Jump to content

berlinerbaer

Legacy Members
  • Posts

    825
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Everything posted by berlinerbaer

  1. I heard 11 million. No idea where that comes from. Our local protest swelled from about 300 in April to over 1000 yesterday, and I think we were around 3 million nationally for Hands Off.
  2. This was a real shot in the arm today and just what we all needed to get through the next few weeks of bullshit. Look to get involved elsewhere too. It really helps keep the anxiety at bay. Even the voicemails I leave Cornyn's office make me feel better afterward. We had our dozen dipshits. Overall I give everyone an A for dealing with them, like the group of 30-something women all making the sign with the thumb and index finger held an inch apart. The best was the young lady totally decked out in the colors of The Left: black, gray, and dark olive, holding a beautiful illustration of Hitler shooting himself with the phrase "FOLLOW THE LEADER". She just walks coolly past them with the sign held up like a ring girl, and ho lee fuk did it set one of those assholes off. He followed her jawing and she just blew him off. It was great. Only one of the dumbasses brought a sign, written in ball point pen on a folded grocery bag smaller than a regulation 8.5 x 11. Seriously. I walked over kind of close and gave an exaggerated squint. I don't think he caught on. I am delighted there were so many protests out in the burbs and small towns. That is how we bring attention of this idiocy to people's doorstep. We need the cities to turn out, but kudos to all organizers of the smaller events. Five out of five stars, would do again
  3. 1000 people at Sugar Land City Hall, despite the threat of rain.
  4. I saw a great one from maybe a protest in his first term that was like "can't we just skip ahead to the part where he shoots himself in a bunker?"
  5. A quick word about the cops. The majority, if not all of the "official" protests organized by Indivisible/50-50-1 were planned in conjunction with local police. The cops will be there and that should surprise nobody. This was confirmed to me by our local Indivisible chapter. They won't need to enforce anything unless outside agitators show up. National guard and the jarheads are another matter, but they are too few to be anywhere other than the big downtowns. Go home when the event officially ends, and we have a responsibility to police our own side. If we get the turnout I'm expecting, and we keep things civil, we will win over a lot of folks on the sidelines. Take a page from 1969 and try to dress up a bit. Leave the black hoodies at home. I'll be tucking my polo shirt into my shorts. You'd think I'm a (tanned) English tourist.
  6. Only because fuckfaces like Elon have 400,000,000 all to themselves Jesus, I forgot 3 zeros
  7. We knew but weren't involved and also didn't give approval. Trump has to be pissed Israel blew up the deal, but I don't think a deal was likely anyway. Not with this clown crew running things. Trump pissed Bibi off a few weeks ago when he wouldn't agree to having US forces help in an attack on Iran. I believe this was Bibi giving him the finger. Any distance put between us and Israel is good. Fuck AIPAC.
  8. We'll be getting feisty in the 77479 I got you
  9. You do realize those peaceful protests were incredibly effective against the Administration that was in office at the time.
  10. This is lunacy. The resistance now needs to be leaderless, organic, and grassroots. That will make it credible. That’s how it will actually make republicans think twice, give Democratic politicians a spine, and get everyone else off the sidelines. It should at least have the veneer of non-partisanship. Besides, if arresting politicians is now a thing, there’s no reason to put all our eggs in one basket. In any case. There are leaders (plural) if you look for them. Go to your nearest no kings rally and find out who your local leaders are.
  11. He's playing the martial law card only 140 days into the job. He's all out of ideas. It won't work. Not against 5+ million people in 1800+ locations this Saturday. Smh at some of you fretting over TACO. Subjecting wannabe dictators to scorn and ridicule is how you take them down. Kilmar's back home, Elmo left a mark, The Republicans can't agree on their bill, veterans are rallying, and Ukraine showed they do have the cards. I mean, Kilmar is back home. I thought that wasn't supposed to happen. Fuck this loser.
  12. We're getting there. We need to follow Organized Labor's lead with that one. Until then, get yourself to a demonstration. The No Kings rallies are going to be BIG this Saturday. Already 1800 are planned nationwide. For comparison, the Hands Off protests had 1500 locations. My burb had 300 show up to a random library back then. This go around, it'll be in the busiest commercial center in the city. Other events across the country are similarly leveling up. I won't be surprised if 10 million show up in total. Don't miss out. Bring a sign that's Surly worthy.
  13. Gavin Newsom is ready to be let back in from the cold
  14. Worth keeping in mind this is happening only 1-2 days after the administration took an L with Kilmar coming home
  15. Fuck Trump. 6/14 can't get here soon enough.
  16. Probably FL rep Jared Moskowotz. Kinda centrist but really good with the socials and always putting on a good show on the House floor.
  17. Dude, the Dems ended up winning the presidency the last time they had a free-for-all primary in 2020. Please God, no more coronations. I think the notion that competitive primaries end up hurting the party, either party, in the general election is true only if campaign funds are limited, which will never ever again be an issue for the Presidency.
  18. I don’t care how he tries to spin this. If Garcia goes home, this is Trump caving, again. Let’s take the win. Donald is no dictator.
  19. Good news, but damn Trump is such a pussy.
  20. Seriously, we all need a pad of these. Simple message, spread everywhere.
  21. The Dow is still down like 3000 since his inauguration.
  22. This actually shouldn't be hard. Growing a spine would be a really good start. The shift to the right from 2020 to 2024 in the swing states was only 3-4 points compared to 6-8 points in the rest of the country. That doesn't even hint rigged to me.
  23. I attended our local Hands Off protest this afternoon. 200+ people gathered in front of a library with guest speakers and even a couple of F-bombs. It was downright rowdy by Sugar Land standards. I only wish they chose a place with more visibility.
  24. That poll just saved American democracy.
  25. Were tariffs against Mexico and Canada announced today? I don't see them listed in the stupid charts.
×
×
  • Create New...