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This was poorly advertised. I’ve never heard of it, and I’m on Lemmy every day.
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Submitted 2 days ago by A_A@lemmy.world to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
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Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Deceptichum@quokk.au 2 days ago
KittenBiscuits@lemm.ee 2 days ago
They left out writing the number of your attorney or the ACLU on yourself in sharpie, so you’ll have it if you need it.
blazeknave@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Oldie but a goodie
zerozaku@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Watchout for Google too!
Not commanding enough. It should be “Avoid Google at all costs”.
dellish@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
“We the people” voted for it! There was no big reveal after the election; it was well known that Project 2025 was the goal. Anyone who says otherwise had their head in the sand for the last 6 months.
Ultraviolet@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
A lot of Trump voters are horribly uninformed. They didn’t know - and still don’t know - what Project 2025 is. They thought it was fearmongering because they only heard about it from Dems. They have no idea what’s happening right now, nor do they care. All they know is their team won, and they’re otherwise tuned out. Maybe they’ll wake up when they feel the effects, but they’ll probably just blame Democrats because Fox News tells them to.
Jhex@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Those were willfully ignorant and they will remain so until they hurt bad or die, no amoubt of information will change that
RaoulDook@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Nope only 23% of Americans voted for the nazis. 77% of Americans either didn’t vote, voted for Harris (or others), or were ineligible to vote.
ramjambamalam@lemmy.ca 9 hours ago
didn’t vote
If you accept facists without objection, you aren’t much better than the racists.
Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 hours ago
A lot of people didn’t even know Biden wasn’t running anymore, tells you how informed Americans were about their vote
frezik@midwest.social 16 hours ago
The majority of “We the people” voted for something else. Don’t let Trump have the narrative that this is what the American people asked for.
phoenixz@lemmy.ca 16 hours ago
Most maga voters had their head in the sand, they have always had their head in the sand, it’s the only way for them to live. Ignore reality, pretend that your make belief world where racism is fine, jeebus can take the wheel, miracles exist, and trump is the new jeebus
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
Don’t start protesting on a week day. Protest on the weekend to get a show of force. If demands are not met, follow it up with a general strike for your next protest.
Telodzrum@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Love a protest in the middle of the workday, should be easy for most people to attend, no?
dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
You realise that anytime is the middle of the work day.
Not everyone is working 9-5. People work shifts, nights, and weekends.
Telodzrum@lemmy.world 1 day ago
You realize that there are differences in the populations working at different times, right? Or are you just happy to be seen being outraged?
meliaesc@lemmy.world 1 day ago
If people aren’t willing to give up 1 hour of their corporate slavery to stop facism, then we are already doomed.
NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 1 day ago
There’s a difference between “willing” and “able” 😅
__nobodynowhere@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Today you learn lot of people don’t live in their states capital city
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It’s 576 miles between El Paso and Austin. Please explain how someone is going to be able to get there within an hour with time to protest.
boonhet@lemm.ee 1 day ago
You had it correct at corporate SLAVERY.
Imagine you get fired over this, lose your home, stop being able to feed your family. I don’t think unemployment benefits in the US cover much, do they?
I hope most everyone who’s ABLE to protest, is also willing.
sudoer777@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
More like 2 days depending on where in the state you live
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I’ve already seen someone on Lemmy say that they should feed their kids out of dumpsters if they lose their job that they rely on to live paycheck-to-paycheck (like almost half of Americans) and then their home because they can’t pay rent.
And if they lose their kids to CPS because they were made homeless and their parents were arrested during a general strike protest? Hey, they were clearly just MAGA bootlickers anyway.
Katana314@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
I’m dubious of the reality of said comment, or the support it got in upvotes.
Most of us understand that protesting carries risks, and encourage others to risk what they feel okay with.
Sergio@slrpnk.net 8 hours ago
Some more media mentions, mostly local and brief:
- Fox 9 St Paul (MN): www.fox9.com/…/50-states-50-protests-feb-5-2025
- KVRR North Dakota: kvrr.com/…/project-2025-protests-planned-wednesda…
- Shreveport (LA): www.shreveporttimes.com/story/…/78208443007/
- Savannah Morning News (GA): www.savannahnow.com/story/news/…/78207555007/
- Dallas Observer (TX): dallasobserver.com/…/where-to-go-in-texas-for-the…
- Clarion Ledger (MS): www.clarionledger.com/story/news/…/78207203007/
- Westword (Denver, CO): westword.com/…/denver-fifty-state-capitol-protest…
- Newsweek, a second article: newsweek.com/50501-protests-update-anti-trump-mar…
BONUS:
- Snopes article with some info on who started it snopes.com/…/anti-trump-state-capitol-protests-fe…
A_A@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
This is a lot of valuable information and since my post is now old (quite dead) no one will have access to this in here.
So, it’s better if you create a new post with these informations.
Sergio@slrpnk.net 5 hours ago
Oh yeah great idea, I just posted it to !politics@lemmy.world Let’s see if it stays up.
btw this post we’re on was on the front page of “all” - “active” earlier today but it seems to have slipped way off.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 day ago
if it’s not the start of a general strike idgaf. a single day of protests works about as well as blacking out a subreddit.
Katana314@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
General strikes take a pretty large mass. To build that, a very important step is making sure more people are aware of how many are committed to resistance.
It’s like being invited to a party, and the host says “Well, you’re one of the first ten people I’ve invited, but I’m encouraging others to share-” and you just reply “Nope, I’m not going unless there’s already a million people going.” Of course, in this case, the protest has been shared outside of just Lemmy, so don’t use local numbers as an indicator.
frezik@midwest.social 18 hours ago
Right; what do people expect, here? A “general strike” that someone calls at random won’t do much more than a few extra people calling in sick. It takes time to build solidarity to agree that we’re all going to do this. If we had that kind of solidarity, I don’t think we’d be in this position in the first place.
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
That’s my take as well.
Unless this goes on with some critical infrastructure impacted for at least a few weeks, it’s utterly pointless.
GraniteM@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I only just learned about it today, myself. I work that day, but I might be able to shift things around.
I really wish that these protests were more widely shared in advance. I want to be involved, but only getting a couple of days advance warning makes it really hard. I know that sometimes you have to act fast, but if you want your movement to succeed then you’ve got to try to consider the real lives of all of the people who want to help, but are also really limited in their time. Plan protests on weekends, and if you’ve got to protest on a weekday, then plan it way ahead of time and give everyone a chance to plan to be there. I’m sure it looks better to have one big protest with 10X people there than ten protests with 1X people attending.
A_A@lemmy.world 2 days ago
i don’t know who organized this and just made this post to have some answers. Thankfully, some users are coming up with answers … so i have updated the header of this post.
myster@lemm.ee 19 hours ago
Pretty sure it was just an online thing, without any real leaders. Which, don’t get me wrong that has its own benefits. But understanding that origin also helps explain why it’s a little unorganized
TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee 1 day ago
This will be too short notice and too expensive for many to attend. Generalstrikeus.com has the right idea
DiagnosedADHD@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I think this has value even if it doesn’t cause immediate change. People need to just get out and express how they’re feeling and network with like minded people instead of sitting online doomscrolling. We’ve got to organize.
sudoer777@lemmy.ml 8 hours ago
I’ve been trying to figure out how to network with people where I live and so far it’s been very difficult, partly because I’m very busy constantly and don’t have a car, and also because I’m depressed and my social skills are absolute garbage. At this point almost all of my social life for the past few years has been Lemmy, Reddit, and Instagram.
Katana314@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
I neglected to post it on Lemmy when I found out about it earlier. Key word being “earlier” - Lemmy is just one branch of where it’s been shared, so don’t assume the momentum started here.
Aaron@lemmy.nz 1 day ago
I was pretty sure I knew what a general strike was… wouldn’t any strike be more expensive than 2-4 hours of protest, and wouldn’t a general strike involve much more planning than a normal strike due to the scale and breadth?
Also I was worried that generalstrikeus.com was too soon. The UAW general strike is planned for 2028 to get time to plan, because a general strike isn’t something you can just do successfully at the drop of a hat.
TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee 1 day ago
Yes it would. That’s why they’re having people fill out strike cards and waiting until they actually have that organization before they set a date
circledot@feddit.org 1 day ago
Could be used to organise for a general strike though.
A_A@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Added your GeneralStrikeUS.com link to the header of my post, thanks for this information
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 day ago
As a Brit looking in, America is a mess
Eagle0110@lemmy.world 1 day ago
a mess
Is that supposed to be a British way of spelling “disaster”?
boonhet@lemm.ee 16 hours ago
I’d like to also tell you about the time an English brigadier responded “pretty sticky down here” when asked about the situation - ~600 Brits were surrounded by ~10k Chinese. Of course, the American General who had asked him didn’t think twice of it, but apparently when a brit says “a bit sticky” it means “we’re all about to die”, not “oh it’s not too bad”. About 40 survived.
visnudeva@lemmy.ml 16 hours ago
I read 50 prostate tests…
BmeBenji@lemm.ee 1 day ago
What is the objective here? Are we asking for something specific or just yelling in frustration into the void?
Blackmist@feddit.uk 1 day ago
TangoNoir@lemm.ee 1 day ago
Father Ted references are always welcome.
SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 1 day ago
As with most protests by the left it will be 10,000 people with 10,000 different priorities.
A_A@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Please read my post’s header : just updated it with relevant source.
BmeBenji@lemm.ee 1 day ago
The subreddit has no stickied post nor does the sidebar describe the protest. I don’t see any description of what the objective is anywhere. I’d love to participate and try to accomplish something but what is it that we’re trying to accomplish other than making noise?
remer@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Does nobody have a job here?
HawlSera@lemm.ee 1 day ago
I think it’s gonna be one of those things that’s supposed to be a thing, but isn’t a thing.
But I’m not going to shit all over someone’s attempt to make a difference if it’s based on genuine good effort and intention.
hellequin67@lemm.ee 1 day ago
5th Nov 2024 - was the chance to prevent this. Trump’s team made it clear on the direction they were heading and no-one heeded the warnings. 35% didn’t vote and the majority of those that did voted for him, which either means they agree with the direction or were deluded into thinking it wasn’t going to happen.
I’m all for protest but I don’t think you have a chance of changing anything, he owns the legislature and the voting public allowed it to happend.
I’m not American or a resident of US but that’s just my opinion as an outsider.
SolidShake@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Why on such a weird day? I can just take off work this week and drive 3 hours to Madison lol. Can I digitally be there. Although I’m expecting an very poor turnout in every state tbh.
SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Everyone just call in sick. Say it is because you didn’t want any vaccines.
I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Can’t wait for all the pictures of these events with half a dozen people standing around looking lost.
Irelephant@lemm.ee 1 day ago
From what I can see about it, the organisers are some reddit mods. The person who started it was reddit.com/u/Evolved_Fungi. The subreddit is r/50501 and their bluesky is bsky.app/profile/50501movement.bsky.social.
A lot of people don’t know about it, its gotten almost no attention from the media, that I have noticed. All I have found is one newsweek article newsweek.com/50-states-anti-trump-protest-nationw…
tonk@lemm.ee 8 hours ago
Grow up people
intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 day ago
Why “50501”? What’s that mean?
SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I feel like the issue is with our fellow citizens who voted for him and the congressmen/woman. You can protest all you want but they’ll keep getting elected.
hash@slrpnk.net 2 days ago
Alright, I’m prepared to take some heat for this because in the context of the best organized protests I think my assumptions are incorrect. However most protests don’t rise to that level. Thing is if your protest looks for the most part like a party with some political alignments and isn’t related to some direct action in your community or actual expectations/demands of the relevant political body…
Not to say that “performative” protests are useless. But there seems to be a distressing number of my fellow gen Z that think these sorts of protests alone will work. Like all they need to do is yell loudly into a few news network cameras on capital hill then go home.
I’ll probably see what’s going on in my home state and hope to see some targeted action and real dialogue. I truly hope my assumptions are proven wrong.
HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world 2 days ago
What exactly counts as the mainstream media nowadays?
Cable news?
I haven’t had cable TV for probably 20 years now.
Internet news?
Which ones? There seems to be an endless number of them
youvegotmoxie@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Good luck but I either need to fly or take a ferry to get to my state’s capitol building. Need more than a few days heads up.
Lennnny@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Excited to see people ready to take action, but just be careful. See the thread on this profile for more info: bsky.app/profile/ecmclaughlin.bsky.social (this user has set her account to logged in users only).
“Listen, for folks who don’t know, I was a part of a small organizing team that led to a mass mobilization in 813 cities worldwide in 2019.
I am not talking out of my ass.
You should be VERY VERY VERY careful in this environment about sharing flyers for events that identify NO organizer”
There was also a mod thread on r/albuquerque about it.
I am sure there will be BOTH legit protests and shitty people using this for nefarious reasons. I’m still on the fence about whether to drive 2 hours to my local one or not. I’ve already signed up for other things through mobilize.us anyway.
Sabre363@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
And accomplish what exactly? None of this means a damn thing if nobody has any clue what’s going on
smb@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
Reject 2025
MissJinx@lemmy.world 2 days ago
As an outsider I can’t see them caring about this at all… but boy I support you guys. It’s time you do something
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 1 day ago
TheMightyCanuck@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
I absolutely fucking hate that I can’t say you’re being a bit overkill.
What the actual fuck
RamenJunkie@midwest.social 19 hours ago
Yeah, this whole thing is very poorly done and really screams like annexcuse toncreate andalse flag moment. I saw a Reddit comment that this exact thing was listed in the Project2025 playbook as part of an excuse to create a scene and enact martial law.
Wogi@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
Why is your entire comment history deleted?
vonbaronhans@midwest.social 9 hours ago
I think the care for being not identified and covering one’s tracks provided in the above comment is a pretty obvious indicator for why their comment history is scrubbed lol.
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
because I don’t want no brownies knocking on my door.
Katana314@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
One thing I’d recommend that I’m unsure how to easily obtain, is getting the phone number of a civil rights lawyer ready. It does kind of contradict the point about not bringing phones, I suppose. At the very least, if one is available in the vicinity after attempted arrests it can be useful.
I also feel somewhat guilty, as I will be attending in a very blue state that’s unlikely to have so much resistance, so I may skirt some of those rules myself.
mm_maybe@sh.itjust.works 19 hours ago
I’d say that violent incursion into blue states with the help of federal forces and local brownshirt provocateurs is almost a goal of Project 2025 and MAGA more broadly so I wouldn’t count on it not happening wherever you are. We’ve seen plenty of that kind of thing on the West Coast particularly. Local police unfortunately have a large membership overlap with said brownshirts.
y0kai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 hours ago
Great advice except I’m confused about how to “stream everything” if we’re supposed to leave our phones at home.
Presently42@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Why delete this treasure trove of good information??
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Clbull@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
And based on the deal Trump is doing with Bukele, there’s a chance you could end up getting thrown into an El Salvadorian prison and locked up with MS-13 gangbangers.