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I'm really impressed by the courage of the Amazon workers who are going on strike. I was thinking what if one of the conditions of the strikers is that Amazon stops funding Republicans. Then I realized more broadly what if workers in all companies went on strike and demanded that the companies no longer funded Republican candidates. What are your thoughts on this?

For Musk free speech is code word for "things I agree with"

Here is something I want to warn everyone about. You might be aware how Russian propaganda targets Trump supporters. What you might not yet be aware of is that there is propaganda targeted at us too. The article I linked to does a good job of explaining this with the following quote:

Propaganda is also strategically useful to incapacitate opposition, within and outside the country. A key insight here is that collective actions—such as people protesting against the regime within the country, or external countries deciding on sanctions—require successful coordination.

The goal of groups such as the Russian government and the Republican party is to divide us so we cannot effectively stop them.

Always remember this:

• Voting matters.
• You can make a difference.
• We share common goals which are more important than our disagreements

I made this post after having discussions with people who are perhaps acting in bad faith on multiple social media platforms who tell me things like it won't matter no matter what you do, that both sides are the same or that you can't make a difference. That's why I put "Apathy Shills" in part of the title. So remember vote and volunteer. It will make a difference despite what anyone tells you. Never let anyone bring you down.

This has been a long standing conspiracy theory amongst right wing talk show hosts and other people. Basically the claim is that FEMA will imprison lots of people especially those with far right views using a emergency as a pretext. This conspiracy theory has been widely debunked already.

The interesting thing is now something like the conspiracy theory may happen in real life except ran by ICE instead of FEMA. I'm curious how people who previously propagated this conspiracy theory feel about Trump's plan for a mass deportation. If you know anyone who's into this conspiracy theory would you be able to ask them their thoughts on the FEMA camps and then bring up Trump's mass deportation plan. I'm curious how'd they'd react. Let's not assume because everyone is different. While trying to research this question I found one article from the right that showed deep concern about Trump's plan: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/nov/20/deep-state-wants-terminate-constitution/ but I can't really find much information otherwise.

I want to remind everyone that there are going to be elections next year in the US.

Local elections are very important because they will have a direct impact on you because you are choosing the people who will run your community and the people around you. Anecdotally I've heard that on the Republican side in various local governments are sometimes even more crazy than the ones at the federal level so it's really important that these people get voted out.

The process of finding out information on your local elections depends on where you live but typically you can Google/DuckDuckGo/whatever search engine you use your city name with the words 2025 election after it. Also do the same for your county and your state. Or you can checkout the article I linked for different instructions on how to find information about your local election.

Also please search for information on the primaries, these are very important because they will determine who is going to be on the ballot come election day. It could be the difference between a win or a lose in the election.

I know I'm going to be phone banking and knocking on doors. If you're going to do that may I suggest telling your friends that you're doing it and asking that they join you?

In addition when you find out information about your local election be sure to share that info with anyone like-minded and tell those people to pass the information on farther. You can post on local social media groups, make posters and signs, do whatever you can to spread awareness.

Let's make 2025 blue! We can do it together, when we unite we are strong!

I'm sure everyone knows what's at stake already but just to quickly recap the following might happen when Trump takes office.

• No more free and fair elections.
• Trump may abuse his presidential immunity and order hits on his opponents
• Weaponize the government against political opponents
• Raise food prices and harm the economy
• Create a humanitarian crisis by deporting so many people
• His appointees such as Tulsi Gabbard may give our secrets to Russia.

And so much more

Yet it seems like top Democrats in office are hardly doing anything about this. I feel they have abandoned us and gave up. My list isn't even everything that could happen yet with all those bad things I'm so frustrated they don't realize what's at stake. Please I really beg of you to contact anyone you can and urge them to realize what's at stake here.

Please see this link for helpful instructions on how to contact the President and Congressional members: https://guides.lib.berkeley.edu/ContactingOfficials/President