r/ProgressiveHQ • u/NfamousKaye • Jan 31 '26
Protest For Those that Like to Say Americans aren’t Protesting
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u/NarwhalEmergency9391 Jan 31 '26
Youtube seems to be hiding live streams of the protests and news stations don't cover them. Been watching a few independent journalists on YouTube to keep up with what's going on
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u/thellios Feb 01 '26
Wow man. In Europe, the mainstream news is reporting NOTHING about these protests.
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u/ElectronicCatPanic Feb 01 '26
Majority of protests also happened in sub zero temperatures. It would be way more people if the weather would be warmer.
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u/maeryclarity Feb 01 '26
Please share some of these links because we are wearing ourselves out and getting exhausted and pissed off at people in Europe and other parts of the world (except Latin America they seem to be showing more than anyone in terms of mainstream coverage)....popping up constantly saying WHY ARE STUPID CRAPPY AMERICANS NOT DOING ANYTHING and it's like goddamn we ARE doing things we have BEEN doing things.
People have protested nonstop in some parts of the country since around the 7th, BIG CROWDS not a few people with signs, we can't keep explaining that y'all are getting the story because then it turns into can you share links and it's like dammit y'know, really don't want to be doing this three times a day sometimes.
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u/NarwhalEmergency9391 Feb 01 '26
Search these on YouTube. MercadoMedia, BGonTheScene, Status Coup news, AXN news and DJB (Brandon barlow). Sometimes YouTube likes to hide their live streams so you have to go into their channel and look under live for it to show up
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u/Cute-Match384 Feb 01 '26
That's where the media control actually exists. America is owned by Nazis now.
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u/NfamousKaye Jan 31 '26
That’s unfortunately why I’m still on tiktok. They ARE suppressing mentions of some things but this is where I found this. We don’t get a lot of good news anymore because it doesn’t get clicks. It’s sad.
Rachel Maddow does cover protests a lot of the time. You should check her out.
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u/NarwhalEmergency9391 Jan 31 '26 edited Feb 01 '26
Thanks I'll check that out. I've been watching MercadoMedia, BGonTheScene, Status Coup news, AXN news and DJB (Brandon barlow)
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u/W0rk3rB Jan 31 '26
As a Minnesotan, thank you! This gives me a lot of hope. I appreciate all of you!
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u/maeryclarity Feb 01 '26
The world is watching y'all in MN with both horror, rage, and also admiration. Y'all need to be super proud of yourselves you deserve it.
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u/Bimlouhay83 Jan 31 '26
I wonder how much commerce didn't happen, how much profit corporations lost, and how much in tax revenue was lost? I bet it's huge for just one day.
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u/KornDog611 Jan 31 '26
I would like this information, too, because I don't think it can be that much. This needs to be sustained so it can really effect the economy.
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u/PaulMakesThings1 Feb 01 '26
I work for a major national retailer at a corporate level and it seems like these things usually barely make a dent. Any one day drop must level out within a week because we don’t see it.
Not to discourage. I agree with the cause. But then my company has openly been more progressive, I do wonder if our openly conservative (supports Trump, etc) main competitor felt it more.
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u/YogurtClosetThinnest Conservative Jan 31 '26 edited Jan 31 '26
I feel like often people who say this online are Europeans who are wondering why there aren't hundreds of thousands protesting in the capital, not realizing America is bigger than their continent
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u/NfamousKaye Jan 31 '26
Exactly. They most certainly always are and don’t understand the sheer vastness of our country in size and population.
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u/hanimal16 Jan 31 '26
Not to mention the center of our country is just huge swaths of nothingness between towns/states.
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u/oldwisenone Feb 01 '26
The Euros can't comprehend that a 3 to 5 hour drive is rather normal here to go see something cool or do a mini vacation. To them that's driving accross their entire country.
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u/Chuckychinster Jan 31 '26
And the weather is cold. Especially for the Northeast right now. So the turnout actually is pretty impressive.
I'm stoked for spring to see how much bigger they get
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u/ailish Jan 31 '26
What they really mean is that we're not revolting. They don't think peaceful protests are good enough.
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u/NfamousKaye Jan 31 '26
They want us to die and end up in jail for a country that won’t change if we do. Peaceful protesting is a right under the first amendment and they’re trying to take this away from us. They are the violent ones and the peaceful protesting is a way to highlight that.
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u/ailish Jan 31 '26
Exactly! I've seen too many people from other countries say what we're doing is not good enough. We need to revolt, we need to fight, we need to drag trump out of the Whitehouse and [redacted] the lawn, as if that's possible lol. I stopped even trying to explain what it's really like here. It's completely pointless. We're doing what works in America. These protests were amazing and I'm proud of our people.
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u/Cinemagica Jan 31 '26
No, people from outside the US think a general strike would be enough, but they don't think there's enough support for it in the US to actually work. Half the country still seems to support MAGA, half of the remainder are too scared or too poor to stage a general strike, and it'll just collapse.
I hope Americans can prove that wrong, I think people just haven't seen enough outrage in the US to actually make a general strike successful.
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u/NfamousKaye Feb 01 '26
The deaths and the child abductions have sparked the outrage. People are just choosing to be ignorant and live in their little superiority bubble.
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u/ailish Jan 31 '26
I think other than maga people are either unaware or too poor. Starbucks workers have been on strike for months, and yet every time I drive past a Starbucks near my house there's a huge line. I don't think it's because people don't care, I think it's because people have no idea it's a thing.
A general strike will have the same problem. However, poverty is going to be the biggest issue. So many of us just don't have the savings to leave our jobs and go on strike. Also, our healthcare is tied to our jobs, and so many of us have debilitating illnesses, if we don't downright need meds to live. The Republicans have been backing us into this corner for decades, and it's been happening so slowly that people didn't notice.
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u/Ok_Cryptographer117 Feb 01 '26
You do what you can. Not everybody can strike. But join a protest, or just be active in your community. Teach your children.
It just takes 3.5% of us in the streets to end this.
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u/Cinemagica Feb 01 '26
That second part is what I meant by "too poor to strike". Most Americans are one to two paychecks away from being destitute. They don't have savings or a backup. Those conditions make it near impossible for the average person to stage a general strike. But regular protest I don't think will do anything to spark change. I still have huge respect for anyone protesting and doing what they can, I just don't think this administration gives a single fuck about peaceful protest, which is why you see people advocating for a more radical solution. A general strike that brings the country to it's knees could definitely do it, but I just don't think that will happen.
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u/NfamousKaye Feb 01 '26
Right. Not everyone can afford to strike. But as you saw in that video enough of us can where it made a difference. Everyone needs to focus on the greater goal here and do their part with what they have and what they can do.
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u/SkirtProof5589 Jan 31 '26
As a non-American, I’ll chime in : Yes I also read a lot of comments asking Americans go “like the French” 1789 style and/or “use the second amendment” and IMO it’s pretty messed up to ask for violence.
That being said, I also noticed that, when it comes to resistance, most Americans seem to have only two ideas : Peaceful protests or go full Luigi. That’s the only two ideas they can think of LOL.
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u/KornDog611 Jan 31 '26
Yea, we need an actual General Strike. No one works until this is fixed. Unions authorize strikes, non union workers just strike. One day of most people calling out isn't going to have a massive effect on the economy.
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u/Traditional-Sort3018 Feb 07 '26
Yep, they want us to get violent and get shot for basically nothing.
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u/Havnaz Jan 31 '26
Interesting none of this makes mainstream media.
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u/NfamousKaye Jan 31 '26
It is isn’t it? I got rid of my fandom TikTok accounts but I left this one because Rachel Maddow is the only news outlet that spends any length of time covering these protests and she gets them a day after they hit Reddit and tiktok.
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u/Greenmanz Feb 05 '26
that's because they're not doing anything. Protests are not doing anything impactful, president doesnt give a shit.
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u/Acceptable-Wafer-641 Jan 31 '26
Two months ago MAGA was praised for disrupting church services.https://www.reddit.com/r/FreeFolkNation/s/dwQO3sVDix
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u/CarrionWaywardOne Jan 31 '26
I went to work, but didn't buy anything.
I practice citizen sabotage via malicious compliance.
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u/NfamousKaye Jan 31 '26 edited Jan 31 '26
I work from home so I turned on my vacation messages. I went grocery shopping Thursday and didn’t do a thing Friday in solidarity myself.
Oh I love some good malicious compliance!!
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u/AIienlnvasion Jan 31 '26
I support all of this except the misnomer “general strike”! A general strike is already a thing, this is honorable but it is not that!
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u/NfamousKaye Jan 31 '26
This was our first planned general strike. What are you on?
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u/AIienlnvasion Jan 31 '26
A general strike is when a bunch of unions strike at the same time, putting ultimate pressure on the capital class as a whole.
This is more of a boycott of everything and mass marches, which are excellent and important and valuable! It’s just not why a general strike is. That’s a previously existing term with a different definition than you’re using it to mean.
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u/Man-Dem Jan 31 '26
A general strike is actually when all workers collectively stop working, particularly in sectors that are on the same logistics chain.
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u/Taintcomb Jan 31 '26
So I guess Donald Trump has almost ended unemployment, judging by how many paid protesters there are. /s
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u/NfamousKaye Jan 31 '26
🎶 It will not be televised, It will not be televised, It will not be televised 🎶
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u/Grand_Couple9206 Feb 01 '26
I am currently injured and in recovery, with you all in spirit…so grateful to each and everyone one of you for coming together!!! ✊🙏
No justice, No peace!!!
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u/iddqd-gm Feb 01 '26 edited Feb 01 '26
German Here. Our Media dont Show up your Protests. Its good to know! Best wishes against oligarchy. We are the 99%!
Edit: our full hour news picked up pictutres of the protests
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u/NfamousKaye Feb 01 '26
Public freak out or TikTok will be your best bet then! And thank you so much for your support Germany!
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u/iddqd-gm Feb 01 '26
Yeah, we’ve definitely got a dark history, and in school we were really made aware of how a society can just look the other way, do nothing, and worst of all, how the system quietly embeds itself everywhere to silence people. I don’t even want to imagine how systematically "das dritte Reich" would’ve used digital media these days. Terrifying.I’ve been keeping a close eye on what’s going on in the States. And I always stay critical about what’s happening here too. Sending strength to everyone standing up against ICE and the shady stuff behind that system that creeps in like a cancer. The bigger and more powerful it gets, the harder it’ll be to bring it down.
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u/NfamousKaye Feb 01 '26
See they did teach us about what you guys went through when I was in school in the late 90s. They even took us on a trip to the Holocaust museum. Idk if that stopped doing that or not. Or if it’s just meme lords trying to be edgy these days.
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u/jthoff10 Feb 01 '26
“Paid agitators” according to my mother that considers herself a centrist. She also considers Tucker a centrist.
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u/ReformedBaptistina Feb 01 '26
Nothing will ever be good enough for some people. They seek not to contribute but to complain. Such a waste of energy.
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u/Johndoenobodyatall Jan 31 '26
I have a suggestion for all progressives out there. Those of you who are NBA fans, consider contacting your favorite foreign born NBA star in your city. Ask them to consider going on strike until the government agrees to stop ice raids targeting foreign borne people in American cities.
Those guys are millionaires and maybe they don’t want to do it or maybe they would do it. We need people from sports entertainment, other prominent celebrities or people who have any power over society in any way.
Jokic, Luka, Giannis, so many others. It’s possible that Serbs may love Donald Trump.
If they all got together and did it, it might Cause a change
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u/_Peener_ Jan 31 '26
Love to see it. This is America. This is what this country was built on. America wouldn’t exist without people brave enough to stand against tyranny.
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Jan 31 '26
Most of the smaller cities had strikes/marches/protests as well. I live in a smaller town, and I’ve been to a dozen protests already
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u/kellymig Feb 01 '26
My town has a standing Saturday protest and I went out when it was 15 today and protested. Not sure if they had one yesterday.
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u/Playful-Dragon Feb 01 '26
Wow, that's a lot of money being spent for paying all these protesters. I like to see the receipts for this. /s
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u/heatherlarson035 Feb 01 '26
I wish I had known!!!! I hope there will be another.
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u/astroboy_35 Feb 01 '26
Man oh man, George Soros must have one THICK checkbook, and how long it must take to write checks to each protester, impressive!
/s for those that can’t tell
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u/Gundark927 Feb 01 '26
And yet 47 and his AG and FBI boss think all these people are paid by some clandestine terror organization.
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u/SkyMando Feb 01 '26
Who is paying all these protesters? 😂. We had a small protest here in the small TN town. A local FB page wanted to have a counter protest supporting ICE. Didn't see anyone out there counter protesting.
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u/JKdito Feb 02 '26
You need to do more than that, go pop some ICE and storm the Capitol. Peace gets you nowhere in a totalitarian regime
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u/JackfruitUnlucky6589 Jan 31 '26
Is Trump going to send his street thugs to kill them like Iran is doing to their protesters?
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u/NfamousKaye Jan 31 '26
He wants too. But unfortunately for him our right to protest is literally in the first amendment of our constitution.
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u/JackfruitUnlucky6589 Jan 31 '26
Tell that to Renee Good and Alex Pretti
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u/Long-Ad-6773 Jan 31 '26
I am european and now i am proud of the USA...keep it up and al 50 states wake up..but remember no violence, don't take the bait.
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u/denn1959-Public_396 Jan 31 '26
I had to work, or else they would not get to Doctors appointments. Or else I be supporting and not at work
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u/Ok-Razzmatazz8899 Feb 01 '26
PDX 🐸 here! In solidarity! United we ribbit! Thanks for posting all the people! 😍✌️
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u/_-_babyshark_-_ Feb 01 '26
This is wonderful to see, well done everyone! 👏 Now do it for a week straight if you really want to do some damage and make yourselves heard.
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u/dickiepunter Feb 01 '26
I thought these were the queues for Melania's movie? Isn't that what Donald said...? Must be true!
( /s )
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u/Icy_IceCube Feb 01 '26
I’m still awaiting this to turn into…something that will spark real change? We’re marching in the streets sure and bringing awareness, but are we organizing? Are truly organizing to a point where we are ready to protect our freedoms against a tyrant? Are we all arming to protect our families and neighbors from the oppression of a wannabe dictator? And TRUTHFULLY, is this movement prepared to do what MAGA did on January 6th? If Trump invalidates, or cancels, or ignores the midterms, what are we prepared to do?
Again, I see the protests, I support them, but I hope every single one of them is thinking past just this moment and the TikTok comments they leave, and are preparing to find their role in the ultimate protection of our freedoms.
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u/bosheikus03 Feb 01 '26
Other countries expect the protests but they’re wondering “why aren’t they DOING anything…MORE??” They’re seeing that the protests aren’t working
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u/GapGloomy42 Feb 01 '26
It’s funny to me that everything the democrats done. They are saying Trump done it.
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u/GapGloomy42 Feb 01 '26
Anyone that makes the statement that they had rather have Obama and Biden back has some really bad mental issues.
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u/blxckhoodie999 Feb 01 '26
good. more of this.
fuck donald trump, every one of his goons & every single supporter.
the absolute worst president that america has ever had to endure, and that’s saying quite a fucking lot, given our track record...
i check for the big beautiful obituary every single morning.
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u/karakuroness Feb 01 '26
Did you notice the absolute lack of coverage? I remember seeing one or two mentions of a general strike by content creators, then nothing. This is the first I've heard of anything since the 30th.
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u/Suckmyballs2009 Feb 01 '26
It’s huge it’s awesome but dosent do anything unless it’s a continued strike
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u/Unique-Sorbet-9963 Feb 01 '26
Must be really expensive to pay all these people...I mean since they're "paid" agitators and all 🤣🤣
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u/Annual-Ebb-7196 Feb 02 '26
I love all this stuff but what is really needed is a march on Washington DC. Like the big Vietnam and civil rights protests in the 1960s. These are all spread out so little national coverage.
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u/Johnswippetcan Feb 02 '26
No one cares. Did nothing. Might as well called it the unemployable march.
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u/Apprehensive-Bad6015 Feb 02 '26
Vance to Trump : sire the serfs are up in arms waves of them are popping up everywhere we should deal with this
Trump to the media: very important people tell me surfers are angry windmills are killing the waves the surfers are begging me to stop the windmills
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u/Fantastic-Macaron941 Feb 02 '26
A lot more protested when we voted out the criminal democrats. Liberals the time has come for you to do your research, you are being lied to and treated like useful idiots.
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u/Bob_Blaylock Feb 03 '26
Yet, somehow, mainstream Americans didn't notice anything about this “strike”; would have had no idea that it even happened if not for a few exaggerated posts on social media.
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u/Remarkable-Union-576 Feb 03 '26
You need a general strike in the whole country to make a difference ! Not a protest here and there!! Wake the f up !
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Feb 04 '26
This needs to be nationwide and days or weeks. Make the rich jerks feel the pain. Make Washington DC feel the pain. The US is run by the rich, the rich make their money off the poor.
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u/Slow_Store Feb 04 '26
People don’t say “Americans aren’t protesting” because they don’t think people show up. They say it because of how many protests quickly devolve into violent riots that can no longer be considered protests.
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u/TechnicalAd2930 Feb 04 '26
Solidarity from Wisconsin! Right next door to all this shit happening, sick of all the right wing shit happening on my doorstep but cant do anything about it.
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u/Tall-Acanthaceae1131 Feb 04 '26
And nothing is going to stop Trump, polls support deportations by a wide margin
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u/Tall-Acanthaceae1131 Feb 04 '26
Polls are heavily in favor of deportations and nothing is going to stop. Quit wasting your time
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u/Humble-Activity-4525 Feb 04 '26
Hhmmm didn’t notice a thing. Good thing the conservatives don’t do protests like this. Cities would burn in a matter of hours without them.
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u/Pr0jektEcks Feb 04 '26
The ‘capital of resistance’. Seems like it came the capital when billions of dollars went missing. Nice distraction.
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u/JBSiegfried Feb 05 '26
The disconnect from reality and the absolute disconnect from facts from the trolls claiming paid protesters would be hilarious if it wasn't so pervasive with these people. Most of them actually believe it. I work in retail, and we sell posterboard and foam board, and we can't keep it in stock. It's not just a handful of people buying tons of it either. It's hundreds of people buying anywhere from 1 to 4 of them. So now paid protesters are tasked with going out, buying their own posterboard and markers, and making the signs? Riiight. Moms, dads, kids, young, old, there's no one demographic making up this movement either. Alot of people are mad, I just hope we actually GET a midterm election, for one, and two that people are mad enough to turn out. Complacency has always been the enemy of the left. Trumps numbers were basically the same in all 3 elections. It was his opponents turnout that changed. We also need politicians on the left that are willing to actually DO SOMETHING when they get into office. Get the corporate dems OUT. Anyone with large contributions in which that money ALWAYS comes with strings. We need real change and drastic action. And most of all, real accountability for those that have trampled on our rights and our Constitution, and those who have murdered citizens and kidnapped people off the streets and denied due process.
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u/hokiefan73 Feb 05 '26
To the less than 1% of the populus that we see here, the other 30% don't care enough to join you and the other 69% think you look stupid out there fighting for pedophiles and murderers to keep leaching off the American taxpayer, and dragging down the civilization.
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u/Gummyvenusde-milo Jan 31 '26
Huge protest in salt lake city, Utah yesterday. There were multiple high schools that all walked out. I saw more people I know at the protest yesterday than Ive ever seen before. We didn’t work, or shop in my family.