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Anonymous wrote:Very curious to see what the turnout will be. Since the last one, two American citizens were executed by ICE, Trump has begun a war in the Middle East, sent the economy into a tailspin and so much more.

Need 12 million people to reach the 3.5% at which change is effected.

June 2025 was about 4 to 6 million and October was 5 to 7 million.

That 3.5% threshold is just a magical theory. It does not have any basis in reality. You can cherry pick all sorts of conclusions based upon selective interpretations of data. This is threshold is not a scientific law of nature and it should be treated with skepticism.

It’s a theory for sure. Not sure why you say it’s magical though. The point is that once a large enough percentage of the population objects, then those in power take notice and tend to adjust accordingly.

It’s not unreasonable to expect that Congress will realize that Trump is not the only master and that Americans want the constitution to be adhered to.

Which really shouldn’t even be something any American needs to protest for. But here we are.

That's not actually the theory though. The theory is in regard to participation in a general strike. Getting 3.5% of Americans to show up to a park to scream into the void will not inspire Congress to suddenly give AF.

Whereas getting 3.5% of Americans to stop spending money and showing up to work would bring the country and the economy to a halt. THAT is what would make Congress possibly start doing their jobs.

Poster protests do not scare those in power. An economic stoppage would. But Americans are a selfish and cowardly people. Posters give boomer white women the feeling of activism without having to actually do something of consequence.

And your snarking on the internet does even less. The rest of us will be out there trying to do something.

My snarking will have literally the same affect—none at all. Yours is worse because you'll tell yourself you did something rather than, you know, actually doing something.

IDK why folks think that these protests are one-off events. You bring folks in, you build support, you organize to take actions between the protests, etc. It's clear many of you are neither familiar with history or have taken action to create change, whether in your community, state, or national level.

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I agree an economic strike is more effective. Isn't there one scheduled on April 30 through May 1?

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Anonymous wrote:I agree an economic strike is more effective. Isn't there one scheduled on April 30 through May 1?

Is there? Not seen anything about that.

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Anonymous wrote:Very curious to see what the turnout will be. Since the last one, two American citizens were executed by ICE, Trump has begun a war in the Middle East, sent the economy into a tailspin and so much more.

Need 12 million people to reach the 3.5% at which change is effected.

June 2025 was about 4 to 6 million and October was 5 to 7 million.

That 3.5% threshold is just a magical theory. It does not have any basis in reality. You can cherry pick all sorts of conclusions based upon selective interpretations of data. This is threshold is not a scientific law of nature and it should be treated with skepticism.

It’s a theory for sure. Not sure why you say it’s magical though. The point is that once a large enough percentage of the population objects, then those in power take notice and tend to adjust accordingly.

It’s not unreasonable to expect that Congress will realize that Trump is not the only master and that Americans want the constitution to be adhered to.

Which really shouldn’t even be something any American needs to protest for. But here we are.

That's not actually the theory though. The theory is in regard to participation in a general strike. Getting 3.5% of Americans to show up to a park to scream into the void will not inspire Congress to suddenly give AF.

Whereas getting 3.5% of Americans to stop spending money and showing up to work would bring the country and the economy to a halt. THAT is what would make Congress possibly start doing their jobs.

Poster protests do not scare those in power. An economic stoppage would. But Americans are a selfish and cowardly people. Posters give boomer white women the feeling of activism without having to actually do something of consequence.

And your snarking on the internet does even less. The rest of us will be out there trying to do something.

My snarking will have literally the same affect—none at all. Yours is worse because you'll tell yourself you did something rather than, you know, actually doing something.

IDK why folks think that these protests are one-off events. You bring folks in, you build support, you organize to take actions between the protests, etc. It's clear many of you are neither familiar with history or have taken action to create change, whether in your community, state, or national level.

What action have you taken as a result of attending these protests? Because from my view, most people think these protests ARE the action, and it frustrates me and makes these protests look silly. No one in Congress is moved by your posters. They will go in to their next session and do exactly as they already were. If us simply being mad mattered, we wouldn't be here.

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Anonymous wrote:Very curious to see what the turnout will be. Since the last one, two American citizens were executed by ICE, Trump has begun a war in the Middle East, sent the economy into a tailspin and so much more.

Need 12 million people to reach the 3.5% at which change is effected.

June 2025 was about 4 to 6 million and October was 5 to 7 million.

That 3.5% threshold is just a magical theory. It does not have any basis in reality. You can cherry pick all sorts of conclusions based upon selective interpretations of data. This is threshold is not a scientific law of nature and it should be treated with skepticism.

It’s a theory for sure. Not sure why you say it’s magical though. The point is that once a large enough percentage of the population objects, then those in power take notice and tend to adjust accordingly.

It’s not unreasonable to expect that Congress will realize that Trump is not the only master and that Americans want the constitution to be adhered to.

Which really shouldn’t even be something any American needs to protest for. But here we are.

That's not actually the theory though. The theory is in regard to participation in a general strike. Getting 3.5% of Americans to show up to a park to scream into the void will not inspire Congress to suddenly give AF.

Whereas getting 3.5% of Americans to stop spending money and showing up to work would bring the country and the economy to a halt. THAT is what would make Congress possibly start doing their jobs.

Poster protests do not scare those in power. An economic stoppage would. But Americans are a selfish and cowardly people. Posters give boomer white women the feeling of activism without having to actually do something of consequence.

And your snarking on the internet does even less. The rest of us will be out there trying to do something.

My snarking will have literally the same affect—none at all. Yours is worse because you'll tell yourself you did something rather than, you know, actually doing something.

IDK why folks think that these protests are one-off events. You bring folks in, you build support, you organize to take actions between the protests, etc. It's clear many of you are neither familiar with history or have taken action to create change, whether in your community, state, or national level.

What action have you taken as a result of attending these protests? Because from my view, most people think these protests ARE the action, and it frustrates me and makes these protests look silly. No one in Congress is moved by your posters. They will go in to their next session and do exactly as they already were. If us simply being mad mattered, we wouldn't be here.

Trump seemed moved by Iran protests. I expect he is less moved by US protests, but it makes an impression.

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Anonymous wrote:I agree an economic strike is more effective. Isn't there one scheduled on April 30 through May 1?

Economic strikes never work, people are addicted to their conveniences.

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With the use of devices and video games, attention span of humans has reduced by a whole lot. People were against Trump during the end of his first term due to covid, economy and many other reasons. They forgot all about it in just 3.5 years and voted for him again. I think whatever is going on will be easily forgotten one day.

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I'm in a very, very red state. Although polling indicates 30% of people consider themselves liberal/democrat we have a legislature that is 90% GOP. Most of the counties are rural and the urban (modestly urban) areas have been gerrymandered on the state level (1 congressman). We've had solid Dems in Congress in the past, but not anymore.

But the GOP seems to be flailing. District level meetings are making news when extremists try to take over the meeting (literally, grabbing the mike and demanding motions be heard when bylaws are not permitting motions to be presented at that time). At a special legislative session a state rep said he wants to know why nobody is looking into colonoscopies because he knows people who have had them and then they end up with medical problems.

But the interesting thing is that state and federal election finance reports how Dems are beating GOP in fundraising. Planting season is soon upon us and the Iran war has caused fuel and fertilizer prices to jump again. The farm bailout money has been disbursed and spent.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm in a very, very red state. Although polling indicates 30% of people consider themselves liberal/democrat we have a legislature that is 90% GOP. Most of the counties are rural and the urban (modestly urban) areas have been gerrymandered on the state level (1 congressman). We've had solid Dems in Congress in the past, but not anymore.

But the GOP seems to be flailing. District level meetings are making news when extremists try to take over the meeting (literally, grabbing the mike and demanding motions be heard when bylaws are not permitting motions to be presented at that time). At a special legislative session a state rep said he wants to know why nobody is looking into colonoscopies because he knows people who have had them and then they end up with medical problems.

But the interesting thing is that state and federal election finance reports how Dems are beating GOP in fundraising. Planting season is soon upon us and the Iran war has caused fuel and fertilizer prices to jump again. The farm bailout money has been disbursed and spent.

Thank you for this info. Would be great if media would cover stories like this. Did not realize that the fertilizer cost was a significant current issue.

[Anonymous]

No King rallies lack diversity.

No Kings organizers need to address their insularity and lack of solidarity for minorities if they want to be a viable political group.

Until then, it’s just a bunch of limousine liberals.

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Anonymous wrote:Very curious to see what the turnout will be. Since the last one, two American citizens were executed by ICE, Trump has begun a war in the Middle East, sent the economy into a tailspin and so much more.

Need 12 million people to reach the 3.5% at which change is effected.

June 2025 was about 4 to 6 million and October was 5 to 7 million.

That 3.5% threshold is just a magical theory. It does not have any basis in reality. You can cherry pick all sorts of conclusions based upon selective interpretations of data. This is threshold is not a scientific law of nature and it should be treated with skepticism.

It’s a theory for sure. Not sure why you say it’s magical though. The point is that once a large enough percentage of the population objects, then those in power take notice and tend to adjust accordingly.

It’s not unreasonable to expect that Congress will realize that Trump is not the only master and that Americans want the constitution to be adhered to.

Which really shouldn’t even be something any American needs to protest for. But here we are.

That's not actually the theory though. The theory is in regard to participation in a general strike. Getting 3.5% of Americans to show up to a park to scream into the void will not inspire Congress to suddenly give AF.

Whereas getting 3.5% of Americans to stop spending money and showing up to work would bring the country and the economy to a halt. THAT is what would make Congress possibly start doing their jobs.

Poster protests do not scare those in power. An economic stoppage would. But Americans are a selfish and cowardly people. Posters give boomer white women the feeling of activism without having to actually do something of consequence.

And your snarking on the internet does even less. The rest of us will be out there trying to do something.

My snarking will have literally the same affect—none at all. Yours is worse because you'll tell yourself you did something rather than, you know, actually doing something.

IDK why folks think that these protests are one-off events. You bring folks in, you build support, you organize to take actions between the protests, etc. It's clear many of you are neither familiar with history or have taken action to create change, whether in your community, state, or national level.

What action have you taken as a result of attending these protests? Because from my view, most people think these protests ARE the action, and it frustrates me and makes these protests look silly. No one in Congress is moved by your posters. They will go in to their next session and do exactly as they already were. If us simply being mad mattered, we wouldn't be here.

Where I'm at Indivisible meets every two weeks, there are daily scheduled protests, but people are also going to legislators' offices, showing up at Dem offices to do volunteer work, using the 5 calls app, donating money and food to immigrants, when people lost food stamps, to help support resistance lawyers. They are also hitting city council meetings and school board meetings. Self-organized task groups are pulling together info on internet privacy concerns related to age verification proposals in state legislatures, on data centers, on other local issues.


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[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Very curious to see what the turnout will be. Since the last one, two American citizens were executed by ICE, Trump has begun a war in the Middle East, sent the economy into a tailspin and so much more.

Need 12 million people to reach the 3.5% at which change is effected.

June 2025 was about 4 to 6 million and October was 5 to 7 million.

The real tell will be where these protests are. It’s not enough for big blue cities, but I suspect we’ll see a lot more protests in red states/areas. Organizers are hoping for 11mil. There’s not going to be a huge event in DC though which is fine by me. I want to see them in Texas, Iowa, North Carolina, Florida and Alaska.

Those places had protests already! The best place to see them is on Threads. I went to the first one on The Villages and it was easily 5K+ people (and 5K+ golf carts). It was featured on the main Dem IG account.

PP. yes, I know they had protests in June. It’s how much bigger and /or newer locations.

Yes, you did say that: “I want to see them in Texas, Iowa, North Carolina, Florida and Alaska.”

Stop this changing the goalposts and handwringing. If you want to see more people out, in redder areas, be the change!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nothing screams 'power to the people' like a crowd where the people are mostly… one people.

White women stupidly elected a conman felon.

White people need to clean up their mess.

Black women can rightfully put their feet up.

—white woman who understood the assignment and is giving a side-eye to her very disappointing fellow GenX

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Very curious to see what the turnout will be. Since the last one, two American citizens were executed by ICE, Trump has begun a war in the Middle East, sent the economy into a tailspin and so much more.

Need 12 million people to reach the 3.5% at which change is effected.

June 2025 was about 4 to 6 million and October was 5 to 7 million.

That 3.5% threshold is just a magical theory. It does not have any basis in reality. You can cherry pick all sorts of conclusions based upon selective interpretations of data. This is threshold is not a scientific law of nature and it should be treated with skepticism.

It’s a theory for sure. Not sure why you say it’s magical though. The point is that once a large enough percentage of the population objects, then those in power take notice and tend to adjust accordingly.

It’s not unreasonable to expect that Congress will realize that Trump is not the only master and that Americans want the constitution to be adhered to.

Which really shouldn’t even be something any American needs to protest for. But here we are.

That's not actually the theory though. The theory is in regard to participation in a general strike. Getting 3.5% of Americans to show up to a park to scream into the void will not inspire Congress to suddenly give AF.

Whereas getting 3.5% of Americans to stop spending money and showing up to work would bring the country and the economy to a halt. THAT is what would make Congress possibly start doing their jobs.

Poster protests do not scare those in power. An economic stoppage would. But Americans are a selfish and cowardly people. Posters give boomer white women the feeling of activism without having to actually do something of consequence.

You’re being a tad condescending. And the demographics of participants is surprisingly broad.

A general strike would definitely be more effective than just a march and it would have to be sustained over a period of time. Agree completely that that feels unlikely right now.

But would still suggest that the people who go out to protest will also definitely go out to vote and organize to GOTV more broadly. Congress can’t completely ignore that reality. The GOP is already starting to freak out about the midterms.

I believe there will be calls for some form of strike around the protest. We first need to build up numbers. If we can’t hit close to 3 1/2% to attend a one day protest, we’re not ready for a strike. But you can start today by going to www.resistandunsubscribe.com

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I'm protesting. It's my right. I went to #1 and #2, and I'll be at every No Kings until this illegality ends.