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This is ultimately going to take everyone, at every level of risk and action. Every individual person has a level of risk they're willing to take on right now. As the landscape of this conflict evolves, you may find yourself willing to take on more risk than you're prepared to today.

So - do things which either match the risk level you align with today:

• Don't talk to cops
• Join or create mutual aid groups
• Go protest, because your presence is supportive of other people present, passing by, and especially people who are rightfully too scared to look anyone in the eye right now
• With regard to protests, bring water, milk (for pepper spray), mylar emergency blankets, snacks, first aid, garbage bags to clean up after as necessary
• If you have knowledge of someone else's resistance activites which might get them in trouble, no you don't
• If someone you know wants to travel to protest, support them with supplies, gas/food/lodging money
• Connect people with other like-minded people, especially if they're interested in taking on more risk than you are able to; their efforts will be greater together than separate
• Get into a mindset of "If I have to GTFO right now, what would that look like?" Leave more space between your car and others, especially at stops, and look for exit paths
• Keep your gas tanks and cans full, for either your emergency use or someone else's
• Water, too
• Have pepper spray

... or things which will prepare you to take larger risks when you're ready to (or have to):

• Make room in your house for people who might need to take shelter
• Arm yourself, and practice
• Put together a "go bag", include camping gear
• Get some black bloc clothing - oversized lightweight black top and pants, make them easy to put on/take off over clothes and shoes - buy from thrift stores as you are able
• Build relationships with other like-minded people so that you have more avenues for action when the time comes

There are all sorts of low-risk things you can do today. For every "front line infantry" in a conflict, there need to be ten or so people acting as support services, many of them way away from direct physical danger to themselves. It's going to take all of us, pulling together in a variety of ways, all efforts great and small. This isn't going to end soon, and it's not going to be pretty. Get prepared for the long haul, with the mindset that you may find yourself doing things tomorrow that you would never imagine today. Make yourself a little more prepared as often as you can.

What do you want us to do?

Get ready. Whatever that means for you today, do it. Be creative, and get a little bit out of your comfort zone. Reassess what those mean tomorrow; lather, rinse, repeat.

I attended an anti trump rally openly carrying a sign and a firearm, what have you done?

Have you protested outside of Tik Tok or an Internet forum? Have you called your representatives and demanded they do more than hold up a tiny paddle?

Fuck, I get keeping your head down, hell that was my going in plan for the next four years but fuck me if were not getting into China levels of totalitarianism much quicker than expected and Americans are barely making a squeak. Honestly it's very pathetic.

A general strike might be a good start. And there's always that 2nd amendment.

I believe the rest of the world is expecting another January 6.

FFS.

Your compatriots have been telling us for years the reason you can't do anything about children being massacred in schools is so that y'all can retain the ability to fight back against governmental over-reach

So fight back you bloviated big mouthed all talk no fucking action cunts.

You've always been full of shit, now you're proving it. Leaders of the free world my fucking arse.

This is something.

Organized under the "Hands Off!" banner, demonstrations voicing opposition to the administration's policies occurred in over 1,400 locations across all 50 U.S. states,[18] drawing up to an estimated 3-5 million participants nationwide according to the demonstration organizers.[19][20] According to demonstration coordinators, the protests involved a coalition of over 150 progressive, labor union, pro-democracy, civil rights, LGBTQ+, and women's rights groups.[24]

In Tennessee, protests were held in Knoxville[163] (reportedly with thousands of attendees),[164] Nashville[165] (around 3,000 attendees),[166] Chattanooga, Maryville,[167] Johnson City , Kingsport (around 500),[168] Greeneville, Morristown,[169] and Cookeville.[170]

In Florida, thousands of protesters demonstrated in Miami,[173] joined by about 1,000 protesters in Pensacola,[174] and nearly 2,000 in The Villages,[175] a Republican stronghold retirement community in which organizers attempted to limit the number of online RSVPs to 500.[176].

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hands_Off_protests

The writing was on the wall. This is the path we chose. Say hello to consequences. it's quite awful but how can anyone act surprised?

What do you want us to do?

How about using that 2nd amendment you keep flashing to justify tens of thousands of useless deaths by firearm every year?

Now is the time to rise up and prove that y'all ain't just a bunch of wannabe Rambos.

I dunno, you seemed to get uppity back in 1776.

Get off your fucking ass?