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So there is the recent news that f-Elon will "step down" from Doge come May. While I am 100% that's just performative since he is the shadow president. He has already done massive damage to innocent people's lives.

I guess I just want to make sure we're all on the same page. We will still protest his business correct? He will undoubtedly still be meddling in the government and regardless I feel like we have a duty to keep up the pressure. Thoughts?

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Update to a previous post made by someone else about 8 hrs ago, but Sen. Booker of NJ is STILL holding the floor in the Senate as of 0545 EST as a form of protest against the MEDICARE/MEDICAID cuts, as well as the administration at large. Watch here on CSPAN if you’re interested: https://www.c-span.org/event/us-senate/us-senate/432077

Originally Posted By u/A_JELLY_DONUTT At 2025-04-01 05:42:36 AM | Source

ONLY protests isn't going to change anything I understand the reasons for it and I appreciate the effort and the amount of people coming together to rally against an evil overtaking the nation is inspiring but you all need to understand they came into power ILLEGALLY (admitted by Trump live) with the help of a literal nazi nothing peaceful is going to solve this issue.

I'm sure I'm just screaming into a void with this post but just remember what I said in the title.

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People like Andrys, the gay barber from Venezuela, did not get "deported".

Deportation means that he got sent back to his own country. Which he didn't. He got extrajudicially exiled to prison without due process.

People are being black-bagged by Trump's Gestapo. It's time to call it what it is.

Originally Posted By u/TheArchitect_7 At 2025-03-31 07:03:41 PM | Source

Millennials don't believe protesting works.

I've seen a lot of discussion about why millennials aren't coming out. Yes, they work and have young children. They are taking care of their elderly parents. All of these things are true and valid.

But also millennials have gone to the Occupy Wall Street protests, which accomplished nothing. The BLM protests, which accomplished nothing. The Women's March, which lol. I protested during all of these things only for our country to slide even further into capitalistic greed and corruption. When Bernie was running, someone we could get excited about, he was undermined by his own party.

Many millennials don't even believe their vote matters anymore in the face of gerrymandering and the electoral college.

I still want to believe protesting can effect change. Or frankly that American citizens have any power at all anymore. I'll be protesting on the 5th, but man is it hard to keep hope alive when our generation has been crushed under the establishment for our entire lives. Combine that with how oppressive the 40+ hour work week is and can you blame people for not protesting? Millennials barely even have the energy to do their laundry.

I'm not sure how to energize people. I'm not even sure how to energize myself. The Democratic party offers no leadership or hope whatsoever.

Please offer your local millennial (and me!) some hope. Please tell me we aren't just screaming into a void.

Originally Posted By u/duckhunt420 At 2025-03-31 11:47:11 AM | Source

There is a thing called a dead man's switch. If god forbid you are disappeared, or held without access to an electronic device for a period of time that you specify, this site can send a series of emails and messages to whomever you want. It expects a periodic check in, and when you miss it it will fire off the emails. It has to be configured for your timings if you want swift response, but it's all configurable.

Use it to inform loved ones that you've likely gone missing, and that you were outspoken against this government. Use it to inform people that you recently attended a protest and did not make it back from said protest.

Take away their power to silence you.

Edit: Learned about in the comments a second site that has some of these functionalities:

https://www.snugsafe.com/

Edit2: Wow, this blew up. Thanks all. There is so much good discussion and tips in the comments, excellent thread. You all are awesome.

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