WHY is it so many people are wringing their hands at Democratic Members of Congress blaming them for not standing up to Trump?
I mean, if it's to be, it's up to someone else, right?
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Is Trump really SOMEONE ELSE's PROBLEM?
Ask THIS instead: is Trump MY problem? You're damn right he is.
Ask THIS next: what am I going to do about it?
Well, WHAT are YOU gonna do about it????? Cower in fear because Trump talks tough? Sure he does. UNTIL the (female) president of Mexico stands up to him.
Perhaps start HERE...
Perhaps start HERE...
Who owns the problem?
I own it. Do you? WE the PEOPLE do.
What ya gonna do about it?
Are you going to wait until it's your turn to fly across the country to worry about MUSK firing Air Traffic Controllers?
Are you going to wait until your monthly Social Security benefit payment doesn't show up in your bank account before you complain about Musk closing half of the country's Social Security offices? Do you have medical bills? Do you have a home mortgage?
Are you going to wait until MUSK fires more than half of the VA medical center licensed medical professionals before you decide it IS your problem?
Are you going to wait until MUSK sells off all of the federal courthouses before you take a stand and demand WE fire MUSK... AND Trump? What do they do in federal courtrooms anyway? Ask Glenn Kirschner, retired career federal prosecutor. As I understand, they go after mobsters, murderers, big time fraudsters and more. Have you never been conned? I have.
Are you going to wait until... do you get it yet? When are you going to realize he's coming for YOUR freedoms, or YOUR federal highways, or whatever YOU depend on federal government funding to make sure your family is safe? They fully intend to take the American economy back to the FIRST gilded age when there was NO safety net and the richest ONE percent could do every damn thing they wanted to do.
EVERY single bullshit claim Trump made in The Trump Show on Tuesday night was about shutting down safety net protections and/or American infrastructure.
A friend who is a long time peace activist sent me a meme this evening calling for shutting down Guantanamo.
It immediately occurred to me that as important as that should and could be, it's secondary or tertiary or lower priority than shutting down MUSK and Trump.
Many events on Friday this week are calling for SUFS... stand up for science.
In my community, demonstrations are scheduled for SUNY Geneseo and RIT (Rochester Institute of Technology.
I hope they are well attended and get earned media coverage.
Ultimately, when such NONVIOLENT struggle movements take on the disruptive power and widespread participation like Greta Thunberg's school strikes for Climate Action did, we will be able to... well, I have my vision set on no less than the collapse of the Trump/Musk regime.
I hope they are well attended and get earned media coverage.
Ultimately, when such NONVIOLENT struggle movements take on the disruptive power and widespread participation like Greta Thunberg's school strikes for Climate Action did, we will be able to... well, I have my vision set on no less than the collapse of the Trump/Musk regime.
Can it happen? Hell YES it can happen.
Remember this: EVERY single damn time he's confronted boldly, Trump backs down.
Who are WE THE PEOPLE? I am one of them (US). I own the problem. Do you? Don't hope Democratic lawmakers who already have more on their plates than they know what to do about do it for you.
Here's something EASY to do to get started. Before next Tuesday, do this
Flood the zone. HE ALWAYS backs down when confronted boldly. It's more than just you. It's more than just me. How quickly do you think he'll back down from his fictitious "mandate" (or is that a MAN date with Elon)? If he gets 1,000,000 post cards? What about 50 or 60 million?
Here's the playbook.
