Hands Off! -- Tom Sullivan

[erronis]

https://digbysblog.net/2025/04/04/hands-off/

Americans in the streets is the only way to apply enough pressure to Donald Trump eunuchs in Congress to take action to rein in He-Who-Would-Be-King. If those who’ve never joined a street protest before needed a good reason to join their neighbors in the streets tomorrow, Donald Trump gave them one this week. His garbled tariffs plan sent stocks off the cliff. Even Americans with little of their life’s savings in the markets can read that chart. And headlines. Everything they are already struggling to afford at Walmart is going to get even harder to afford just so Trump can scratch his McKinley itch.

NBC News: “White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told CNN on Thursday morning that Wall Street should ‘trust President Trump.’ ” Good luck with that.

If Trump thought the world was out to get him before, he ain’t seen nothin’ yet. He punched the world in the nose on Tuesday and the world is punching back:

In France, President Emmanuel Macron called for companies to pause investments in the United States. China pledged retaliation against Trump’s “typical bullying.” Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba warned that the tariffs would have “significant repercussions” on the global economy.

Stock markets in Asia and Europe fell Thursday after Trump levied sweeping global tariffs on Wednesday, although some recovered losses during the trading day.

Analysts warned that the measures risk strengthening China’s hand.

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But one protest staple that sets my teeth on edge is a chant template that dates from the 1950s. It’s tired. It’s boring. I immediately roll my eyes and tune it out. Hey hey ho ho ...

God, can’t we do better? Something fresher and more ear-catching?

Timothy Snyder endorsed this one: We don’t want your Nazi cars / take a one-way trip to Mars

I’m sitting here noodling others:

Save our US constitution / send Trump to an institution
Save or seniors, save our parks / No monarchs or oligarchs
Save free people everywhere / Stop bullies and billionaires
Trump and Putin, Noem and Bondi / No Americanisch Stasi (okay, that’s somewhat obscure)
Tesla’s toxic, Trump is dumb / go to hell you Nazi scum
Don’t be silent, don’t be cowed / Say you’re pissed and say it LOUD!
Don’t let hate corrupt your soul / Nazi, crawl back in your hole!

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[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. Good post and mass action is the way. But Ditch the Dow. It is so 1896. . . . nt