05:42 PM | Source

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This is a call to action for Democratic Leaders. Tim is expanding his political reach with this one simple trick: showing up.

I want to see more democrats doing exactly this in red districts. When a Republican won't hold a town hall, any Democrat should be up in front, listening. Literally that. Just be there and listen.

Republicans are humans. They just want to belong and right now, they are being snubbed by their party. They have eyes they can see that the happenings in their party are anti American. Let them be heard! Let them be seen!

--- Originally Posted By u/Low_Bar9361 At 2025-03-17 01:12:18 PM | Source

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U.S. Marine Band forced to cancel concert with students of color after Trump DEI order

--- Originally Posted By u/GryphonOsiris At 2025-03-17 12:11:53 PM | Source

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We see the boycotts of American products, we see major disruptions of agriculture, food processors, and hospitality services.

Find messages that resonate in other circles outside of your own

--- Originally Posted By u/l94xxx At 2025-03-17 06:30:41 AM | Source

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Feeling so blessed I live in Northern California. The man looked like he was in his 70s. He did it with his WHOLE CHEST. More of this energy please!!

--- Originally Posted By u/katebushsleepdemon At 2025-03-17 06:18:42 PM | Source

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I BLASTED FUCK DONALD TRUMP MUSIC AT CHICK FIL A AND THROUGH OUT THE SHOPPING CENTER. Some people clapped for me!!! AND IM IN A DEEP RED STATE!

MAKE NOISE EVERYONE!!! ITS NOW OR NEVER!!! WHO CARES WHAT OTHERS THINK!!!!

NO MORE SITTING BACK YALLL GET YOUR ASSES UP AND START PROTESTING WHERE EVER YOU ARE!!! BE THE CHANGE FOR YOUR CITY!!! NO MATTER HOW BIG OR SMALL YOUR TOWN IS!!!!

YOUR VOICE MATTERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

--- Originally Posted By u/Original-Top-2070 At 2025-03-17 10:05:46 AM | Source

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This administration’s pattern of overreach isn’t just policy—it’s devastation. A family that had followed the same process for years, legally crossing a checkpoint with doctor and lawyer-approved documentation to get their child life-saving medical treatment, was suddenly stopped, arrested, and deported. No warning. No policy change announcement. Just raw, unchecked power tearing a family apart.

Let’s say what happened plainly: Four American children, including a 10-year-old recovering from brain cancer, were deported alongside their undocumented parents. This isn’t an accident—it’s a deliberate escalation in a system that keeps overstepping, targeting vulnerable people who have done nothing wrong.

The officers didn’t care that the little girl recovering from brain cancer needed urgent medical care. They didn’t care that four American children were about to be forcibly deported with their undocumented parents. They didn’t care that this family had done everything right in the past. They weren’t interested in hearing it.

For years, this family followed the same routine—crossing a checkpoint with documentation from doctors and lawyers to get life-saving medical treatment for their 10-year-old daughter. Every time before, it was fine. But this time, without warning, the rules changed.

This is not about laws. This is about basic human decency. When you suddenly change policies that families have relied on for years—without notifying them, without a transition plan—you are deliberately setting them up for suffering.

This administration has shown time and again that rules, precedent, and even basic human rights mean nothing when they stand in the way of their agenda. They didn’t just deport a family; they changed the rules in real-time to justify it. And they’ll do it again.

Now the question becomes: Who’s next?

--- Originally Posted By u/transcendent167 At 2025-03-17 05:48:42 PM | Source

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!Video The Moment Democracy Ceased to Function

Saturday, March 15, 2025, may have seemed unremarkable to most Americans. But in time, history will remember it as Black Saturday—the moment the United States ceased to function as a constitutional democracy.

For the first time in modern American history, a sitting president openly defied a direct federal court order—and nothing happened. No intervention. No enforcement. No consequences. A legal ruling was issued, and the White House simply ignored it.

The White House’s Decision: Power Over Law

Inside the White House, the decision was not about law—it was about power. A federal judge ruled against the administration. The debate inside Trump’s team was not whether the ruling was legal, but whether they could get away with ignoring it. They decided they could. And they were right.

This was not a clash between equal branches of government. It was the moment the judiciary was exposed as powerless. The courts do not have an army. They rely on compliance. But a court that cannot enforce its rulings is not a court—it is a suggestion box. And a presidency that can ignore the courts without consequence is no longer constrained by law—it is an untouchable executive.

Trump did not declare the end of judicial authority in a speech. He demonstrated it in practice. This is how democratic systems collapse—not with a single act, but with the normalization of defiance, the expectation that a ruling can simply be brushed aside.

How the System Failed to Stop Him

This moment did not happen in isolation. It happened because every prior attempt to hold Trump accountable has failed. The system tried—and at every turn, it proved incapable of stopping him.

Impeachment failed—twice. Criminal cases stalled. The Supreme Court refused to rule on his disqualification. Congress never moved to check his power. At each step, Trump tested the system—and the system flinched. He learned that laws are only as strong as the institutions willing to enforce them. And so, when faced with a court ruling, he did what he had been conditioned to do—he ignored it. And nothing happened.

The Supreme Court’s Role in Making the Presidency Untouchable

The judiciary was already weakened by years of erosion, but in 2024, the Supreme Court itself ensured that when this moment arrived, there would be no legal recourse left. In a landmark ruling, the Court expanded presidential immunity to such an extent that the office of the presidency is now functionally above the law. A president can commit crimes while in office and face no immediate accountability. And now, with Black Saturday, Trump has proven that he can ignore court rulings entirely without consequence.

This is not the separation of powers. It is the absorption of power into a single branch. The courts were supposed to be the last line of defense. Instead, they have been reduced to issuing rulings the executive can freely ignore.

The Role of Fox News in Conditioning the Public

Fox News did not issue the order, but it made this moment possible. In the aftermath of Trump’s defiance, Fox put the judge’s face on screen, not as part of neutral reporting, but as a deliberate act of intimidation. They did not need to explicitly declare that judicial rulings no longer mattered—they had already spent years training millions to believe it. Through relentless framing, they had conditioned their audience to see the courts as corrupt, as partisan, as obstacles to be overcome rather than institutions to be respected. Trump did not invent this strategy; he simply acted on it, carrying their rhetoric to its logical conclusion.

Why Americans Do Not See the Collapse Happening

This is why the phrase “you cannot see the forest for the trees” is so powerful in this moment. The trees are the individual events. Trump ignoring a court ruling. The Supreme Court making the presidency immune from criminal accountability. Congress failing to act repeatedly. The media normalizing the breakdown of democracy. The forest is the overarching reality. The U.S. government is no longer constrained by constitutional limits. The judiciary has been rendered powerless through precedent and selective enforcement. The executive branch now decides which laws apply to itself.

Most people living through history don’t realize they are inside a moment of collapse because each event, taken alone, does not seem like the end of democracy. The shock of one ruling being ignored does not feel catastrophic. The Supreme Court deciding a president is immune from prosecution feels like just another legal controversy. Congressional inaction feels like business as usual. The media’s treatment of this moment as just another chapter in the ongoing Trump saga makes it easy to assume the system will self-correct. But when viewed together, it becomes undeniable that the system has already failed.

The Moment Future Historians Will Point To

This is why people will look back on Black Saturday and wonder why it wasn’t immediately recognized as the breaking point. Because when you are inside the collapse, it feels like just another day. The weight of history is often invisible in the moment, its consequences spread out over years. But the truth is unavoidable: this is not just another legal dispute. It is not another chapter in partisan warfare. It is not an escalation of existing dysfunction. It is the end of constitutional government.

No democracy that has reached this stage has ever recovered without major structural change. This is not just an escalation of political crisis—it is the moment when constitutional rule is replaced with raw executive power.

Why This Is Worse Than Any Previous Crisis

This is not like Andrew Jackson defying the Supreme Court in 1832. When Jackson ignored Worcester v. Georgia, America was an evolving democracy. The role of the Supreme Court was still in flux, and the country’s institutions were not yet fully formed. Today, America is a collapsing democracy. The Supreme Court’s authority is settled law. The difference is that this time, the institutions were expected to work.

Andrew Jackson defied the Supreme Court in an era when executive power was not yet defined. Trump is erasing the limits on executive power in a system where they were already supposed to be settled. Jackson faced political opposition. Trump controls his party completely. In Jackson’s time, Congress still operated as a counterweight. Today, Congress is a rubber-stamp body that enables presidential overreach rather than restraining it.

The courts were supposed to be the final check. That check no longer exists.

What Comes After Democracy?

We have passed the event horizon. This is not about democracy in crisis anymore—it is about what comes after democracy. The system that once absorbed and corrected these shocks is no longer functioning.

The shock of January 6th did not lead to democratic renewal—it was a preview of what was coming. The rollback of reproductive rights in 2022 was not just about abortion—it was proof that legal protections could be stripped away at will. The Supreme Court’s expansion of presidential power in 2024 did not just change legal precedent—it ensured that the next time a president defied a court order, there would be no enforcement mechanism to stop it. That is where we are now. The end of the courts as a meaningful check on power.

There is no going back to the America of the 1990s. No return to a time when presidential power was constrained, when the judiciary had the final say, when law enforcement agencies functioned as independent institutions rather than tools of political power. That system is already gone.

Some will say this is alarmist. That democracy cannot end so quietly. But collapse does not feel like collapse when you are inside it. It feels like just another legal story. Just another Saturday in America. Until one day, you look up and realize there is nothing left to save.

The Final Verdict on Black Saturday

Black Saturday will be remembered as the day the constitutional system failed.

Source:

https://theintellectualist.com/black-saturday-us-constitutional-crisis-2025/

--- Originally Posted By u/transcendent167 At 2025-03-17 12:01:19 PM | Source

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Why is noone talking about this. The narrative is that DOGE is saving a whole bunch of money, right? Peoples lives are being completely ruined. YET, We have 36 Billion MORE dollars in government spending than this time last year.

--- Originally Posted By u/OkWatercress4074 At 2025-03-17 02:09:03 PM | Source

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https://youtu.be/A69GtWE5OU4

Please help this go viral.

--- Originally Posted By u/Ok-Rub-4687 At 2025-03-17 09:22:20 AM | Source

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--- Originally Posted By u/Brian_Ghoshery At 2025-03-17 09:24:23 PM | Source

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I'm subscribed to Project 2025/the Heritage Foundation's newsletter. I received this email a little while ago regarding the protests outside the Heritage Foundation's headquarters in D.C.

--- Originally Posted By u/komodokosm At 2025-03-17 06:54:03 PM | Source

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Friday all commanders had to brief to their subordinates that all and any trans people will be kicked out in 2 phases. Phase one voluntary chapter phase 2 involuntary chapter. I’m not sure if this made its rounds but the military is gonna lose a lot of good people let’s protest this

--- Originally Posted By u/Choice-Teaching7481 At 2025-03-17 04:21:14 PM | Source

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https://chng.it/24JdNnCNzk

--- Originally Posted By u/QuietPerformer160 At 2025-03-17 02:18:31 PM | Source

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--- Originally Posted By u/Brian_Ghoshery At 2025-03-17 09:33:30 PM | Source

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Wasn’t sure what flair to use. I thought this might work because it’s a result of an EO, but this could be a protest as well as government employee issue. In a new EO, Trump targeted the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Essentially, Trump wants to reduce funding for libraries and museums.

This is probably going to affect more rural areas than urban areas, but we need these public institutions to keep education free for the public. If people can only read books that they pay for, then education will inevitably become a benefit for the high-income class only. After all, the rich don’t want the working class to realize they’re being taken advantage of and try to change things.

Go to your local library and become a member or renew your library card. Check out a book to show you’re an active patron using these public services. Ask the library what you can do to help.

• It may mean electing library-supportive politicians.
• It may mean a donation (hey, if you canceled $15/month Amazon Prime membership to check books out for free, then you may have $15 available to donate).
• It could mean donating books or other items in good condition so the library doesn’t have to spend what little funding they’re getting to purchase what you’re willing to give for free.

EDIT: Read the comments. Librarians and Library Staff are speaking up. Please listen to them.

--- Originally Posted By u/LudoMama At 2025-03-17 12:09:54 PM | Source

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Watch this! It's glorious.

--- Originally Posted By u/aiden_malecky At 2025-03-17 09:12:27 AM | Source

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Cliff Cash is everything the USA needs to be right now. He has the brains, he has the voice, and he has the balls to use them both loudly and effectively. Join him, support him. Please, however you are able.

--- Originally Posted By u/ladywithnohead At 2025-03-17 07:58:56 PM | Source

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--- Originally Posted By u/Mundane_End_7213 At 2025-03-17 05:45:33 PM | Source

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Below is a copy of the court order with where to dial in to listen:

> MINUTE ORDER: The Court ORDERS that, in order to accommodate the parties' schedules, the hearing set for today at 4:00 p.m. is VACATED and RESET for 5:00 p.m. The hearing will proceed in-person for the parties and by telephone for members of the public. Toll free number: 833-990-9400. Meeting ID: 049550816. Any use of the public-access telephone line requires adherence to the general prohibition against photographing, recording, livestreaming, and rebroadcasting of court proceedings (including those held by telephone or videoconference), as set out in Standing Order No. 24-31 (JEB). Violation of these prohibitions may result in sanctions, including removal of court-issued media credentials, restricted entry to future hearings, denial of entry to future hearings, or other sanctions deemed necessary by the Court. So ORDERED by Chief Judge James E. Boasberg on 3/17/2025.

The following article is a good overview of the situation, I'll share the first two paragraphs below:

> Individuals associated with the federal government have, in defiance of a court order and without a trial or any form of due process, deported hundreds of people from the territory of the United States to El Salvador, where they will be held indefinitely in a concentration camp.

> This violated fundamental rights enumerated in the Constitution. Everyone in the United States has the right to a fair trial with due process of law. People who say things along the lines of "enemy combatants don't have the right to due process" are wrong. And it is important to understand the implications of that position. Anyone can be named an "enemy combatant." More fundamentally, once you accept any exception to the general rule, you are just inviting executive power to always use that exception, or make up another one. If you are a citizen and you are casting doubt on the importance of due process, remember this: you need due process in order to prove that you are a citizen.

--- Originally Posted By u/DevinGraysonShirk At 2025-03-17 04:16:29 PM | Source

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It's time we delete and spread the word about deleting 3 things-- Twitter/ Tesla, Amazon, and Facebook/ Instagram.

Yes it will be hard, but we cannot continue to line the pockets and give our data to these techno oligarchal fascists

April 1-- all accounts deleted by then. Who's with me?

Elon Musk is not beholden to you and I the same way. Jeff Bezos could give a flying fuck that meemaw won't have health insurance. And Mark Zuckerberg? He just wants to watch you poop while you're on the toilet through Meta (iykyk).

--- Originally Posted By u/pause_polymerase At 2025-03-17 12:18:26 PM | Source

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I know many of us face resistance when protesting—even from friends and family who say, “It doesn’t make a difference.” But I’ve seen firsthand that it does.

In 2020, Laramie WY, my teenage kids and I attended BLM protests for several days. About a week later, a young woman approached us and asked, “Weren’t you at the protests?” When I confirmed, she thanked us, saying we made her feel welcome and safe. She was a college student from out of town, and our presence had meant something special to her.

Just last Friday, as we stood outside the courthouse, a man noticed my son holding a pride flag and walked up to thank him. He told us he was from the Matthew Shepard generation, then joked, “I thought I was the last gay in Laramie!” He left promising to join us next the week.

When people say, “Protests don’t make a difference,” they usually mean in terms of government action. But making a woman of color and a lifelong community member feel safe here—that’s more powerful than any law we might influence.

Please stand with us. Join the Rep. Hageman town hall (710 Garfield, rm 271, 6:30 pm) or the protests outside on Wednesday, March 19th, and protest with us every Friday at 4:30 PM in front of the courthouse. Our numbers are growing, despite the spring weather, and as it warms up, we’ll stay even longer.

We are the people. We are making a difference.

--- Originally Posted By u/MahonriWY At 2025-03-17 03:16:59 PM | Source

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Democracy died today. We need to act with urgency—and we need leadership.

A court order blocked the deportation of Venezuelan immigrants to a mega-prison in El Salvador, yet Trump dismissed it outright, claiming the planes were already over international waters—rendering the order meaningless. What?! And this is happening with ZERO evidence that these individuals have committed any crimes.

There are over 200,000 of us in this movement. But without leadership, structure, and coordination, we’re operating in silos—scattered, inefficient, and failing to create the impact we need. We don’t need authoritarian control, but we do need a a guiding voice and a strong, focused strategy. A movement this powerful must be organized if we want to be effective.

I hope something is already in motion behind the scenes. But whether it is or not, we must start having these conversations and push for a clear, unified approach.

And before anyone says, “You be the leader,” let’s be real. No one is going to blindly follow one person. That’s not how movements work. If it were that simple, we wouldn’t still be scattered in our efforts despite the countless brilliant ideas from our members.

I’m blown away by the strength of our protests, but passion alone won’t stop Trump from sending innocent people to a mega-prison in the jungle. We need guidance, real mobilization, clear strategy, and actionable plans.

Showing up with signs isn’t enough. It’s time to get organized.

--- Originally Posted By u/Several-Candidate115 At 2025-03-17 12:16:19 AM | Source

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https://chng.it/LFmDzx2bss

--- Originally Posted By u/notyrantsever At 2025-03-17 05:55:16 PM | Source

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I noticed I have saved a good chunk of money boycotting the various businesses that donated to the trumper maga snowflake campaign/DEI defaulters. Turns out I didn’t actually need a lot of the shit I was buying! Anyone else notice you have saved a bit? I’m loving this….🙂

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--- Originally Posted By u/transcendent167 At 2025-03-17 02:01:22 AM | Source

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--- Originally Posted By u/Healthy_Block3036 At 2025-03-17 08:07:14 PM | Source

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Well, looks like Schumer is postponing his book tour due to security concerns. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/schumer-postpones-book-events-security-concerns-democratic-backlash-rcna196711?link%5C_source=ta%5C_bluesky%5C_link&taid=67d837e5f1cba70001083f1b&utm%5C_campaign=trueanthem&utm%5C_medium=social&utm%5C_source=bluesky

--- Originally Posted By u/BotsIvy At 2025-03-17 11:05:09 AM | Source

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https://preview.redd.it/x2jp21q4l9pe1.jpg?width=1014&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5a03c4d6f77c5d62c55ca075c43ea89d0ea81715

TSLA continues to plunge. If you want to really inflict pain on Trump and Elmo, this boycott is the most visual means to do so.

TRUMP even declared it illegal. That is laughable!

--- Originally Posted By u/YouWorkForMoney-Com At 2025-03-17 11:01:40 AM | Source

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Idk where to ask this so please, mods, delete flag or point in the direction to have an image done of Musk as a welfare queen since his is THE Welfare Queen

I just woke up angry as fuck and charged to commit violence (with my words).

--- Originally Posted By u/shitforbrainsloser At 2025-03-17 09:01:14 AM | Source

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Read this important analysis. We need to take action.

https://theintellectualist.com/black-saturday-us-constitutional-crisis-2025/

--- Originally Posted By u/MyrthRavenswood At 2025-03-16 11:48:14 PM | Source

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