#anti Trump protest

[remembertheplunge]

Make America Gay Again

2/18/2017

Saturday. 11:07pm

“Making America Gay Again”

 “The Perfect Arrangement”

I saw the play tonight. Devistating (It was about the outing of gays in the government during the McCarthy era in the early 1950’s.)

I sat alone, mid first row.

I was “part” of the play.

Some uncanny similarities between the play’ story line and my life:

“When I’m 60, I don’t want to be hiding.” (The line was said twice in the play).

“I stopped talking to my mother 6 years ago."

Jimmy (my partner’s name was Jim. His cousin Ruth Ann called him Jimmy)

The cover up and the admission

George Orwell “ In some climates to tell the truth is revolutionary.”

I also went to a protest rally march today against Trump and his "Make America Great Again” agenda. An organizer told us “If he sends in the National Guard, form a human shield. 4000 people marched one mile to the Federal Building. Per there San Diego Tribune later “the march was peaceful. They shook cops hands.” Empowering.

6 year since my last drink.  

As the plane leaves the ground tonight, around 9pm, so will, or did, I ride up out of the alcohol sea of despair 6 years ago.

I love the homeless 60 year old I gave my bag of movie popcorn to as I left the movie “Don’t Call Me Negro” last night. He said “I don’t drink, smoke or do air conditioning.” He sees air conditioning as one of the nation’s greatest threats.

Alcohol related events of 2/19/2017

—Female speaker: Last class of the Death Penalty Conference  “The only thing between you and all of the bars in San Diego is this class.”

—the people pouring out of the bars screaming as I walked down 5th Ave in the Hillcrest district last night.

—People drinking, bars open, on my early morning walk to and from 24 hour fitness gym  and the Hilton

San Diego is fueled by alcohol.

Some Senator wants the last call time pushed to from 2am to 4am in California

I learned that at the only substance abuse class given at the conference, you get zero continuing education of the bar credit.

I’d say out of the 1000 Death Penalty Conference goers, there were  maybe 4, including me, who didn’t have lawyer body. (A lawyer body is flabby and out of shape)

Nothing at the convention advocates for mind/body connection.

No 24 hour fitness booths.

No “Other Bar” booths (The other bar is lawyer alcoholics anonymous)

It’s all cerebral.

All 1000 participants should have marched in unison in the  anti Trump protest march to the Federal Building  Saturday.

They should have see “A Perfect Arrangement” and “Don’t Call Me Negro”

Before each class, a personal trainer should have been present to put them through a work out.

End of entry.

Note: I attended the Death Penalty Conference in sanDiego California in February 2017.

[mugiwara-lucy]

One of the main reasons why I’m voting for Kamala Harris is because sometime within the next couple of years there will be two open seats in the Supreme Court.

Let’s not forget one of the judges that Trump appointed in his first term OVERTURNED ROE V WADE. And the old fucker BRAGS about it:

If he gets back into office, I’m sure we can all anticipate AILEEN CANNON being one of those Supreme Court justices. And if you all don’t know who she is, she threw out the case where Trump STOLE CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE:

In a nutshell, if Trump gets into office, he will appoint two younger Supreme Court justices younger than Clarence Thomas, meaning the Supreme Court will be locked HARD RIGHT for AT LEAST 30 years.

By then, that means our potential children and grandchildren (if you even want to have kids) will have LESS RIGHTS THAN US.

Do you really want that?

That’s why I feel with Kamala Harris being President, we can BALANCE OUT the courts!

Please Vote Blue.

Thank You 🙏

[saywhat-politics]

[ceepi]

One of the first things that people ask when it comes to the rise of the Nazis to power is "why did the Germans vote for Hitler?". The response is always discussing the difficult economic situation of Germany at the time, the tension between people following the First World War, and Hitler's manipulation. Looking back on Hitler's campaign we can discern that he did in fact play on people's emotions, but other than that his speeches weren't particularly good. We can see the clear hints of the more harmful ideologies, until that's all that they become. We can sit here and judge the people of 1936 Germany and wonder why they would choose Hitler to solve their problems. Americans today are faced with the same issue as post-WWI Germans. The promises made by politicians are so appealing that people choose to ignore what it really means. The mass deportation of immigrants promised by Trump can be clearly linked back to Hitler's attempts to get rid of Jews. Both passionately blamed minorities for the problems of the common people. Hitler sowed hate amongst individuals, gave the masses someone to blame, blew things massively out of proportion so that he could then justify the horrible acts that he planned to enact on these minorities. Trump is clearly going down the same path. Elon Musk, chosen by Trump himself, given a position in government made just for him, did a Nazi salute in front of a crowd of people and faced only increased support from his followers. The MAGA agenda makes excuses for billionaires who actively harm them. They are seeing how much they can get away with before they lose these people, because despite working against the people that same group gave them the power to do so.

Your enemy isn't the woman trying to get an abortion. Your enemy isn't the gay couple you saw on the street. Your enemy isn't the immigrant, the black person, the trans person, isn't anyone that the right-wing is telling you is.

Your enemies are the politicians, the billionaires, the people who will come for you once they're done with everyone else.

Revolt, protest, take matters into your own hands because the people who tried saving you have had their rights taken away already and can no longer risk it.

[lgbtqtext]

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[sscarletvenus]

Ilan Pappe is a preeminent author, historian and speaker who has written about the Nakba, the series of calculated horrors and atrocities on the basis of which the apartheid regime called israel was founded.

genocidal maniacs are persecuting anti-genocide intellectuals.

detaining and interrogating Jewish scholars is definitely not antisemitism...

madness!

[all-socialism-is-democratic]

Project 2025 is terrifying. But when the history books talk about this period, they will point to July 1, 2024, as the beginning of the Fascist Era in the United States.

That's the day SCOTUS ruled on the perfectly-named Trump v. United States, in which the Court said the president could not be prosecuted for crimes committed in office.

In the 11 days since, Biden and the Democrats have taken absolutely no action. That's because they are not an antifascist party. They will capitulate and capitulate until fascism is complete.

The media are playing this down as something that only applies to Trump. As something not especially dangerous. As something normal.

Protest, strikes, even "rioting" (a slur for direct action) are not failures of democracy, they are integral to it. The system has failed and will not replace itself. The People still have the power to make real, substantive change and create a society that is not just not-fascist but actively antifascist. And anticolonialist, antiracist, antisexist, genuinely democratic, and free.

Voting for Democrats AT BEST delays the inevitable furthering of fascism for a short while, and AT WORST actually accelerates fascism by empowering capitulators. Want to vote Biden? Fine, waste an hour of your time.

If you want to actually fight fascism, YOU HAVE TO FIGHT.

[redhoodie1723]

Yeah let's also cancel Lewis Hamilton for meeting and having conversations with Putin... Yeah... Also maybe Seb too because he was also there???? Yeah... Right...some of you have never had a job where you had to talk positively about someone you didn't like or approved just for the sake of keeping that job.

idk which time ur talking about hamilton and putin meeting up and making friends, as the only time i can find that they've interacted was at the 2015 russian grand prix where putin was giving out the race trophies. hamilton, vettel, and perez were all on the podium for that race. correct me if im wrong and theres another time theyve met, but thats literally all i can find.

now, first of all, there's a big difference between having to interact with a political figure on a race podium, and choosing to interact with them freely out in the paddock, taking pictures with them, and praising them in additional interviews. there's also a big difference between being polite to the current leader of the country you're in that is known for killing/imprisoning people who speak out against him, and actively supporting an ex-leader who has (as far as we know) never actually killed someone for not being supportive.

if you ask me, it would've been unsafe for hamilton or any of the drivers on that podium to speak out against putin at that moment or act impolitely. on the other hand, the biggest trouble norris could get in for not praising trump and taking pictures with him is maybe a talking too back at the mclaren HQ. like, lets be real, it would be ridiculous and insane of mclaren to fire norris after all the time/resources theyve put into his development, especially now that its finally starting to pay off. it would be like shooting themselves in the foot, a move thats generally reserved for ferrari's strategy team or sauber's pit stops.

furthermore, you are simply assuming that norris' job wouldve been at risk in this situation. not once has it been implied that he was threatened or coerced into this situation. its even less likely that that has happened since piastri hasn't made any comments or taken any pictures with trump as far as i can find. for all we know, it could've been norris' idea to do all that. so, not exactly the strongest defense here.

and even if he had been forced into the corner and told to take pictures and play nice, he also took it a step further to compliment trump in other interviews saying it was an "honor" and there's a lot to "respect" about trump. hamilton has never come out saying any of that about putin. in fact, he has come on the record since then condemning putin and his actions. can you tell me where norris has come out condemning trump and his actions? no? that's funny.

[hersheysmcboom]

Am I the only one who thinks the pro palestine movement has started to become kind of cult like

[x-fun-in-funeral-x]

Do not roll over and obey in advance. Don’t let them take your rights away. DO SOMETHING !!!

[free-luigi]

Donald Trump incited an insurrection and despite that is about to become President (again)… As an aside, this is currently illegal per the Constitution.

Luigi Mangione *allegedly* shot and killed a singular CEO, who was a billionaire. One who was responsible for the systemic murder of thousands and the suffering of many more. One who has garnered no sympathy from the working class, because Luigi exposed health insurance as the scam that it truly is. Which has started to show capitalism for the scam that it truly is…

Where is Donald Trump’s terrorism charge? Why is a felon rapist who incited a domestic terrorist attack on January 6, 2021 about to be awarded the Presidency for a second time?

Where is the FUCKING JUSTICE?!

Additionally, why hasn’t every single mass shooter gotten a terrorism charge? Why don’t we treat EVERY school shooter this way?

AGAIN, WHERE IS THE FUCKING JUSTICE?!!!!!

Donald Trump being inaugurated into office on January 20, 2025 is unconstitutional, under Amendment 14, Section 3 of the United States Constitution:

The vote mentioned at the end, underlined in red, has NOT happened. The disability to hold office has NOT been removed. He remains ineligible for office.

Article 1, Section 3, Clause 7 of the United States Constitution:

Donald Trump was impeached. TWICE!

The Declaration of Independence is clear on what action the people should take against the government in times like this:

Donald Trump is a convicted felon who is currently ineligible from taking office, yet he is about to be inaugurated despite of this. His upcoming presidency is illegal. He is also at the beck and call of the richest man in the world. And hellbent on setting fire to the Constitution.

Luigi Mangione is an independent citizen, who was following the guidance outlined in the Declaration of Independence. Since the powers that be are treating the US Constitution like toilet paper, it is the only recourse.

Will we be brave enough to follow?

January 6, 2025

The 14th Now protests failed. Trump was certified today and democracy officially died on our watch.

We still have the upcoming People’s March. But it will be 2 days before the inauguration.

[dramamccringe]

I've seen so many people spreading misinformation about this on TikTok, so...

DON'T wear make-up or contacts while protesting NEVER!

Contact with chemicals will PERMANENTLY damage your eyesight! It will make you BLIND you idiot

[noideamyguy]

Favorite signs from protests, art, etc. Might become a series, so possible pt 1.

I’m VERY into the riot grrrl and punk scene, so these are just a few.

[leftisttiktok]

We are currently living in an oligarchy

[snipsies]

Yall it is so important that we recognize the violation of freedom that is happening in the U.S. right now, I know everyone is saying that right now but it’s just that imperative that we know what is happening.

We will rise above this, we will stand up for ourselves, our friends, our neighbors, and our communities no matter what comes to fruition in the near future. We have to keep speaking out and keep sticking together and uplifting one another.

This is a fight that is between top and bottom not right and left, don’t let them blindside you with misdirection and misinformation.

Have a wonderful night, stay safe, always lead with love, empathy, and fearlessness.

Final thing: they won’t stop with TikTok, they will move to remove anything they view as a threat to their net worth, and they will market the removal as their attempt to protect our data from some faceless foreign entity.

Always do your own research and correct me if I am wrong in any way 💜

Goodnight yall stay safe 💜